Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were two film-obsessed Israeli cousins who transformed themselves into Hollywood's ultimate gatecrashers. Following their own distorted vision of the Great American Dream, they acquired an already low-rent company –Cannon Films–and ramped up production to the point where its iconic emblem became synonymous with schlock throughout the 1980s. And yet, who could have predicted how dangerously close they came to seizing control of Hollywood and the UK film industry?
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Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were two film-obsessed Israeli cousins who transformed themselves into Hollywood's ultimate gatecrashers. Following their own distorted vision of the Great American Dream, they acquired an already low-rent company –Cannon Films–and ramped up production to the point where its iconic emblem became synonymous with schlock throughout the 1980s. And yet, who could have predicted how dangerously close they came to seizing control of Hollywood and the UK film industry?
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