Okay.
But first you have to hold on very tight.
Okay. Ready?
This is fun!
Come on, let's go! Come on! Come on!
Watch out. Watch out.
Let's go in the water!
No, don't. Come on!
No, don't go. Don't go. Let's go!
Hey! Let go! Don't go in the water! Don't! No, don't!
Mom! No! No, you stay! No!
Natalie? Natalie!
- Mark! Mark!-
- Prot!
Hey, this guy's as strong as an ox! Betty, quick!
- Turn off the goddamn water!
Stay there, Josh. I'll turn it off! I got it.
It's okay.
Prot?
It's okay. It's okay. No, no, no, it's okay, Betty. Where are his glasses?
I got it. Are you all right?
Prot?
You're okay.
Is that apple pie I smell?
Sweetheart, You all right? Yeah.
He was pushing my daughter on a swing, like he had done a hundred times before.
Not like he was some alien from K-PAX.
I saw him. He was connecting with something.
Some kind of normal life. That's not enough.
He's a violent patient, Mark.
He's not violent.
Something violent happened to him. Something in his past.
When he was going after Natalie, he wasn't trying to harm her, he was trying to protect her.
From the sprinklers? I'm not sure from what.
I need more than a hunch to go on, otherwise I have to send him upstairs.
We need to regress him-- take him back into the past,
find out what happened and have him confront it.
Regress him? Do you have any idea how risky it is to regress a patient like this one?
It's his only chance.
Claudia, we have to push him. There's no time.
He told me that he's going back to K-PAX on July 27.
That's in three weeks.
I think that he could become violent on that day. Hurt himself, somebody else.
You know what the problem is, Mark.
You're too close to this patient.
Everybody else can see it but you.
I am transferring him to the fourth floor, and that's final.
I know I'm too close to him. All right, fine. I admit it.
Why choose this one to save, Mark?
I don't know. Maybe-- Maybe because I feel...
he chose me.
Has anyone seen Prot?
He went up north for a few days.
"North"? Greenland.
Iceland.
You know.
He had a few countries left to visit before he could finish his report.
Don't worry, Dr. Powell. He'll be back.
How do you know, Ernie?
Because he took his glasses with him, darling.
When he returns to K-PAX, he won't need them.
Patients do not escape from this institution. They don't escape.
There has been no evidence of escape,
but obviously, I've notified the police, social services.
I'm gonna have a great time explaining this to the state board.
I got psychotics on the fourth floor packing up their sneakers...
because they all think they're going off to K-PAX.
Claudia-- Find him.
Well, what about city shelters?
Have you-- Have you checked?
No.
No, I'm not telling you how to do your job.
Uh-- Thank-- Thank you.
Dr. Powell, I presume.
Where the hell have you been?
Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland, uh, Labrador--
All right, cut the crap. We've been looking for you for three days.
I believe I mentioned my taking a trip up north, Mark, in this very garden.
"Taking a trip”? You're a patient here.
You don't leave here without a discharge. And don't give me this beam-of-light shit,
because I don't buy it.
What would you say if I were to tell you...
that I don't believe You took any trip at all...
to Iceland or Greenland or anywhere?
That I don't believe You're from K-PAX?
I believe you're as human as I am.
I would say you're in need of a Thorazine drip, Doctor.
Well, there-- there is one way...
You could convince me beyond any doubt.
Of course, I would need your consent.
It's called hypnosis.
I just don't see the point. Let me tell you what your alternative is.
A trip to a place where they'll stick a needle in your ass every morning,
which may or may not leave you with a stupid grin on your face...
for the rest of your days here on Earth.
Is that what you'd like?
Prot?
I want to help you.
What we're going to be doing, Prot, is a bit like daydreaming.
I'm gonna count from one to five.
On the count of three, Your eyes will close,
and you will find yourself in a very nice, deep,
comfortable, relaxed state of hypnosis.
One. Your eyes are starting to get very heavy now.
Two. I want you to use your imagination...
and imagine small lead weights on your eyelids...
that are just making them so... heavy.
Pulse rate is 40 B.P.M. Three.
Keep your eyes closed. I'd be concerned if he were human.
Let yourself go way, way down deep.
Four. Let a wave of relaxation move through your body now...
as you go down even deeper.
And five,
going way, way down deep.
You are in a relaxed state of hypnosis now.
How do you feel?
Like...
nothing.
I want you to go back in time.
I want you to recall the first experience that you can remember.
What do you see?
What was that?
What do you see?
Uh--
I see...
casket.
Silver...
with a blue lining.
Whose casket is it?
It's the father of a friend of mine.
What's your friend's name?
I'm not telling.
Do you know how Your friend's father died?
He had an accident at the place that he worked at.
He was killed in an accident?
He-- He was hurt and then died later?
Where did he work? The place where they kill cows.
Where is this place?
The pulse rate just shot up ten B.P.M.s.
Do you know-- Do you know where this place is?
I-I want you to relax.
I want to move forward in time now.
Where are you?
It's nighttime.
We're in his house.
At the other boy's house? Yeah.
I want him to come outside.
Why?
To look at the stars.
That's where I come from, You know.
Is your name Prot?
Wow.
How did you know that?
Where are you from, Prot?
I'm from the planet K-PAX.
It's in the constellation Lyra.
Do you know all the constellations?
Yeah. Most of 'em.
And does your friend know them too? Yes, he does.
When his dad got sick and had to stay home, they got a telescope,
and his dad taught him about all the constellations.
But he's not interested in those right now.
Why not?
Something happened.
That's why he called me.
He calls me when something bad happens.
Like when his father died?
That's right.
How do you know to come? How does the boy call you?
I don't know. I just come. I just-- I just know.
How do you get to Earth?
I wanna go outside. Can I go outside?
Uh, read-- read his body language, Mark.
I-I don't think he wants to talk anymore today.
All right. Prot?
I want you to just relax now.
Think about the stars.
That's right. I' m gonna count backwards now from five to one,
and you'll find yourself wide-awake and refreshed.
Five. You're starting to come out of it now.
Four. You're feeling more alert.
Three. Even more alert.
Two. You're becoming awake now.
And one.
So when do we begin?
It's already over.
Oh, the old "fastest gun in the West" routine, huh?
Let's find the locations of all the slaughter houses operating in the United States.
I mean, how many can there be?
I don't know.
We eliminate, uh, the ones in or near big cities...
and we concentrate on small towns, rural areas,
You know, places where You can see the stars.
Joyce, we only have six days.
Shall I bring the crystal or leave it here?
I suppose I won't really need it on K-PAX.
I don't even know what they drink.
Dream on, sister. He can only take one of us with him.
Why the hell would he take a stinker like you? He's taking me.
How dare you! I do not stink.
Nah, forget it, ho. I'm the one goin'.
Yeah? Which one of you?
Okay. Who would like to begin?
Ernie. Uh, I-I was-- I was wondering if it was possible...
for us to have Cream of Wheat instead of oatmeal.
Not again. Howie.
I have a suggestion, because there's really, really not much time.
I would like to propose an essay contest...
to decide once and for all who will go with Prot.
I've spoken with him, and he's agreed to read them all by July 27.
So if anyone would like to be considered,
please state your reasons in a clear, legible hand...
and return them to me.
Russell.
Yes?
Would I get to take my bible to K-PAX?
Of course you would.
We can finish the essays later.
Now, I want you to go back in time again,
but not so far back as last time.
Is your friend there?
Is he with you now?
Yeah.
What's his name? I'm not tellin'.
Prot, I would like to know Your friend's name.
Well, I ain't gonna tell ya.
Well, we have to call him something.
How about Pete?
Well, that's not his name, but whatever thrills you.
What year is it? It's 1985.
How old are you? One hundred and seventy-five.
How old is Pete? Seventeen.
Tell me about Pete.
What happened?
Is there a problem?
Is that why he called you?
He's got a girlfriend.
And the problem is with the girlfriend? She's pregnant.
He can see it all coming right down the road. You get married,
have a bunch of kids, wind up in the same job that killed your dad.
He blames her for this? Oh, no, no, no.
He doesn't blame her. No, he just--
He-- How did he put it?
He hates the chains that people shackle themselves with.
I mean, we don't have all that crap on K-PAX.
All right, Prot. I want you to listen to me carefully.
I want to move forward in time again.
Oh, say, two weeks.
You--
If you would like to open your eyes or move around, you may.
Would you like to? I know that.
Prot?
Prot, when-- It's, uh,
1991,
according to Your Earth calendar.
And your friend Pete called you?
Not for anything in particular.
He just... sometimes wants to talk things over...
with someone every now and then.
Tell me about Pete now.
He's a knocker. A "knocker"?
A knocker is the guy that knocks the cow inside of the head...
so it won't struggle while they slit its throat.
I know. It's barbaric, isn't it?
Does he still live in the same town?
Oh, just outside of town.
He's got a little place, but he's fixed it up nice.
It's got some... trees and a couple of acres...
and a river.
It reminds me of K-PAX, except for the river.
Tell me, did he ever marry that pregnant girl?
Wow, what a memory.
Yeah, they got married, but she's no longer pregnant. Why, that was six years ago.
I've forgotten her name.
S--
I didn't tell you her name.
Can you tell me now?
Sara.
Did they have a son or a daughter?
Rebecca.
It's her birthday next week.
Chak, what's happened? Howie tried to kill Ernie.
What? He's fine.
Ernie? I feel wonderful, Dr. Powell.
For heaven's sake. What happened? Absolutely wonderful.
My good friend Howie, he just about strangled me to death.
- What?-
Son of a bitch, I love him.
Ernie, I don't understand.
You should've seen it.
I was asleep. You know, the way I like-- my hands tied and everything.
He wrapped something around my neck-- a handkerchief or something--
and then tightened it.
There wasn't a damn thing I could do about it.
Well, when I stopped breathing,
he lifted me onto the gurney, rushed me up here,
and they brought me back as quick as they could.
And when I woke up,
You know what I realized, Dr. Powell?
Dying.
Dying's something You have no control over.
Why waste your life being afraid of it?
I'll sleep on my stomach from now on.
I'll eat fish with bones in it.
I'll swallow the biggest pill you can find. Bring it on.
I feel good.
That's terrific, Ernie.
See you at our session tomorrow? Yes.
I cured him, didn't I?
Prot says one more task and I'll be cured too.
And then it's... bon voyage.
Tell me your name, damn it.
I'm gonna give you a specific date,
and I want you to remember where you were and what You were doing on that day.
Do you understand?
Perfectly well, my dear sir.
The date is July 27, 1996.
I'm on K-PAX.
- Are you sure? - Quite sure, governor.
I'm harvesting croppins for a meal.
Croppins are a fungi, like, uh, your truffles.
Big truffles. Delicious. Do you like tru--
Wait a minute.
There it is. What? Is it Pete?
Yes.
I sense something is wrong. He needs me.
I'm now on Earth.
I'm with him.
And where are you? What are you doing?
By a river...
in the back of his house.
It's dark.
He's taking off his clothes.
Why is he doing that?
He's-- What?
What is he doing?
He's trying to kill himself.
Why does he want to kill himself?
Because something terrible has happened.
Has he done something? Has he done something he shouldn't have?
He doesn't want to talk about it.
Prot, I'm trying to help him. I can't help him unless he tells me what happened.
He knows that.
Well, then, why won't he tell me?
Because then You would know...
what even he doesn't want to know.
Then you have to help him, Prot.
You have to help him tell me what happened.
He doesn't want to talk about it. Are you fucking deaf?
Time is running out for him.
Time is running out for everyone.
He jumps in.
He's floating.
Pulse is up to 140. Respiration's at 30.
For God's sake, man, bring him back.
All right. Listen to me.
You can save him. You're his friend.
I am his friend. That's why I won't try.
Save him! No.
I can't.
The cur-- The current is too strong.
There's no chance.
I... cannot. Listen to me.
You've helped a lot of patients here.
You've helped Mrs. Archer. You've helped Howie and Ernie.
I'm gonna ask you to help cure Pete now.
Let's call it a task.
- I want you to let me speak to him.-
If he's listening, I want him to know that he can trust me.
I want him to know that if it was Sara or Rebecca that he did something--
Get in there. No, no, no, wait! Wait, wait, wait, wait!
No. No, stay back. Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
Oh--
Oh, my God!
It's okay.
It's all right.
Shh.
That's okay.
It's all right now.
I'm gonna count backwards now from five to one,
and as I count, You'll become more and more alert.
On the count of one I'll snap my fingers,
and you'll wake up feeling refreshed.
Five. You're starting to come out of it.
Four. You're becoming more alert.
Three. Even more alert.
Two. You're starting to wake up now.
And one.
Are you okay? Yes.
Feeling fine.
Okay.
Thank you.
Is this-- Is this area code 5-0-5? Where are you?
New Mexico, sir. New Mexico?
"Salva."
Salvation.
Salvation!
There are a dozen Salvation Army shelters in New Mexico.
Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Roswell.
Wait a minute. There's one in Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa.
Santa Rosa.
Guelph.
That's pretty damn close to Santa Rosa.
What's the biggest local newspaper for that region?
Guadalupe County Observer, covering Guadalupe County.
All right. Bring that up.
Go toJuly27, 1996.
"'Swap meet, livestock sale. '"
Wait. Go to the 28th.
Okay.
There it is!
"Robert Porter. Drowned!"
His name...
is Robert Porter.
Robert Porter. Ah, here it is.
Yeah, I do remember this case.
It was about the biggest thing ever happened around these parts.
He was a quiet type.
As I recall, he was a real smart fella. Kind of brainy.
Strong as a horse, though, and worked as a knocker.
Lived about 20 miles outside of town with his-his wife and child.
Sarah.
His wife's name was Sarah.
That's right.
Damn shame what happened.
You got time to take a ride?
Yeah.
Well, it's been empty.
Yeah, nobody comes around here much anymore...
since all that happened.
Ain't no livin' next of kin to give the place to anyway.
I had detectives come down from Albuquerque...
to try and piece this one together.
Well, accordin' to the official story,
Porter, he was at work when this, uh, this drifter,
Darryl Walker, come by the house.
Two-time parolee lookin' for trouble. You know what I'm sayin'?
Started out as a robbery.
The wife and the daughter were out back.
Sarah?
From what we can gather from forensics and all,
this Walker, he, uh-- he forced the two women into the house.
Raped the wife,
killed 'em both.
Porter, he must've come home and found Walker still here.
God.
Snapped a grown man's neck like it was a twig.
Can't say I wouldn't have done the same myself.
Uh, the river's this way.
They found the clothes there.
That's probably where he jumped in.
And this river can be pretty treacherous.
Even in July it's got a hell of a current.
Still, I suppose it might have been a mistake, officially,
to declare it a drowning when the body was never found.
Doc,
if that boy you got back there in New York is really Robert Porter,
I'd just as soon not know about it.
Know what I mean?
Mark.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Never do that again. I won't.
What happened?
I found what I was looking for.
You sure? Yeah.
Wish I hadn't.
# And I think it's gonna be a long, long time #
# Till I touch down brings me round again to find #
# I'm not the man they think I am at home #
# Oh, no, no, no #
# I'm a rocket man #
If you wouldn't mind putting mine on top.
# Burnin' out his fuse up here alone #
# And I think it's gonna be a long, long time #
Prot.
Have a seat.
You all packed? Ready to go?
Quite ready. I travel light.
That's a joke, Mark.
You humans. There's just no sense of humour.
I doubt, uh, Freud ever tried this,
but before someone goes away,
we usually like to send them off with a little toast.
Scotch okay, or would you prefer something more fruity?
I will try the scotch.
Well,
here's to a...
safe journey.
Tell you the truth,
K-PAX sounds like a beautiful place.
I'd like to see it sometime. Think there's a chance of that?
I think you should see more of your world.
As a matter of fact, I think you should see more of your own family.
Invite your son for Christmas.
I may just do that, 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.
You don't have that kind of connection on K-PAX?
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.
You don't have to leave, Prot.
I'm sure there must be some way that I can help you...
to stay as one of us.
I will miss you, Dr. Powell.
Oh.
And I have to finish my report, but...
I seem to have misplaced my pencil.
Take mine.
A much more efficient writing tool.
Adios, my friend.
Prot?
I wanna show you something.
That is Robert Porter.
Prot, that's you.
You and Robert Porter are the same person.
That's patently absurd. I'm not even human.
Can't you at least admit the possibility?
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.
Oh, Mark.
Now that you've found Robert,
please take good care of him.
# That nobody can deny #
# For he's a-- # I can't stand it.
I-- I can't stand this!
I demand to know...
which one of us is goin' with you.
Well, I can tell you this.
There's extra points for the one who goes to sleep first.
Out of my way!
Oh, my gosh.
You never gave me my last task.
What's my last task?
To stay here.
And be prepared...
for anything.
You look tired, Doc. Why don't you get a few hours of rest?
He's not goin' anywhere. Uh--
We got seven hours. I'll see you in four, hmm?
Get some rest.
You're gonna eat.
You need some food and you need to sleep.
Chow Fun.
Oh, the place on Broadway with the ugly lanterns in the window?
The mean waiter always shouted at us.
Their fortune cookies never had any fortunes in 'em.
We never needed any.
I knew my fortune that night.
He was sitting right in front of me.
Hope he still is.
Hey. What's up, man?
Look, 20 says he goes. You're on.
Shit!
Oh, damn it!
Two minutes. You know where Dr. Powell is?
I'll buzz him.
One minute.
Here comes Dr. Powell!
He's moving.
Repeat: He's moving!
What the hell?
Wait for me, you--
Son of a bitch.
Oh, God.
Oh, man. Oh, God.
Call a code blue. Help me. Let's get him.
Who's that? Beats me. How'd he get in here?
That's not Prot. He's definitely not Prot.
Certainly not. Prot's gone.
Where's Bess?
Where's Bess? Bess?
He chose Bess.
Bitch!
Good-bye, Bess.
Good for you, homegirl.
Bess went to K-PAX.
Patient 287, Robert Porter.
How I wish I could say that Robert sat up one fine day...
and said, "'I'm hungry. Got any fruit?'"
Like most catatonics,
he probably hears every word we say...
but refuses or is unable to respond.
Nevertheless, I keep him up to date.
Let's see. I told you about Howie.
He got that job at the public library.
And Ernie, he's determined to be a crisis counsellor.
The only one we're, uh, really concerned about is Bess.
You know, we've checked halfway houses, shelters,
churches, bus stops.
Nothing.
Uh, we don't understand. It's like...
people don't just disappear.
July 27th ?
You wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you?
Robert?
No.
Well, maybe it'll come to you.
Whenever you're ready, I'll be waiting.
I want to tell you something, Mark,
something you do not yet know,
but we K-PAXians have been around long enough to have discovered.
The universe will expand,
then it will collapse back on itself,
and then it will expand again.
It will repeat this process forever.
What you don't know is that when the universe expands again,
everything will be as it is now.
What ever mistakes you make this time around, you will live through on your next pass.
Every mistake you make...
you will live through...
again and again, forever.
So my advice to you is to get it right this time around,
because this time...
is all you have.
You're lookin' great, Michael. Think so?
Thanks. How you doin'?
Good. How was your-- How was your trip?
Was it-- Was it good?
# Maybe this is forever #
# Forever fades away #
# Like a rocket ascending #
# Into space #
# Could you not be sad #
# Could you not breakdown #
# After all #
# I won't let go #
# Until you're safe and sound #
# There's beauty in release #
# There's no one left to please #
# But you and me #
# I don't blame you for quitting #
# I know you really tried #
# Only you could hang on #
# Through the night #
# 'Cause I don't wanna be lonely #
# I don't wanna be scared #
# And all our friends #
# Are waiting there #
# Until you're safe and sound #
# There's beauty in release #
# There's no one left to please #
# But you and me #
# Until you're safe and sound #
# Feel like I could have held on #
# Feel like I could have let go #
# Feel like I could have helped you #
# Feel like I could have changed you #
# Until you're safe and sound #
# Feel like I could have held you #
# Feel like I could have let you #
# Until you're safe and sound #
# Feel like I was a stranger #
# Feel like I was an angel #
# Until you're safe and sound #
# Feel like I was a hero #
# Feel like I was a zero # # Safe and sound #
# Feel like I could have killed you #
# Feel like I could have healed you #
# Until you're safe and sound #
# Feel like I could have touched you #
# Feel like I could have saved you #
# Until you're safe and sound #
# Feel like I should have known you #
# Until you're safe and sound #
# Feel like I could have changed you #
# Feel like I could have moved you #
# Until you're safe and sound #
# Feel like I should have told you #
# Feel like I could have known you #
# Feel like I could have loved you #
# Feel like I could attract you #
# Feel like I could have saved you #
# Feel like I really loved you #