I know you and your family are movie buffs, and you don’t really need an excuse to watch movies. But as a true movie buff, you probably love when there’s a backstory to a masterpiece, right?
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This 1998 film starring Robin Williams is another family movie based on a true story. It revolves around a hunter called Peter Adams. Adams, sadly, suffers from manic depression at a mental hospital. After lots of struggle, he decides to open a medical clinic. Long Movies (over 2 1/2 hours) can be posted in multiple parts, please post the remaining segments in the comments and append your post title with 'part x in comments'. You may submit no more than 10 posts in a 24 hour period as to prevent spamming. Patch Adams 2009 https://losdre.kiols.com/10312?tlmu.
I know I do.
So, here are 10 family movies based on true stories to check out.
- With Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, John Dossett, Stephen Dillane. The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
- Awakenings is an Drama movie that was released in 1990 and has a run time of 2 hr 1 min. It has received moderate reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 7.8 and a MetaScore of 74.
The Sound of Music
You probably know every word to Do Re Mi and at least the opening lines to Edelweiss, but did you know that The Sound of Music is based on a true story? It’s actually based on the memoir titled The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.
The 1965 musical classic plays somewhat fast and loose with the facts (for instance Von Trapp himself wasn’t really as stuffy as the film portrays, and the children don’t actually remember their tutor, Maria, being quite as wonderful and warm as Julie Andrews), but all that aside, it remains a heartwarming classic.
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This 1998 film starring Robin Williams is another family movie based on a true story. It revolves around a hunter called Peter Adams. Adams, sadly, suffers from manic depression at a mental hospital. After lots of struggle, he decides to open a medical clinic. Once he gets admission into Virginia Medical University, we quickly find he doesn’t agree with the university’s patient care methods, so he and a friend invest in a practice and open the clinic mostly for patients who don’t have medical insurance. He suffers a tragic accident along the way, with several light-bulb and heartwarming moments.
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
Grab the tissues for this one, you’re going to need them. Hachiko was a truly faithful dog who waited for his owner’s return at the train station every day, so they could walk back home together. He continued to do this for nine years, every day, even after his master’s passing.
Fairytale: A True Story
Before you put the tissues away, stick this sweet movie on. It’s loosely based on the story of two little girls who, at the start of the twentieth century caused a stir when they produced photos claiming to prove that fairies existed.
Dolphin Tale
Sure, there are loads of true stories based on animals, including Born Free, Balto and Oddball and The Penguins, but the 2011 Dolphin Story has got to be one of the sweetest. It’s all about a bottlenose dolphin called Winter who’s rescued just off the coast of Florida. Winter lost her tail and is soon fitted with a prosthetic replacement.
Coach Carter
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Recreation and studies kind of go hand in hand. We’ve been told this since we were at school. So, Coach Carter (Ken Carter in real life) returns to his old high school to coach a basketball team. He’s good at it, but the player’s grades soon start to fall and after receiving quite the backlash from authorities and parents, Coach Carter shuts himself away from the world. As for how the story plays out – watch the film with the family to find out!
Pursuit of Happyness
This has got to be one of the most emotional movies ever. Single father and recently divorced Chris Gardener must take care of his kid – he also doesn’t have a job. The duo are kicked out of their apartment and have nowhere to go, so they seek a place in a shelter where they must line up for bed and bread. Chris never bows to despair, no matter how tough life gets, and keeps forging ahead to create a better life for his son.
October Sky
This one is based on the memoir called Rocket Boys. It’s a 1999 film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Western Virginian teenager, Homer Hickman. Set in the 1950s, Hickman is inspired by the launch of the Sputnik satellite and, with his friends, Homer makes the decisions to build his own rocket – his very first step to becoming a renowned NASA engineer.
Red Dog
If you and your family love pooches, you’re going to love this adventure story that revolves around an Australian sheepdog who wins over the men of a remote mining town right in the middle of Western Australia. This is a really weepie one that’s won several awards, including one for Koko, the dog!
Eight Below
I have to throw in one more about dogs. This one is based on a Japanese movie (and real-life story) of how a pack of Huskies who are stranded during an Antarctic transport mission have to fend for themselves to survive. There are a few upsetting scenes in this one, so it might not be for family night if you have young kiddos, but it’s truly fascinating and well worth watching.
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For our movie review project I choose the movie Patch Adams. It was a movie I had seen a couple times when I was younger that I knew would have different meaning after taking this course. Based on the true-life events of Hunter Dorerty “Patch” Adams, we follow Patch as he tries to find his place in the medical world. After self-committing himself into a mental institution, Patch Adams discovers a passion for helping his fellow inmates. Through his experiences at the mental hospital, Patch sets his sights on becoming a doctor. Once arriving at medical school he is in disbelief to find that he is not supposed to have contact with patients until his third year. This does not stop him, by bringing laughter and joy, Patch is able to breathe life back into the sick patients at the hospital. His unorthodox method of healing constantly gets him into trouble, regardless of the fact that he has some of the highest grades in his class. Inspired by the patients, Patch opens the Gesundheit Institute, a free clinic run by himself and a few of his classmates. When the Dean of the college discovers Patch is practicing medicine without a license, he has enough ammunition to keep Patch from graduating. In front of the Medical Review Board, Patch must make his case to prove he should be a doctor. While unconventional and overly involved, Patch reminds us that, “Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death.”
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In week two of our course we found the first theme connecting to Patch Adams. During this week, we learned about health through ethnography. Illness narratives and explanatory models were used to explain the complex doctor-patient relationship. In the book Illness Narratives by Arthur Kleinman, there is a section that follows a conversation between a patient and her new doctor. The woman has had psoriasis for fifteen years and thus so, became well versed in the subject. During their initial meeting the doctor asks some general questions regarding the biomedical history of her condition,
“Dr. Jones: where did it begin?
Mrs. Lawler: I was in college, under lots of pressure from exams, and there is a family history of skin problems. It was winter and I was wearing heavy woolen sweaters that seemed to bother my skin. My diet was–
Dr. Jones: No, No! I meant where on your skin did you first notice plaques?
Mrs. Lawler: my shoulders and knees. But I had a problem for some time with my scalp I never—
Dr. Jones: how has it progressed the past few years
Mrs. Lawler: these have been difficult years, I mean I have been under great stresses at work and n my personal life I—
Dr. Jones: I meant, how has your skin problems progressed?” (Kleinman 1998, 129)
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In this encounter we have a woman who believes there is an association between life stress and her illness, speaking to a doctor whom is only viewing her illness as a medical condition. In Patch Adams, we see a very similar theme. From the start, when Patch is in the mental health facility, the on-call psychologist has a complete lack of interest in having any sort of personal relationship with Patch or any patient. This arms-length philosophy inspires Patch to focus more on a patient’s emotional needs and quality of life than their disease state.
In week four of our course we learned about the medicalization of human life. In 1910 The Flexner Report came out, stating that biomedicine was superior to any other kind of medicine. Flexner demanded that all medical schools stop teaching anything not based on biological or chemical sciences. This ideology has drastically impacted the practice of physicians in the United States today. Patch believed in a different kind of medicine, he believed in the power of laughter and compassion. During lecture 4.1 the subject of the medicalization of death was discussed. Until recent history, in the United States, death was always considered a normal part of life. Dying is one of the only universal constants in our world. In the movie, Patch makes it very clear how he feels about death, “We’re all dying, our job is to improve health”. He believed in increasing the quality of life not attempting to prevent death and that death could be treated with humility and humor. During his hearing before the Medical Review Board, he informs the board that when you “treat a illness you win or lose, treat a patient you’ll always win”.
I truly believe that anyone going into the medical field should watch this movie. For most of our education we are taught to treat the body as a machine. We are reminded that the body and the mind are separate entities, and that medications and surgery are the only worthwhile ways to treat an illness. This class in general has been extremely thought provoking. It has changed the way I view medicine and the way I will someday practice it. Patch Adams would fit very nicely into the curriculum because not only is it based on a true story, but also offers an entertainingly important message that a patient is a person and there is nothing wrong with being excessively happy.
Kleinman, Arthur. The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing, and the Human Condition. New York: Basic Books, 1988.
Patch Adams. Directed by Tom Shadyac. Performed by Robin Williams. Universal Studios, 1998.