

The Postman
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $80M
- Box office
- $17.6M
- Language
- English
- army
- based on novel or book
- horseback riding
- anti hero
- lawlessness
- inspiration
- wasteland
- drifter
- fictional war
- fighting
- alternative reality
- tyranny
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR25 Dec 1997
- PhysicalRDVD9 Jun 1998
- PhysicalRBlu-ray8 Sept 2009
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1520 Feb 1998
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM20 Apr 1998
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+9 Apr 1998
FranceFR
- TheatricalU24 Feb 1998
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1225 Dec 1997
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1622 Oct 1998
HungaryHU
- Theatrical122 Apr 1998
- PhysicalDVD20 Jul 1999
ItalyIT
- Theatrical20 Feb 1998
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1619 Feb 1998
- Physical16DVD1 Feb 1999
- TV16RTL 520 Nov 2003
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/126 Mar 1998
Frequently asked questions
The Postman was released on 25 December 1997.
Audience reviews
2- P6/10
Patrick E. Abe
11/6/2016
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 d…
- M4/10
misubisu
11/21/2022
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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