A Work per Day: Powder

Today we will talk about another important work for Sean Patrick Flanery: Powder.

Data:

Name: Powder
Name (Brazilian Portuguese): Energia Pura
Release Date: October 27th, 1995
Format: Movie
Director: Victor Salva
Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery (Jeremy 'Powder' Reed), Mary Steenburgen (Jessie Caldwell), Lance Henriksen (Sheriff Doug Barnum), Jeff Goldblum (Donald Ripley).
Tagline: Pure energy has a name.
Timeline: Jeremy's birth - 1995

Powder is a fantastic movie about a young man called Jeremy Reed who was born albino and with a strange power: he could control energy. The movie shows the viewer how some people are treated because they have something "different" than the usual. Bullying is one of the topics.

Many SPF's fans consider Jeremy 'Powder' Reed his top character.

Curiosities:

• Powder is cited in a Californication episode (The Ride Along: Season 5, Episode 5): Charlie is called 'Powder'.
• In Tarantino's Smashing Pumpkins (Saturday Night Live, Season 21, Episode 5), a singer from Smashing Pumpkins is referred as the kid from Powder.
• Again in Saturday Night Live, in David Alan Grier's Silverchair (Season 21, Episode 8), the title of the movie is cited during Spade in America's Hollywood Minute.
• In Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Season 9, Episode 8 - The She-Creature), Pearl refers to the Observer as 'Powder'.
• Again in Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Season 11, Episode 13 - Diabolik), Tom says "Happy Halloween! I came as Powder!"
• In How to Be a Serial Killer (2008), Powder is also mentioned.

This is a very good site about the Philosophy in Powder:
Philosophical Films

References:
Powder on IMDb 

Jessica Nunes (@_nunesjessica)