K-Pax

Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Kevin Spacey	Prot/Robert Porter
Jeff Bridges	Dr. Mark Powell
Mary McCormack	Rachel Powell
Alfre Woodard	Claudia Villars
David Patrick Kelly	Howie
Saul Williams	Ernie
Peter Gerety	Sal
Celia Weston	Mrs. Doris Archer
Ajay Naidu	Dr. Chakraborty
Tracy Vilar	Maria

Director	Iain Softley
Producer	Lawrence Gordon; Lloyd Levin
Writer	Charles Leavitt; Gene Brewer
Cinematography	John Mathieson
Musician	Elton John; Ed Shearmur; Sheryl Crow

A man calling himself simply Prot (Kevin Spacey) is picked up in grand central station in New York City after mysteriously appearing. When he claims to be an alien from the planet K-Pax he is quickly whisked off to a psychiatric hospital and in to the hands of Dr. Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges). During his sojourn in the psychiatric hospital Dr. Powell repeatedly tries to determine the indentity of this mysterious man Prot. Even as Dr. Powell's attempts to discover Prot's true identity continue, Prot has an astonishing impact on the other patients in the ward. Prot's continuing assertions of his alien origin truly frustrate Dr. Powell and he becomes even more determined to figure him out. Is he really from K-Pax, and is he really Prot, these are the questions that Dr. Powell is determined to answer.