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No Postage Necessary (2018)

No Postage Necessary poster
Directed by
Jeremy Culver
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In a small Florida town, a postal worker and a woman find their lives intertwined through a series of unconventional events. The story mixes romance with elements of hacking and internet intrigue.

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What happens

No Postage Necessary is a 2017 American romantic comedy independent film written and directed by Jeremy Culver as his second narrative feature and starring George Blagden, Charleene Closshey, Robbie Kay, Stelio Savante, with Michael Beach and Raymond J. Barry. The film integrates current political happenings — including the Silk Road (referred to "The Spice Trail" in the film's script), hacktivism, and cyberterrorism — into a dramedy set in Plant City, Florida. Principal photography began in Plant City in August 2016 filming on 35mm film. The film initially premiered on October 14, 2017, as an Official Selection of the Heartland Film Festival. The shortened and final version later premiered on June 28, 2018, at the Tampa Theatre in Hillsborough County, Florida where the movie was filmed exclusively. It released in theaters in ten markets across the United States on July 6, 2018, by Two Roads Picture Co. as well as on the decentralized application Vevue, making history as the first film to ever release via blockchain technology and available to stream using cryptocurrency as payment. The film's script is now part of the Core Collection of the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. No Postage Necessary received mixed reviews, with praise for its heartfelt performances, music, production values, and ending that is "satisfying without artifice", but criticism suggesting it relies too heavily on its unique distribution strategy as its "hook". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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