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
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  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 47 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: March 22, 2016
  • Originally Released: 2014
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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User Ratings: 709
Rating: 2/5 -- This promising doc fails to capture the Cannon spirit Full Review
Time Out
Jun 1, 2015
Hartley's film is consistently entertaining, if somewhat one-note. Full Review
Hollywood Reporter
Sep 22, 2014
It is, as per usual for Hartley, a giddy, lightning-paced celebration of cheerfully terrible movies. Full Review
Flavorwire
May 28, 2016
Rating: B- -- Directed with tremendous energy for much of its first half, as Cannon starts to wear out is welcome, so does this documentary. Full Review
The Film Stage
Mar 2, 2016
It isn't a bad thing Hartley's main concern is with having a good time, but there seems to be less attention to detail when it comes to the overall structure. Full Review
Moveable Fest
Nov 13, 2018
Rating: 4/5 -- This is a thorough and respectful documentary - Cannon Films undeniably taught Hollywood a lesson through bad example, but whether they were ahead of their time or shysters is left open. Full Review
One Room With A View
May 10, 2019
Rating: 3/5 -- Fortunately, in the hands of the documentary film-maker Mark Hartley, the result is a romp through the insalubrious depths of the straight-to-video bin of your local 1980s video rental establishment. Full Review
Times (UK)
Jun 4, 2015

Product Description:

In the 1980s, the name Cannon Films became synonymous with gonzo cinema, and in this documentary from filmmaker Mark Hartley (NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF OZPLOITATION!, MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED!, the story of the house Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus built comes to life through the hilarious anecdotes of those who were there to witness the insanity first-hand. Franco Nero, Richard Chamberlain, Dolph Lundgren, Alex Winter, Lucinda Dickey and more reflect on the glorious heyday of the studio that delivered such 80's cult classics as BREAKIN', LIFEFORCE, INVASION U.S.A, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2, and of course one of the most notoriously awful musicals ever committed to film, THE APPLE.

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