The Postman

Name: The Postman
Director: Michael Radford
Released: 1994
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Renato Scarpa, Linda Moretti

1994 · 109 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 40,079 VOTES · DIR. Michael Radford

Overview

Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,065 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:49 No, there's no water, Dad.

00:06:04 and for which he has now been exlled.

00:09:34 Pedalling with the bag is llke carrying an eIephant on your back.

00:14:05 - Is he normaI? - As a person, as--

00:18:33 if I can't ask him when he's peellng an onion?

00:22:42 you use in poetry?

00:26:24 Lots and Iots!

00:30:17 but... onIy to himseIf.

00:33:02 with the rain, the cIouds--

00:38:20 Beatrice Russo.

00:42:55 - I'll put it here. Good-bye. - Wait a minute.

00:47:36 - Good morning. - No, in there.

00:52:33 - And then? - I Iaughed when he said that.

00:55:27 I want you to read it to me.

01:00:53 - Is that cIear? - Yes.

01:04:25 For that price you'll have to guarantee me a pearI in each one.

01:10:12 How do you expIain that?

01:16:20 But you wllI write to me?

01:21:05 Money.

01:24:41 What's with these Iong faces?

01:29:00 The secretary... the secretary...

01:35:38 If it works inside, it'll work outside.

01:40:54 Anyway...

01:44:15 The End

Cast & Characters

Massimo Troisi Mario Ruoppolo Philippe Noiret Pablo Neruda Maria Grazia Cucinotta Beatrice Russo Renato Scarpa Telegrapher Linda Moretti Donna Rosa Sergio Solli Peasant Carlo Di Maio Priest Nando Neri Marshal Vincenzo Di Sauro Orazio Stracuzzi

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,065

Dialogue density9.8 lines / min

First line00:02:49

Final line01:44:15

Production Record

DirectorMichael Radford

LanguageItalian

Budget$3,000,000

Revenue$33,000,000

IMDb votes40,079