The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film) the "charged chemistry" between Nicholson and Lange, and stated that Nicholson admitted that he was smitten with his co-star, remarking that she was a "big consensus movie sex bomb". The film was nominated by the American Film Institute in 2002 for the AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions list. The star of the 1946 version, Lana Turner, expressed her disapproval of the remake. She especially disliked how the studio "turned it into such pornographic trash", and admitted that although she did not watch the remake, she had seen advertisements and blurbs on television that made her sick. The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman (film) to war. The mounted Carriers and Holnists meet across a field. Knowing the casualties will be great if the armies meet in battle, the Postman instead challenges Bethlehem for leadership, with their troops as witnesses. The Postman wins the fight with inspiration from the "Neither snow nor rain" inscription, then offers Bethlehem a chance to build a new, peaceful world. Bethlehem lunges to shoot the Postman but is shot by Colonel Getty, Bethlehem‘s ranking officer. Getty surrenders, and the rest of the Holnists follow. Thirty years later, the Postman's grown daughter speaks at a ceremony unveiling a statue in tribute