Hi!

In the Purple Rain dvd thread, someone mentioned that when they saw UTCM in the theatre, the Mountains video under the credits at the end was in colour, and s/he hoped the dvd would be so, unlike the vhs copies we all have.

Now, when I saw UTCM in the theatres back in '86, it was b&w through and through, though I've always wished it would turn to colour at that point, since in my opinion, the Mountains video had a really cool colour pallete.

So I'm asking YOU... when you saw Cherry Moon in the theatres, was it b&w at the end, or colour???

I seem to remember the ending in b/w, but I can't be sure. I've never seen it on color.

Mountains is also black and white...100% sure!

some versions of UTCM were entirely in colour.
That's how it was shot, and i believe a few prints were made in colour.
[This message was edited Sat May 29 3:24:23 2004 by Cataclysm]

Cataclysm said:

It was shot in colour but there was no release in colour... All I can remember from UTCM is that is was completely B&W even the end titles/"Mountains"... There will never be a colour release of UTCM...

Neversin.

Lennon said:

No it's not. The version I have of the Mountains video is in COLOUR, however, Mountains at the end of UTCM is in black and white.

you can get colour versions of it.

Cataclysm said:

AFAIK only about 60 minutes of a rough cut is out and that's in colour...
I never heard of the complete colour thing ever getting out... And I doubt that it actually is out...

Neversin.

The music video, "Mountains" is in color!

NUMBERTWOFANATIC said:

That's what I just said.

mrdespues said:

I saw it in the theatre (me and 2 other people), and I remember as clear as day that at the end it panned up to "heaven" and It turned color and the Mountains video played as the credits rolled. On the vhs it's black & white...but in theatre it was color. I know it.


Nero

Why o why do I remember at the very very end as or after he dies (sorry if I ruined the ending for anyone) it turns to color...but just at the end?

superspaceboy said:

See I'm not crazy...someone else remembers that. I remeber getting the VHS as a kid and waiting for then end cuz I thought it was the coolest thing.


nero

In the theatre, the movie did turn into colour at the end. I can't remember the exact moment whether it was when Tricky returned to Miami, but the Mountains segment was definitely in colour.

I saw it at the theatre 3 times in 3 different cities and it was always B&W all the way through... I can't imagine there being two different release prints. I wonder if some of you aren't just remembering the color Mountains video and thinking it was also color at the end of UTCM.

I rember it being in color at the end too...I think it changed around when Tricy and that chick are in Miami...I gotta pull out the VHS just 2 b certain

Laser Disc is B&W all the way. I am thinking that the Mountains Vid may have chaged too, or been in color for MTV.

THE WHOLE FILM WAS RECORDED IN COLOUR IN CASE WB DIDNT LIKE IT IN B AND W, THEREFORE THERE IS A COLOUR VERSION AVAILABLE IN THE VAULT SOMEWHERE!

RNT U MIXING IT UP WITH THE WIZARD OF OZ? LOL
[This message was edited Sun May 30 10:09:33 2004 by TheFreakerFantastic]

Neronava is right: the version I saw (at a pre-release showing) had the ending in color, specifically the Mountains performance. Perhaps it got changed for the general release and the video, but the first few prints with the color ending still got shown in SOME theaters. I doubt WB would see fit to recall those prints for just that part rather than circulate them to the theaters. (I doubt WB expected it to play in theaters very long...and they were right.)

The European video store version I saw years ago had the "Mountains" -video in colour. I think...

mrdespues said:

True, but the question was about the movie right?? That is is on video B/W

Cool.

So obviously some saw it fully in b&w and some were lucky enough to see the colour ending.

I haven't seen the film, but can imagine how it might be effective after an entire film in b&w to have the ending in colour.

I'll watch it with all this other Prince on DVD stuff later this year. I've never seen Purple Rain either actually, but there's no rush. I'll get it soon enough. Why rush?

brianr54 said:

Thank you...that makes sense. I saw it when it first came out in SF. People keep talking about the laserdisc, VHS, I'm talking about the film version!! Thanks...

neronava said:

I saw it the first week in came out in LA and that one was completely B&W... I remember this cos the "Mountains" vid on TV was in colour and that struck me as weird back then...
But anyway, it's cool to hear that there's actually a different version out there then...

Neversin.

mrdespues said:

Mountains at the end of the movie is B&W, you admit to this, yet say it isn't. you wrote 2 sentences and contradicted yourself.

the mountains video and credits are two different things. you can't just lump them together in Lennon's post to dispute it and then seperate them to try to seem knowledgeable. if Lennon is talking about the credits then he is correct that it is in B&W and you can't say it isn't, and then say it is.

I didn't even exist in '86... But the version of UTCM I seen my friend's VHS tape the entire movie & "Mountains" video wuz in B&W. No color whatsoever in the version I saw. I have a few screencaps of it...




[This message was edited Mon May 31 16:07:15 2004 by KeLo07]