The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films (2014)

Directed by

Hilla Medalia

Genre

documentary film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of two Israeli cousins who built an independent film studio in Hollywood. It features interviews with actors who worked with them and explains how they made many low-budget movies.

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What happens

The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films is a 2014 documentary film, produced and directed by Hilla Medalia and written by Medalia and Daniel Sivan. The film explores the effect of two Israeli cousins, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, on Hollywood by producing films and starting one of the most successful independent production companies, Cannon Films. Apart from Golan and Globus, other Hollywood personalities appearing in the film include Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight, Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris, Michael Dudikoff, Billy Drago, Andrey Konchalovskiy and Franco Zeffirelli. According to the credits of Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, after Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were approached to be interviewed, not only did they deny being interviewed but they also rushed this movie into production. It was released 3 months before the Australian effort. The film had its world premiere at 2014 Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2014, in Cannes Classics section. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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