Cherry 2000

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Cherry 2000

Theatrical poster
Directed by Steve De Jarnatt
Produced by Edward R. Pressman
Caldecott Chubb
Written by Lloyd Fonvielle (story)
Michael Almereyda (screenplay)
Starring Melanie Griffith
David Andrews
Tim Thomerson
Pamela Gidley
Music by Basil Poledouris
Cinematography Jacques Hartkin
Editing by Edward M. Abroms
Duwayne Dunham
Distributed by Orion Pictures
Release date(s) February 5, 1987
Running time 93 minutes
Country  United States
Language English
IMDb • Allmovie

Cherry 2000 is a 1987 science fiction cult film starring Melanie Griffith and David Andrews.

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Plot summary

In 2017, business executive Sam Treadwell's (David Andrews) beloved "perfect sex machine," the "Cherry 2000" android (Pamela Gidley), short circuits during a torrid embrace amidst the soap suds on his kitchen floor. He searches for a replacement, enlisting Edith "E" Johnson (Melanie Griffith), a tough tracker who guides him into the wasteland interior of a post-apocalyptic United States and to an abandoned manufacturing plant where he hopes to find a replacement robot. Standing in their way is Lester (Tim Thomerson), a chipper wasteland overlord and his deranged subordinates, who wear a combination of city and tropical clothing. While evading and fighting Lester's minions, Sam and Edith develop a mutual attraction. The pair manage to recover a new Cherry 2000 and install the previous model's memory chip, but Sam soon becomes disenchanted with Cherry's artificial personality. When Edith stays behind to cover Sam's escape, he abandons Cherry to return and rescue Edith.

Cast

Actor Role
Melanie Griffith E. (Edith) Johnson
David Andrews Sam Treadwell
Tim Thomerson Lester
Pamela Gidley Cherry 2000
Harry Carey, Jr. Snappy Tom
Ben Johnson Six-Fingered Jake
Brion James Stacy
Marshall Bell Bill
Laurence Fishburne Glu Glu Lawyer
Jennifer Balgobin Glory Hole Hotel Clerk

Soundtrack

Cherry 2000 is probably most widely known for the original score composed by Basil Poledouris. The soundtrack album prepared for release at the time of the film was canceled due to the film being shelved for a few years instead of receiving a theatrical release. Later, Varèse Sarabande decided to make it the debut release in their CD Club. Originally sold by mail-order for US$20 and at only 1500 copies, it became a highly valued collectible, one copy selling for $2,500 on eBay, the most ever paid for a copy of a film soundtrack CD.[citation needed] However, for being such a touted collectors' item, the packaging for this limited edition CD was riddled with typos. The track list had the incorrect length printed for the last two tracks, and two tracks were missing from the track list entirely. In 2004, Prometheus Records acquired the rights to the score and made it available in a double package with another Poledouris score, No Man's Land. The Prometheus Records release was not a limited edition and, as well as rectifying the track listing, features an additional eight minutes of unreleased music; however, it sold poorly.

Location

According to the credits, the film was shot entirely in the state of Nevada. A scene with Sam and E. watching a van plunge into an open pit was shot at Three Kids Mine near the current location of Lake Las Vegas. The latter half of the crossing the river sequence was filmed at the Hoover Dam. Scenes involving the Sky Ranch were filmed at the Beehive group camping area in the Valley of Fire State Park near Overton, Nevada. E.'s and Sam's first kiss was filmed in the upper reaches of the Las Vegas Wash, several miles east of Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs. Adobe Flats was filmed at Eldorado Valley Dry Lake Bed outside of Boulder City, Nevada. The town of Glory Hole was filmed in Goldfield, Nevada.

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_2000"

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