Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780788816260 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 630542845X Label: Walt Disney Video Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Letterbox Publisher: Walt Disney Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 10, 1999 Running Time: 111 minutes Sales Rank: 3738 Studio: Walt Disney Video Theatrical Release Date: October 27, 1995
Description: You've never experienced anything quite like POWDER -- the uplifting, must-see hit that audiences and critics loved! Harassed by classmates who won't accept his shocking appearance, a shy young man known as Powder struggles to fit in. But the cruel taunts stop when Powder displays a mysterious power that allows him to do extraordinary things. This phenomenon changes the lives of all those around him ... in ways they never could have imagined. Hollywood stars Jeff Goldblum (JURASSIC PARK) and Mary Steenburgen (PHILADELPHIA) lead a top-notch cast in this unforgettable story of hope and wonder.
Amazon.com: For all its flaws, Powder is still worthwhile for attempting to be unique and well intentioned. The film's qualities were overshadowed after its 1995 release when it was revealed that writer-director Victor Salva had served 15 months in prison for molesting a child actor during production of the 1988 TV movie Clownhouse. Controversy aside, Powder is a welcome step off the beaten path with sufficient strengths to balance its weaknesses. Fantasy and drama combine in the story of a teenager known as Powder for his snow-white skin. Powder is introduced into a tiny Texas community after spending his entire life in his grandparents' basement. He's a wise genius, but an outcast, alienated by those who misunderstand and fear him. When a schoolmaster (Mary Steenburgen) and science teacher (Jeff Goldblum) discover that Powder has a capacity for empathic insight and possesses the power to control electricity, the unusual boy becomes a tragic Christ-like figure--peaceful, prophetic, and perhaps too good to survive in the real world. In telling this heartfelt story, Powder struggles to be all things to all viewers--equal parts E.T. and The Elephant Man--which compromises its overall impact. But even though it's not a great movie, it sincerely tries to accomplish something original and wonderful, and that's more than most movies can claim. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating: - Would have been a 5 if he hadn't turned into a rainbow
SPOILER ALERT!!!
Sean Patrick Flanery is almost unrecognizable in this movie about an Albino boy with extrodinary powers. While still in the womb, Powder's mother is struck by lightning while standing in a puddle. She is lost but her son survives. Gifted with incredible intellect, telepathy, and paranormal powers over electricity, Powder is pulled from his sheltered life after both grandparents have died and is tossed into the care of the state.
Children can be so cruel but never underestimate the power of the human spirit. This movie will make you feel warm and fuzzy all over.
Rating: - Director Victor Salva is a child molester!
Do not support a child molester Director Victor Salva financially with royalties!
By Jim Herron Zamora
THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
October 25, 1995, Wednesday
News; Pg. A-1
Victor Salva, confessed in 1988 to five felony counts related to having sex with a boy he directed in a low-budget film.
The molestation victim, Nathan Winters, now 20, has decided to go public with his ordeal.
Salva confessed to having oral sex with 12 year old Nathan Winters in 1987 while directing the then sixth-grader in "Clownhouse," a film about three boys terrorized by circus clowns.
Salva was sentenced to three years in state prison, serving 15 months ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Movie!!
I can't believe that everyone who sees this movie isn't moved to tears for any number of reasons. It is imaginative and different in all ways. It shows the cruel side of mankind not only in the hunting of animals for sport, but bullies in the school who are just afraid of anything and anyone who is different. It also shows the vulnerability of each person for different reasons throughout. The character of Powder is so full, yet powerfully quiet. He harnassed energy and humanity in abundance.
I was disturbed by reviews that this movie points towards homosexuality...I dont believe that was the intent at all. In the poignant scene where Powder is staring at another boy in the locker room, it's quite obvious it's NOT in a sexual way but in comparison. He was seeing what it truly was that HE was not. He could not have any body hair, yet this other boy had long hair and body hair that HE did not. ... Read More
Rating: - A Movie Struck by Lightning
A mother, about to give birth, is struck by lightning. She dies; the baby lives. He is an albino who has special powers. He can harness energy, has a special relationship with lightning and electricity, is psychic, is a child of nature, and is a genius who tests off the scale. He is brought up by his grandparents on a farm; they keep him out of school and away from other children. He reads and remembers every word of countless books.
When he is left alone after their deaths, and is forced into society (nicknamed Powder played by actor Sean Patrick Flanery), he encounters resentment, intolerance, bullying, fear, and hatred. Estranged, he finds friendships in a reform school principal (Mary Steenburgen), a science teacher (Jeff Goldblum), a female classmate, and a sheriff.
An interesting movie worth your time, but aren't you tired of schoolyard bullies, small town prejudiced cretins, and disaffected ... Read More
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