Difference between revisions of "Film: Under The Cherry Moon"

From Prince Vault
Jump to: navigation, search
m
m
Line 125: Line 125:
 
* Thierry Zemmour - hair stylist
 
* Thierry Zemmour - hair stylist
 
| OtherCrew              =  
 
| OtherCrew              =  
<br>Production Management</b>
+
<b>Production Management</b>
 
* Barbara Allen - unit manager
 
* Barbara Allen - unit manager
 
* Graham Cottle - production supervisor
 
* Graham Cottle - production supervisor

Revision as of 21:46, 17 April 2017

1984: FilmPurpleRain-movieposter.jpg Purple Rain Movies Television Films And Specials 1987: Filmsign o the times-movieposter.jpg Sign O' The Times
Under The Cherry Moon

Under The Cherry Moon movie poster

Movie details


Premiere: 1 July 1986: Centennial Theatre, Sheridan, WY
Released: 2 July 1986 (USA)

August 1986 (UK, Ireland)
22 August 1986 (Denmark)
27 August 1986 (France)
28 August 1986 (West Germany)
29 August 1986 (Finland)
4 September 1986 (The Netherlands)
4 October 1986 (Japan)
February 1987 (Australia)
Director: Prince
Writers: Becky Johnston (screenplay)
Producers: Robert Cavallo
Steven Fargnoli
Joseph Ruffalo &
Graham Cottle
Productions Companies: Warner Bros.
Music by: Prince
Genre(s): Music Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 96 minutes
Technical Specification(s): Country: USA
Language: English
Sound Mix: Dolby
Color: blakc & white/Technicolor
Aspect Ratio:1.85 : 1
Distributor(s):

Warner Bros. (1986)

Box Office, Nominations & Awards


Box office

  • Opening Weekend (2 Jul. 1986)
USA: $3,150,924 (976 Screens)
  • Gross:
USA: $10,090,429

Awards

  • Golden Raspberry Awards, USA 1987
Worst Actor, Prince
Worst Director , Prince
Worst Original Song , ♥ Or $
Worst Picture , Under The Cherry Moon (tie with Howard The Duck)
Worst Supporting Actor , Jerome Benton
  • Minnesota Music Awards, USA 1986
Best Film, Score

See also


Parade
(album)
Under The Cherry Moon
(home video)
Parade.jpg HomeVideoUnderTheCherryMoon.jpg

Under The Cherry Moon is a 1986 American musical drama film starring and directed by Prince and written by Becky Johnson (screenplay).

Filmed primarily in Studios de la Victorine in Nice, France and on location in the French Riviera, the film tells a story of a gigolo and his friend swindling women. But when Prince's character Christopher Tracy falls in love with the 21 year old heiress Mary, things get complicated.

The film had less than stellar reviews and reception and bombed in cinemas.

Production Following the huge success of Purple Rain and Prince becoming one of the biggest stars in the world he had pretty much carte-blanche when developing ideas for a new film and the studio green-lit the project without even having seen a script, expecting another success like Purple Rain.

With no experience as scriptwriter, Becky Johnson from New York was assigned to develop a screenplay. Despite her lack of experience Prince and the studio were willing to take a leap of faith based upon a test screenplay she wrote.

Prince wanted the film to be a romantic comedy with a 1930's vibe set in an exotic location like Palm Beach, Miami or Capri. The idea was then born to shoot the film in France and in mid-June 1985 Prince together with his manager Steve Fargnoli and tour manager Alan Leeds flew to France to scout locations and meet with potential cast. After visiting the French Riviera Prince decided he wanted to shoot the film there.

He wanted Jean-Babtiste Mondino to direct, but when he was unavailable video director May Lambert was recruited. German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus was hired as director of photography.

Originally Prince wanted Madonna to star as the female lead, but after she declined Susannah Melvoin, who by now was Prince's fiancée was considered. She did a test-reading, but it was decided that the role of Mary needed a more experienced actress. Ultimately young British actress Kristin Scott-Thomas was cast as female lead after auditioning for Prince in Paris. Terrance Stamp and Francesca Annis were cast as Mary's parents.

Prince wanted to shoot the film in black and white, but Warner was afraid it would not go down well with the audience if the film was in black and white, but since Prince was at the top of his fame he got his way. .

Once shooting commenced in September 1985 the production was marred by problems. A few weeks into shooting Terrance Stamp retracted himself from the film saying: it was not the role he was led to believe. Steven Berkoff was quickly hired as his replacement. Prince and the crew were also unsatisfied by Mary Lambert's performance. She was fired and Prince, who was already co-directing many scenes helmed the directing of the film by himself.


Cast & Crew
Cast
  • Prince - Chirstopher Tracy
  • Jerome Benton - Tricky
  • Kristin Scott-Thomas – Mary Sharon
  • Steven Berkoff - Mr. Sharon
  • Emmanuelle Sallet - Katy
  • Alexandra Stewart - Mrs. Sharon
  • Francesca Annis - Mrs. Wellington
  • Pamela Ludwig - Girlfriend
  • Barbara Stall - Girlfriend
  • Karen Geerlings - Girlfriend
  • Victor Spinetti - The Jaded Three #1
  • Myriam Tadesse - The Jaded Three #2
  • Moune De Vivier - The Jaded Three #3
  • Amoury Desjardins - Young Boy at Party
  • Garance Tosello - Young Girl at Party
  • Sylvain Levignac - Eddy
  • Guy Cuevas - Lou
  • Patrice Melennec - Larry
  • Azouz Saieb - Mary's Minder
  • Jean Allaz - Sharon Butler
  • Rosette Jaubert - Sharon Maid
  • John Rico - Mary's Chauffeur
  • Veronique Denoyel - Party People
  • Lydie Diakhate - Party People
  • Patricia Poulain - Party People
  • Catherine Allard - Party People
  • Nicky South - Party People
  • Christine Christen-Giguet - Party People
  • Beatrice Berthet - Party People
  • Maurice Lenorman - Maitre d'
  • Sam Karmann - Police Inspector
  • John Cooper - Mrs. Wellington's Butler
  • Jobby Valente - Champagne Lady
  • Alexa Fioroni - The Dancer
  • Lionel Turchi - Musician
  • Roger Capello - Musician
  • Scott Allen - Musician
  • Juan Villalobos - Musician
  • Patrick Carocci - Musician
  • Richard Gow - Musician
  • Daniel Bensadoun - Musician
  • Maurice Simon - Pianist
  • Jean Marie Julien - Violinist
  • Nicolas Monard - Photographer
  • Michael Kotzritzki - Doorman
  • Claude Coppola - Uniform Policeman
  • Monica Quigley - Bombshell Blonde
  • Giselle Finazzo - Voluptuous Blonde
  • Patricia Davidson - Party Guest (uncredited)
  • Sharmagne Leland-St. John - Party People (uncredited)
Main Crew

Production

Cinematography

  • Michael Ballhaus

Film Editing

  • Éva Gárdos
  • Rebecca Ross

Casting

  • Jose Villaverde

Production Design

  • Richard Sylbert

Art Direction

  • Damien Lanfranchi

Set Decoration

  • Ian Whittaker

Costume Design

Makeup Department

  • Michelle Bühler - assistant makeup artist
  • Annie Coppini - assistant makeup artist
  • Earl Jones - hair stylist: Prince
  • Robyn Lynch - makeup artist
  • Aida Rossignol - hair stylist
  • Thierry Zemmour - hair stylist
Other Crew

Credits
Company Credits
  •  

Synopsis

Making of
Shooting

Principal shooting started on 16 September 1985 and lasted until late November. Scenes where Christopher accidentally climbs in Mary's mother's bedroom, thinking it is Mary's and a scene where Christopher and Tricky escape a bar after a scare of bats were not in the finished script and added while filming. The end of the film is also different from the original script.

Shooting Schedule & Locations
 
Additional Information

Promotion (at time of release) Trivia


References
FilmPurpleRain-movieposter.jpg 1984
Purple Rain
Movies Television Films And Specials 1987
Sign O' The Times
Filmsign o the times-movieposter.jpg