Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
- Release Date
- October 6, 2014
- Director
- Mark Hartley
- Cast
- Jean-Claude Van Damme , Chuck Norris , Robin Sherwood , Menahem Golan , Yoram Globus
- Runtime
- 107
- Main Genre
- Documentary
- Writers
- Mark Hartley
- Tagline
- A one-of-a-kind story about two-of-a-kind men who (for better or worse) changed film forever.
Summary
The film centers on the story of two Israeli-born, movie-obsessed cousins, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who in pursuit of the "American dream" launched an indie studio that would produce over 120 exploitation films from 1979-1989 turning a renegade outfit into the proclaimed "seventh Hollywood major." The film is currently in pre-production in Australia with Producer Veronica Fury and Executive Producers XYZ Films (upcoming Sony Pictures release THE RAID). A theatrical release is being planned for late 2012 to coincide with a traveling roadshow retrospective of Cannon's seminal films.
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