Change the way you look at the world.
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
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Character
Contemporary, earnest, classical in form and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
Who loves it, who doesn't
33 profiled raters. Loved most by The Empaths; disliked most by The Formalists.
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Cast
- Jeff BridgesDr. Mark Powell
- Kevin SpaceyProt
- Mary McCormackRachel Powell
- Alfre WoodardClaudia Villars
- David Patrick KellyHowie
- Saul WilliamsErnie
- Peter GeretySal
- Celia WestonMrs. Archer
- Ajay NaiduDr. Chakaraborty
- Tracy VilarMaria
Crew
- Iain SoftleyDirector
- Charles LeavittScreenplay
- Gene BrewerNovel
- John MathiesonDirector of Photography
- Edward ShearmurOriginal Music Composer
- Craig McKayEditor
- Lawrence GordonProducer
- Lloyd LevinProducer
- Robert F. ColesberryProducer
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Pairings
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