Tajanstvena sila okupira Džordža neverovatnim mentalnim sposobnostima! To je fenomen koji će početi da ga odvaja od njegovih dugogodišnjih prijatelja... Ali bi mogao da ga spoji sa ženom koju voli. Svi u zabačenom mestašcu u Kaliforniji znaju Džordža Malija, finog momka, dobrog automehaničara i pouzdanog prijatelja. Na svoj 37. rođendan Džordž počinje da se menja. Kao posledica neobičnog događaja, Džordžov do tada sasvim običan život zadobija tajanstven i čudesan preokret.
Džordž dobija iznenadni nezasiti apetit za učenjem i počinje da shvata lepotu i inteligenciju univerzuma. Sumnjičavi spram novootkrivenih moći Džordžovog uma i svesni zagonetke kakva je postao, Džordžovi dugogodišnji prijatelji počinju da mu okreću leđa. Ali uz ljubav i podršku oprezne, ali brižne Lejs, Džordž će uspeti da shvati krupniju sliku samog sebe u poretku stvari i da dobije veru u neverovatni put kojim je njegov život krenuo.
Movie Info: Director Jon Turteltaub followed up the hit While You Were Sleeping (1995) with this fantasy similar to Charly (1968) and a film from the previous year, Powder (1994). John Travolta stars as George Malley, a humble mechanic in a rural California town. On his 37th birthday, George celebrates at a pub with friends Nate (Forest Whitaker) and Doc (Robert Duvall), the local physician. When he steps outside, George observes a bright light in the sky that knocks him briefly unconscious.
When he awakens, George has incredible intellectual powers. He checks books out of the library in armfuls, becomes an inventor, a psychic, has telekinetic powers, predicts an earthquake, and memorizes Portuguese in minutes. Using his newfound powers, George becomes a hero, but he can't totally win over the spooked townsfolk or the standoffish Lace (Kyra Sedgwick), a single mom burned by love once too often.
As George's kindness breaks down Lace's reserve and a romance begins, his fame spreads, bringing him to the attention of the FBI and curious university scientists. Similarities between George's powers and the alleged benefits of Travolta's religion, Scientology, led to charges that the film was veiled pro-Scientology propaganda.
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
Produced by: Barbara Boyle, Michael Taylor, Charles Newirth
Written By: Gerald Di Pego
Starring: John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker
