When Bethlehem learns of this "disobedience," he orders it stopped right away. Soon the Postman is greeted everywhere he goes, and finds that his "work" is building morale among the towns. The Postman eventually complies with both requests and upon leaving the town, reluctantly takes their letters they wish to have delivered. Abby (OLIVIA WILLIAMS), a local woman with an infertile husband, wants him to impregnate her, while Ford (LARENZ TATE), a young go-getter, wants to be a postal worker like the Postman. After that, they welcome him with open arms. At first everyone is doubtful, but the Postman lucks out when he just so happens to have a letter for one of the townspeople. Arriving at the small town of Pineview, Krantz tells them that he's just been appointed the Postman for the newly restored United States of America. Krantz manages a daring escape, and finding an old mail truck and a sack of letters, dons the dead postal worker's uniform and hopes he can con his way into the next town for food. Captured by the Holnists, he meets their despotic leader, General Bethlehem (WILL PATTON), a well-educated man who wishes to conquer all of the towns and control them through terror and by keeping them isolated. It's in this state of anarchy that a loner, Gordon Krantz (KEVIN COSTNER), arrives looking for food. People live in isolated towns and constantly worry that an army of soldiers called the Holnists will attack and steal men as well as supplies. A massive war has destroyed America and wiped out all technology and forms of communication. PLOT: It's the year 2013, and society as we know it no longer exists. QUICK TAKE: Drama: A loner in a post-apocalyptic world unknowingly reestablishes the postal service as a unit of honor and morale boosting confidence among small, isolated towns.
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