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Patch Adams

Duration :

115

Summary: Robin Williams gives a tour-de-force performance in this heartwarming and hilarious comedy-drama based on a true story. Williams plays Hunter Patch Adams, a maverick medical student who clashes with the sober and impersonal medical establishment protocol in favor of constant jokes and clowning--sometimes literally wearing a clown costume--in order to develop a personal connection with his patients. Co-starring Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Daniel London, Peter Coyote. Directed by Tom Shadyac; screenplay by Steve Oedekerk, based on the book Gesundheit: Good Health is a Laughing Matter by Hunter Doherty Adams and Maureen Mylander. (PG13) (AC,AL)

PRODUCER : Mike Farrell,Barry Kemp,Marvin Minoff,Charles Newirth,Tom Shadyac,Marcia Garces Williams

CAST : Robin Williams,Monica Potter,Philip Seymour Hoffman,Bob Gunton,Daniel London,Peter Coyote

WRITER : Steve Oedekerk,Hunter Adams,Maureen Mylander

DIRECTOR : Tom Shadyac

Genre : Drama

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