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Philip Seymour Hoffman Mitch as Mitch. Josef Sommer Dr. Eaton as Dr. Irma P. Hall Joletta as Joletta. Daniella Kuhn Adelane as Adelane.

James Greene Bile as Bile. Michael Jeter Rudy as Rudy. Harry Groener Dr. Prack as Dr. Steven Anthony Jones Charlie as Charlie. Tom Shadyac. More like this.

Watch options. Storyline Edit. Patch Adams is determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. Based On A True Story. Biography Comedy Drama Romance.

Rated PG for some strong language and crude humor. Did you know Edit. Trivia During filming, Robin Williams and the rest of the cast and crew worked closely with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to fulfill the fantasies of several children who were at the time undergoing cancer treatment. The children appeared with Williams in scenes at the pediatric ward.

Goofs Patch says that humans are the only organisms on Earth that kill their own kind. This is not the case. Chimpanzees also do this, for example.

In fact, it's much harder to find a species that doesn't kill its own kind than one that does. Quotes Hunter Patch Adams : You treat a disease, you win, you lose. Standing on a cliff, he contemplates suicide and questions God about what happened.

He then sees a butterfly which reminds him of Carin's telling him earlier how she always wished she was a caterpillar that could someday transform itself and fly away. The butterfly lands on his medical bag and afterward on his shirt before flying away. This appears to Patch to be Carin reincarnated and it revives his spirits, and he decides to continue his work in her honor. However he is expelled from medical school a second time for running a clinic and practicing medicine without a license.

He files a grievance with the state medical board at the advice of his former medical school roommate, Mitch Roman. Patch is able to convince the board that he did his best to help the people that came to him, and as a doctor it is his responsibility to treat the body and the spirit.

The board accepts Patch's methods and decides to allow him to graduate. He receives a standing ovation from the packed hearing room. At graduation, after handing Adams his diploma, Walcott approves of Patch's apparent conformity, after which Patch bows to the professors and the audience, revealing a nude bottom under his gown. Several interior classroom scenes were filmed on the campus of UC Berkeley.

The producers worked very closely with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. For this reason, all but two of the ill children acting in this film actually have cancer. The film has several major departures from Adams' real history.

One is that the character of Carin is fictional, but is analogous to a real life friend of Adams a man who was murdered under similar circumstances. Another difference is the then year old Robin Williams portrays Adams as enrolling in medical school very late in his life, his older age even being brought up in dialogue. In reality, Adams started medical school immediately and his educational progress was quite normal for a physician: He graduated high school at 18, college at 22, and medical school at After its first weekend, it was the 2 film for four weeks.

This movie is shameless. It's not merely a tearjerker. It extracts tears individually by liposuction, without anesthesia. Robert K. Gene Siskel said 'I would rather turn my head and cough than see another moment of Patch Adams again' he would later single it out as the worst film of , the last film he would ever give a "Worst of" to before his death.

Dead as a doornail. Dead as a herring. Dead as a mutton. Dead as nits. The last breath. Paying a debt to nature. The big sleep. God's way of saying, "Slow down. Bill Davis : To check out. Hunter Patch Adams : To shuffle off this mortal coil. Bill Davis : To head for the happy hunting ground. Hunter Patch Adams : To blink for an exceptionally long period of time.

Bill Davis : To find oneself without breath. Hunter Patch Adams : To be the incredible decaying man. Bill Davis : Worm buffet. Hunter Patch Adams : Kick the bucket.

Bill Davis : Buy the farm. Hunter Patch Adams : Take the cab. Bill Davis : Cash in your chips. Corinne Fisher : When can I open my eyes? Hunter Patch Adams : As soon as I open mine. Hunter Patch Adams : Sir, I want to be a doctor will all my heart. Hunter Patch Adams : All of life is a coming home. Salesmen, secretaries, coal miners, beekeepers, sword swallowers, all of us.

All the restless hearts of the world, all trying to find a way home. It's hard to describe what I felt like then. Picture yourself walking for days in the driving snow; you don't even know you're walking in circles. The heaviness of your legs in the drifts, your shouts disappearing into the wind. How small you can feel, and how far away home can be.

The dictionary defines it as both a place of origin and a goal or destination. And the storm? The storm was all in my mind. Or as the poet Dante put it: In the middle of the journey of my life, I found myself in a dark wood, for I had lost the right path. Eventually I would find the right path, but in the most unlikely place. Hunter Patch Adams : I'm really starting to love the back of your head.

Hunter Patch Adams : Hi. Patch Adams. Mitch Roman : Mitch Roman. Georgetown University. I was awarded the William F. Thompson Scientific Achievement Award. Hunter Patch Adams : Mmm. Emerson Elementary. I once drew a picture of a rabbit that got me two gold stars. Hunter Patch Adams : I wanted to become a doctor so I could serve others. And because of that, I've lost everything. But I've also gained everything. Hunter Patch Adams : [while in group session] Beanie Trevor Beene : [who is in a catatonic state, keeps his arm raise, pointing upwards].

Dean Walcott Hunter Patch Adams : Responsibility? You have one responsibility: to be a dickhead. How hard can that be? All you have to do is make sure your head is a dick, and it's attached to your neck.

Hunter Patch Adams : [imitating a skeleton] I have a boner. Wait, I am a boner. Arthur Mendelson : [Mr. Mendelson's attorney is expressing concern over him using his land for Patch's free medical clinic] You learn anything about proctology yet?

Hunter Patch Adams : A little. Arthur Mendelson : Good, take care of this asshole for me, will you? Hunter Patch Adams : [Patch is trying to convince Rudy not to be afraid of squirrels] What could they want?

Your nuts? Joletta : [Joletta has just met Patch] Look here, Judy, another future boss. Hunter Patch Adams : Oh, I wouldn't look at it like that. Joletta : You may think I'm exaggerating, but in another five years you'll be so full of yourself you'll have to hang a cup out your ass just to catch the excess.

Hunter Patch Adams : Who likes to masturbate? Arthur Mendelson : How many fingers do you see? Hunter Patch Adams : Four. Arthur Mendelson : No no! Look beyond the fingers! Now tell me how many you see. Hunter Patch Adams : You don't understand, I'm leaving. Prack : Hunter, if you leave my records will say AMA, you left against medical advice. And my name is Patch. Hunter Patch Adams : Ye of little faith. Hunter Patch Adams : [to Carin] I love you not knowing how, why, or even from where. I know you did it.

Just tell me why. Mitch Roman : Look, cut the crap, Hunter. I live with you. I know how much you study, or don't study. And you do better than me? Give me a break. Hunter Patch Adams : You arrogant, pompous prick! Who appointed you custodian of the medical profession? Is it because your father and his father was a doctor, some sort of genetic thing?