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
![Wings Hauser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/583/164583260_98c597.jpg)
Wings Hauser
USA
Best movies:
The Long Hot Summer (1985) (TV movie)
The Insider (1999)
A Soldier's Story (1984)
![Andrew Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312317_d67a78.jpg)
Andrew Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Miracle on Ice (1981) (TV movie)
Death Hunt (1981)
![John G. Avildsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270172_b50aaf.jpg)
John G. Avildsen
USA
Best movies:
American Satan (2017)
![Laurene Landon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/765/157765197_44e029.jpg)
Laurene Landon
Canada
Best movies:
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Sky (2015)
America 3000 (1986)
![Albert Pyun](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/930/166930954_dbde9c.jpg)
Albert Pyun
USA
![Robin Sherwood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886223_49abe6.jpg)
Robin Sherwood
USA
Best movies:
Blow Out (1981)
Death Wish II (1982)
Tourist Trap (1979)
![Barbet Schroeder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269725_bfbcab.jpg)
Barbet Schroeder
Iran
Best movies:
Love on the Ground (1984)
Queen Margot (1994)
Six in Paris (1965)
![Franco Zeffirelli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270016_a99649.jpg)
Franco Zeffirelli
Italy
Charles Matthau
USA
Best movies:
Charley Varrick (1973)
Appelez-moi docteur (1978)
The Bad News Bears (1976)
![Gary Goddard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269615_55eda2.jpg)
Gary Goddard
USA
Best movies:
X-Men (2000)
Boaz Davidson
Palestine
![Sheldon Lettich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270630_253c75.jpg)
Sheldon Lettich
USA
![Oliver Tobias](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/509/161509438_71413a.jpg)
Oliver Tobias
Switzerland
Best movies:
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Sharpe's Waterloo (1997) (TV movie)
Grizzly Falls (1999)
![Jerry Schatzberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/964/78964249_bc9031.jpg)
Jerry Schatzberg
USA
Greydon Clark
USA
Best movies:
Satan's Sadists (1969)
Uninvited (1987)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
![Sam Firstenberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270147_ea1894.jpg)
Sam Firstenberg
Poland
![Luigi Cozzi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/407/158407103_0f12fd.jpg)
Luigi Cozzi
Italy
Best movies:
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
![Pieter Jan Brugge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277924_d60220.jpg)
Pieter Jan Brugge
Netherlands
Best movies:
127 Hours (2010)
Yftach Katzur
Israel
Best movies:
Lemon Popsicle II (1979)
Lemon Popsicle (1978)
Summertime Blues: Lemon Popsicle VIII (1988)
Mark Rosenthal
USA