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
John Carradine (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Hunter Carson (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Paris, Texas (1984)
Invaders from Mars (1986)
Mr. North (1988)
John Cassavetes (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Peter Cushing (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Hamlet (1948)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Dom DeLuise (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Fail-Safe (1964)
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Faye Dunaway (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Little Big Man (1970)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Lou Ferrigno (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Avengers Assemble (2012)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Louise Fletcher (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
The Player (1992)
John A. Gallagher (a.f.)
USA
John Gielgud (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Gandhi (1982)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
Gene Hackman (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Unforgiven (1992)
Dennis Hopper (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Klaus Kinski (a.f.)
Best movies:
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Frank Langella (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Captain Fantastic (2016)
Christopher Lee (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Lee Marvin (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Mathilda May (a.f.)
France
Best movies:
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002) (TV movie)
The Cry of the Owl (1987)
Naked Tango (1990)
David Mendenhall (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985)
Beautiful Boy (2018)
God Bless America (2011)
Mark Pillow (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Vincent Price (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (1995) (video compilation)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)