Patch Adams (film)

Patch Adams
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tom Shadyac
Screenplay by	Steve Oedekerk
Based on	Gesundheit: Good Health Is a Laughing Matter by Patch Adams and Maureen Mylander
Produced by	Mike Farrell Barry Kemp Marvin Minoff Charles Newirth Marsha Garces Williams
Starring	Robin Williams Monica Potter Philip Seymour Hoffman Bob Gunton Daniel London Peter Coyote
Cinematography	Phedon Papamichael Jr.
Edited by	Don Zimmerman
Music by	Marc Shaiman
Production companies	Blue Wolf Bungalow 78 Productions Farrell/Minoff
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	December 25, 1998 (1998-12-25)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50–90 million[1][2]
Box office	$202.3 million[1][2]

Patch Adams is a 1998 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Robin Williams (in the title role), Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Daniel London, and Peter Coyote. Set in the late 1960s and early 1970s, it is loosely based on the life story of medical doctor Hunter "Patch" Adams and the book Gesundheit: Good Health Is a Laughing Matter by Adams and Maureen Mylander. The film was panned by critics, with criticism for the sentimentality, performances and direction, but was a box-office success, grossing $202.3 million against a $50–90 million budget.