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Tells the story of a mysterious patient (Kevin Spacey) at a mental hospital who claims to be from a distant planet called K-PAX.
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K-PAX. K-PAX is an American science fiction novel by Gene Brewer, the first in the K-PAX series. [1] The series deals with the experiences on Earth of a being named Prot. [1] It is written in the first person from the point of view of Prot's psychiatrist. K-PAX was adapted into a theatrical film of the same name, released in 2001.
When a man arrives in New York, calling himself Prot and claiming to be from the planet K-PAX, the police turn him over to a psychiatrist Dr Powell, believing him to be insane. Prot's behaviour is unusual and his claims unbelievable, but as time runs out, Powell finds that the truth may be even stranger.
If a visitor from another planet appeared among us in human form and told the truth about his origins, no doubt he would be treated like Prot, the hero of ”K-PAX,” who finds himself locked in a closed ward of the Psychiatric Institute of Manhattan.
Synopsis. Change the way you look at the world. Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations. Remove Ads.
Two-time Academy Award® winner Kevin Spacey and Academy Award® nominee Jeff Bridges star in this spellbinding, often humorous story of a mysterious stranger who defies convention, puzzles the experts and leaves everyone searching for the truth.
Where to watch K-PAX (2001) starring Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Mary McCormack and directed by Iain Softley. In "K-PAX," enigmatic patient Prot insists he's from the distant planet K-PAX, challenging the boundaries of reality.
