Under the Cherry Moon

Under the Cherry Moon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPrince
Screenplay byBecky Johnston
Produced by
  • Robert Cavallo
  • Joseph Ruffalo
  • Steven Fargnoli
Starring
CinematographyMichael Ballhaus
Edited by
  • Éva Gárdos
  • Rebecca Ross
Music byPrince and The Revolution
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • July 2, 1986 (1986-07-02)
Running time
100 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$10.1 million[2]

Under the Cherry Moon is a 1986 romantic musical comedy-drama film starring Prince and marking his directorial debut. The follow-up to his 1984 film debut Purple Rain, it also stars former The Time member Jerome Benton, Steven Berkoff, Kristin Scott Thomas (in her feature film debut), and Francesca Annis. Although the film underperformed both critically and commercially at the time of its release, winning five Golden Raspberry Awards and tying with Howard the Duck for Worst Picture, its associated soundtrack album Parade sold over a million copies and achieved platinum status. Since Prince's death in 2016, several contemporary critics have also revisited the film and now consider it a cult classic.

  1. ^ "UNDER THE CHERRY MOON (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 31, 1986. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).