Peaceful Warrior

Peaceful Warrior is a 2006 sports drama film directed by Victor Salva and written by Kevin Bernhardt based on the 1980 novel Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman. Set at U.C. Berkeley, the film stars Nick Nolte and Scott Mechlowicz alongside Amy Smart, Ashton Holmes and Agnes Bruckner, and follows Dan Millman (Mechlowicz), a talented gymnast who is mentored by gas station attendant Socrates (Nolte).