TY - BOOK AU - Costner,Kevin AU - Bargen,Daniel von AU - James Russo AU - Larenz Tate AU - Olivia Williams AU - Tom Petty AU - Will Patton AU - Kevin Costner TI - The Postman AV - DVD 000341 PY - 1997/// CY - USA PB - Tig Productions KW - Action KW - Adventure KW - SciFi KW - Drama N1 - Post-apocalyptic America. What begins as a con game becomes one man's quest to rebuild civilization by resuming postal service; David Brin N2 - In the year 2013 civilization has all but destroyed itself. After a war that decimated the government and most of the population of the United States (possibly the world) people struggle to survive against starvation and rogue groups of armed men. One such group is called the Holnists. This group is bigger than any other and their leader, General Bethlehem, has delusions of ruling the country. A drifter (Costner) is captured by the group and forced to join. He escapes at the first chance and happens on a mail jeep with a skeleton in it. The skeleton is wearing a postal uniform and the drifter takes it to keep him warm. He also finds a mailbag and starts conning people with old letters. The hope he sees in the people he delivers to changes his plans and he decides that he must help bring the Holnists down UR - http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0119925/ ER -