Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

"A one-of-a-kind story about two-of-a-kind men who (for better or worse) changed film forever"

2014

1h 47m

7.2(167 votes)

Documentary

Overview

A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.

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2 videos

Cast & Crew

105 members

Acting

Molly Ringwald

Self - Actress

Acting

Dolph Lundgren

Self - Actor

Acting

Bo Derek

Self - Producer & Actress

Acting

Alex Winter

Self - Actor

Acting

Richard Chamberlain

Self - Actor

Acting

Marina Sirtis

Self - Actress

Directing

Tobe Hooper

Self - Filmmaker

Production

Boaz Davidson

Self - Filmmaker

Acting

Mimi Rogers

Self

Acting

Olivia d'Abo

Self - Actress

Acting

Catherine Mary Stewart

Self - Actress

Acting

Cassandra Peterson

Self - Actress

Acting

Michael Dudikoff

Self - Actor

Acting

Franco Nero

Self - Actor

Acting

Diane Franklin

Self - Actress

Acting

Elliott Gould

Self - Actor

Acting

Robert Forster

Self - Actor

Acting

Lucinda Dickey

Self - Actress

Acting

Adolfo Quinones

Self - Actor

Acting

Sybil Danning

Self - Actress

Acting

Martine Beswick

Self - Actress

Acting

Michael Chambers

Self - Actor

No Image

Production

Andrew Stevens

Self

Acting

Wings Hauser

Self

Acting

Melody Anderson

Self

Production

Lance Hool

Self - Writer & Director

No Image

Directing

John G. Avildsen

Self - Director

Directing

Franco Zeffirelli

Self - Director

Directing

Albert Pyun

Self - Filmmaker

Acting

Charles Matthau

Self - Filmmaker

Acting

Laurene Landon

Self - Actress

Directing

Barbet Schroeder

Self - Director

Production

Avi Lerner

Self - Production Executive

Acting

Robin Sherwood

Self - Actress

Production

Gary Goddard

Self - Filmmaker

Writing

Sheldon Lettich

Self - Writer

Directing

Sam Firstenberg

Self - Filmmaker

Directing

Gary Nelson

Self - Director, Allan Quatermain

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Production

Edward R. Pressman

Self - Executive Producer

Directing

Jerry Schatzberg

Self - Filmmaker

Editing

Mark Goldblatt

Self - Editor

Acting

Oliver Tobias

Self - Actor

Directing

Just Jaeckin

Self - Director

Directing

Greydon Clark

Self - Filmmaker

Acting

Jan Gan Boyd

Self

Directing

Pete Walker

Self - Director

Editing

Mark Helfrich

Self - Editor

Production

David Womark

Self - Associate Producer

Writing

Stephen Tolkin

Self - Writer

Production

Pieter Jan Brugge

Self - Executive Producer

Visual Effects

Richard Edlund

Self - Visual Effects Supervisor

Directing

Luigi Cozzi

Self - Filmmaker

Editing

Alain Jakubowicz

Self - Editor

No Image

Writing

Mark Rosenthal

Self - Writer

No Image

Directing

William Sachs

Self

Production

Al Ruban

Self - Producer & Cinematographer

Acting

Ted Newsom

Self - Filmmaker

Production

Frank Yablans

Self - CEO, MGM

No Image

Acting

Yftach Katzur

Self - Actor

Production

John Thompson

Self - Production Executive

No Image

Writing

Michael Armstrong

Self - Writer

Writing

James Bruner

Self - Writer

No Image

Production

Danny Dimbort

Self - Vice President, Cannon International

Writing

A. Martin Zweiback

Self

No Image

Acting

Richard Kraft

Self - Music Supervisor

No Image

Writing

Rusty Lemorande

Self - Filmmaker

Writing

David Engelbach

Self - Writer

No Image

Writing

David Paulsen

Self - Filmmaker

No Image

Production

Tom Luddy

Self - Associate Producer

Editing

John Grover

Self - Editor

No Image

Production

Harrison Ellenshaw

Self - Visual Effects Supervisor

No Image

Acting

David Del Valle

Self - Script Reader

No Image

Writing

William Stout

Self - Production Designer

Crew

John A. Amicarella

Self - Post-Production Supervisor

No Image

Writing

Allen DeBevoise

Self - Writer & Producer

No Image

Directing

Sheldon Renan

Self - Writer

Camera

Gideon Porath

Self - Cinematographer

No Image

Production

Christopher Pearce

Self - Cannon Vice-President

No Image

Production

John Platt

Self - Co-Writer

Production

Cynthia Hargrave

Self - Co-Producer

No Image

Art

Alan Roderick-Jones

Self - Production Designer

No Image

Directing

Daniel Loewenthal

Self - Editor

No Image

Production

Rick Nathanson

Self - Production Executive

Production

Christopher C. Dewey

Self - Co-Founder, Cannon Films

No Image

Acting

Quentin Falk

Self - Journalist, Screen International

No Image

Production

Roni Ya'ackov

Self - Production Executive

No Image

Writing

Roy Langsdon

Self - Writer

No Image

Acting

Jim Shooter

Self

Writing

Robert Gosnell

Self

No Image

Acting

Sharon Kahn

Self - Assistant to Menahem Golan

No Image

Sound

Vernon Messenger

Self

No Image

Production

Ron Purdie

Self

No Image

Production

Malcolm J. Christopher

Self - Production Supervisor

No Image

Acting

Todd Roberts

Self - Son of Producer Bobby Robberts

No Image

Production

Michael Hartman

Self - Associate Producer

No Image

Acting

Chuck Norris

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Production

Menahem Golan

Self - Cannon Chairman (archive footage)

Production

Yoram Globus

Self - Cannon President (archive footage)

Acting

Margot Kidder

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Gibson Rickenbacker (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Sylvester Stallone

Lincoln Hawk (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

John Cassavetes

Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Christopher Reeve

Superman / Clark Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Gene Hackman

Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Shelley Winters

Edie Kaplan (archive footage) (uncredited)

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