Patch Adams

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comedy-drama film film

Patch Adams is a 1998 comedy-drama film in which Robin Williams portrays a doctor who uses humor and compassion to treat patients, inspired by the real-life physician Hunter "Patch" Adams.

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Label Occurrences
Patch Adams canonical 16
the life of Hunter "Patch" Adams 1

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instanceOf comedy-drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn Gesundheit: Good Health Is a Laughing Matter ⓘ
Patch Adams self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: the life of Hunter "Patch" Adams
cinematographyBy Phedon Papamichael ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Tom Shadyac ⓘ
distributedBy Universal Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion theatrical ⓘ
editedBy Don Zimmerman ⓘ
filmingLanguage English ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
comedy-drama ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasTheme compassion in healthcare ⓘ
healing through laughter ⓘ
nonconformity in medicine ⓘ
inspiredBy Hunter "Patch" Adams ⓘ
leadActor Robin Williams ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy Marc Shaiman ⓘ
narrativeFocus doctor-patient relationship ⓘ
use of humor in medicine ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Hunter "Patch" Adams ⓘ
producer Barry Kemp ⓘ
Mike Farrell ⓘ
Tom Shadyac ⓘ
productionCompany Bungalow 78 Productions ⓘ
Universal Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1998-12-25 ⓘ
releaseYear 1998 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 115 ⓘ
screenwriter Steve Oedekerk ⓘ
settingLocation Virginia ⓘ
medical school ⓘ
starring Bob Gunton ⓘ
Daniel London ⓘ
Frances Lee McCain ⓘ
Harve Presnell ⓘ
Irma P. Hall ⓘ
Josef Sommer ⓘ
Monica Potter ⓘ
Philip Seymour Hoffman ⓘ
Richard Kiley ⓘ
Robin Williams ⓘ
title Patch Adams self-link ⓘ

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Robin Williams → notableWork → Patch Adams ⓘ
Don Zimmerman → notableWork → Patch Adams ⓘ
Marc Shaiman → notableWork → Patch Adams ⓘ
Phedon Papamichael → notableWork → Patch Adams ⓘ
Patch Adams → title → Patch Adams self-link ⓘ
Patch Adams → basedOn → Patch Adams self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: the life of Hunter "Patch" Adams
Marsha Garces → notableWork → Patch Adams ⓘ
Marsha Garces → notableProject → Patch Adams ⓘ
Peter Coyote → notableWork → Patch Adams ⓘ
Julio Macat → notableWork → Patch Adams ⓘ
Tom Shadyac → notableWork → Patch Adams ⓘ
Tom Shadyac → directed → Patch Adams ⓘ
Steve Oedekerk → notableWork → Patch Adams ⓘ
Monica Potter → notableWork → Patch Adams ⓘ
Monica Potter → characterIn → Patch Adams ⓘ
Karen Kehela Sherwood → notableWork → Patch Adams ⓘ
Michael Jeter → notableWork → Patch Adams ⓘ