FILM · 2001 · GERMANY

K-PAX

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1. #001

   Robert Porter's annual photo is Kevin Spacey's actual photo from the 1977 Chatsworth High School yearbook.

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2. #002

   At around the 18-minute mark, Kevin Spacey had to film the scene in which Prot eats an entire banana (peel and all) 27 times.

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3. #003

   Prot's signature sunglasses are actually a favorite pair owned and worn by U2 frontman Bono. The glasses are by the brand DITA, and the style has been discontinued. Kevin Spacey wanted to borrow them for the film; Bono agreed on the condition that they be well looked after and returned immediately once filming ended.

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4. #004

   The original plan was for Will Smith to play Prot and Kevin Spacey to play Dr. Mark Powell. When Smith withdrew from the role, Spacey decided to play Prot.

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5. #005

   In the novel, one of Prot's favorite films is Starman (1984), which stars Jeff Bridges in the role of the alien.

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6. #006

   Light flares can be seen in the background of nearly every scene throughout the film, especially in Dr. Powell's office while he talks with Prot.

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7. #007

   Argentine director Eliseo Subiela filed a lawsuit claiming that K-PAX was a plagiarism of his film Man Facing Southeast (1986), but he dropped the claim because he lacked sufficient funds to pursue it. Until his death in 2016, he maintained that the film was stolen from his work.

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8. #008

   At around 1 hour 47 minutes, when Powell falls asleep the night before Prot's "departure," Powell dreams about K-PAX. If the dream is real, K-PAX's light conditions under twilight include purple and violet tones, a sky dark for daylight, and two moons in the night sky, one larger and orange and the other smaller and white.

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9. #009

   The term K-PAX is short for kilopascal, a unit of pressure measurement. It is the metric equivalent of pounds per square inch. Although the word is properly abbreviated kPa, K-PAX can often be found on many consumer devices, such as gauges that measure tire pressure.

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10. #010

    Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey also appeared together in The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009), a film about people who claim to possess unnatural powers and abilities.

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11. #011

    The film's cast includes two Oscar winners, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges, and one Oscar nominee, Alfre Woodard.

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