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Patch Adams (1998)

Film · 1998 · 115 min · PG-13 · Comedy · Drama

Laughter is contagious.

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.

Directed by Tom Shadyac

Starring Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Josef Sommer, Irma P. Hall, Frances Lee McCain

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In cinemas25 December 1998
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First release anywhere25 December 1998

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