K-PAX (2001)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Iain Softley

Writers (WGA):

Gene Brewer (novel)
Charles Leavitt (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Is he crazy?...or is he light years ahead of us?

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Psychiatrist | Astronomy | Santa Rosa New Mexico | Rape

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 9

6:00 AM

USA

Cast

Kevin Spacey	...	Prot
Jeff Bridges	...	Dr. Mark Powell
Mary McCormack	...	Rachel Powell
Alfre Woodard	...	Dr. Claudia Villars
David Patrick Kelly	...	Howie
Saul Williams	...	Ernie
Peter Gerety	...	Sal
Celia Weston	...	Doris Archer
Ajay Naidu	...	Dr. Chakraborty
Tracy Vilar	...	Maria
Melanee Murray	...	Bess
John Toles-Bey	...	Russell
Kimberly Scott	...	Joyce Trexler
Conchata Ferrell	...	Betty McAllister
Vincent Laresca	...	Navarro

Also Known As:

K-PAX - Alles ist möglich (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for a sequence of violent images, and brief language and sensuality.

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38462) | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Arvin, California, USA

Company:

IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 2. Produktions KG

Trivia:

In Starman (1984), Jeff Bridges played an alien who takes on the visage of a human being, and is enthralled with a particular Earth food (pie). In K-PAX, he plays opposite Kevin Spacey's alien in human form whose favorite food is fruit.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: At 1:29 in the movie, when Dr. Powell drives from the airport to Guelph, which is supposed to be in New Mexico, it shows him viewing the Park City arches at Arches National Park in Moab, Utah.

Quotes:

Howie: You never gave me my third task. What's my third task?
Prot: To stay here, and be prepared for anything.

Movie Connections:

References Fearless (1993)

Soundtrack:

Rocket Man

No words...

One of the best movies ever, the idea of a double interpretation involves we all.

Would be Prot a schizophrenic or an E.T? (No doubt in my opinion, but let's keep the question open...). Kevin Spacey, the big screen monster, plays Prot as it should be done. Let's not forget Jeff Bridges and his great psychiatric.

Lastly, a masterpiece that speakes for itself. Can keep our eyes wide open from the beginning to the credits and our minds thinking even when the movie is over. If you still didn't watch it, go right now! And again, again...