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K-PAX is a 2001 science fiction mystery film based on Gene Brewer's 1995 novel of the same name. An American-German co-production, it was directed by Iain Softley, starring Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, and Alfre Woodard. The film tells the story of a psychiatric patient who claims to be an alien from the planet K-PAX.
In K-PAX, there are two possible explanations: Prot is crazy. He is truly an alien. There are facts that indicate 1, but also 2. Examples: He seems to respond to hypnosis, has a sort of phobia of water, looks just like his friend and doesn't physically leave.
Oct 26, 2001 · 3 min read. 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.
K-PAX: Directed by Iain Softley. With Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard. PROT is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a faraway planet named K-PAX. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
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- Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Iain Softley
- 2001-10-26
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.
Prot dumbfounds a planetarium full of astrophysicists with detailed information about the orbit of his home planet dovetailing perfectly with recently observed irregularities in the movements of the star system he claims as his home.
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K-Pax is a planet and Prot comes from there. He may look like Kevin Spacey and speak articulate English, but, in fact, he's a K-Paxian who travels by light - three times the speed of, to be exact - and takes on the characteristics of whatever life form exists in situ.
