Hi,

I read somewhere along time ago that Under the cherry moon was originally film in colour but Prince had it released in Black and White, Does anyone know if this is true and has anyone ever seen it in colour?

Thanks.

Lotus Cars U.K.

lotus said:

Of course it was filmed in color. Why limit your options? I've never seen it though.

it's not circulating anywhere as far as anyone knows. people who say they have a bootleg of the color version are most likely full of it, unless they can provide screencaps from the movie in color....which has yet to happen.

if anyone out there has a copy, they're being VERY tight-lipped about it.

Anx said:

I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE IT IN COLOR. SURE IT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THE ERA & LOOK PRINCE WAS GOING FOR.

Yeah he was wearing PURPLE EYESHADOW around that time...ewww

Even if we didn't know it had been filmed in colour - it's easy to tell that it's been transferred to b&w and not filmed that way.

I do remember about 8-10 years ago info. on a copy circulating, but it was around the time I stopped trading tapes and stuff, and I never heard of it circulating after that or since, so I figured it was a red-herring that it was circulating at all.

I like it just as it is-Prince is even more gorgeous in b&w!

Im sure it could be easily converted into colour with some modern video software...

I love the movie, and think it is great in B&W. Great soundtrack!!!!

semantically speaking, we see the world in color, hence every film is filmed in colour. it's the film that only retains the black and white shades...

I am starting to see you always have something smart to say

There is an Easter Egg within the DVD that allows you to watch it in color.

brocklynn said:

welcome to the org, the home of the sarcastically smart people

It's another urban myth.

Yes, they used color film to shoot Under The Cherry Moon (because the studio
was nervous about making a B&W movie, and wanted the option there)

But it was processed in black and white BEFORE it was edited. So there is NO
color version of the movie (and never will be, unless someone kept all the
original negatives and processed them all again in color, then edited the entire
movie together again from scratch... not gonna happen). However there were a
few early scenes processed in color as well as black and white (and edited
together) to show to the studio. It was at this point that they decided to go
with black and white as Prince wanted... and that was that.

BorisFishpaw said:

you know if anyone has those negatives it's Prince. just in case

superspaceboy said:

BorisFishpaw said:

I think I´ve seen a couple of color pictures of those scenes in some bootleg booklet in the mid 90´s.

KoolEaze said:

there are plenty of color stills from the movie floating around...those were even printed in magazines around the time the movie came out.

I'm watching it in color right now bitches!

CinisterCee said:

You lie!

FruitToAttractBears said:

my bad, that's just the "Mountains" video

I remember distinctly as a child seeing this movie on HBO (way before I got into Prince) sometime in the late 80s that had a scene in B&W with Prince talking with Kirsten Scott Thomas and they both look up at the moon, and it's red (cherry). The only trace of color in the whole movie. Is this a deleted scene, or what? This has driven me crazy for years. Can someone please enlighten me?

its the same also with that some versions you see Kirsten Scott Thomass' nipples and other versions you dont.

I remember that whole lie that surfaced about there being an easter egg on the UTCM DVD that if you found it unlocked the whole film in colour for you.

Spookymuffin said:

There was NO fucken easter eggs in those DVDs.

CinisterCee said:

I know! What a cop-out!

superspaceboy said:

FanSynceEyeWuz9 said:

Just out of interest...what era was it he was going for...

Dressed in the 40's, driving a 60's T-Bird but with an 80's Ghetto blaster,a porsche and a Learjet.

Chronologically Confused!!!!

purpledoveuk said:

Hahah I know, it actually has no sort of specific time imprint on it, like Napolean Dynamite.

sagelri said:

no you don't. maybe it was a dream but you did not see it on HBO or in the real world. the scene doesn't exist. may have been a promo still.

that is what i call Biggs syndrome.. where people say "oh when i saw star wars it had the part where Luke was taking to Biggs on Tantoinne"