Postal (2007)

In the ironically named city of Paradise, a recently laid-off loser teams up with his cult-leading uncle to steal a peculiar bounty of riches from their local amusement park; somehow, the recently arrived Taliban have a similar focus, but a far more sinister intent.

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writers:

Uwe Boll, Bryan C. Knight

Stars:

Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Zack Ward	...	Dude
Dave Foley	...	Uncle Dave
Chris Coppola	...	Richard
Jackie Tohn	...	Faith
J.K. Simmons	...	Candidate Welles
Ralf Moeller	...	Officer John
Verne Troyer	...	Verne Troyer
Chris Spencer	...	Officer Greg
Larry Thomas	...	Osama Bin Laden
Michael Paré	...	Panhandler
Erick Avari	...	Habib
Lindsay Hollister	...	Recorder
Brent Mendenhall	...	George W. Bush
Rick Hoffman	...	Mr. Blither
Michael Benyaer	...	Mohammed

Storyline

The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as well. Chaos ensues, and now the Postal Dude must not only take on terrorists but political figures as well.

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Plot Keywords:

heist | taliban | gang bang | miniature golf | mental retardation | 

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Taglines:

Live-Action South Park!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for extremely crude humor throughout, including strong sexuality, graphic nudity, violence, and for pervasive language and some drug use

Details

Country:

USA Canada Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 October 2007 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Postal: The Movie

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 20,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, Pitchblack Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 114 min (Director's Cut DVD) 127 min (long) 107 min (original cut) 102 min (unrated DVD)

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The original script was entirely in German.

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Goofs

During the big final shootout, when Zack Ward shoots everyone with the machine gun, the spent casings fall to the ground in slow motion. They're obviously blanks with crimped ends, not empty casings, which would come from live ammo.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Asif: Congratulations, Nabi. We are at the doorstep of our martyrdom.
Nabi: Praise Allah.
Asif: Praise him! Soon, we will be greeted by Allah, the one true god... and by the cheers of our Four Fathers... and by ninety-nine perfect virgins who will worship us... for ALL eternity!
Nabi: [pause] I thought it was one hundred.
Asif: What's that?
Nabi: One hundred virgins. They promised me one hundred.
Asif: Ninety-nine, one hundred. What's the difference?
Nabi: If they're telling you one thing and they're telling me another, maybe ...
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Connections

Referenced in Family Guy: Back to the Woods (2008)

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Soundtracks

"The Magic Sound"
Written by Robert Bartha and Mark Polak
Performed by Mark Polak
Published by Edition X-tended c/o Arabella Musikverlag GmbH

User Reviews

An exercise in thrash movie-making - best video game adaptation ever

I saw the world premiere at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal. Seriously, this movie blows away anything ever done by Boll.

It's the most violent, disgusting, offensive, thrash movie I've ever seen. I give the movie 9 stars because it was exactly what Boll was intending, and it's a complete success. Go home Takashi Miike! To sum up, it's probably the best video game to movie adaptation ever made. It perfectly captured the spirit of the video game, and then added more, always more, to create such excess that you can't help but laugh during the whole thing.

People criticizing the movie because it's violent, disgusting and offensive shouldn't comment on it - they obviously missed the point.