Under the Cherry Moon

Under the Cherry Moon (1986)

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Two friends from Miami are in the French Riviera enjoying life by scamming money off of rich women. One day, they read about a young woman set to inherit $50 million from her father. At first, Tricky has Christopher Tracy talked into romancing her for her money, but in getting to know her, Christopher falls in love with her. This love comes between the brothers, and Tricky tells about the plan.

Date of release
1986-07-02
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (67)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Comedy, Music, Romance
Director
Prince

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 5 · Nominations: 8. Including: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture; Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor; Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award; Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director

Under the Cherry Moon is a 1986 American romantic musical comedy-drama film directed by Prince in his directorial debut. The follow-up to his 1984 film debut Purple Rain, it stars himself along with former The Time member Jerome Benton, Steven Berkoff, Kristin Scott Thomas and Francesca Annis. Although the film underperformed both critically and commercially at the time of its release, winning five Golden Raspberry Awards and tying with Howard the Duck for Worst Picture, its associated soundtrack album Parade sold over a million copies and achieved platinum status. Since Prince's death in 2016, several contemporary critics have also revisited the film and now consider it a cult classic.

Production

The success of 1984's film Purple Rain saw Prince becoming one of the biggest stars in the world, leading to a blank cheque situation in which Warner Bros. Pictures quickly greenlit Under the Cherry Moon. Prince initially envisioned the setting to be Palm Beach, Miami or Capri, though he soon settled on the French Riviera.

Filming started at the Victorine Studios in Nice, France on September 14, 1985. After disagreements about the film's direction, Lambert left the production on November 4, and Prince took over directing himself. Lambert is listed as a creative consultant in the film's credits.

The cast was also changed during pre-production. Prince originally had planned to have Susannah Melvoin (sister of Revolution member Wendy Melvoin, as well as Prince's girlfriend at the time) play Mary Sharon, but it was clear she couldn't act and Prince replaced her with Kristin Scott Thomas (in her feature debut).

Under the Cherry Moon was shot on color stock, then processed into black and white in post-production. None of the color footage has yet emerged with the exception of the music video for "Mountains". The film's black and white poster was designed by art director John Kosh.

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