The Power of One DVD (1992)

The Power of One

1992

Overall rating: 4 out of 5

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7-year-old P.K. (Guy Witcher) is a white South African raised on his family's farm by his Zulu nanny. When his mother takes ill, he is sent away to an Afrikaner boarding school, where he is picked on and nearly killed by the school bully during a pep rally for Hitler. P.K. survives and is sent to live with his grandfather. He befriends Doc (Armin Mueller-Stahl), a jailed German musician, and a black inmate (Morgan Freeman), who teaches P.K. how to use his fists for some quick boxing moves. At 12, P.K. (now played by Simon Fenton), witnesses black inmates being cruelly humiliated by their racist white jailers. Taking note of P.K.'s fluidity for languages, his black mentor spreads the word that P.K. is the incarnation of the mythic Rain Maker, a messianic liberator who is destined to unite all the African tribes. By the time he's 18-years-old, P.K. (now played by Stephen Dorff) is becoming the Great White Hope for the black Africans, boxing his way into their hearts and minds. He joins up with an old boxing foe (Alois Moyo), who is now a township activist, and takes up the apartheid struggle. But things get confusing when P.K. falls in love with the daughter (Fay Masterson) of an apartheid leader.

The Power of One details

Format:	15 DVD
Starring:	Stephen Dorff, Faye Masterson, Morgan Freeman
Director:	John G. Avildsen
Genre:	Drama - General

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
The Power of One	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	2 hours 7 minutes
Rental release:	Not available in UK
Main languages:	English

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Great Film

By a customer from Clapton, London , 11 May 2006

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I saw this film when I was 13 and fell in love with Stephen Dorf. What a powerful film. The story line is great and the acting supports the film.
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By a customer from Gloucester , 01 Jan 2010

I have just read the book and it is amazing. Really want to see the film. Will it be available to rent from Love Film?
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TBC

By Knight76 (1 review) from Cheltenham , 15 Sep 2009

Every time I check on here release date is to be confirmed! Does anyone have any idea when this will be available to buy???
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Very disappointed

By a customer from Basingstoke , 15 Feb 2008

A bad adaptation of an amazing book - anyone who has read and loved the book like myself will be strongly disappointed. The story is rushed and does not flow. If you haven’t read the book please whatever you do read it and ignore this. Let’s just hope that a new improved version is created which will include the second part, Tandia...
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The wait is over!

By a customer from Manchester, UK , 19 Jul 2007

I've been waiting for this film to finally come out on DVD. This is an exceptional film. Inspirational, motivational and emotional all at the same time. Stephen Dorff is in top form and the supporting cast awesome with Morgan Freeman again inspiring.
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Great Film

By a customer from Clapton, London , 11 May 2006

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I saw this film when I was 13 and fell in love with Stephen Dorf. What a powerful film. The story line is great and the acting supports the film.
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