Cinderella 2000 (1977)

Director:

Al Adamson

Writer:

Bud Donnelly (screenplay)

Release Date:

April 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Tomorrow's Sexiest Comedy Today!

Plot:

In the year 2047, sex is forbidden and Big Brother uses robots to keep on eye on everyone. One young girl tries to outwit the government so she can be with the man she loves. |

Plot Keywords:

B Movie | Independent Film

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Catharine Burgess	...	Cindy (as Catharine Erhardt)
Jay B. Larson	...	Fairy Godfather
Vaughn Armstrong	...	Tom Prince
Erwin Fuller	...	The Controller
Renee Harmon	...	The Widow (as Rena Harmon)
Buri Cowans	...	Bella (as Bhurni Cowans)
Adina Ross	...	Stella
Eddie Garetti	...	Roscoe the Robot
Olivia Michelle	...	Irma
Art Cacaro	...	Jack
Sherri Coyle	...	Jill
John Appleton	...	Enforcer
Steve Puckett	...	Enforcer
Don Birkley	...	Enforcer
Harry Kistner	...	Enforcer

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | USA:X (self applied) | USA:R (re-rating)

Company:

Independent International Pictures (I-I)

Trivia:

The Canadian video release (circa 1981) from Vogue Video was derived from a video master originally created for hotel use. Thus, at the six minute mark, a voice comes on the soundtrack telling viewers that the preview period has ended and, to continue viewing the movie, they must push the appropriate button on their selector box and that the charge will be added to their room bill.

Soundtrack:

Mechanical Man

To Instruct or to Entertain?

Life in some future fascist or near fascist state which severely restricts personal freedoms is a recurrent theme both in modern literature and for film makers. Such works post us warnings about undesirable trends in our society to watch out for; but to be effective they must also be entertaining. Unfortunately most of the books are probably more effective in posting the warnings than in entertaining us enough to become really widely read; whilst with the films the problem is usually the other way round. The first such work to become really widely known was probably George Orwell's "1984" (first published in 1948), and this is still readily available both in the form of a book and as a film.

Watch or read it: and then, when you are feeling a little depressed by man's inhumanity to man, reach for Cinderella 2000. This is a feather light low budget film comedy based on the same theme which provides effortless but unrewarding viewing; and as with 1984 the calendar has now passed beyond its erstwhile period. Most of the comedy is laid on with a trowel although there are just a few genuinely funny moments. To exercise your mind in the long intervals between these you can focus it on the question of whether this film will gain a new extension of life by being released as a DVD or whether it will finally disappear into oblivion as existing tape copies deteriorate past redemption. There are many worse films appearing as DVD's these days, and frankly I do not care much what happens either way.

So far the best of the films of this genre has probably been "The Handmaiden's Tale", but I would very happily swap them all for a well made film of Jack London's towering novel "The Iron Heel". Ambitious as this would be, it still seems incredible that no modern film maker has yet dared to attempt it (IMDb only lists a B/W silent version made in Russia in 1919).