Patch Adams

1998 film by Tom Shadyac
Movie film Q782822
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Patch Adams

Summary

Patch Adams is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (999 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Patch Adams's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Patch Adams's director is recorded as Tom Shadyac[4].
  • Patch Adams's screenwriter is recorded as Steve Oedekerk[5].
  • Patch Adams's composer is recorded as Marc Shaiman[6].
  • Patch Adams's genre is recorded as biographical film[7].
  • Patch Adams's genre is recorded as comedy drama[8].
  • Patch Adams's genre is recorded as comedy film[9].
  • Patch Adams's genre is recorded as drama film[10].
  • Patch Adams is named after Patch Adams[11].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Robin Williams[12].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Daniel London[13].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Philip Seymour Hoffman[14].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Monica Potter[15].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Bob Gunton[16].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Josef Sommer[17].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Ellen Albertini Dow[18].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Irma P. Hall[19].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Frances Lee McCain[20].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Peter Coyote[21].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Michael Jeter[22].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Harold Gould[23].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Harve Presnell[24].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Alan Tudyk[25].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Barry Shabaka Henley[26].
  • Patch Adams's cast member is recorded as Dot Jones[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include Mike Farrell[28], Barry Kemp[29], Marvin Minoff[30], Charles Newirth[31], and Marsha Garces[32]. Patch Adams's director is recorded as Tom Shadyac[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Steve Oedekerk[5]. Cast members include Robin Williams[12], Daniel London[13], Philip Seymour Hoffman[14], Monica Potter[15], Bob Gunton[16], and Josef Sommer[17].

Publication

Publication dates include +1998-10-21T00:00:00Z[33] and +1999-03-25T00:00:00Z[34]. Patch Adams's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[35]. Genres include biographical film[7], comedy drama[8], comedy film[9], and drama film[10].

Reception

Reviews include 22%[36], 4.2/10[37], and 26/100[38].

Why It Matters

Patch Adams ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (999 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  21. [23] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . wikidata.org.
  31. [35] . wikidata.org.
  32. [36] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [37] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [38] . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  36. [34] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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