Directed by:
Mark HartleyScreenplay:
Mark HartleyComposer:
Jamie BlanksCast:
Dolph Lundgren, Molly Ringwald, Bo Derek, Marina Sirtis, Olivia d'Abo, Robert Forster, Richard Chamberlain, Elliott Gould, Mimi Rogers, Cassandra Peterson (more)Plots(1)
From acclaimed filmmaker Mark Hartley, Electric Boogaloo takes us on a hilarious thrill ride through the masterworks of Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, two movie-obsessed immigrant cousins who gate-crashed Hollywood's party, ran an indie studio that became the synonym for schlock, and nearly took over the industry in the process! From 1979 to 1989 their studio, Cannon Films, churned out more than 120 films featuring ninjas, nudity, wooden action heroes, threadbare plots, unintentional humour and accidental moments of genius. These cousins of chaos produced a breath-taking cavalcade of hits and misses, made movies based on posters, sold others they hadn't even made (or written!), released a sequel before the original film, botched plots, bounced cheques and burned careers – and in doing so changed the way movies were made and marketed. This is a one-of-a-kind story about two-of-a-kind men who – for better or for worse – changed the film industry forever. (IFF Bratislava)
(more)Cast
Yoram Globus (a.f.)
Palestine
Sylvia Kristel (a.f.)
Netherlands
Best movies:
Mysteries (1978)
Le ragazze dello swing (2010) (TV movie)
Alice or the Last Escapade (1977)
Michael Winner (a.f.)
UK
Charles Bronson (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Great Escape (1963)
Chuck Norris (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Expendables 2 (2012)
Return of the Dragon (1972)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
John Frankenheimer (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The General's Daughter (1999)
Roger Ebert (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) - a.f.
David Sheehan (a.f.)
Best movies:
Northanger Abbey (2007) (TV movie)
Susan Blakely (a.f.)
West Germany
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Bunker (1981) (TV movie)
The Way We Were (1973)
Kevin Feige (a.f.)
USA
Mariel Hemingway (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Manhattan (1979)
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Andrea Occhipinti (a.f.)
Italy
Best movies:
The Sea Inside (2004)
The Family (1987)
Two Women (1988) (TV movie)
Brooke Shields (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation)
Freeway (1996)
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Billy Barty (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Alan Bates (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
The Rose (1979)
Alexis Zorbas (1964)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Karen Black (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Easy Rider (1969)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Capricorn One (1977)
Timothy Bottoms (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 (2006) (video compilation)
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Peter Boyle (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Monster's Ball (2001)
Horst Buchholz (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Tiger Bay (1959)
Sid Caesar (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Grease (1978)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Silent Movie (1976)