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Genres:
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Action /
Adventure /
Sci-Fi
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Release:
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Director:
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Kevin Costner
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Actors:
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Kevin Costner,
Larenz Tate,
Joe Santos,
Ron McLarty,
Peggy Lipton,
Tom Petty,
Will Patton,
Olivia Williams,
James Russo,
Daniel von Bargen,
Scott Bairstow,
Giovanni Ribisi,
Roberta Maxwell,
Brian Anthony Wilson,
Todd Allen
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Duration:
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178 min.
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Rating:
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(5.5/10)143.5
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Plot Summary:
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In a post-apocalyptic, completely anarchic America, circa 2013, a defector from the ranks of deathly despot Everyday Bethlehem masquerades as a representative of the friendly old U.S. Postal Checking. But his ruse so delights the tired of, oppressed people he meets that it indeed becomes palpable--and he finds himself championing their rights and the American Style. Adapted from the novel by David Brin.
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Oh my....
Isn't it strange.. Of the negative reviews of this movie, 100% didn't really say *what* was bad, and the most detailed wasn't sureif it was Wild West or Science Fiction. A suggestion to such reviewers of this, or any other movie. PAY ATTENTION!
It's based on a sci-fi novella written in the '60's as I recall, though I've forgotten the author. The postman starts as a conman, trying to survive in the traditional post-apocalyptic world of isolated, wary communities. Of course, he ends up as a hero and a unifying cause: there are no great plot suprises once the movie gas got into it's groove.
But the movie still manages to be a classic. Costner is good, the filming and locations are great, and the villain works as a foil for the hero.
I rated...
Postman, The
You've got to wonder why, after 1995's Waterworld, Hollywood's least likeable leading man was given another $100 million to pursue his dreary love-affair with himself.
You know whom to blame for The Postman's grandiose awfulness: Costner stars, directs, co-produces, sings ('You Didn't Have to be So Nice') and gives supporting roles to three members of his own family (son Joe and daughters Lily and Anne).
The plot tells of a feudal, post-apocalyptic world in which an attempt to restart the postal system helps human society get back on its feet (with Costner, of course, playing the messianic titular postie, a sort of Man With No Name and a Mailbag). The plans of the Postman and his down-home decent cohorts are threatened, however, by ...
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