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  1. The Power of One. PG-13 1992 1h 51m Drama. List. 39% Tomatometer 18 Reviews. 87% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings. It's the 1930s, and as the people he cares for die or leave his village,...

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      The Power of One spends so much screen time reveling in the...

  2. Mar 27, 1992 · “The Power of One” begins with a canvas that involves all of the modern South African dilemma, and ends as a boxing movie. Somewhere in between, it loses its way. The film, which spans the years surrounding the Second World War, tells the story of a young English-speaking boy who is sent to an Afrikaanslanguage boarding school, where a neo ...

  3. The Power of One spends so much screen time reveling in the eloquence and bravery of its hero and depicting South Africa's blacks as an anonymous horde of victims that the film, in effect,...

  4. The Power of One is a 1992 drama film directed and edited by John G. Avildsen, loosely based on Bryce Courtenay's 1989 novel of the same title. The film stars Stephen Dorff , John Gielgud , Morgan Freeman , Armin Mueller-Stahl , and Daniel Craig in his feature film debut.

  5. Mar 27, 1992 · The Power of One: Directed by John G. Avildsen. With Nomadlozi Kubheka, Agatha Hurle, Nigel Ivy, Tracy Brooks Swope. An English boy, living in Africa during World War II, through his boxing prowess, becomes a symbol of hope, in a time of war.

    • (11K)
    • Drama, Sport
    • John G. Avildsen
    • 1992-03-27
  6. Synopsis. An exhilarating epic of a triumph of the heart. PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family’s political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”.

  7. Mar 27, 1992 · A film that turns the savagery of apartheid into a crisis of conscience for one relatively privileged white boy. Worse yet, it suggests that his crisis is a matter of urgent concern for countless South African blacks.

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