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| Year: | 2001 |
| Rating: | 7.3(50377) |
| Listed in: | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi |
| Directed by: | Iain Softley |
| Actors: | Kevin Spacey Jeff Bridges David Patrick Kelly Saul Williams Mary McCormack Alfre Woodard |
| "Is he crazy?...or is he light years ahead of us?" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Iain Softley | |
| Actors | |
| Kevin Spacey | as Prot |
| Jeff Bridges | as Dr. Mark Powell |
| David Patrick Kelly | as Howie |
| Saul Williams | as Ernie |
| Peter Gerety | as Sal |
| Ajay Naidu | as Dr. Chakraborty |
| John Toles-Bey | as Russell |
| Vincent Laresca | as Navarro |
| Mark Christopher Lawrence | as Simms |
| Brian Howe | as Steve |
| Brandon de Paul | as Josh - Age 10 |
| Aaron Paul | as Michael Powell - Age 21 |
| William Lucking | as Sheriff |
| Kelly Connell | as Walter Fleen |
| Peter Maloney | as Duncan Flynn |
| Lance E. Nichols | as David Patel |
| Paul Linke | as Stuart Hessler |
| Christopher Jason Brown | as Danny Trexler |
| Greg Lewis | as Dominic McAllister |
| Clarke Peters | as Homeless Veteran |
| Joe Holt | as Transit Officer |
| Scott Lincoln | as Walker |
| Clebert Ford | as Homeless Man |
| Norman Alden | as Babbling Man |
| Rawle D. Lewis | as Security Guard |
| Eric LaRay Harvey | as Security Guard |
| Tony Rhune | as Thug |
| Vince Cupone | as Thug |
| B'Jahn | as Ward Patient |
| Clete Francis | as Ward Patient |
| Leo Frank | as Ward Patient |
| William Godbolt | as Ward Patient |
| Ralph Hadida | as Ward Patient |
| Pat Jankiewicz | as Ward Patient |
| Joseph Steven | as Ward Patient |
| Rafael Real | as Ward Patient |
| Gene Smith | as Ward Patient |
| Curt Clendenin | as Hospital Patient |
| Frank Collison | as Screaming Man |
| Ted Hollis | as Ward Doctor |
| Paulo Pascoal | as Boy |
| Actresses | |
| Mary McCormack | as Rachel Powell |
| Alfre Woodard | as Dr. Claudia Villars |
| Celia Weston | as Doris Archer |
| Tracy Vilar | as Maria |
| Melanee Murray | as Bess |
| Kimberly Scott | as Joyce Trexler |
| Conchata Ferrell | as Betty McAllister |
| Mary Mara | as Abby |
| Tess McCarthy | as Natalie Powell - Age 6 |
| Natasha Dorfhuber | as Gabby Powell - Age 9 |
| Olga Merediz | as Transit Officer |
| Lola Pashalinski | as Russian Woman |
| Kateri Walker | as Sara Porter |
| Katya Abelski | as Rebecca Porter |
| Zofia Borucka | as Woman on Train |
| Anne Carroll | as Ward Patient |
| Lisa Cohen | as Ward Patient |
| Valerie Giocondo | as Ward Patient |
| Coco Leigh | as Ward Patient |
| Lydia Murray | as Ward Patient |
| Julie Sands | as Ward Patient |
| Moet Meira | as Jennifer |
| Elizabeth Woodward | as Woman #1 |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 13 November 2000 - March 2001 |
| Budget: | USD 48,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 50,315,140 USD (30 December 2001) UK - 567,349 GBP (14 April 2002) Russia - 220,937 USD (4 August 2002) Spain - 1,279,498 EUR (10 August 2002) |
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Original Soundtracks
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"Safe and Sound" Written by Sheryl Crow Produced and Performed by Sheryl Crow Courtesy of A&M Records "Rocket Man" Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin Performed by Elton John Courtesy of Mercury Records Ltd. (London) Under license from Universal Music Enterprises |
Goofs
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GEOG: The story takes place in New York, however, visible through the office window in one scene is the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Continuity: SPOILER: Prot removes his glasses and lays them down so that the top of the glasses are laying on the table. Later, when Mark Powell rushes in, the glasses are lying right-side-up. Continuity: The first time we see Mark Powell's daughter she says that she lost her front tooth. The next time we see her she smiles and still has her baby front teeth. Crew: When the doctors are meeting the film crew is reflected in the shiny silver coffee pot as one of the doctors pours coffee. GEOG: In the opening scene Prot is arrested in Grand Central Station. In the next scene when the cops are escorting him to their van, they are walking along Park Avenue towards (not away from) Grand Central Station. Continuity: Early in the movie, Mark leaves the city on the train at the end of the day in overcast weather, but when he gets home at 6:30, it's bright daylight outside. Continuity: When Prot visits the doctor's home his sunglasses are alternate between plain and silvered between shots. Continuity: When Mark Powell runs off the train when he sees "505" on Prot's pencil, he is not carrying a bag. However, when he is at the telephone booth he is carrying a bag. Continuity: Every time Dr. Powell commutes home, a MTA NYCT A-Division (IRT) subway train is shown traveling on an elevated structure. The interior of the train, however, is an MTA commuter rail train (which is more likely to travel to the type of neighborhood he is shown living in). GEOG: At 1:29 in the movie, when Dr. Powell drives from the airport to Guelph, which is supposed to be in New Mexico, it shows him viewing the Park City arches at Arches National Park in Moab, Utah. CHAR: When Dr. Chakraborty is talking about Prot's vision, he describes him being able to see ultraviolet at 300-400 ångström. Generally in the context of vision, ultraviolet wavelength is ~280-400 nanometers or only 2800-4000 ångström. GEOG: In the opening scene when Prot is removed from Grand Central, he is seen going towards Grand Central. This is often regarded as a mistake, but it is very possible that a separate exit was used by the police and he was then escorted to a vehicle closer to GS than to the exit they used. Manhattan is full of holes, just like IMDB. Fact errors: In one of the tape recording playbacks of Prot's sessions, he mentions that it took 7 years to travel to Earth at the rate of 6 multiples of c. ( The Speed of Light ) But he earlier mentions that K-Pax is roughly 1000 light years from Earth. At the rate of 6c, this would have actually taken 143 years. |
Quotes
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Prot: Every being in the universe knows right from wrong, Mark. Prot: Let me tell you something, Mark. You humans, most of you, subscribe to this policy of an eye for an eye, a life for a life, which is known throughout the universe for its... stupidity. Prot: Even your Buddha and your Christ had quite a different vision. But nobody's paid much attention to them, not even your Buddhists and your Christians. Prot: I shall miss Earth, it has great potential. Prot: Why is a soap bubble round? Because it is the most energy efficient configuration. Similarly, on your planet I look like you; on K-Pax I look like a K-PAXian. Prot: You know, for an educated person Mark, you repeat things quite a bit. Are you aware of that? Prot: Now if you'll excuse me, I have a beam of light to catch. Prot: I will admit the possibility that I am Robert Porter, if you will admit the possibility that I am from K-PAX. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a beam of light to catch. Prot: I had never been to a class BA-3 planet before. Dr. Mark Powell: Class BA-3? Prot: Early stage of evolution-future uncertain. Prot: You seem overly upset, Mark. To borrow a phrase from Navarro, you need to chill. Prot: [after "talking" to the dog] She says she doesn't like it when you hide her favorite tennis shoe, and she doesn't hear so well on her left side, so don't sneak up on her anymore. Prot: [after Mark gives him his pen] A much more efficient writing tool. Claudia Villars: [after prot has disappeared] Patients do not escape from this institution. They don't escape. I'm going to have a great time explaining this to the state board. I've got psychotics on the fourth floor packing up their sneakers because they all think they're going off to K-PAX. Find him. Dr. Mark Powell: Tell me about your boyhood on K-Pax. Where were you born? You were... born right, K-Paxians have babies? Dr. Mark Powell: on the reproductive process of K-paxians: If it's such a pain procedure, then how do you reproduce? Prot: As carefully as possible. Prot: I wanna tell you something Mark, something you do not yet know, that we K-PAXians have been around long enough to have discovered. The universe will expand, then it will collapse back on itself, then will expand again. It will repeat this process forever. What you don't you know is that when the universe expands again, everything will be as it is now. Whatever mistakes you make this time around, you will live through on your next pass. Every mistake you make, you will live through again, & again, forever. So my advice to you is to get it right this time around. Because this time is all you have. Dr. Mark Powell: What would you say if I told you I think you're as human as I am? Prot: I would say you're in need of a thorazine drip, Doctor. Dr. Mark Powell: Do you know why you're here? Prot: You think I'm crazy. Dr. Mark Powell: I prefer the term "ill". Do you think you're ill? Prot: A little homesick, perhaps. Dr. Mark Powell: And where is home? Prot: K-PAX. Dr. Mark Powell: K-PAX? Prot: It's a planet about 2,000 of your 'light-years' away. Dr. Mark Powell: I see. [On why he always wears sunglasses] Prot: Your planet is really bright. Prot: Your produce alone has been worth the trip. Prot: Don't worry, I'm not going to burst through your chest. Prot: Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. How many doctors are there on this planet? Prot: Don't get me wrong, Mark. You've been very hospitable. [pause, Prot looks around] Prot: Hospital. Hospitable. [Prot smiles] Prot: Do I smell apple pie? Prot: I travel light. Dr. Mark Powell: What if I were to tell you that according to a man who lived on our planet, named Einstein, that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light? Prot: I would say that you misread Einstein, Dr. Powell. May I call you Mark? You see Mark, what Einstein actually said was that nothing can accelerate to the speed of light because its mass would become infinite. Einstein said nothing about entities already traveling at the speed of light or faster. Dr. Mark Powell: I'm only familiar with nine planets. Prot: Actually there are ten. But that doesn't matter, I'm not from your solar system. Howie: You never gave me my third task. What's my third task? Prot: To stay here, and be prepared for anything. Prot: Doctor... patient... curious distinction. Dr. Mark Powell: Have a seat. Prot: "Have a seat." What a curious expression. Dr. Chakraborty: He most definitely has a sensitivity to white light, but I think it's his range that you'll find interesting. Dr. Mark Powell: What am I looking at? Dr. Chakraborty: Uh, he can detect light at a wavelength of up to 300 to 400 angstroms. Ultraviolet. Of course, Prot's explanation is that due to his planet's peculiar quality of light caused by its two suns, K-PAXians are used to light conditions much like our twilight most of the time. Dr. Mark Powell: Whoa, w-wait, wait a minute. Uh, Chuck, I didn't think human beings could see ultraviolet light. Dr. Chakraborty: We can't. Prot: [looking Powell astonished] You humans, sometimes its hard to imagine how you've made it this far. Dr. Mark Powell: Oh, 6:15 was late. Didn't leave the station till 6:30. Should have caught the nearest beam of light. Prot: We don't have families on K-PAX. Rachel Powell: Well, you don't know what you're missing. Prot: You know what I've learned about your planet? There's enough life on Earth to fill 50 planets. Plants, animals, people, fungi, viruses, all jostling to find their place, bouncing off each other, feeding off each other. Connected. Dr. Mark Powell: You don't have that kind of connection on K-PAX? Prot: Nobody wants, nobody needs. On K-PAX, when I'm gone, nobody misses me. There would be no reason to. And yet I sense that when I leave here... I will be missed. Yes. Strange feeling. Rachel Powell: [notices husband not paying attention] "My head fell off this morning; I sewed it back on with dental floss... waxed, of course" Ernie: Dying is something you have no control over. Why waste your life being afraid of it? Dr. Mark Powell: Well, let's hope extraterrestrials qualify for Medicaid. |
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