Cherry 2000 (1987)

Director:

Steve De Jarnatt

Writers:

Michael Almereyda (writer)
Lloyd Fonvielle (story)

Release Date:

5 February 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

She's Blond, Beautiful and Forever Young.

Plot:

In the future, a man travels to the ends of the earth to find that the perfect woman is always under his nose...

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Android | Tracker | Directorial Debut | On The Road

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

David Andrews	...	Sam Treadwell
Jennifer Balgobin	...	Glory Hole Hotel Clerk
Marshall Bell	...	Bill
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Snappy Tom
Laurence Fishburne	...	Glu Glu Lawyer (as Larry Fishburne)
Pamela Gidley	...	Cherry 2000
Melanie Griffith	...	Edith 'E.' Johnson
Michael C. Gwynne	...	Slim
Brion James	...	Stacy
Ben Johnson	...	Six-Fingered Jake
Jeff Levine	...	Marty
Jennifer Mayo	...	Randa
Cameron Milzer	...	Elaine / Ginger
Howard Swain	...	Jim Skeet
Jack Thibeau	...	Stubby Man

Runtime:

99 min | Spain:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | France:U | Netherlands:12 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Company:

ERP Productions (I)

Trivia:

In the late 80's the record label Varese Sarabande issued a special limited edition soundtrack CD for this film of about 1500 copies containing the late Basil Poledouris' musical score. It received high collectible status soon after wards. In 1997 an anonymous collector purchased this CD for the then record sum for a CD of two thousand five hundred dollars in an auction. The soundtrack has since been reissued through another label in 2004.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Sam is escaping the Sky Ranch with E. Johnson, Melanie Griffith's character, he is shown lighting a gas can with a rag coming out of it on fire. The first scene the fire is 3/4 the way up the rag and in the next scene it is at the very bottom.

Quotes:

Female Gang Member: Ginger, what are we going to do now?
Ginger: You guys want some sandwiches?
Male Gang Member: Lester's dead.
[points to Lester's hanging body]
Ginger: Well, no sandwiches for him.
[walks over and sits down by Cherry 2000, opens thermos, hands Cherry 2000 a sandwich]
Cherry 2000: [opens sandwich] Pretty.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Evil Ed (1995)

Some dull parts, but still an effortlessly likable movie.

"Cherry 2000" was a huge commercial failure and it's hardly ever mentioned today, but I found it surprisingly entertaining. Sure, the script is unimaginative and the film has no real vision and the action scenes are strictly routine, but the two leads are enormously, effortlessly likable. They make a deeply sweet pair. Maybe the film should have concentrated more on their love story and less on the familiar action aspects of the story. And the violence of a couple of scenes seems rather out of place. But even with its weaknesses, this movie is, fitfully, absorbing and very entertaining.