The Postman is a 1997 American epic post-apocalyptic adventure film produced and directed by Kevin Costner, who plays the lead role. The screenplay was written by Eric Roth and Brian Helgeland, based on David Brin 's 1985 book of the same name. The film also features Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams, James Russo, and Tom Petty.

The Postman: Directed by Kevin Costner. With Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams. A nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America.

The Postman is a post-apocalyptic dystopian science fiction novel by David Brin. It is about a man wandering the desolate Oregon countryside who finds a United States Postal Service uniform, which he puts on and then claims he is a mail carrier and federal inspector for the "Restored United States of America".

Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare, and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope. Find out how and where to watch …

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A solitary traveler is captured by a fascist military group called the Holnists led by Hitler-like General Bethlehem. When he escapes from the Holnists he finds an abandoned mail Jeep and uniform, and starts to travel through small cities, telling them he is a postman, a representative of the restored United States.

After an apocalyptic war has destroyed the U.S. government, a lone traveler escapes a group of fascist marauders and discovers a way to give people hope - delivering the mail. With Olivia Williams, Tom Petty.

Dec 25, 1997 · In choosing “The Postman” as his new project, however, Costner should perhaps have reflected that audiences were becoming overfamiliar with him as the eccentric loner in the wilderness who discovers an isolated community and then joins their war against evil marauders.

A 1997 movie based on a novel by David Brin, about a wanderer in post-apocalyptic Oregon who disguises himself as a U.S. Postman and weaves an intricate story about the government being reformed to get food and shelter from people.