K-PAX is a 2001 science-fiction drama film about a mentally ill patient who claims to be an alien from the planet K-PAX. During his treatment, the patient/alien, "Prot", demonstrates an outlook on life that ultimately proves inspirational for his fellow patients and especially for his psychiatrist.
Directed by Iain Softley, the film stars Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack and Alfre Woodard. The film was based on a novel of the same name,...
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K-PAX is a 2001 science-fiction drama film about a mentally ill patient who claims to be an alien from the planet K-PAX. During his treatment, the patient/alien, "Prot", demonstrates an outlook on life that ultimately proves inspirational for his fellow patients and especially for his psychiatrist.
Directed by Iain Softley, the film stars Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack and Alfre Woodard. The film was based on a novel of the same name, itself possibly inspired by the 1986 Argentine film Man Facing Southeast directed and written by Eliseo Subiela. (Novelist Brewer denies any connection despite nearly identical plot development.)
When he claims he is an alien from a planet called 'K-PAX' and traveled to Earth via 'light rays', a man calling himself "Prot" (Kevin Spacey) is handed over to a New York hospital psychiatric ward. A Manhattan psychiatrist, Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges), is given the task of treating and "curing" Prot of his supposed delusions. Right from the first...
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