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The Power of One is a novel by South African born, Australian author Bryce Courtenay, first published in 1989.Set in South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s, it tells the story of an English boy, who through the course of the story, acquires the name of Peekay.
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.
Tandia is Bryce Courtenay's 1991 sequel to his own best-selling novel The Power of One. It follows the story of a young woman, Tandia, who was brutally raped and then banished from her own home. Tandia later meets up with Peekay, the protagonist from The Power of One and their stories continue on together.
His first book, The Power of One, was published in 1989 and, despite Courtenay's fears that it would never sell, quickly became one of Australia's best-selling books by any living author. The story was made into a film, as well as being re-released in an edition for children. Courtenay was one of Australia's most commercially successful authors.
The writers wanted to explain this and determined from Tolkien's writings that: the light of the Two Trees of Valinor should counteract the Elves' fading power; the light of the Trees was captured in the Silmarils, powerful jewels from the First Age; and one of the Elven rings contains the rare ore mithril, which has special properties.
The Power of the Dog is the first film directed by a woman to receive more than ten Academy Award nominations, and Campion is the first woman to receive more than one Academy Award nomination for Best Director, her first being for The Piano. The film is the first since Becket (1964) to win only one award from 12 nominations.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is an American fantasy television series developed by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service Amazon Prime Video.It is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's history of Middle-earth, primarily material from the appendices of the novel The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).
The synopsis of the film isn't correct; it's the synopsis of the book, which differs greatly from the film version, so many events mentioned in the synopsis never occur in the film —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.206.116.151 11:54, 9 October 2009 (UTC) Cast listing needs correcting: James Lee did not play every role.