Patch Adams
1998 film by Tom Shadyac
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Summary
Patch Adams is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,079 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Tom Shadyac[3]
- Screenwriter: Steve Oedekerk[4]
- Composer: Marc Shaiman[5]
- Genre: biographical film[6], comedy drama[7], comedy film[8], drama film[9]
- Named after: Patch Adams[10]
- Cast member: Robin Williams[11], Daniel London[12], Philip Seymour Hoffman[13], Monica Potter[14], Bob Gunton[15], Josef Sommer[16], Ellen Albertini Dow[17], Irma P. Hall[18], Frances Lee McCain[19], Peter Coyote[20], Michael Jeter[21], Harold Gould[22], Harve Presnell[23], Alan Tudyk[24]
- Producer: Mike Farrell[25], Barry Kemp[26], Marvin Minoff[27], Charles Newirth[28], Marsha Garces[29]
- Production company: Universal Pictures[30]
- Director of photography: Phedon Papamichael[31]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[32]
- Distribution format: video on demand[33]
- Review score: 22%[34], 4.2/10[35], 26/100[36]
- Color: color[37]
- Country of origin: United States[38]
- Publication date: October 21, 1998[39], March 25, 1999[40]
- Distributed by: UIP-Dunafilm[41], Netflix[42]
- Narrative location: Virginia[43]
- Filming location: North Carolina[44]
- Film editor: Don Zimmerman[45]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score[46]
- Title: Patch Adams[47]
- Different from: Patch Adams[48]
- FSK film rating: FSK 6[49]
- Duration: 110 minutes[50]
- Box office: 202,300,000 US dollars[51]
Why It Matters
Patch Adams has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]