K-PAX
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Directed by	Iain Softley
Produced by	Robert F. Colesberry Lawrence Gordon Lloyd Levin
Written by	Gene Brewer Charles Leavitt
Starring	Kevin Spacey Jeff Bridges Mary McCormack Alfre Woodard
Music by	Ed Shearmur
Cinematography	John Mathieson
Editing by	Craig McKay
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Released	22 October 2001
Running time	120 min
Language	English
Budget	$48,000,000
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For the book see the article K-PAX.

K-PAX is a comedy-drama about a mental patient whose claims to be an alien may or may not be true. During his treatment, the possibly alien mental patient demonstrates an outlook on life that ultimately proves inspirational for his fellow patients and especially for his psychiatrist. Although based on a novel, the movie received criticism for ripping off the 1986 Argentinian film Man Facing Southeast, which has an identical plot.

Plot summary

The story opens with a man calling himself 'Prot' (Kevin Spacey) mysteriously appearing in New York City's Grand Central Station. When claiming that he is an other-worldly being from a planet called 'K-PAX', Prot is handed over to a New York hospital psychiatric ward. He is treated by a Manhattan psychiatrist, Mark Powell (played by Jeff Bridges), who is tasked with "curing" Prot of his supposed delusions. The story develops as Dr. Powell becomes quite attached to Prot, and starts to believe his seemingly ridiculous claims. The film poses the question: Is Prot crazy or is he light years ahead of us?

See also

• K-PAX (book)
• K-PAXian
• Jeff Bridges himself played an extraterrestrial, in Starman

External links

• K-Pax at The Internet Movie Database
• K-PAX at Rotten Tomatoes

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