Yellowstone star Kevin Costner just presented the first part of his four-part western saga Horizon in Cannes. Reviews have been rather mixed so far, which is probably giving the Hollywood star unpleasant flashbacks to his biggest film flop.
In the 1990s, Costner also directed and starred in an ambitious project. But while Waterworld is often incorrectly described as a financial flop, this End-time disaster of the Costner brand not even half of its budget.
Postman was an end-time flop that Kevin Costner still fondly remembers
We are, of course, talking about Postman, who in 1997 made an ambitious attempt to Adventure film, western flair and post-apocalypse According to Box Office Mojo, Warner Bros. spent 80 million US dollars on the film. The film grossed less than 18 million at the box office in the USA. If you add in the international revenue, the total is only 20 to 30 million.
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Kevin Costner in Postman
Costner spoke to The Daily Beast in 2020 about the film after US President Trump spoke of plans to abolish the American postal service. The film about the heroic postal workerwhich transported letters from enclave to enclave after the fall of the United States, suddenly became relevant again.
In any case, the actor and filmmaker fondly remembers his post-apocalyptic postman:
A film is what it is when it comes out and has the chance to be re-examined. I was always somehow proud of him. I thought I probably made a mistake by not starting the film with ‘Once upon a time…’ Because it’s kind of like a fairy tale. […] I didn’t say that, but I probably should have, because it’s like a story you read to your children at night. That’s how I made the film.
According to Costner, in addition to the actual meaning, the audience at the time also seems to have missed the humor in the film. He continued:
I find, Postman is actually a pretty funny moviewhen you look at it. There is humor in it everywhere. But it is also a little bit about the nature of fame, how you deal with a celebrity and they then say: No, her are famous. That was all the film wanted.
While Postman has a user rating of 5.5 on Moviepilot, Metacritic’s Metascore is only 29. Rotten Tomatoes also has a Tomatometer of criticism of only 14 percent, while the user rating is 50 percent.
The only question that remains is whether Costner was aware that post-apocalypse has nothing to do with the post office.
Where can you currently stream Postman?
With a Prime Video subscription, you can watch Postman on Amazon. Otherwise, the film is available to rent or buy on Apple TV, Google Play, MagentaTV, etc.
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