Postal (2007)

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writers:

Uwe Boll (written by) and
Bryan C. Knight (written by)

Release Date:

18 October 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

Some comedies go too far... others start there.

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Taliban | Defecation | Punched In The Crotch | Arab Terrorist | Trailer Park

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Zack Ward	...	Dude
Dave Foley	...	Uncle Dave
Chris Coppola	...	Richard
Jackie Tohn	...	Faith
J.K. Simmons	...	Candidate Welles
Ralf Moeller	...	Officer John
Verne Troyer	...	Himself
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

Also Known As:

Postal: Der Film (Germany)
Postal: The Movie (USA) (alternative transliteration)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

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

Country:

USA | Canada | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 | USA:R | Canada:18A | UK:18 | Australia:MA | Italy:VM14 | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Cloverdale, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG

Trivia:

About 90% of the actors who are playing Taliban are Jewish, according to Uwe Boll.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: On the UK release DVD there is a typo on the blurb which is meant to read 'first they must foil'. Instead it reads 'first they most foil'.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Asif: Congratulations, Nabi. We are at the doorstep of our martyrdom.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Omid Djalili Show: (#1.1)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Oh Texas

Knowingly dumb fun

After I saw Postal, I got a chance to see Uwe Boll himself in a Q&A session. He's actually pretty amusing in real life and I think he channeled that when writing Postal. This was the first movie of his I've ever seen and...

I actually had a lot of fun. Take a few friends with you when you go, and you'll probably leave in a good mood too. It's not without some flaws, it does stutter here and there and Mr Boll takes a few great jokes and doesn't quite build up and then punchline them properly, but there's enough hits here to make up for it. The cast is excellent (Dave Foley and Zach Ward steal the show but there are some great cameos). The VERY last shot of the movie is strangely beautiful. You'll have to see it to see what I mean.

In the end there's something very good-natured about how this movie with decapitations and explosions and suicide bombers and gunfights tries to make you laugh. It was happy to roll around in its own silliness and for that, I loved it.