Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were two film-obsessed Israeli cousins who became Hollywood's ultimate gatecrashers. Following their own twisted version of the American Dream, they bought an already low-rent brand – Cannon Films – and ramped up production to become so synonymous with schlock that audiences booed at the sight of its iconic logo throughout the 1980s. Who could have predicted how close they came to taking over Hollywood and the UK film industry?
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Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were two film-obsessed Israeli cousins who became Hollywood's ultimate gatecrashers. Following their own twisted version of the American Dream, they bought an already low-rent brand – Cannon Films – and ramped up production to become so synonymous with schlock that audiences booed at the sight of its iconic logo throughout the 1980s. Who could have predicted how close they came to taking over Hollywood and the UK film industry?
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