The year is 2013. One man walked in off the horizon and hope came with him.
In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare, and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.
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- Patrick E. Abeon TMDB · Nov 20166/10
Who will be responsible now, for these wayward children? That's a phrase that's in the book, but not the movie. I liked David Brin's tale of the communities growing up from a near-apocalypse and the conman, "Gordon Krantz." When I first saw the (overlong) movie, I was disappointed and felt Responsibility had been tossed aside. However, this tale of a traveling Shakepeare-mangler grew on me. David Brin himself defended the film, saying that the resolution of the battle between the Holnist/Survivalists and the postal carriers was good. Our drifter, accompanied by a mule, visits communities and puts on a "fractured fairy tales" version of Shakespeare for a meal and a night's lodging. Things go South suddenly, when a Survivalist army surrounds the town and drafts men/boys for the "Army of the Eight." The leader of this gang, prefers that he is the only literate person in the land, and tries to kill "Shakespeare," after turning the traveler's mule into stew. A narrow escape later, the drifter finds a U.S. Postal Service jeep, containing a uniformed skeleton and a bag of mail. Thus begins his next con job, "delivering the mail," which turns into a Crusade, led by "Ford Lincoln Mercury,"
Read the whole review on TMDB - misubisuon TMDB · Nov 20224/10
This movie fits firmly in the "it's so bad it's good" category. It's so outrageous, that you just have to see how it's going to end up. The dialogue/scripts are woeful... but they are delivered with such passion that it almost leaves you breathless. At the end of the movie, I had no idea what I had just watched, but definitely felt that I had been entertained! Go figure.
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Cast
- Kevin CostnerThe Postman
- Will PattonBethlehem
- Larenz TateFord
- Olivia WilliamsAbby
- James RussoIdaho
- Daniel von BargenSheriff Briscoe
- Tom PettyBridge City Mayor
- Scott BairstowLuke
- Giovanni RibisiBandit #20
- Roberta MaxwellIrene March
Crew
- Kevin CostnerDirector
- Eric RothScreenplay
- Brian HelgelandScreenplay
- Stephen F. WindonDirector of Photography
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
- Peter BoyleEditor
- Kevin CostnerProducer
- Jim WilsonProducer
- Steve TischProducer
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