K-PAX (film)

K -PAX - Anything is possible (AKA: K- PAX ) is a film directed by Iain Softley from 2001 with Kevin Spacey in the lead role. The film is based on the novel " K -PAX " ( German book title: "How is a third party star") by Gene Brewer and tells the story of a man who claims from about 1,000 light years distant planet K -PAX in the vicinity of the constellation Lyra to come.

Action

Because he does not carry identity cards with them and behaves unusually, Prot is arrested in Grand Central Station in New York. He is as self-evident as extraterrestrial beings in human form from which come from a planet called K- Pax, and is then sent to a psychiatric institution. When he responds to no treatment after a month, Dr. Powell is assigned to it, who neglected his family because of his work. It turns out that Prot -fed preference of fruits and that he can see ultraviolet light. It does not take long until some employees and especially the patients of the institution keep his story to be true. Also Dr. Powell is impressed by the plausibility of the statements.

After Prot has answered a list of astrophysical questions with amazing details, Dr. Powell travels with him to the Hayden Planetarium to find out more with a group of first-class astrophysicist. Prot is to prove that he can travel faster than light, but during the demonstration he does not move from the spot. He claims to have traveled so fast that it is not perceptible to the human eye. The scientists believe this is a joke. Thereafter, however, Prot surprised the scientists by his knowledge: in particular, it can record the planetary orbits of his alleged home system and a hitherto puzzling peculiarity explain this.

Dr. Powell recognizes that Prot has an inexplicable positive impact on other patients who experienced gradually healing, where Prot of self-healing abilities speaks. Prot promises the patient that he can take one of them in his forthcoming soon return to K- Pax, whereupon meet these enthusiastic preparations. Dr. Powell is concerned, however, that will happen in a few weeks something bad to said day of his " departure ", and hastens to be explained Prots past. He performs with Prot by age regression, which brings it with every session closer to the tragic mystery of the man. He comes behind the story of Robert Porter, a worker in a slaughterhouse.

Porter five years ago, tried to drown himself in a river after he had killed a burglar in his house with his bare hands, which had just murdered his wife and daughter. Obviously Prot Robert Porter, who has survived, but lost his memory. However Prot disappears for a few days in a mysterious way and reappears as suddenly in the hospital without the hospital staff could watch him. Powell had not taken Prots statement seriously that he still wanted to look around a little on the earth.

To that of Prot exactly predicted the time of his " departure " he waits in his room, takes off his sunglasses, he does not need his own words on K -PAX, and looks out the window. Dr. Powell, who had almost overslept the time, running through the hospital to Prots room. The image of the surveillance camera, with which employees Prots pursue actions, fails, and you can see how the light of the rising sun Prots room brightens. As Powell arrives in the room, it seems at first empty, then he sees Porter unconscious under the bed. He survived, but from now on no longer responds to its environment - it is completely catatonic and must be moved in a wheelchair.

Simultaneously with Prots apparent transformation in Robert Porter, the patient Bess disappeared without a trace. The patients believe that Prot has kept his promise and brought in K- PAX. In the epilogue, we see how Dr. Powell some time later the catatonic Robert Porter goes for a walk in a wheelchair and speaks with him. He tells of the advances that have made his fellow patients, which have now been released and that he is worried about the whereabouts of the still missing Bess. Finally, Dr. Powell meets in a long time with his son from his first marriage, he has indeed repeatedly sent money and funded the study, but with whom he had little contact. Prot Dr. Powell made ​​aware of the importance of the family.

Background

  • After the actual end and the credits of the film a short scene is shown again, in Dr. Powell thoughtfully looks in his garden with a telescope at the night sky.
  • The film is a co-production of UK firms " Intermedia Films " and " Pathé Pictures International " with the German " IMF International Media and Film GmbH & Co. KG 2 production " and the U.S. " Lawrence Gordon Productions ".

Criticism

"Little standalone fantasy story that knows how to bind more strongly by excellent performers and the intriguing photograph than it really deserves the story being told. "

" [ ... ] Especially K -Pax offers a variety of SF, how do you get to see them only every few years. In addition, the full length movie is really fascinating intelligent Hollywood star cinema [ ... ] "

Awards

Kevin Spacey was nominated for the 2002 Saturn Award and Alfre Woodard for the Image Award.

2001 in film Screenplay Lawrence Gordon (producer) Film score Edward Shearmur John Mathieson (cinematographer) Craig McKay (film editor) Light-year Astrophysics NAACP Image Award Wolfgang Jeschke Inkheart (film)
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