Cry Wilderness

Cry Wilderness is a 1987 family adventure film directed by Jay Schlossberg-Cohen.

Cry Wilderness
Directed byJay Schlossberg-Cohen
Produced byJay Schlossberg-Cohen
Written byJay Schlossberg-Cohen
Philip Yordan
StarringEric Foster
Maurice Grandmaison
John Tallman
Music byFritz Heede
CinematographyJoseph D. Urbanczyk
Production
company
Visto International Inc.
Distributed byVisto International Inc.
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Bigfoot (running away from those trying to kill him) befriends a young Californian boy named Paul whose park ranger father is tracking an escaped tiger.[1][2]

Production

Cry Wilderness was written by Philip Yordan with an estimated 100 writing credits in film since the 1940s, including 1945's Dillinger, the 1955 film noir classic The Big Combo, the 1962 film adaptation of The Day of the Triffids, and the 1964 Anthony Mann .epic The Fall of the Roman Empire. In 1986, Yordan was hired production company Visto International to make a Bigfoot movie, with the company having previously made a Sasquatch movie in 1978 that made a $4 million profit on a $150,000 budget. Writing the script became difficult for Yordan as he was told to cut out horror scenes and be restricted from adding any violence, profanity, or sex. These restrictions resulted in the script writer telling the distributor he would be writing a movie about nothing, to which the distributor acknowledged that is what they wanted.[3]

Location shooting occurred at Mono Lake in Mono County, California and Devils Postpile National Monument in Madera County, California.[4]

Reception

The 1988 edition of The Motion Picture Guide gave the film zero stars, describing it as "an inane and poorly made feature", criticizing its acting [5] while Eric Harwood for Variety called it one of the worst movies ever made.[6]

Home media

The film was re-released on DVD in 2014 by Vinegar Syndrome alongside the 1970s documentary film In Search of Bigfoot.[7][8]

MST3K appearance

In 2017, the film was the subject of parody by Mystery Science Theater 3000, as the second episode of Season 11.[9][10]

See also

References

Citations
  1. American Genre Film Archive
  2. TV Guide
  3. McGilligan 1991, pp. 330–370.
  4. "Economic Development, Tourism and Film Commission". Mono County. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  5. Nash 1988, p. 56.
  6. Harwood, Eric (March 21, 1987). "Cry Wilderness". Variety. Vol. 326. Penske Media. p. 20.
  7. Rob Hunter (August 12, 2014). "'Locke,' 'Breathe In' and 'Cry Wilderness' Are Among the Best New Blu-ray/DVD Releases of the Week". FilmSchoolRejects.com. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  8. IN SEARCH OF BIGFOOT + CRY WILDERNESS (VINEGAR SYNDROME PROMO TRAILER) by Vinegar Syndrome on YouTube
  9. Jim Vorel (April 14, 2017). "MST3K Review: Cry Wilderness Shows the New MST3K in Bloom". Paste. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  10. MST3K: Cry Wilderness - Why We Love It (HD) by MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 (official channel) on YouTube

Bibliography
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