Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films is a 2014 Australian-American documentary film written and directed by Mark Hartley. It tells the story of cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus who headed The Cannon Group. Those interviewed lay tribute to the brash, unconventional immigrant filmmakers who gave young actors a chance and give unflinching anecdotes of both the hits and the low budget and often crass films created.
Interviewees
Olivia d'Abo John G. Avildsen Martine Beswick Richard Chamberlain Sybil Danning Boaz Davidson Bo Derek Lucinda Dickey Michael Dudikoff Robert Forster Diane Franklin Elliott Gould Tobe Hooper Just Jaeckin Laurene Landon Avi Lerner Dolph Lundgren Franco Nero Cassandra Peterson Molly Ringwald Robin Sherwood Marina Sirtis Catherine Mary Stewart Alex Winter Franco Zeffirelli
List of films prominently featured
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold America 3000 American Ninja The Apple Avenging Force Barfly Beat Street Body and Soul Bolero Breakin' Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo That Championship Season A Cry in the Dark Cyborg Death Wish II Death Wish 3 Death Wish 4: The Crackdown The Delta Force Enter the Ninja Revenge of the Ninja Ninja III: The Domination Exterminator 2 Fool for Love The Forbidden Dance Going Bananas The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood Hercules Hospital Massacre (aka X-Ray) House of the Long Shadows Inga Invaders from Mars Invasion U.S.A. Joe Journey to the Center of the Earth King Lear King Solomon's Mines Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects Lady Chatterley's Lover Lambada The Last American Virgin Lemon Popsicle Lifeforce Love StreamsCannon Films: A 10-Part Appreciation of the Studio That Revolutionized ‘So Bad, It’s Good’ Movies-VultureThe Cannon Canon: The Top 20 Cannon Films|Consequence of Sound Masters of the Universe Mata Hari Messenger of Death Missing in Action Missing in Action 2: The Beginning New Year's Evil Operation Thunderbolt Otello Over the Brooklyn Bridge Over the Top Runaway Train Sahara Salsa Schizoid Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 10 to Midnight The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Treasure of San Lucas The Wicked Lady
Production The film was partly funded by Brett Ratner's RatPac-Dune Entertainment. Other investors included the Melbourne International Film Festival’s Premiere Fund, Film Victoria, and Screen Queensland."Packer, Ratner back Cannon documentary", If Magazine 13 February 2014 accessed 3 August 2014
Release Electric Boogaloo had its world premiere in August 2014 at the Melbourne International Film Festival, and was shown in October 2014 at the BFI London Film Festival.
Critical reception The film received critical acclaim. The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 92% approval rating, based on reviews from 49 critics, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The site's consensus states: "Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films pays tribute to the titular studio with an affectionate look back that's arguably more entertaining than much of Cannon's own B-movie product."
Home media The film was released on Blu-ray by Ascot Elite Home Entertainment in 2015.
See also Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!, a 2008 documentary film also by Hartley The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films, a 2014 documentary film also about Cannon Films American Grindhouse, a 2010 documentary film similar in content
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