The Postman

original title:
The Postman
other titles:
Postman
country / year of production:
USA / 1997
original length:
177 min. , black/white
premiere:
12 December 1997, USA
genre:
Science Fiction
based on:
Brin, David. The Postman. 1997
director:
Kevin Costner
film script:
David Brin
producer:
Kevin Costner
cinematographer:
Stephen F. Windon
editor:
Peter Boyle , Regina Prosi-Bassman
composer:
James Newton Howard
cast (role):
Kevin Costner (The Postman) , Will Patton (General Bethlehem) , Larenz Tate (Ford Lincoln Mercury) , Olivia Williams (Abby) , James Russo (Idaho) , Kevin Costner , Larenz Tate , Olivia Williams , Will Patton , James Russo
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plot synopsis:
In 2013, America is destroyed by a nuclear war, and pillaging and murdering gangs controll the country. One of them, the group of Holnists, are extremly brutal. One man finds a postman uniform and starts to pretend to be a postman, trying to get people to remember and thus restore the old America and fight against the brutal regime of the Holnists and their leader.
keywords:
atomic bomb , colour film , resistance, opposition , outnumbered
war:
fictious war
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