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Postal
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Directed by	Uwe Boll
Produced by	Uwe Boll Dan Clarke Shawn Williamson
Written by	Uwe Boll Bryan C. Knight
Starring	Zack Ward Dave Foley Chris Coppola Jackie Tohn Ralf Moeller J.K. Simmons Michela Mann Michael Paré Verne Troyer Chris Spencer Rick Hoffman David Huddleston Seymour Cassel
Music by	Jessica de Rooij
Cinematography	Mathias Neumann
Editing by	Julian Clarke
Distributed by	Freestyle Releasing
Release date(s)	October 18 2007 (Germany) February 1 2008 (USA)
Running time	100 min.
Country	Canada
Language	English, German
Budget	$15 million
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Postal is a 2007 film based on the 2003 computer game Postal². The film is directed by Uwe Boll, and filmed in Cloverdale, British Columbia.^[1] Postal was premiered in Montreal on July 22, 2007 during the Fantasia Festival. Trailers for the film have been posted on YouTube and the film's website.

Initial trailers market the film as a shock comedy, and have caused controversy as they show a jet flying into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, reminiscent of the September 11, 2001 attacks.^[2] It was later revealed that this scene is in fact the opening scene of the movie, where two of the hijacker terrorists (one of them played by Merik Tadros, who also appeared as one of the kidnappers in Munich) get to know that their sign-up deal for the "99 perfect virgins" might not work out due to the lack of resources after too many recent martyrs, and decide to hijack the plane to the Bahamas instead, only to be overpowered by the airplane passengers, who, in the struggle for the controls, end up driving the plane into one of the towers.^[3]

In his seminar at Breakpoint 2007, Boll has noted that he will "probably end up in jail for it", and claimed that he wanted to create a movie that is "ruthless, just like Monty Python movies used to be".^[3]

A cast listing on Boll's website shows that the film will also feature Richard Kyanka, one of Boll's opponents in his infamous "critic boxing" matches, as well as Vince Desiderio, the producer of the Postal video games.^[4]

Recent news revealed that the film will be released in the USA sometime in February 2008^[5], albeit Uwe Boll claimed it would be released this year, October 12.^[6]. The movie was released in German theatres October 18th, and then in Austria a day later.^[7]

After being fired from his job, The Postal Dude ends up involved with Uncle Dave's cult in a plot to steal rare Krotchy dolls from the new amusement park in town to sell them at an internet auction for a fortune. However, Osama bin Laden is also in the Paradise amusement park, and plans to do much the same, only he will plant biological weapons inside the dolls before selling them. The two sides end up in a war over who will get to steal the dolls.

Boll himself also appears in the movie, playing a parody of himself, what he calls a "mini-Nazi", who (clad in Lederhosen) opens a "mini-Auschwitz entertainment palace" in Paradise City. In a scene set at the amusement park, he's also seen to say that "My movies are financed with Nazi gold." (a response to an actual accusation rumoured on the Internet). The fight over the Krotchy dolls ultimately ends in a wild gunfight during which Boll is being shot in the scrotum, his last line being "I hate video games."^[3]

• Zack Ward as Dude
• Dave Foley as Uncle Dave
• Chris Coppola as Richard
• Michael Benyaer as Mohammed
• Jackie Tohn as Faith
• Erick Avari as Habib
• Ralf Moeller as Officer John
• Chris Spencer as Officer Greg
• Seymour Cassel as Paul
• David Huddleston as Peter
• Verne Troyer as Himself
• Uwe Boll as Himself
• Vince Desiderio as Himself
• Larry Thomas as Osama bin Laden
• Michaela Mann as Jenny
• Lorielle New as Starr
• Holly Eglington as Karen
• Lucie Guest as Cindy
• J.K. Simmons as Candidate Wells
• Brent Mendenhall as George W. Bush
• Carrie Genzel as Reporter Gayle
• Michael Paré as Panhandler

The film has opened in two countries. It opened at number 27 in the German box office, taking in $79,353 from 48 screens and has banked $133,568 as of November 11. In Austria it ended its box office run after two weeks with $5,165. As of November 11, the worldwide gross stands at $138,733. [1]

The film currently holds an unofficial tomatometer rating of 25% on the Rotten Tomatoes webpage. If it continues to hold up or stays there when the count is official, it will become Uwe Boll's highest tomato rating. [2]

• Official site
• Postal at the Internet Movie Database
• Postal on Rotten Tomatoes
• Postal press release
• Postal Review at Icons of Fright.com
• Interview with Uwe Boll, Zack Ward and Larry Thomas
• Postal MPAA Theatrical Trailer
• Postal-Interview with Uwe Boll

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