The Power of One From:Stephen Dorff , Armin Mueller-Stahl , Morgan Freeman , Nomadlozi Kubheka , Agatha Hurle , Warner Brothers , John G. Avildsen , Warner Home Video ,
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790740850
Format: Closed-captioned
Format: Color
Format: Dolby
Format: DVD-Video
Format: Letterboxed
Format: Widescreen
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 0790740850
Label: Warner Home Video
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 60 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 740 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 15 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 570 hundredths-inches
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1999-06-22
Running Time: 127 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1992-03-27
Product Description:
The Power of One is an intriguing story of a young English boy named P.K. and his passion for changing the world. Growing up he suffered as the only English boy in an Afrikaans school. Soon orphaned, he was placed in the care of a German national named Professor von Vollensteen (a.k.a. "Doc"), a friend of his grandfather. Doc develops P.K.'s piano talent and P.K. becomes "assistant gardener" in Doc's cactus garden. It is not long after WWII begins that Doc is placed in prison for failure to register with the English government as a foreigner. P.K. makes frequent visits and meets Geel Piet, an inmate, who teaches him to box. Geel Piet spreads the myth of the Rainmaker, the one who brings peace to all of the tribes. P.K. is cast in the light of this myth. After the war P.K. attends an English private school where he continues to box. He meets a young girl, Maria, with whom he falls in love. Her father, Professor Daniel Marais, is a leader of the Nationalist Party of South Africa. The two fight to teach the natives English as P.K.'s popularity grows via the myth. Maria is killed. P.K. looses focus until he sees the success of his language school among the tribes. He and Guideon Duma continue the work in hopes of building a better future for Africa.
Customer Reviews:
 a beautiful african masterpiece, 2008-11-10
This movie is quite possibly one of the best representations of the struggles that existed in South Africa in the 1900s. It covers a variety of genres: action, drama, romance, ...the list continues. The character of P.K. is inspiring and as a child, evokes the perfect childlike innocence that we all know children possess. Although this movie is not completely "on-point" with the book, it still follows the main story line with a few extras thrown in here and there.
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