purpledoveuk said:

That's what I love about that scene though. Every dressed like it's the 40s in this classy joint and he puts a big 80s ghetto blaster on top of the piano.

CinisterCee said:

Napolean Dynamite took place in 2005/2005

SlamGlam said:

No way, there was stuff that was WAY out of date and you'd never see

CinisterCee said:

yes way... it is.. watch it again it is 100% set in 2004/2005

Well then I guess UTCM was set in 1986

CinisterCee said:

well maybe it was not realyl meant to be in 04/05 but Naps ID card says 04/05 for the school year.

Someone on here said they distinctly remember seeing it on tv and the moon was red with everything else black and white... this is odd, because my mom SWEARS up and down that when SHE saw UTCM it was black and white except for splashes of pink and red throughout it.

There HAS to be a version like this - why would two people distinctly remember seeing the same thing?

Jakeasaurus said:

they may have seen some promo poster or sills or maybe even an add on tv with a red moon but that is not how the MOVIE was made.

Jakeasaurus said:

I have seen this version, it does exist! Don't let someone (SlamGlam maybe?) try and talk you out of it just because they have never seen it. I saw it with my own eyes. And I am not imagining it like he refers to it as Biggs syndrome. Believe me, I'm the biggest Star Wars nut in the whole world and I know Biggs was never in it. Not until the special edition, anyways

CinisterCee said:

Oh but it does. 1985 is the date on the check.
[Edited 7/16/06 7:44am]

FruitToAttractBears said:

are you sure? it also has 04/05 on Napoloeons school ID

sagelri said:

i am not going to argue but if there was such a version the likes of per Nelson would know of it and he said there is not one. so between him and you... well

SlamGlam said:

I dunno about Napoleon...but in UTCM it's defintely 1985...i think it waws 9/27 to be exact.

Imago said:

you forgot that Mani being pregnante needs too mouh of his time to do it

FruitToAttractBears said:

yeah i messed up i thought you meant a check in ND, after i posted it i was like "there is no check in ND" i was coming back but you beat me to it... (the check that ms. Wellington gave to Tracy from Mary's dad. that he wrote the "Chinese" message on did in fact have 1985)

I know this has been addressed until I am blue in the face, but the movie was shot in color, but it was lit for a black and white transfer. Certain lights and filters are used in Black and White movies to make the sky look darker, the plants stand out, etc. This is the way it was shot. It was NOT going to be a color movie. There is NO version that was considered for release that was color. Every, and I mean EVERY version that was created for edit (dated 2/28/86, 5/29/86 and at least two other screenings) were ALL edited and screened in black and white. I can't make this any more plain, the is NO color version and there won't be one released EVER.

That said, there were additional scenes and extended scenes that were cut out, but that is a subject for another day.

breath, I have to remember to breath! whewwwww....

madhouseman said:

Then why do three people remember seeing it in black and white with pink and red digitally added in?

SlamGlam said:

aight...is this the scene thats now on youtube? with luke talking to a friend?

sosgemini said:

yeah. it was filmed but NEVER in the final cut of the movie (well not on Tantottie *SP*)

Jakeasaurus said:

false memory? the larger question is why do so few remember it? i guess there could have been some advertisement or promo that had the moon colored red or pink...

sagelri said:

I truly believe u... I remember when Schindler's List (1993) came out. No one could remember the only color in that b/w movie was the little girl in a Red Coat.

pennylover said:

yeah but the HUGE difference here is: that IS the way it is in every PRINT.

i am not calling anyone a liar, i am just saying they are not remembering what they think they are remembering.

Jakeasaurus said:

Hmmmm. 3 people remember something that everyone else doesn't. Could have been an ad? I remember a friend of mine was convinced that in "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", Santa was riding around on an electric razor. Even when I said that it was a commercial that aired during it, he wouldn't hear of it. He was convinced it happened.

All I can say is that even IF it was in a print of it, it was an optical effect, much like the one mentioned in Schindlers List. That wasn't from a color film print, it was from an effect that was added.

Hope that 'splains things a little bit.

madhouseman said:

Ok then, now the question becomes - Is there ANY version of Under the Cherry Moon, official of not, color digitally added or an optical effect or whatever, that contains black, white, and red/pink?

purpledoveuk said:

i think it's supposed to be set in modern-day times, but the style of the movie was supposed to look like an old black-and-white foreign film.

Jakeasaurus said:

it would be easy to do on any computer with off the shelf software... but that would not explain how it was shown (as part of the MOVIE) that was on HBO or whatever... which is what was said. i am only saying that there was no official print or version of the movie that had a cherry moon in it. maybe HBO made up a promo... but promos are NOT the official movie. and they would have to get permission from WB and Prince to make ANY such alterations to the movie.

but i still call "biggs syndrome" (or like in Jedi were people still say "when i say it Luke jumped up and grabbed the grate and the guards hit his hands during the part with the rancor" huh NO didn't)
[Edited 7/17/06 6:52am]