Film Scene Analysis: Patch Adams Date: 1998 Running Time: 1 hour, 55 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Tom Shadyac Distributor: Universal Studios Based on a true story.

Sample Scene: Talking to the Meat Packers This scene is an early sequence in the film and occurs when Patch gives a speech at a meat-packers convention. When you are ready, click Talking to the Meat Packers [2:18] to watch this clip. The video will open in its own window.

Questions: Apply each step/component of the communication process model to Patch's speech on stage at the podium. This model is briefly described in our text on page 374 and described in more detail in the online module (Communication Process webpage).

Provide behavioural evidence from the scene to support each response.

Behavioural Evidence: verbal behaviour, non-verbal behaviour, situational factors, individual differences (e.g., personality, perceptions, values etc.).

Epilogue: This movie is based on a real person. While the movie (which is part fact, part fiction) ends with Patch a few years out of medical school, the real Patch went on to continue his mission. Find out what the real Patch Adams has been up to.