K-PAX | |
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Directed by | Iain Softley |
Screenplay by | Charles Leavitt |
Based on | K-PAX by Gene Brewer |
Produced by | Robert F. Colesberry Lawrence Gordon Lloyd Levin |
Starring | Kevin Spacey Jeff Bridges Alfre Woodard Mary McCormack |
Cinematography | John Mathieson |
Edited by | Craig McKay |
Music by | Edward Shearmur |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures (North America, France, Latin America and China) Universum Film (Germany)[1] |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
Countries | United States Germany |
Language | English |
Budget | $68 million[2] |
Box office | $65 million[2] |
K-PAX is a 2001 science fiction mystery film based on Gene Brewer's 1995 novel of the same name. An American-German co-production, it was directed by Iain Softley, starring Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, and Alfre Woodard. The film tells the story of a psychiatric patient who claims to be an alien from the planet K-PAX. During his treatment, the patient demonstrates an outlook on life that ultimately proves inspirational for his fellow patients and especially for his psychiatrist.