The 1995 novel by Charles Brewer becomes this drama from director Iain Softley. After a mugging incident at New York's Grand Central Station, Prot (Kevin Spacey), a man who claims to be an alien from the planet K-PAX, is turned over to a public mental hospital and the care of Dr. Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges). When medication fails to alter Prot's insistence that he is visiting from another world on a fact-finding mission, Powell gets more involved with his patient, who seems to have a calming effect on the other residents of his ward. At first convinced that Prot is a delusional who can be treated, Powell begins to wonder if his bizarre patient's story is true, particularly after the hospital's doctors find that Prot possesses the baffling ability to see ultraviolet light. As the date grows nearer when Prot claims he must leave Earth (a "class BA-III planet"), Powell becomes increasingly concerned that a psychiatric breakthrough must occur by then. K-PAX (2001) co-stars Alfre Woodard and Mary McCormack. — Karl Williams
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Kevin Spacey | Prot |
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Jeff Bridges | Dr. Mark Powell |
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Mary McCormack | Rachel Powell |
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Alfre Woodard | Dr. Claudia Villars |
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David Patrick Kelly | Howie |
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Saul Williams | Ernie |
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Peter Gerety | Sal |
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Celia Weston | Doris Archer |
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Ajay Naidu | Dr. Chakraborty |
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Tracy Vilar | Maria |
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Melanee Murray | Bess |
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John Toles-Bey | Russell |
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Kimberly Scott | Joyce Trexler |
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Conchata Ferrell | Betty McAllister |
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Vincent Laresca | Navarro |
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Mark Christopher Lawrence | Simms |
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Brian Howe | Steve |
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Mary Mara | Abby |
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Tess McCarthy | Natalie Powell - Age 6 |
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Natasha Dorfhuber | Gabby Powell - Age 9 |
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Brandon de Paul | Josh - Age 10 |
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Aaron Paul | Michael Powell - Age 21 |
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William Lucking | Sheriff |
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Kelly Connell | Walter Fleen |
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Peter Maloney | Duncan Flynn |
| Director | Iain Softley |
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| Writer | Gene Brewer, Charles Leavitt | |
| Producer | Gene Brewer, Robert F. Colesberry, Larry Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Michael Levy, Susan G. Pollock | |
| Musician | Edward Shearmur | |
| Photography | John Mathieson | |
| Edition | Collector's Edition |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 ENGLISH: DTS 5.1 FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles | English | Spanish |
| Distributor | Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Mar 26, 2002 |
| Regions | 1 |