[Movie Script]Postman, The

THE POSTMAN

screenplay by
Brian Helgeland and Eric Roth
based on the novel by
David Brin
November 4, 1996
Early Production Draft
FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY



    FADE IN:


1   EXT. DESERT LANDSCAPE (UTAH) - DAY                            1



Jagged mountains defy a dark, foreboding sky. We hear

PLODDING HOOVES, CREAKING LEATHER. A lone wanderer

appears. Wearing a long coat and a battered hat, he

carries a bolt-action carbine. His name forgotten,

history remembers him simply as THE POSTMAN.
His laden pack mule, BILL, BRAYS, as they pass a battered

sign: "The Great Salt Lake Marina." They start down a

slope and begin to cross a...
    DRY LAKE BED



A bizarre, wind-swept sight. Dozens of boats resting lee-

to on the dry, cracked earth. It's like God pulled the

plug. Rusty mooring chains snake their way around house

boats, ski boats and a cabin cruiser or two.
                             WOMAN (V.O.)


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