I enjoyed this movie! It has been a long time since I have seen it, but I remember it being a lot of fun to watch. I think I was about ten, and I had never even heard of telekinesis before seeing it, so my mother and I did some research after the movie was over. Found it to be an interesting subject! I am amazed at the assortment of talent this movie boasted, yet it did not do well: Vic Morrow, Tim O'Conner, Persis Khambatta and a very young John de Lancie! And Bob did a great job in this movie! I wish I could see him in more stuff. And I wish I could get this movie on tape or DVD!
3 Reviews
Rare sci-fi unsold tv pilot -- Powers of Matthew Star type theme.
shaneyfex7 January 2003
Warning: Spoilers
You have to admit The Man With The Power was a unique property. ---SPOILER
WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-------------------------------------------------The show starts out with a guy (Eric Smith) walking along a train track, he saves a turtle that is stuck on the tracks and gets his foot stuck between the tracks. As a huge train car is about to run over him(and the turtle in his hand) -- he uses special powers to stop the train car. This tv pilot & Eric Smith reminds me a lot of Matthew Barton's "Powers Of Matthew Star", they're both telekinetic teenagers of the 70's. I guess the man with the power didn't have the huge teen appeal that Matthew Barton had. It had great actors like Vic Morrow but it just didn't make it as a series. The Trio Network just aired a segment on it 12/30/02. It was on Trio's "The Greatest Shows You Never Saw" -- that special was excellent -- Eric Smith saves the turtle!!!! Agent Walter Bloom his mentor helps show him he can move a wagon (with terrible special effects) -- he was supposed to end up being a special agent with special powers kind of like Steve Austin in the Six Million Dollar Man but the concept was canned.
WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-------------------------------------------------The show starts out with a guy (Eric Smith) walking along a train track, he saves a turtle that is stuck on the tracks and gets his foot stuck between the tracks. As a huge train car is about to run over him(and the turtle in his hand) -- he uses special powers to stop the train car. This tv pilot & Eric Smith reminds me a lot of Matthew Barton's "Powers Of Matthew Star", they're both telekinetic teenagers of the 70's. I guess the man with the power didn't have the huge teen appeal that Matthew Barton had. It had great actors like Vic Morrow but it just didn't make it as a series. The Trio Network just aired a segment on it 12/30/02. It was on Trio's "The Greatest Shows You Never Saw" -- that special was excellent -- Eric Smith saves the turtle!!!! Agent Walter Bloom his mentor helps show him he can move a wagon (with terrible special effects) -- he was supposed to end up being a special agent with special powers kind of like Steve Austin in the Six Million Dollar Man but the concept was canned.
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