Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
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Directed by | Mark Hartley |
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Written by | Mark Hartley |
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Music by | Jamie Blanks |
Cinematography | Garry Richards |
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Running time | 106 minutes[1] |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films is a 2014 Australian comedic documentary film written and directed by Mark Hartley. It focuses on the story of The Cannon Group.
Interviewees
- Olivia d'Abo
- John G. Avildsen
- Martine Beswick
- Richard Chamberlain
- Sybil Danning
- Boaz Davidson
- Bo Derek
- Lucinda Dickey
- Michael Dudikoff
- Robert Forster
- Diane Franklin
- Elliott Gould
- Tobe Hooper
- Just Jaeckin
- Laurene Landon
- Avi Lerner
- Dolph Lundgren
- Franco Nero
- Cassandra Peterson
- Molly Ringwald
- Robin Sherwood
- Marina Sirtis
- Catherine Mary Stewart
- Alex Winter
- Franco Zeffirelli
List of films prominently featured
- Operation Thunderbolt
- Lemon Popsicle
- Inga
- Joe
- Schizoid
- X-Ray
- The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
- The Apple
- House of the Long Shadows
- Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Mata Hari
- The Last American Virgin
- Death Wish II
- The Wicked Lady
- Enter the Ninja
- Revenge of the Ninja
- Ninja III: The Domination
- Sahara
- Hercules
- Breakin'
- Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
- Over the Brooklyn Bridge
- Bolero
- America 3000
- Missing in Action
- Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
- American Ninja
- Invasion U.S.A.
- Lifeforce
- Going Bananas
- Death Wish 3
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
- Otello
- Love Streams
- King Lear
- Barfly
- Runaway Train
- King Solomon's Mines
- Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
- The Delta Force
- Invaders from Mars
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
- Over the Top
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
- Masters of the Universe
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Cyborg
- Lambada
- The Forbidden Dance
- The Expendables
- Olympus Has Fallen
- Ninja
Production
The film was partly funded by Brett Ratner's RatPac-Dune Entertainment. Other investors included the Melbourne International Film Festival’s Premiere Fund, Film Victoria, and Screen Queensland.[2]
Release
Electric Boogaloo had its world premiere in August 2014 at the Melbourne International Film Festival,[3] and was shown in October 2014 at the BFI London Film Festival.[4] 2015 screen as part of the Film Comment Selects tribute to Cannon Films on 20 February in the Walter Reade Theater.[5]
Critical reception
The film received critical acclaim. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 95% rating, based on 37 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The site's consensus states: "Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films pays tribute to the titular studio with an affectionate look back that's arguably more entertaining than much of Cannon's own B-movie product."[6]
See also
- Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!, a 2008 film by Hartley
- The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films, a 2014 documentary film
References
- ↑ "ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF CANNON FILMS (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ "Packer, Ratner back Cannon documentary", If Magazine 13 February 2014 accessed 3 August 2014
- ↑ Review of film at Screen Space accessed 3 August 2014
- ↑ https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=electricboogaloothewilduntoldstoryofcannonfilms
- ↑ Cannon Films this weekend at Lincoln Center!
- ↑ "Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
External links
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films at the Internet Movie Database
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films at Rotten Tomatoes
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films on Facebook