Postal Lament
Most of the Row Three crew has been pretty excited to check out Uwe Bool’s Postal (our review). Heck, a few of us even vowed to see Boll’s film on opening night rather than head out to some movie starring some old guy that opens that same weekend. Unfortunately, it’s looking like we might not get a chance to do that.
According to news over at Cinema Blend, Boll’s people have issued a release stating that the planned wide release has been canceled because according to the mysterious release, “Theatrical distributors are boycotting ‘Postal’ because of its political content”.
During the Q&A after yesterday’s screening, Boll mentioned that the distributors had boycotted the film but what I didn’t realize was the extent to which the film had been slighted. Looks like Postal will only play on four screens. I’m not sure if that means that it’s four screens in all of North America or only in the US. I can tell you this: one of those screens is Vancouver.
Disappointing. Really disappointing. Especially considering the film is good.
You’ve probably already seen these, but for anyone who hasn’t, please check out the videos on this site.
http://uwebollmoviechallenge.blogspot.com/
You’ll love Uwe Boll after you watch them, even though he made HOUSE OF THE DEAD.
Comment by Joe Campanella — May 16, 2008 @ 4:53 pm
Yeah Joe, I’ve been tracking the mess. I like the guy, even if I don’t necessarily like all of his movies.
Comment by Marina Antunes — May 16, 2008 @ 5:42 pm
Oh thank (insert deity name of choice) its playing Vancouver. After the whole Black Sheep debacle of last year, I think I’d go mad if Postal didn’t play here.
Comment by colleeny — May 16, 2008 @ 7:27 pm
i should have caught this at Fantasia last year. oops!
Comment by kurt — May 16, 2008 @ 8:28 pm
Black Sheep wasn’t anything all that special. You didn’t miss much Colleeny. I am pretty jealous of your Postal code though.
Comment by Andrew James — May 17, 2008 @ 1:14 am
I hope it will play in Toronto!
Comment by Shannon the Movie Moxie — May 17, 2008 @ 7:32 am
@ Andrew I have since rented black sheep. I liked the film a lot. Then again I like my horror films either cheezy or funny (Black sheep, Shaun of the dead, Army of Darkness…etc). It would have been nice to see Black sheep in the theater.
Comment by colleeny — May 17, 2008 @ 8:47 am
“I am pretty jealous of your Postal code though.”
Nice. Very Nice.
Comment by Marina Antunes — May 17, 2008 @ 10:51 pm
Listing of theaters showing “Postal” (thanks to the guys at Freeze Dried Movies):
MAY 23rd
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - South Lamar
1120 South Lamar
Austin, TX
(512) 476-1320
Tower Theaters
8031 N Business Park Drive
Tucson, AZ 85743
520-579 7670
Portage Theatre
4050 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL
773-736-4050
Laemmle’s Monica 4-plex
11523 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310-478-1041
Neighborhood Flix
2510 E Colfax Ave
Denver, CO 80206
303-777-3549
Cobble Hill Cinemas
265 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718-596-9113
Terrace Charleston
1956-D Maybank Highway
Charleston, SC 29412
843-762-4247
Culver Plaza Theatres
9919 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
310-836-5511
Galaxy South Dekalb Funplex 12
2801 Candler Rd. Suite 68
Decatur, GA 30034
404-243-3606
Galaxy Cinema Fun Plex
274 Highway 138 SW
Riverdale, GA 30274
678-479-8880
MAY 30th OPENING
Roxie Film Center
3117 16th St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-431-3611
Comment by Marina Antunes — May 20, 2008 @ 3:32 pm