K-PAX – Collector's Edition

Cast View all

	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
	Mark Christopher Lawrence	Simms
	Brian Howe	Steve
	Mary Mara	Abby
	Tess McCarthy	Natalie Powell - Age 6
	Natasha Dorfhuber	Gabby Powell - Age 9
	Brandon de Paul	Josh - Age 10
	Aaron Paul	Michael Powell - Age 21
	William Lucking	Sheriff
	Kelly Connell	Walter Fleen
	Peter Maloney	Duncan Flynn

Crew View all

Director	Iain Softley
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

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Story Synopsis:
Based on the novel by Gene Brewer, this is a spellbinding, often humorous story of a mysterious stranger who defies convention, puzzles the experts, and leaves everyone searching for the truth. When Prot (Spacey) seemingly appears out of nowhere following a disturbance at New York’s Grand Central Station, he is sent to a psychiatric ward and becomes a patient of Dr. Mark Powell (Bridges), whose initial skepticism that he is from the planet “K-PAX” soon turns to fascination and amazement. Even a team of leading scientists are at a loss to explain Prot’s detailed knowledge of the star system he calls home. But with Prot’s return to K-PAX fast approaching, Mark’s desire to find the truth behind Prot’s mysterious past becomes a race against time to find the answers.


DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD exhibits a pleasing picture, with images that are sharp and nicely detailed. Light plays an important part in the movie, and the filmmakers incorporated it nicely into the cinematography. Low-lit scenes have a welcome golden glow, similar to how Prot describes K-PAX. Brighter scenes almost appear too contrasty at times, giving the feeling that “our planet” is too bright. The picture is quite lovely, with natural hues, accurate fleshtones, and deep blacks. The scene in the space center is visually stunning, with excellent shadow delineation and cool, blue hues. Edge enhancement is occasionally noticed, but is not too distracting; and the picture appears quite clean, with no distracting pixelization. (Suzanne Hodges)


Soundtrack:
The 5.1-channel soundtracks have been nicely recorded and produced. The audio is generally of a somewhat quiescent nature, with focus toward the dialogue and music. Fidelity is remarkable, and the tonal balance at or near reference level seems neutral. Voices sound impressively natural, and also exhibit convincing spatial consistency with the visuals. The music tends to predominate from the screen channels, with fairly palpable spread across the screen, and a notable low-end presence. Atmospheric effects are usually subtly, yet nicely distributed throughout the listening space. Deep bass is also quite reserved, but does serve effectively in Chapter 16, with notable .1 LFE content. The soundstage rendered by the DTS® Digital Surround™ audio is a little more open-sounding and cohesive, giving it the slight advantage. (Perry Sun)

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