Title: The Precious One
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Producers: Mark Ordesky, Genevieve Hofmeyr, James Morcan, Lance Morcan
Cast: Kim Basinger, Nick Nolte, Kevin Hart, Tatyana Ali, Viola Davis, John Rhys-Davies, Arnold Vosloo
Genre: Drama / Biography
Status: In Development
Format: 35 mm
Two-time Oscar nominee Nick Nolte (Hulk, The Thin Red Line, Cape Fear) will play the role of Hertzog, the film’s antagonist; Academy Award winner Kim Basinger (8 Mile, L.A. Confidential, Batman) will play South African child welfare officer Mrs Whitworth; American actor Kevin Hart (Soul Plane) will play the lead role of Precious McKenzie; British actor John Rhys-Davies (The Lord of the Rings) will play English coach Wally Holland; South African actor Arnold Vosloo (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Blood Diamond, The Mummy) will play the support role of Kevin Stent; 2009 Oscar nominee Viola Davis (Law Abiding Citizen, Doubt) will play Precious’ mother Christina McKenzie; American actress-singer Tatyana Ali (Kiss the Girls) will play Precious’ wife Elizabeth McKenzie.
The Precious One is a biopic based on the true story of South African-born British Olympian and former world champion athlete Precious McKenzie, MBE. Like Nelson Mandela, Precious’ life story ranks right up there beside history’s greatest examples of the human spirit triumphing over immense hardship.
This inspiring drama, which is set predominantly in South Africa during the tumultuous apartheid era, focuses on the struggle for freedom within one of the most oppressive regimes since Nazi Germany.
The Precious One is the ultimate underdog story and a testimony to one man’s indomitable spirit. No matter how bad things get – extreme poverty, violence, racial hatred – Precious McKenzie remains unbreakable.
The Precious One has the potential to be a mainstream crowd-pleaser in the vein of other successful films which dramatise an individual’s triumph over adversity. Movies such as The Pursuit of Happyness, Men of Honor, Slumdog Millionaire and The Blind Side.
The colorful, larger-than-life lead character makes this motion picture totally unique. The story also gains originality from its political setting. Precious McKenzie’s struggle encompasses both the personal and the political, giving it much greater resonance.
former world champion athlete Precious McKenzie, MBE. Like Nelson Mandela, Precious’ life
story ranks right up there beside history’s greatest examples of the human spirit triumphing over
immense hardship.
This inspiring drama, which is set predominantly in South Africa during the tumultuous apartheid
era, focuses on the struggle for freedom within one of the most oppressive regimes since Nazi
Germany.
The Precious One is the ultimate underdog story and a testimony to one man’s indomitable spirit.
No matter how bad things get – extreme poverty, violence, racial hatred – Precious McKenzie
remains unbreakable.
The Precious One has the potential to be a mainstream crowd-pleaser in the vein of other
successful films which dramatise an individual’s triumph over adversity. Movies such as The
Pursuit of Happyness, Men of Honor, Slumdog Millionaire and The Blind Side.
The colorful, larger-than-life lead character makes this motion picture totally unique. The story also
gains originality from its political setting. Precious McKenzie’s struggle encompasses both the
personal and the political, giving it much greater resonance.
