Patch Adams

Shadyac, Tom (Added Author). Williams, Robin, 1951-2014 (Added Author). Potter, Monica. (Added Author). London, Daniel, actor. (Added Author). Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014 (Added Author). Gunton, Bob (Added Author). Hall, Irma P., 1937- (Added Author). Sommer, M. Josef. (Added Author). Coyote, Peter (Added Author). Jeter, Michael, 1952-2003 (Added Author). Presnell, Harve (Added Author). Kiley, Richard (Added Author). Mylander, Maureen. (Added Author). Adams, Patch 1945- Gesundheit : good health is a laughing matter. (Added Author). Universal Pictures (Firm) (Added Author). Blue Wolf Productions. (Added Author). Farrell/Minoff (Firm) (Added Author). Bungalow 78 (Firm) (Added Author). Universal Studios Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Daniel London, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Irma P. Hall, Josef Sommer, Peter Coyote, Michael Jeter, Harve Presnell, Richard Kiley. (Cast).

Summary: "Meet Patch Adams, a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just about anything to make his patients laugh -- even if it means risking his own career. Based on a true story."--Container.

Item details

ISBN: 0783237448
ISBN: 9780783237442
Physical Description: videorecording
videocassette
1 videocassette (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Edition: Special ed.; standard format.
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal, c1999.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998. Based on the book: Gesundheit : good health is a laughing matter / by Hunter Doherty Adams, with Maureen Mylander. Special feature: "The medicinal value of laughter" (making-of featurette, 12 min.). In English. Closed-captioned.
Participant or Performer Note:	Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Daniel London, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Irma P. Hall, Josef Sommer, Peter Coyote, Michael Jeter, Harve Presnell, Richard Kiley.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13.
System Details Note:	VHS; stereo. surround.
Language Note:	In English. Closed-captioned.