Patch Adams
“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.
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Cast
78 people
Robin Williams
Patch Adams
Known for
Dead Poets Society
Jumanji
Daniel London
Truman
Known for
Minority Report
Minority Report
Monica Potter
Carin
Known for
Along Came a Spider
The Last House on the Left
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Mitch
Known for
Mission: Impossible III
Moneyball
Bob Gunton
Dean Walcott
Known for
The Shawshank Redemption
Marvel's Daredevil
Josef Sommer
Dr. Eaton
Known for
Witness
The Family Man
Irma P. Hall
Joletta
Known for
The Ladykillers
Collateral
Frances Lee McCain
Judy
Known for
Gremlins
Back to the Future
Harve Presnell
Dean Anderson
Known for
Fargo
Face/Off
Daniella Kuhn
Adelane
Also in
Hulk
Bring It On
Peter Coyote
Bill Davis
Known for
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
A Walk to Remember
James Greene
Bile
Known for
Parks and Recreation
Alien Nation
Tom Shadyac Director · Steve Oedekerk Screenplay Patch Adams Author
Worldwide gross $202M · Budget $50M · United States release December 25, 1998
Box office
Budget
$50,000,000
Worldwide gross
$202,292,902
Gross vs. budget
4.0×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Bungalow 78 Productions
Production
Blue Wolf
Production
Farrell/Minoff
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 21, 1998
Premiere
United States · December 25, 1998
Theatrical
Argentina
April 1, 1999 · Theatrical
Australia
March 24, 1999 · Theatrical
Austria
March 26, 1999 · Theatrical
Belgium
April 7, 1999 · Theatrical
Brazil
March 19, 1999 · Theatrical
Canada
December 25, 1998 · Theatrical
Colombia
February 19, 1999 · Theatrical
Czechia
April 29, 1999 · Theatrical
Denmark
March 26, 1999 · Theatrical
Egypt
April 7, 1999 · Theatrical
Finland
April 16, 1999 · Theatrical
France
April 7, 1999 · Theatrical
December 3, 1999 · Physical · DVD
March 10, 2012 · Digital · VOD
October 13, 2020 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
March 24, 1999 · Theatrical
Greece
April 1, 1999 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 11, 1999 · Theatrical
Iceland
March 12, 1999 · Theatrical
India
December 23, 2013 · Digital
Indonesia
May 22, 1999 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 12, 1999 · Theatrical
Italy
March 19, 1999 · Theatrical
Japan
March 19, 1999 · Theatrical
Kuwait
March 18, 1999 · Theatrical
Lithuania
March 28, 1999 · Theatrical
Mexico
October 3, 2011 · Physical · DVD
Netherlands
April 1, 1999 · Theatrical
New Zealand
March 19, 1999 · Theatrical
Norway
March 26, 1999 · Theatrical
Philippines
February 27, 2019 · Digital
Portugal
April 2, 1999 · Theatrical
Singapore
March 18, 1999 · Theatrical
Slovakia
April 22, 1999 · Theatrical
South Africa
April 1, 1999 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 3, 1999 · Theatrical
Spain
February 26, 1999 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 26, 1999 · Theatrical
Switzerland
March 24, 1999 · Theatrical · French
March 26, 1999 · Theatrical · German
Taiwan
April 17, 1999 · Theatrical
Türkiye
April 9, 1999 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 11, 1999 · Theatrical
Uruguay
April 16, 1999 · Theatrical
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