History Trivia / CryWilderness

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A rescued example: Despite the presence of TV spots on [=YouTube=] indicating it had ''some'' publicity, and the fact that Phillip Yordan mentioned it in an interview, as well as some critical reviews from ''Variety'' and ''Motion Picture Guide'' magazines around its original release, ''Cry Wilderness'' does not seem to have gotten ''any'' video release until its 2004/2005(?) DVD release by Trinity Home Entertainment. Presumably its original copyright owners, Visto International, went defunct, as multiple distributors have released it in multi-feature DVDs, such as Vinegar Syndrome and Phase 4 Films.

-->"The distributor, who had done ''Sasquatch'' (1978)[[note]] Whatever film that is, which is not mentioned on Wikipedia, IMDB, or elsewhere on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, it should not be confused with a few other documentary films about Bigfoot, all of which are from 197'''6''' and have different distributors.[[/note]], which cost maybe $150,000 and made over $4 million profit, says to me, "Give me a picture about Bigfoot and I'll make millions." So I sat down and wrote a picture. He says 'No, no, no, you don't understand. You got scenes in the beginning that will scare the audience. It's for kids.' So I had to take out all the scary scenes. Bigfoot couldn't be threatening; he had to be nice. No blood, no violence, no sex, no bad language. I said, '[[JustForFun/TheTropelessTale You really want a picture about nothing]]!' He says, 'That's it! Now you've got it! Nothing! I want nothing!' I said, 'That's the most difficult to write.' Well, the picture is about nothing, if you sit through it, which I don't know if you can."

* UnderminedByReality: The scenes with the baby raccoons. Paul and his dad treat the wild animals [[AllAnimalsAreDomesticated as if they're house pets]], picking them up and snuggling them. It's supposed to be very heartwarming, but is undermined by the fact that the kits can be clearly seen scratching and biting the actors.

* HeAlsoDid: Phillip Yordan, the screenwriter who disowned the movie, was best known for being a frontwriter for victimes of UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist.

-->"The distributor, who had done ''Sasquatch'' (1978)[[note]] Whatever film that is, which is not mentioned on Wikipedia, IMDB, or elsewhere on ThisVeryWiki, should not be confused with a few other documentary films about Bigfoot, all of which are from 197'''6''' and have different distributors.[[/note]], which cost maybe $150,000 and made over $4 million profit, says to me, "Give me a picture about Bigfoot and I'll make millions." So I sat down and wrote a picture. He says 'No, no, no, you don't understand. You got scenes in the beginning that will scare the audience. It's for kids.' So I had to take out all the scary scenes. Bigfoot couldn't be threatening; he had to be nice. No blood, no violence, no sex, no bad language. I said, '[[JustForFun/TheTropelessTale You really want a picture about nothing]]!' He says, 'That's it! Now you've got it! Nothing! I want nothing!' I said, 'That's the most difficult to write.' Well, the picture is about nothing, if you sit through it, which I don't know if you can."

-->"The distributor, who had done ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078203/ Sasquatch]]'' [1978] which cost maybe $150,000 and made over $4 million profit, says to me, "Give me a picture about Bigfoot and I'll make millions." So I sat down and wrote a picture. He says 'No, no, no, you don't understand. You got scenes in the beginning that will scare the audience. It's for kids.' So I had to take out all the scary scenes. Bigfoot couldn't be threatening; he had to be nice. No blood, no violence, no sex, no bad language. I said, '[[JustForFun/TheTropelessTale You really want a picture about nothing]]!' He says, 'That's it! Now you've got it! Nothing! I want nothing!' I said, 'That's the most difficult to write.' Well, the picture is about nothing, if you sit through it, which I don't know if you can."

* CreatorBacklash: Based on the passage below, screenwriter Norman Krasna is well aware of how void of substance the film is, and doubts that anyone can even sit through it, much less enjoy it.

* ExecutiveMeddling: According to the screenwriter, Norman Krasna, the mess that is this film is entirely due to this. According to [[https://archive.org/details/backstory200patr/page/370/mode/2up?q=sasquatch this interview]], he wrote a coherent script only to then have it butchered by his producer who insisted that it had to be [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids for children]] and demanded that he rewrite it. The demands made it impossible for him to come up with any meaningful {{Conflict}} for the film, and by the end of it he was literally told to make a movie about absolutely nothing.

-->"The distributor, who had done ''Sasquatch'' [1978] which cost maybe $150,000 and made over $4 million profit, says to me, "Give me a picture about Bigfoot and I'll make millions." So I sat down and wrote a picture. He says 'No, no, no, you don't understand. You got scenes in the beginning that will scare the audience. It's for kids.' So I had to take out all the scary scenes. Bigfoot couldn't be threatening; he had to be nice. No blood, no violence, no sex, no bad language. I said, '[[JustForFun/TheTropelessTale You really want a picture about nothing]]!' He says, 'That's it! Now you've got it! Nothing! I want nothing!' I said, 'That's the most difficult to write.' Well, the picture is about nothing, if you sit through it, which I don't know if you can."

-->"The distributor, who had done ''Sasquatch'' [1978] [[note]](There wasn't a ''Sasquatch'' movie from 1978. He's probably mistaken, and more likely referring to 1976's ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078203/ Sasquatch: The Legend of Bigfoot]]''.)[[/note]] which cost maybe $150,000 and made over $4 million profit, says to me, "Give me a picture about Bigfoot and I'll make millions." So I sat down and wrote a picture. He says 'No, no, no, you don't understand. You got scenes in the beginning that will scare the audience. It's for kids.' So I had to take out all the scary scenes. Bigfoot couldn't be threatening; he had to be nice. No blood, no violence, no sex, no bad language. I said, '[[JustForFun/TheTropelessTale You really want a picture about nothing]]!' He says, 'That's it! Now you've got it! Nothing! I want nothing!' I said, 'That's the most difficult to write.' Well, the picture is about nothing, if you sit through it, which I don't know if you can."

-->"The distributor, who had done ''Sasquatch'' [1978] [[note]](There wasn't a ''Sasquatch'' movie from 1978. He's probably mistaken, and more likely referring to 1976's ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078203/ Sasquatch: The Legend of Bigfoot]]''.)[[/note]] which cost maybe $150,000 and made over $4 million profit, says to me, "Give me a picture about Bigfoot and I'll make millions." So I sat down and wrote a picture. He says 'No, no, no, you don't understand. You got scenes in the beginning that will scare the audience. It's for kids.' So I had to take out all the scary scenes. Bigfoot couldn't be threatening; he had to be nice. No blood, no violence, no sex, no bad language. I said, 'You really want a picture about nothing!' He says, 'That's it! Now you've got it! Nothing! I want nothing!' I said, 'That's the most difficult to write.' Well, the picture is about nothing, if you sit through it, which I don't know if you can."

-->"The distributor, who had done ''Sasquatch'' [1978] [[note]]There wasn't a Sasquatch made in 1978. He's probably mistaken, and more likely referring to 1976's ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078203/ Sasquatch: The Legend of Bigfoot]]''[[/note]] which cost maybe $150,000 and made over $4 million profit, says to me, "Give me a picture about Bigfoot and I'll make millions." So I sat down and wrote a picture. He says 'No, no, no, you don't understand. You got scenes in the beginning that will scare the audience. It's for kids.' So I had to take out all the scary scenes. Bigfoot couldn't be threatening; he had to be nice. No blood, no violence, no sex, no bad language. I said, 'You really want a picture about nothing!' He says, 'That's it! Now you've got it! Nothing! I want nothing!' I said, 'That's the most difficult to write.' Well, the picture is about nothing, if you sit through it, which I don't know if you can."

-->"The distributor, who had done ''Sasquatch'' [1978] which cost maybe $150,000 and made over $4 million profit, says to me, "Give me a picture about Bigfoot and I'll make millions." So I sat down and wrote a picture. He says 'No, no, no, you don't understand. You got scenes in the beginning that will scare the audience. It's for kids.' So I had to take out all the scary scenes. Bigfoot couldn't be threatening; he had to be nice. No blood, no violence, no sex, no bad language. I said, 'You really want a picture about nothing!' He says, 'That's it! Now you've got it! Nothing! I want nothing!' I said, 'That's the most difficult to write.' Well, the picture is about nothing, if you sit through it, which I don't know if you can."

* JustForFun/TheTropelessTale: Despite the film itself not being an example, screenwriter Norman Krasna [[https://archive.org/details/backstory200patr/page/370/mode/2up?q=sasquatch considers it as such]], having been demanded by ExecutiveMeddling to excise [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids anything that would be inappropriate for children]]. This made it impossible for him to come up with meaningful {{conflict}} for the film:
-->"So I sat down and wrote a picture. [The producer] says 'No, no, no, you don't understand. You got scenes in the beginning that will scare the audience. It's for kids.' So I had to take out all the scary scenes. Bigfoot couldn't be threatening; he had to be nice. No blood, no violence, no sex, no bad language. I said, 'You really want a picture about nothing!' He says, 'That's it! Now you've got it! Nothing! I want nothing!' I said, 'That's the most difficult to write.' Well, the picture is about nothing, if you sit through it, which I don't know if you can."

* ColbertBump: Really, the only reason most people know about this movie is because it was featured on Season 11 of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000.''

* ColbertBump: Really the only reason most people know about this movie is because it was featured on Season 11 of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''

* VindicatedByCable: Really the only reason most people know about this movie is because it was featured on Season 11 of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''