I think the scenes with the family were good.

The expression acting was really good.

RJOrion said:

Prince's best acting was in Under The Cherry Moon...i love that strange movie...

I agree! That movie had me laughing from beginning to end! It's the first time I realized he had a comedy side to him! ..prays I don't get killed..I like Under The Cherry Moon best out of the 3 movies

Just watched Under the Cherry Moon on VH1 for the 1st time. WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME HE GETS KILLED!!!! Now he's died twice for me I'm crying all over again.

mimi1956 said:

Just watched Under the Cherry Moon on VH1 for the 1st time. WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME HE GETS KILLED!!!! Now he's died twice for me I'm crying all over again.

there was an alternative ending filmed where he didn't die. Happier ending.

Christopher died in that movie not Prince so maybe that will help.

OldFriends4Sale said:

mimi1956 said:

Just watched Under the Cherry Moon on VH1 for the 1st time. WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME HE GETS KILLED!!!! Now he's died twice for me I'm crying all over again.

there was an alternative ending filmed where he didn't die. Happier ending.

Christopher died in that movie not Prince so maybe that will help.

Oh thank Heaven, where can I get that one. I taped this now I'll never watch it again but I can't bring myself to tape over it.

justAmeda said:

rob1965 said:

justAmeda said:

I agree! That movie had me laughing from beginning to end! It's the first time I realized he had a comedy side to him! ..prays I don't get killed..I like Under The Cherry Moon best out of the 3 movies

Under The Cherry Moon is definitely funny: Prince surely had a funny side. The scene where he bathing and playing with a rubber duck ('aaahh...fascist!') is hilarious. The movie itself is totally over the top. I guess no one understood that and that may have bern one of the reasons why it's so underrated.

I thought it was a great little movie until he got killed, that was to much. OldFriends4Sale was kind enough to let me know there was an alternate ending one. Why the heck didn't VH1 play that one all things considered. Didn't we go through enough?

mimi1956 said:

I thought it was a great little movie until he got killed, that was to much. OldFriends4Sale was kind enough to let me know there was an alternate ending one. Why the heck didn't VH1 play that one all things considered. Didn't we go through enough?

VH1 hasn't played Graffti Bridge or Under The Cherry Moon here in my area at all since his passing. They play Purple Rain a couple times a month here.

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justAmeda said:

mimi1956 said:

VH1 hasn't played Graffti Bridge or Under The Cherry Moon here in my area at all since his passing. They play Purple Rain a couple times a month here.

[Edited 6/15/16 13:47pm]

This was the first for Cherry Moon, Purple Rain yes. Still waiting for Grafitti Bridge, please tell me ahead of time that he doesn't die. I can't take this, it feels to real. If he was alive it wouldn't matter but this was to soon after.

mimi1956 said:

justAmeda said:

VH1 hasn't played Graffti Bridge or Under The Cherry Moon here in my area at all since his passing. They play Purple Rain a couple times a month here.

[Edited 6/15/16 13:47pm]

This was the first for Cherry Moon, Purple Rain yes. Still waiting for Grafitti Bridge, please tell me ahead of time that he doesn't die. I can't take this, it feels to real. If he was alive it wouldn't matter but this was to soon after.

No he does not die in Graffiti Bridge

Under The Cherry Moon and Graffiti Bridge were on TV all weekend and earlier this week...it was either VH1 or MTV, not sure...

mimi1956 said:

justAmeda said:

VH1 hasn't played Graffti Bridge or Under The Cherry Moon here in my area at all since his passing. They play Purple Rain a couple times a month here.

[Edited 6/15/16 13:47pm]

This was the first for Cherry Moon, Purple Rain yes. Still waiting for Grafitti Bridge, please tell me ahead of time that he doesn't die. I can't take this, it feels to real. If he was alive it wouldn't matter but this was to soon after.

I think he wanted to die in GB, there is what is called a 'hangman' scene' there is a deleted image, where he hangs himself or something, but he did not die in the official GB movie

mimi1956 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

there was an alternative ending filmed where he didn't die. Happier ending.

Christopher died in that movie not Prince so maybe that will help.

Oh thank Heaven, where can I get that one. I taped this now I'll never watch it again but I can't bring myself to tape over it.

maybe when UTCM is reissued they will put the deleted scenes in it. But for now there is no alt release.

UTCM is a wonderful movie, you'll watch it again and appreciate what he tried to convey with 'dying 4 love'

Prince wanted the father 2 die in Purple Rain too.

Watched it again recently after not seeing it for some years. Prince was actually kinda shitty toward Appolonia in the movie. But in the interest of the story, he had to end up with the girl in the end.

WeepyEyedWhiteGirl said:

Watched it again recently after not seeing it for some years. Prince was actually kinda shitty toward Appolonia in the movie. But in the interest of the story, he had to end up with the girl in the end.

Actually we don't get all the background from the movie.
In the script (Vanity) was actually a bit manipulative. Morris & Prince had a rivalry and she played the middle. The Kid would see her and Morris together and she wouldn't be upfront about everything until she told the Kid she was going to work with Morris. After the scene where the Kid & Apollonia mess around, Morris is stalking outside later on and she leaves the house(after hearing some troubling things in the house) and runs into Morris. Prince follows them later and sees where she lives and see her with Morris. I think the Kid was pretty into her and nice until that point. Apollonia came across as sweet and innocent, but the background story tells a little more.

http://prince.org/msg/7/425840

anangellooksdown said:

Prince seems like someone who rarely got angry. Even when he wS supposed to act angry in the movie, he doesn't pull it off very convincingly. I just don't think it was his nature. He seemed to be a calm person. I admire that, especially given that he didn't have it easy as a teenager. It seems like just yesterday this movie came out and I was a teenager myself. But seeing the models of cars in downtown Minneapolis in the movie makes me realize that it was over 30 years ago. That 30 years has flown by though, and it really was much too fast. How could someone so profound of my own generation be gone? It's been like some sort of magic show or something. It's absolutely unbelievable - still.

I never got that impression.


I did get that he knew how to reign in his anger though.

[Edited 6/15/16 17:39pm]

OldFriends4Sale said:

WeepyEyedWhiteGirl said:

Watched it again recently after not seeing it for some years. Prince was actually kinda shitty toward Appolonia in the movie. But in the interest of the story, he had to end up with the girl in the end.

Actually we don't get all the background from the movie.
In the script (Vanity) was actually a bit manipulative. Morris & Prince had a rivalry and she played the middle. The Kid would see her and Morris together and she wouldn't be upfront about everything until she told the Kid she was going to work with Morris. After the scene where the Kid & Apollonia mess around, Morris is stalking outside later on and she leaves the house(after hearing some troubling things in the house) and runs into Morris. Prince follows them later and sees where she lives and see her with Morris. I think the Kid was pretty into her and nice until that point. Apollonia came across as sweet and innocent, but the background story tells a little more.

http://prince.org/msg/7/425840

Thank Old Friends, that sheds some light. I always wished Vanity had hung in there a little longer, she would have given the role more uumph. Wonder if she was salty when the film became wildly successful.