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Starring: Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams, Tom Petty, James Russo, Daniel von Bargen, Scott Bairstow, Giovanni Ribisi, Roberta Maxwell
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This film is set in the near future after a post-disaster. Humans have reverted back to medieval ways using horses to travel round, swords and crude weapons. The Government system has crumbled and small communities of villages live unconnected from one another in forts.
Kevin Costner travels around with his intelligent mule who 'performs' Shakespeare to some of the villages he is forced to pass when low on supplies. It is during one of these stops when he is forcibly 'recruited' into a self made army led by its obsessed leader. They return every so often and demand volunteers or they will choose their recruits.
His mule is eaten by his other inmates and guards and he is forced to train in this group and be branded by the mark '8' on his arm. He disagrees with their oppressive ways and bullying tactics. With his opposite views and determination he becomes under close watch of the leader.
He eventually escapes at the expense of a fellow captive who was disillusioned into role-worshipping the military group. As he hides in the forests and wilderness he comes across a delapidated car with a skeleton of a man in an uniform. During the night he discovers the man's 'cargo' of letters- he was a postman.
Dressing in the postman's uniform and his satchel of letters he heads towards a nearby fort. Using a cover story of the beginnings of a new government and him being sent by the President he gets inside. The villagers make him guest of honour when one of the letters is sent to its rightful owner.
Seeing the joy it brings to them he slowly warms to the idea of becoming a true Postman. At the village a woman who's husband is unable to have children because of a disease asks him to conceive children with her. A possible solution knowing that he would be leaving soon.
After gaining an enthusiastic new postman he leaves with new letters to a new town. But the '8' army is on his tail. As time goes on he gathers more recruits and a rival group to the '8' army all thanks to his first recruit. Everything is good until the army fights back, killing all postman to get to Costner.
A good film despite its slating at the cinema. On the same sort of level as Waterworld but with an interesting look into possible distopian futures. It is nice to know that humans still make the best of a bad situation in these films. Thought-provoking and a good amount of action.
H Louise, Resident Scholar
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Based on the novel by David Brin, this movie follows the adventures of a wanderer in a post-nuclear landscape. After the US has collapsed, and small communities exist in fortified compounds, a travelling performer who stumbles upon a postman's uniform and mailbag winds up re-starting the US postal service. However, this gets in the way of a self-made military dictator's empire. The hope he brings forth is countered by the malevolence of the dictator, so with a little romance thrown in, he winds up having to face the results of what he has inspired. Many of the more fantastic elements of the book are left out.
Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar
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Plot
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Explore/1st contact
Yes
Environmental disaster?
- surviving a post environmental/nuclear disaster
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
- aggressive
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- Very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- ample chest & buttocks (female)
How much in movie?
- 60%
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- dictator
- military officer, senior
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- obsessed
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity
- White
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physical condition
- very athletic
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- near future (later in 21st century)
- Post-disaster
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Mountains?
Yes
Desert?
Yes
Ice world?
Yes
Misc settings
- fort/castle
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie
- upbeat
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vauge references only
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
- Some foul language
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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