K-PAX
A mysterious and extraordinary mental patient, named Prot, convinces both staff and fellow patients that he comes from a utopian planet called K-PAX. While his psychiatrist, Dr. Mark Powell, is baffled by this cheerfully confident man, Prot's description of life on a planet 1000 light years away awakens a sense of possibility among the other patients.
The doctor gradually begins to witness this so-called alien having a remarkable effect on the mental health of the hospital's other patients. When Prot says he's going back before the summer ends, all the patients in the ward vie to go with him. As the days before Prot's announced departure from earth race by, Dr. Powell struggles with questions of science.
Determined to prove the stranger is nothing more than a tragic victim of multiple personality disorder, the doctor soon finds himself doubting his own diagnosis.
Directed by
Iain Softley
Cast
Kevin Spacey - Prot
Jeff Bridges - Doctor Mark Powell
Mary McCormack - Rachel Powell
Alfre Woodard - Claudia Villars
David Patrick - Kelly Howie
Saul Williams - Ernie
Peter Gerety - Sal
Celia Weston - Mrs Archer
Ajay Naidu - Doctor Chakraborty
Tracy Vilar - Maria
Melanee Murray - Bess
John Toles-Bey - Russell
Kimberly Scott - Joyce Trexler
Conchata Ferrell - Betty McAllister
Vincent Laresca - Navarro
Mark Christopher - Lawrence Simms
Production Co.
Intermedia Films (Munich)
Lawrence Gordon Company
Produced by
Susan G Pollock
Lawrence Gordon
Lloyd Levin
Mark Franco
Robert F Colesberry
Studio
Universal Pictures
Writer
Gene Brewer
Charles Leavitt
Bryan Goluboff
Music
Edward Shearmur
