POSTAL (FILM)

'''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 22nd during the Fantasia Festival. Trailers for the film have been posted on YouTube and the 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 signup deal for the "99 perfect virgins" might not work out due to the lack of resources after too many recent martyrs, 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]
The few plot details known are that, after being fired from his job, the Postal Dude ends up involved with Uncle Dave's cult in a plot to steal Krotchy dolls from the new amusement park in town to sell them on eBay for a fortune. However, Osama bin Laden (apparently an alcoholic) is also in Paradise, and plans to do much the same, only he will plant chemical 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 as "a mini-Nazi", who (clad in Lederhosen) opens a "mini-Auschwitz entertainment palace" in Paradise City. In the trailer, he's also seen to say that "My movies are financed with Nazi gold." (a response to an actual accusation rumoured on the Internet), and that his final fate is being shot in the scrotum, his last line being "I hate videogames."
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".
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]

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2. 'Mockumentary' director bares towering insult
3. Uwe Boll - Transforming Games into Movies - seminar video recording from Breakpoint 2007
4. http://www.boll-kg.de/sonstiges/postal/postal_cast.jpg

External links

★ Postal The Movie - official site

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★ ''Postal'' press release

★ ''Postal'' Review at Icons of Fright.com

★ Interview with Uwe Boll, Zack Ward and Larry Thomas

★ Postal-Interview with Uwe Boll