Jeff bridges won an award at the golden globes and he went full jeff. When becoming members of the site, you could use the full range of functions and enjoy the most exciting films. I would liken the movie to a home made pasta dish that looked great but somehow wasnt as good as. Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be. Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet named k pax. This thought prompts powell to reunite with his estranged adult son. Download kpax movie online full download movie and. Change the way you look at the world prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing kpax near you. Kpax alles ist moglich 2001 trailer deutsch youtube. The film is about a psychiatric patient who claims to be an alien from the planet kpax. Today i rewatched it with my 14 year old son who has not seen it before. K paxbest sceneiain softleykevin spaceyjeff bridgeskateri walkerkatya.
Kpax movie 2001 kevin spacey, jeff bridges, mary mccormack. Finden sie kpax alles ist moglich in unserem vielfaltigen dvd. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations. Kpax is a 2001 americangerman science fictionmystery film based on gene brewers 1995 novel of the same name, directed by iain softley, starring kevin. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. The movie doesnt force its parallel with christ who said he was the son of god at a time when, luckily for him, the psychiatric institute of manhattan was not yet admitting patients. She had been acting since she was seven years oldperforming in live theater and musicals in both middle and high schooland when she became bored with being a lifeguard in florida, decided to try her hand at modeling. Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. Tells the story of a mysterious patient kevin spacey at a mental hospital who claims to be from a distant planet called kpax. Though a florida native, penny pax also grew up in several other places like ohio, hawaii, and new zealand.
Many translated example sentences containing spacey germanenglish dictionary and. Kpax is a 2001 americangerman science fiction mystery film based on gene brewer s 1995 novel of the same name, directed by iain softley, starring kevin spacey, jeff bridges, mary mccormack, and alfre woodard. It was a riveting read and i couldnt put it down until id read to the end. A mysterious and extraordinary mental patient, named prot, convinces both staff and fellow patients that he comes from a utopian planet called kpax. It has you doubting yourself and our whole human way of thinking. However, you do learn a bit more about prot, so worth buying for that. The movie ends with prot describing how the people of kpax have found the universe will create a repeat of life until the lessons of that life are learned. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
Kpax is the kind of hollywood drivel that assumes its audience has never. In 1986, eliseo subiela argentina made a movie called hombre mirando al sudeste man. The extra terrestrial, but, kpax has darker themes buried within and yet handles the deeper subjects more deftly than most of those previously mentioned movies. As his psychiatrist jeff bridges tries to figure out exactly how to help the patient, he gradually begins to realize that the socalled alien is having a remarkable effect on the mental health of the hospitals other patients. Kpax is another movie where things are not what they seem. With kevin spacey, jeff bridges, mary mccormack, alfre woodard. Rated pg for sequences of violence, sensuality and brief language. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Kpax is a planet, he explains to his doctor, but dont worryim not going to leap out of your chest. Edward shearmurs score for kpax appropriately combines orchestral pieces with electronic music so as to match the fanciful tone of a film about a mental patient played by kevin spacey who claims to be from another planet and his psychiatrist jeff bridges.
Kpax 2001 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. I wont go through the resume of the whole movie unlike mulholland drive, the action is pretty linear here, there are no twists in the story line. Dont bother with the third book though, its even more repetitive. Kevin spaceys real human owner of the body, after killing the psychopat that raped and killed his family, had lost his will to live and entered into a catatonic state. When i started to see this movie, other movie comes to my mind. A stranger who calls himself prot spacey seemingly appears out of nowhere following a disturbance at new yorks grand central station.
It is written in the first person from the point of view of prots psychiatrist kpax was adapted into a theatrical film of the same name, released in 2001. Kpax is an american science fiction novel by gene brewer, the first in the kpax series the series deals with the experiences on earth of a man named prot rhymes with wrote. K pax full movie juhuhagabababana nahannaahjahjare. But a solo pianolike sound, playing slow, introspective singlenote melodies, is the primary musical element, the piano backed by. Now why he chose bess, she suffered the same sort of illness from much the same sort of emotional incident loss of family. Kpax was sweet, interesting and the ending was picturesque and wellrounded. I watched kpax for the first time about 10 years ago. The psychological role of the movie was tremendous, with patients ranging f. I very distinctly remember that when i first saw kpax it starred nicolas cage. Released october 26th, 2001, kpax stars kevin spacey, jeff bridges, mary mccormack, alfre woodard the pg movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 0 min, and received a score of 49 out of 100 on. Its a deep movie that leaves an impression on someone who thinks differently. A serene man in a mental hospital claims to be from the planet kpax and while many believe him, only his psychiatrist can uncover his true. Follow the movie on facebook plot summary tells the story of a mysterious patient kevin spacey at a mental hospital who claims to be from a distant planet called kpax.
He is not into movies any longer and it took me a while to convince him to spend 2 hours on something his father thinks worth it. Then his body was occupied as a disguise by a kpaxian prot who ended up in. Now if youll excuse me, i have a beam of light to catch. If there was a kpax 2, bess would be the prot from kpax.