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POWDER – Jerry Goldsmith
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Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
Powder is a science fiction-drama film written and directed by Victor Salva, starring Jeff Goldblum, Mary Steenburgen, Lance Henriksen, and Sean Patrick Flanery in the title role as Jeremy “Powder” Reed, a reclusive young man with albinism and extraordinary intellectual and psychic abilities. Jeremy was raised in isolation by his grandparents after his mother was struck by lightning while pregnant with him, but after their deaths Jeremy is brought into the wider world by the kind local sheriff Barnum (Henriksen), school counselor Jessie (Steenburgen), and science teacher Ripley (Goldblum), who recognizes Jeremy’s genius-level intellect and apparently paranormal abilities, which include reading minds, sensing emotions, and even manipulating electrical energy. However, despite their efforts to help him adjust, Jeremy faces alienation, ridicule, and even violence from his peers due to his appearance and strange powers. Read more…
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