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K-PAX (22-Oct-2001)
Director: Iain Softley Writer: Charles Leavitt From novel: K-Pax by Gene Brewer Music by: Edward Shearmur Producers: Lawrence Gordon; Lloyd Levin; Robert F. Colesberry Keywords: Drama, Fantasy, Psychiatry Film adaptation of the 1995 novel of the same name tells the tale of a mental ward patient's claims of extraterrestrial origin and the psychiatrist tasked with handling his case.
ABSTRACT
prot (uncapitalized, rhymes with "goat"), a middle-aged man of unknown origin, is committed to the Psychiatric Institute of Manhattan after claiming to be an out-of-this-world visitor from the planet "K-PAX", located in the Lyra constellation a thousand light years from Earth. prot's knowledge of astrophysics and influence over fellow patients in the mental ward attracts the attention of Mark Powell, a psychiatrist tasked with ridding prot's mind of supposed delusions who comes to doubt his own theories concerning his condition after spending time with the enigmatic individual.
CAST | Kevin Spacey | ... Prot | | Jeff Bridges | ... Dr. Mark Powell | | | Alfre Woodard | ... Claudia Villars | | Mary McCormack | ... Rachel Powell | | Peter Gerety | ... Sal | | Saul Williams | ... Ernie | | David Patrick Kelly | ... Howie | | Celia Weston | ... Mrs. Archer | | Ajay Naidu | ... Dr. Chakraborty | | Conchata Ferrell | ... Betty McAllister | | Mary Mara | ... Abby | | John Toles-Bey | ... Russell | | | Tracy Vilar | ... Maria | | Melanee Murray | ... Bess | | Kimberly Scott | ... Joyce Trexler | | Vincent Laresca | ... Navarro | | Mark Christopher Lawrence | ... Simms | | Brian Howe | ... Steve | | Tess McCarthy | ... Natalie Powell (Age 6) | | Natasha Dorfhuber | ... Gabby Powell (Age 9) | | Brandon Michael DePaul | ... Josh (Age 10) | | Aaron Paul | ... Michael Powell (Age 21) | | William Lucking | ... Sheriff | | Kelly Connell | ... Walter Fleen | | Peter Maloney | ... Duncan Flynn | | Lance Nichols | ... David Patel | | Paul Linke | ... Stuart Hessler | | Christopher Jason Brown | ... Danny Trexler | | Greg Lewis | ... Dominic McAllister | | Clarke Peters | ... Homeless Veteran | | Olga Merediz | ... Transit Officer | | Joe Holt | ... Transit Officer | | Lola Pashalinski | ... Russian Woman | | Kateri Walker | ... Sara Porter | | Katya Abelski | ... Rebecca Porter | | Scott Lincoln | ... Walker | | Clebert Ford | ... Homeless Man | | Norman Alden | ... Babbling Man | | Rawle D. Lewis | ... Security Guard | | Erik LaRay Harvey | ... Security Guard | | Zofia Borucka | ... Woman on Train | | Tony Rhune | ... Thug | | Vince Capone | ... Thug | | | Ward Patients | | B'Jahn | ... Ward Patient | | Anne Carroll | ... Ward Patient | | Lisa Cohen | ... Ward Patient | | Clete Francis | ... Ward Patient | | Leo Frank | ... Ward Patient | | Valerie Giocondo | ... Ward Patient | | William Godbolt | ... Ward Patient | | Ralph Hadida | ... Ward Patient | | Pat Jankiewicz | ... Ward Patient | | Josef Klus | ... Ward Patient | | Coco Leigh | ... Ward Patient | | Lydia Murray | ... Ward Patient | | Rafael Real | ... Ward Patient | | Julie Sands | ... Ward Patient | | Gene Smith | ... Ward Patient |
REVIEWS Review by banion48 (posted on 4-Apr-2005) Although a bit slow and utterly existential at times K-PAX is the story of a psychologist, played by Bridges, trying to disprove that one of his patients is in fact an extraterrestrial from the planet KPAX. Prot (Spacey) is a mild mannered, intelligent, slightly presumptuous alien who befriends and overruns the ward of the mental institution he is occupying and convinces patients and employees alike that he is indeed a KPAXian. Bridges, a calloused, work-driven man, is changed over the course of the movie by this interesting new addition to his ward and at the end gains some insights into the point of life. Nice film if you're a Spacey fan, but otherwise one might be disappointed or bored.
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