WORLD PREMIERE OF
K-PAX
Photos and Text by ALBERT L. ORTEGA
October 22, 2001, Mann's Village Theater, Westwood, CA.
I just loved seeing Kevin Spacey eat that banana, peel and all! Getting back to the main theme Universal Pictures asks us to, "Change the way you look at the world." We took to the streets of Westwood to welcome the film's star Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges with their ensemble cast in tow such as Mary McCormack, Ajay Naidu, Conchatta Ferrell, Brian Howe, Tracy Vilar, Kimberly Scott and Vincent Laresca.
Visiting alien Prot (Kevin Spacey) is taken into custody after he is discovered leaning over the body of a victim after a mugging in Grand Central Station. The police then turn him over to the psychiatric ward of a hospital when he tells the arresting officers that the light on this planet is too harsh for him. He reveals to Dr. Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges) that he is on a fact finding mission and will return to K-Pax at the end of the Summer. While in the ward other patients begin to change and ask to be taken with the alien. As Prot begins to make believers into his fellow patients Powell is more determine to find his delusions to be untrue with little success. The final test that seems to lay waste to Dr. Powell's convictions is the way Prot confounds Astronomers with his vast knowledge of space that no one on Earth could know.
Ajay Naidu portrays Dr. Chakraborty. |
Just happy not to be running from any more dinosaurs was AC/DC fan Alessandro Nivola. |
Former teen star Andrew Keegan seeks solace without his country songbird Leann Rimes. |
Brian Howe and his significant other attend his premiere where he plays Steve Becker. |
Veteran character actor Bud Cort. |
The film's costar Conchatta Ferrell does the red carpet walk |
A very peppy Esai Morales enjoys his steady NYPD BLUE paycheck. |
The diminutive star of tomorrow Haley Joel Osment costarred with Kevin Spacey in the film, PAY IT FORWARD. |
Showing off his cool swagger is Jeff Bridges, who is portrays the therapist Dr. Mark Powell. |
More Jeff Bridges for you TRON fanatics! |
Jeff Bridges squires his wife Janet to the festivities |
The cutsey form of Kate Bosworth from the film REMEMBER THE TITANS. |
Kevin Spacey is patient 257, the misunderstood alien Prot |
The Academy Award wining actor, Kevin Spacey adds this unique persona to his stable of award wining characters. |
Kevin Spacey didn't even stick around to view the film as he piled into an awaiting SUV after signing countless number of autographs |
Kimberly Scott plays Joyce Trexler |
CNN's golden voiced host Larry King with his wife Shauna |
ENTERPRISE's communication officer played by Asian beauty Linda Park. |
The Latin firebomb Maria Conchita Alonso |
Mary McCormack holds the fort down at home as Dr. Mark Powell's wife |
Still hot after all these years is former KNOTS LANDING siren Nicolette Sheridan. |
Currently steaming up the screens in the David Lynch film MULHOLLAND DRIVE is Rebekah Del Rio |
Saul Williams is Ernie the patient obsessed with the fear of death. |
The calm cool attitude of Stephen Dorff he was able to parlay that as himself in an appearance in the ZOOLANDER film. |
Thomas Jane is pleased to longer be hitting those home runs for the baseball HBO film 61, he'd rather be chasing sharks! |
Patient Maria suffers from multiple personalities brought to life by actress Tracy Vilar. |
Trina McGee Davis has last seen the silver screen in DAYLIGHT and recently in TV's CITY OF ANGELS. |
Vincent Laresca portrays orderly Navarro in the film. |
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