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(170 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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Cast & Crew

123 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

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

No Image

Writing

A. Martin Zweiback

Self

No Image

Acting

Richard Kraft

Self - Music Supervisor

No Image

Writing

Rusty Lemorande

Self - Filmmaker

No Image

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

Mariel Hemingway

Elizabeth Anderson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Ana Obregón

Catalina (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Brooke Shields

Dale (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Billy Barty

Gwildor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Karen Black

Linda Magnusson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Peter Boyle

Joe Curran (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Timothy Bottoms

George Gardner (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Horst Buchholz

Von Glessing (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Phil Silvers

Uncle Benjamin (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

John Carradine

Lord Elijah Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Hunter Carson

David Gardner (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directing

John Cassavetes

Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Peter Cushing

Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directing

John Frankenheimer

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Acting

Chuck Norris

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Acting

Charles Bronson

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Acting

Dom DeLuise

Big Bad Joe Hopkins (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Faye Dunaway

Selena (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Lou Ferrigno

Hercules (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Louise Fletcher

Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

John Gielgud

Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Gene Hackman

Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Dennis Hopper

Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Klaus Kinski

Self - Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Frank Langella

Skeletor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Christopher Lee

Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Lee Marvin

Col. Nick Alexander (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Mathilda May

Space Girl (archive footage) (uncredited)

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