Dont bother with the third book though, its even more repetitive. 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. Joker behind the scenes with joaquin phoenix and todd phillips warner bros. Bess seems to have dissapeared, but robert porter is still there. This movie stars two of the greatest actors of their times. A wellacted and spirited scifi drama with the message. Powell confronts prot, who explains that it is a predetermined date. Kpax is a 2001 film based on the eponymous 1995 novel by gene brewer. Despite its fascinating and amusing premise, it never really. In this novel, a patient with no identification is brought to the manhattan psychiatric institute, where he is put under the care of.
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. Prot has explained that he can take one person with him when he returns. Most people dont have the patience for deciphering esoteric mysteries, though. When a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into the manhattan institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place for him. Movie was filmed in 2001, countries of filming locations are germany, united states. 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. Robert porterwho calls himself prot, which is purposefully uncapitalized and. Or was the whole thing made up in roberts mind and he was released.
His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations. Prot kevin spacey arrives in new york citys grand central station and, when he sees a woman being mugged, he immediately goes to help her. From the movie kpax directed by iain softley starring kevin spacey and jeff bridges i do not own the content of this video. I originally saw the movie version of kpax, starring kevin spacey, which i enjoyed, so i figured i would read the novel on which it was based. Kpax the movie, what the heck happened at the end of the. There was a cute little movie five years back called kpax starring kevin spacey. I ain softleys movie about a psychiatric inpatient claiming to be an intergalactic visitor from the planet kpax is a curiosity. Movies like kpax if you like kpax you are looking for psychological, atmospheric and surprise ending movies about with benign alien, mysterious character, patient, psychiatrist, research, odd and alien themes of drama and scifi genre shot in usa or germany. However, you do learn a bit more about prot, so worth buying for that. I was laughing all throughout the movie and so was the audience. 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.
Despite all of that and an unwise decision to tie things up too neatly at the end, the film manages to make it work, thanks to outstanding work by stars kevin spacey and jeff bridges and a script that is warm, witty, and genuine. The movie is directed by iain softley and stars kevin spacey as robert porter and jeff bridges as dr. Sometimes the best teachers come in very strange guises, as in kpax, a wellacted and spirited science fiction drama based on a 1995 novel by gene brewer. If a visitor from another planet appeared among us in human form and told the truth about his origins, no doubt he would be treated like prot. 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. Released by decca records in 2001 440 016 1922 containing music from kpax 2001. Then his body was occupied as a disguise by a kpaxian prot who ended up in. It had delightfully recondite meanings hiding in every corner of the picture. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing kpax near you. In the movie k pax, robert who was also known as prot throughout the movie had a mental disorder due to traumatic events in his life.
Kpax is a 2001 americangerman science fictionmystery film based on gene brewers 1995 novel of the same name, directed by iain softley, starring kevin. The second book on a beam or light keeps up more of the is he an alien or damaged man plot. Theres a whole book series that explains a lot more. Kpax has a couple of daunting movie cliche obstacles to overcome. Welcome to recall total recall official website cult sirens paying homage to bmovie cult sirens. You get more information about prot, life on kpax, and the more traumas robert porter endured. Now if youll excuse me, i have a beam of light to catch. Kevin spacey s 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. Compared to the crap i saw this summer, i left thoroughly impressed.
He seems to respond to hypnosis, has a sort of phobia. You are completely absorbed in this fascinating story from the very beginning when prote appears from kpax and is whisked away to a mental institution where jeff bridges because his psychiatrist. I left with the overall impression that it was a form of psychosis and he wasnt from kpax, but its an unsatisyfing conclusion given the lack of explanation for his disappearance up north and bess disappearance at the end of the movie. Spaceys prot, a visitor from the planet kpax, is a healing alien. In the movie kpax, how was kevin spacey able to answer. It was a riveting read and i couldnt put it down until id read to the end. Theyll take the story if its a good one and overlook all the difficult layers of meaning. However, his scientific explanation of the orbits of his home solar system, a question the scientists have been unable to answer. The movie does a good job of making it unclear if kevin spacy is playing an alien or a human or an alien in a human. Kpax is another movie where things are not what they seem. Tells the story of a mysterious patient kevin spacey at a mental hospital who claims to be from a distant planet called kpax. 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.
Did prot in fact exist and leave for kpax, leaving robert the man whos body he occupied in the hospital. To me, it means that prots formulas are not one of the thousands of suggestions that can explain the rotation disturbance. Despite all of that and an unwise decision to tie things up too neatly at the end, the film manages to make it work, thanks to outstanding work by stars kevin spacey. Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet named k pax. On the contrary, it means that prots knowledge cannot be explained. Kpax is a planet, he explains to his doctor, but dont worryim not going to leap out of your chest.
I think robert was a vessel and when prot was hypnotized he became robert. Where was filmed movie kpax, cast kevin spacey, jeff bridges, mary mccormack, alfre woodard. Schizophrenia, personality psychology, dissociative. The film is about a psychiatric patient who claims to be an alien from the planet kpax. Clever, inscrutable and utterly charismatic, robert porter calls himself prot and has no traceable background but he claims that he is an inhabitant of the planet kpax, a perfect world without wars. Whats more, when he suggests that kpax can explain its star rotation disturbance and proves it with the right formulas, all scientists look amazed. Kpax gene brewer when we successfully treat a patient.
Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Rent kpax 2001 starring kevin spacey and jeff bridges on dvd and bluray. Like basic instinct, you see the ending in the very beginning. The best science fiction nonfiction movies are not violent. Kevin spaceys character appears out of fucking nowhere, theres very little to dispute about that. Kpax scene that made the whole movie worth watching. 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. The events caused prot to have multiple different personalities and caused him to react to certain situations. Kpax gene brewer when we successfully treat a patient we. 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. So my question isis robert porter from the planet kpax, or is he just human and really has psychological problems. 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. Upon learning that many of his patients expect to leave earth on july 27, dr.
The movie tells the story of a mysterious patient called prot spacey at a mental hospital who claims to be from a distant planet called kpax. But he is not able to get any explanation for this behavior out of prot. A mysterious and extraordinary mental patient, named prot, convinces both staff and fellow patients that he comes from a utopian planet called kpax. With kevin spacey, jeff bridges, mary mccormack, alfre woodard. Powell bridges tries to figure out exactly how to help the patient, he gradually begins to realize that this socalled alien is having a remarkable effect on the mental health. Then his body was occupied as a disguise by a kpax ian prot who ended up in. I feel dumb asking this, but me and my girlfriend watched the movie and theres some difference of opinion on what happened. But we also feel a secret joy, because we have come to know him, and in knowing him we know more of ourselves. Kpax soundtrack from 2001, composed by edward shearmur.
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