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
Christopher Reeve (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
Noises Off... (1992)
Eric Roberts (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Babylon (2022)
Spawn 3: Ultimate Battle (1999)
Mickey Rourke (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Rainmaker (1997)
Barfly (1987)
Man on Fire (2004)
Gena Rowlands (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Night on Earth (1991)
The Notebook (2004)
Deep Roy (a.f.)
Kenya
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Big Fish (2003)
Jonathan Sagall (a.f.)
Canada
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Lemon Popsicle II (1979)
Lemon Popsicle (1978)
Hanna Schygulla (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969)
Phil Silvers (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Summer Stock (1950)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Sylvester Stallone (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
First Blood (1982)
Rocky IV (1985)
Sharon Stone (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Casino (1995)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Total Recall (1990)
Jean-Claude Van Damme (a.f.)
Belgium
Best movies:
The Expendables 2 (2012)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Jon Voight (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Coming Home (1978)
Shelley Winters (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
An Average Little Man (1977)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Leonard Maltin (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) (series)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
David Del Valle
USA
Best movies:
The Offspring (1987)
Chopping Mall (1986)
Frightmare (1983)
Rusty Lemorande
Best movies:
There Be Dragons (2011)
Richard Edlund
USA
Ted Newsom
USA
Best movies:
Inner Sanctum (1991)
Blood Scarab (2008)