The Postman overview
Overall Rating
Total Ratings: 1
Synopsis:
Kevin Costner directed and stars in this adaptation of David Brin's science fiction novel The Postman (1985), first published in 1982 issues of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Costner's return to directing after his Oscar-winning Dances With Wolves(1990) is a futuristic epic depicting the aftermath of a destructive war. Some 16 years from the present day, America has been turned into a wasteland of separated communities minus a national government. A vagabond (Costner) who travels through these little villages performing Shakespeare is captured by marauders known as the Holnists, and thrown into a totalitarian labor camp run by a Hitler-like dictator, General Bethlehem (Will Patton).
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Movie Details:
- Director: Kevin Costner
- Studio: Warner Brothers, TIG Productions
- Year: 1997
- Run Time: 177 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- MPAA Rating: R (for violence and some sexuality)
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Science Fiction
- Filmed in: Color
