<P> The film's production by Disney resulted in a controversy over the choice of writer - director Victor Salva, who had been convicted of molesting a 12 - year - old child actor during the production of his previous film, Clownhouse (1988). He was sentenced to three years imprisonment and released after 15 months . Disney officials reported that they learned of Salva's crime only after production of Powder had begun, and stressed that there were no minors on the set for the film . When Powder was released, the victim, Nathan Forrest Winters, came forward again in an attempt to get others to boycott the film in protest at Disney's hiring Salva . Since then, Disney has not picked up any more pictures by Salva . </P> <P> In a 2015 appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, comedian Barry Crimmins criticized the plot of Powder for implying that a child has power over an adult as representing a veiled or allegorical defense Salva's history as a sex offender . </P> <P> The film was remade by Bollywood under the title of Alag . </P>

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