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

Color:

Color

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:

Revealing mistakes: "E" Johnson drives a classic "64 & 1/2" Mustang, until the car is picked up by the magnet when it magically turns into a less classic "66" Mustang. Then it's back to a "64 & 1/2" when it's brought to Lester's "Sky Ranch"

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 Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)

Weird sleeper sci-fi B-movie an unintentional work of genius.

I will not attempt to describe this movie. It would be fruitless. You may at first be frustrated by the seemingly inept invocation of all the tried and true cliches of the "genre" - from Mad Max to its weirder post-apocalyptic cousins. But this is not Circuitry Man in reverse - it is much, much stranger. By the time the polka-dotted bikini-wearing ex-girlfriend of the hero is playing hostess at the disney-esque bubble-dome camp of the desert-dwelling homicidal outlaw gang... oh, never mind. By the way, Melanie Griffith was much better looking before lip surgery. Almost hot, in fact. But rest assured, this is a work of genius, exposing a deep understanding of the rift between genders during the height of the supposedly post-sexual-liberation 1980's, an almost sublime sense of humor about sexual alienation and most of all, the erotic link between women and cars in American culture is finally completely laid bare.

In fact, this movie is so profoundly subversive that it could only be made under cover of shlock. Do not be fooled by what seems like coke-addled acting and tourette-syndrome editing. This film is high art. Especially the part where the robot says "is that your hand?" Stay up late and watch it on TBS tonight! And take notes!