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The Postman

Movie (1997)

"The year is 2013. One man walked in off the horizon and hope came with him."

It is 2013. War has crippled the Earth. Technology has been erased. Our only hope is an unlikely hero. What begins as a con game becomes one man's quest to rebuild civilization by resuming postal service.

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Released:	Dec 12th, 1997
Budget:	$80,000,000.00
Revenue:	$17,626,234.00

The Postman Main Cast

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Kevin Costner
plays The Postman

Will Patton
plays General Bethlehem

Larenz Tate
plays Ford Lincoln Mercury

Olivia Williams
plays Abby

James Russo
plays Idaho

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Movie Goof (continuity error): When Ford-Lincoln-Mercury and the postal carrier from California (Clark) are about to be executed, and Ford introduces himself, we flash to a distance shot, in which we see Clark remove his hat. We then flash to a closeup, and Clark removes his hat again.
Movie Goof (factual errors): When the Postman finds the old Zippo that was owned by the now deceased postman, he flicks the flint, and is surprised to find that it lights. Seeing as how that the deceased postman is now a skeleton, he has been there for quite a while. The Zippo fuel (naphtha) evaporates quite quickly, and after a few days the lighter will be useless unless he came across a bottle of naphtha.
Another Kevin Costner film reference: Costner's character being asked for his "seed," as in Waterworld.
Tom Petty mentioned back in 1982 while filming the video for his song "You Got Lucky" (a post apocalyptic themed story) he wanted to do a small part in a futuristic movie. He said he wanted to portray a post war character, which he finally did in this movie.

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