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Is this, knowingly, a re-make of MAN FACING SOUTHEAST?

posted 10 years ago by rytumi
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It's the exact plot of a great, South American, film from the 80's, but it appears to lack the socio-political commentary of the original film.

[–] JeromeSilberman1 10 years ago

NO

This is the better and improved version , with actors that have talent.
That was a foreign movie that would have been FORGOTTEN if it wasn’t for k-pax.

[–] santiagocubillos 10 years ago

Its a case of plagiarism.
The original work is ART, not only an entertainment product.

Best regards.

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[–] f2039 8 years ago

I'm not from South America but i think the original one is great. BTW do you you think American ripoff is good because you are from the US?

[–] jetlag31 9 years ago

From Wikipedia's entry on the movie version of K-PAX:

Complaints of plagiarism of the 1986 Argentinian film Man Facing Southeast were made by its makers, and Gene Brewer and others connected with the K-PAX film were subsequently sued in November 2001. The complaint was later withdrawn, and Gene Brewer went on to release a memoir exploring his inspiration for the books called Creating K-PAX or Are You Sure You Want to Be a Writer?

[–] gabriela_zayas 8 years ago

I thought the same. Only this film lacks the poetry Man facing...had. But the plot is the same. This is an interesting version, though.

[–] tango09212 7 years ago

i read that script prior to the making of k-pax , it is of course the americanized version of MFSE