K-PAX (2001)
Alfre Woodard: Dr. Claudia Villars
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Claudia Villars : [after Prot has disappeared] Patients do not escape from this institution. They don't escape. I'm going to have a great time explaining this to the state board. I've got psychotics on the fourth floor packing up their sneakers because they all think they're going off to K-PAX. Find him.
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Dr. Mark Powell : You know, maybe what's wrong with him is that he is.
Claudia Villars : Is what?
Dr. Mark Powell : From the planet K-PAX.
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Prot : I've been to 64 planets within our galaxy. Earth is the only one of your species, homo sapiens, that I visited so far.
Dr. Mark Powell : When did you arrive on Earth?
Prot : 4 years and 9 months ago.
Dr. Mark Powell : So that makes you how old?
Prot : In Earth terms, 337 years old. I aged about seven getting here traveling at about 6 multiples of c. But, really, Marko, it only seemed like an instant.
Claudia Villars : I'd say access 1 psychosis NOS.
Dr. Mark Powell : That's glib to call him a psychotic. That's a wastebasket diagnosis.
Claudia Villars : Well, he believes he traveled here from another planet. What's your diagnosis, jet lag?
Dr. Mark Powell : Well, how come he didn't respond to the Haldol?
Claudia Villars : Haldol can make you more psychotic. It's rare but it does happen.
Dr. Mark Powell : Look. I'm not saying that medication can't be a helpful tool to help somebody like this. But you can't...
Claudia Villars : In the meantime, we have 10 new transfers to take care of.
Dr. Mark Powell : Maybe, what's wrong with him, is that he is.
Claudia Villars : [interrupting] Is what?
Dr. Mark Powell : ...from the planet K-PAX.