Editing Cherry 2000 (section)

==Release==
After its completion in December 1985,<ref name=la-times/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EEZPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GQMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6726,2526488&dq=cherry-2000&hl=en|last=Herman|first=Jan|title=Guitar Strings Outfox Tennis Player Star McEnroe|date=December 24, 1985|access-date=June 21, 2011|work=[[Toledo Blade]]|page=P-3}}</ref> [[Orion Pictures]] originally scheduled ''Cherry 2000'' for a U.S. release on August 15, 1986.<ref>{{cite news|last=Blowen|first=Michael|title=Summer Movies '86|date=May 8, 1986|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|page=14 (Calendar)}}</ref> Sometime later, the date was postponed to March 1987,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qmNcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uVYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=854,444630&dq=cherry-2000&hl=en|last=Scott|first=Vernon|agency=[[United Press International]] (UPI)|title=Here's a sneak peek at the scheduled films for 1987|date=January 17, 1987|access-date=June 21, 2011|work=[[The Vindicator]]|page=11}}</ref> then September 1987.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104517595.html?dids=104517595:104517595&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+21%2C+1987&author=By+Joseph+Gelmis&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=The+Day+of+the+Independent+ProducerJuggling+projects+from+Nicaragua+to+Wall+Street%2C+Edward+Pressmanbacks+films+that+are+current%2C+original+and+ambitious&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107052141/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104517595.html?dids=104517595:104517595&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+21,+1987&author=By+Joseph+Gelmis&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=The+Day+of+the+Independent+ProducerJuggling+projects+from+Nicaragua+to+Wall+Street,+Edward+Pressmanbacks+films+that+are+current,+original+and+ambitious&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2012|last=Gelmis|first=Joseph|title=The Day of the Independent Producer: Juggling Projects from Nicaragua to Wall Street, Edward Pressman Backs Films That Are Current, Original and Ambitious|date=June 21, 1987|access-date=June 21, 2011|url-access=registration |work=[[Newsday]]|page=4 (Part II)}}</ref> An article in ''The Times Leader'' commented on May 22, 1987, that the film had been "shelved since [1986], this western is set in the 21st century. Hope it opens by then."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Times Leader|title=Summer|date=May 22, 1987|page=6D}}</ref> Joseph Gelmins wrote in ''[[Newsday]]'' that it was scheduled for September.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Newsday]]|title=The Day of the Independent|date=June 21, 1987|last=Gelmis|first=Joseph}}</ref> In October 1987, ''[[The Palm Beach Post]]'' announced the film for release in February 1988.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|date=October 9, 1987|page=54|title=Film}}</ref>

Producer [[Edward R. Pressman]] confessed that ''Cherry 2000''{{'}}s combination of genres, styles, and themes stumped promoters at Orion, resulting in its repeated shelving. On discussing the delays of the film, Pressman stated that the film was a "tough sell" while the director Steve DeJarnatt stated "no one who's seen it hates it or anything" and that "It's also kind of a soft film. I don't think anyone really knows how to market it."<ref name="lat">{{cite news|date=October 11, 1987|title=Outttakes: The Sequel|page=30|newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>