Running with Scissors just announced that his Postal film won not one, but two awards at the Hoboken International Film Festival. Boll took home $500 cash money for the best director award, beating out the directors of films like Crazy, Strange Girls, The Sensei and Flyboys. Oh, snap! Boll beat out D. Lee Inosanto!!!

Postal also was named the best of the festival despite showings of The Noogies, In The Eyes of a Killer, Predator’s Return and The Pack.

"When the fans speak, WE WIN,” said Vince Desi, the movies executive producer and founder of Running With Scissors. “We know this from our experience in the game industry and now the film business just confirms it. The continued success of the POSTAL franchise in all its forms is proof that democracy works; you cannot stop what’s in the hearts of the people. Freedom will always triumph over tyranny."

The New Jersey awards fly in the face of the movies mysterious box office opening when it hit 13 screens nationwide, and put a little salve on Boll's ego, bruised when hundreds walked from a free screening of the movie earlier this month... oh wait, that was at the same festival.

Vince Desi wants to get something straight right from the get go: Uwe Boll's Postal movie isn't a masterpiece, but it is, he thinks, at least entertaining.

The funny thing is that it probably wouldn't have even been that if it weren't for Boll's decision early on to mostly ignore the treatment that Postal developer Running With Scissors turned in and take the film in a different direction.

RWS's take was a hardcore action flick, something filled with "Postal scenes", something that even the Running With Scissors guys admit, isn't Boll's forte.

Instead Boll decided to turn the movie into satire, something that Desi thinks is actually a good fit for the German director. The end result was an $18 million movie that is mostly ad-libbed by the likes of David Foley and Vern Troyer. Even Desi, who makes a significant walk-on in the film, ad-libbed most of his lines. And Boll is a man who apparently doesn't believe in multiple takes, likley one of the reasons many of his films have bombed. While that doesn't work for sweeping epics, it might just work for a comedy.

Despite thinking that the movie is worth a watch, Desi knows that most of its money will likely come from DVD sales and that the theatrical appearance is really just there to get the name in front of peoples' faces. In fact, Desi says that Universal, which is distributing the movie, is seriously considering having it open in the vacuum created by the upcoming release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

"No one is releasing a film that weekend because they know Indiana Jones will kill it, so we're thinking of releasing it then," he said. "I'm a marketing guy and I can see the Postal Guy takes on Indiana Jones."

So sure are the Running With Scissors guys that Postal will do well... in video... that they've already starting working on a rough draft for the sequel, Postal 2.

Desi sees the movie hitting this summer, and then it going to DVD shortly after. He says he's working to arrange a special edition that will include the film and a copy of the previous games for PC. Then the Postal Babe mobile games will hit (the most violent mobile game Desi says he's ever seen) and then work will start on the second movie and Postal 3 the game will be ready to ship.

"That's our 18 to 24-month plan," he said

"already had some experience with blowing people's heads off playing Postal 2..."

Full release after the jump.

POSTAL Cuts a Cameo in Latest "Bourne" Novel

Ludlum's "The Bourne Betrayal" References the Classic
Running With Scissors' Video Game

Tucson, AZ As video games become consistently embedded in our culture, it was only a matter of time before POSTAL—already the subject of a soon-to-be-released motion picture made its way into the literary world as well. The POSTAL franchise, currently celebrating its 10th anniversary as development on POSTAL 3 progresses, is specifically mentioned on page 270 of Robert Ludlum's latest bestseller, "The Bourne Betrayal".

In the novel, a young, would-be gang banger is given a hand gun in appreciation for not snitching out a group of arsonists. The youngster then decides to put the pistol to use, as he felt he "already had some experience blowing people's heads off playing POSTAL 2...."

"Media whore and Running With Scissors CEO Vince Desi was so delighted with the mention that he openly declared his willingness to "perform a BJ in gratitude—that is, a Bourne Job. Hopefully the Hillary hypocrites won't see this as another opportunity to connect the dots between real violence and violent action in a video game; then again maybe this is a blessing since it would mean the literary world will have to share the same ignorant blame."

This all takes place as the third entry in the Bourne film series, "The Bourne Ultimatum" starring Matt Damon, explodes into theaters across America. Desi added "I seen it the day it opened, loved it, makes Bond look like Homer Simpson."

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Filming begins on the Postal movie next week and Running with Scissors president Vince Desi says that they have signed Ron Perlman to the cast.

Perlman joins Gary Coleman and Desi as the... C-listers? in the movie. Perlman, who will be playing Uncle Dave in the movie, is probably best known for his lead role in Hellboy. He's also done a ton of voice work for video games and already run the gauntlet with Uwe Boll as an actor in the Dungeon Siege film, In the Name of the King.

Desi says that they managed to get enough liquor into Perlman to actually sign him to a two-picture deal. So expect to see him in the next Desi-Boll joint as well.

Other cast members for the movie, set to start filming on Sept. 12, include Gareth Von Kallenbach, Will Sanderson, Ralf Moeller and future Boll punching bag critic Richard Kyanka. No word yet on who will play the lead roll, Postal Dude, but rest assured, Boll's gang is sweeping the bars looking for a leading man. Brian Crecente

So I was minding my own business yesterday working away on a story about mobile gaming at the Rocky when I get an email from Vince Desi, CEO of Running With Scissors. All it says is: "What's your number?"

I shot back my work number, and within a few minutes my phone rings and Desi is on the other end. Now, if you've never read anything about the head-honcho of the company that created Postal, well, let's just say he's a passionate guy.

It seems he was a little piqued about a story running out of Russia blaming a knife attack at a Moscow synagogue on his game. "Piqued" is, in every way, putting it mildly. What really came through was the frustration he felt. Postal is, of course, an over-the-top, violent game. But it's one that is so very violent that I think it would be fair to call it satire. Yes, violent satire, but satire nonetheless.

Desi's frustration, I think, is borne out of a sense of helplessness. What can he do about the things people say about his game? He's not EA or Take-Two, he can't defend himself, really. He feels, I believe, like a very large target waiting to be bitten.

And unfortunately, there's a rabid dog in our midst looking for something around which to lock its jaws.

I'll be talking with Desi later today on another story, and will get more official reaction from him on this whole thing.