Quick Facts
DirectorKevin Costner
Runtime2h 58m · R
GenresAction · Adventure · Science-fiction
Release1997-12-25
Film
The Postman
1997· R· 2h 58m· Action· Adventure· Science-fiction
“The year is 2013. One man walked in off the horizon and hope came with him.”
Kevin Costner's "The Postman" (1997) unfurls in a dystopian America where highways lie dormant and dreams are but distant echoes. Amidst the desolation, a mysterious wanderer arrives with a mule and a poetic touch for Shakespeare, bearing an unspoken potential to ignite flickers of hope among the despondent survivors. Directed by Costner himself, the film weaves a tale of resilience and the quiet strength of the human spirit in a world devoid of its former glory.
1997-12-25
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Key Crew
DirectorKevin Costner
ScreenplayBrian Helgeland
ProducerJim Wilson
Director of PhotographyStephen F. Windon
Original Music ComposerJames Newton Howard
EditorPeter Boyle
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 24 crew)
Details
Released1997-12-25
Runtime2h 58m · R
StatusReleased
StudiosTig Productions · Warner Bros. Pictures
Budget$80M
Box office$18M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.3/10 · 1197 votes
Original languageen
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