Chuck Norris! Charles Bronson! Superman!
I love movie history – and here is one of the most fascinating movie documentaries that celebrates the wacky 80’s movie company known as Cannon films!
Time For Some “Electric Boogaloo!”
The new documentary is called “Electric Boogaloo”, and it’s a terrific in-depth look at Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus – two movie-obsessed cousins who launched a film company in the late 70’s that released some of the best B-movies of all time, such as:
“Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo!”
That’s right, the breakdance sensation of the early 80’s “Breakin'” had a sequel with one of cinema’s most ridiculous titles of all time – and of course, it was a Cannon film! Check out the trailer for this new documentary:
Time For Some Cannon Classics!
Cannon Films was known for such b-movie classics as “Enter the Ninja”, “Death Wish 2” and the legendary Chuck Norris action film “Invasion USA!”
Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus started Cannon films in 1979, and in the 80’s offered up a never-ending array of low-budget exploitation films and star-studded action movies like Sylvester Stallone’s arm wrestling epic “Over The Top!”
JCVD! JCVD!
The cousins loved action films, which were popular all over the world, so they churned out a lot of them, working with Stallone, Chuck Norris as well as Jean-Claude Van Damme!
The documentary is full of clips from movies such as “Bloodsport” along with interviews with Molly Ringwald, Alex Winter and Dolph Lundgren, who starred in “Masters Of The Universe!”
Golan and Globus were high flyers at the Cannes film festival every year – and legend has it they once signed a deal to do a film on a cocktail napkin at the Carlton Hotel!
Director Mark Hartley has done a great job bringing this story to life…capturing the “anything goes” era of 80’s filmmaking – Cannon never made critically-acclaimed movies, but that wasn’t their goal, and a lot of these movies are still cult hits today!
Probably one of the most fascinating stories about Cannon involves America’s favorite super hero: and how Golan and Globus managed to get the rights to make a fourth “Superman” movie with Christopher Reeve!
There are so many great stories to share and campy movies to celebrate, all thanks to the renegade movie company known as Cannon!
Wait! There Are Even More Great Movie Docs To Share!
I’m now officially a huge fan of Director Hartley, not only for this film but he also made the terrific documentary “Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation”!
This is also a great inside look at the world of Australian exploitation! “Mad Max” got his start down under, and this documentary shows you some of the wildest movies ever to come out of Australia!
Hartley was also the Director of another fun documentary – that takes you inside the world of exploitation film courtesy of The Philippines!
“Machete Maidens Unleashed!”
This is a great look at low budget cinema from around the world…check out the latest and greatest by clicking here:
And get a look at some classic Cannon films now!
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johnrieber 
need to check this doc out, asap! thanks for the head’s up, man!
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Thanks for the note – this is great movie history – I mean, they came up with “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo!”
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