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1987
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53 titles. 1. Cobra (1986) R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Thriller. 5.8. Rate. 25 Metascore. A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans. Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson. Votes: 79,558 | Gross: $49.04M.
- 8 52 Pick-Up
- 7 Powaqqatsi
- 6 Street Smart
- 5 Shy People
- 4 Barfly
- 3 The Last American Virgin
- 2 Runaway Train
- 1 Evil Angels
The neo-noir 52 Pick-Up, based on a novel by Elmore Leonard, follows a wealthy man (Roy Scheider) and the efforts to blackmail him due to his illicit affair with a younger woman (Kelly Preston). Ebert praised it for creating “the best, most reprehensible villain of the year, and uses his vile charm as the starting point” of the film. Janet Maslin f...
Powaqqatsi is a non-narrative film that highlights life in Third World countries and the battle between traditional life and industrialization. This movie, which has no dialogue, “is an impression, an examination of how life is changing,” said director Godfrey Reggio. He added that it “emphasizes our unanimity as a global community.” Ebert and Time...
The critically-acclaimed thriller Street Smart earned Morgan Freeman his first Academy Award nomination(best supporting actor), making it his breakthrough film. The veteran thespian played the role of a pimp, Fast Black, who felt alluded to by the fictional write-up of a journalist (Christopher Reeve). Ebert said it was a “clever thriller with a lo...
The drama film Shy People is about a tragic family reunion. The movie, one of Merritt Butrick’s last projects before he died, is not shy about its class. Barbara Hershey, who also starred in Insidious, earned the best actress award from the prestigious Cannes Film Festival for her performance. Time Out said it was a “melodramatic hokum, pure and si...
Fans of the poet Charles Bukowski might love Barfly, the author’s semi-autobiography, in which he also worked on the screenplay. It follows the author’s drinking spree and is led by Mickey Rourke, who “literally” consumed his role. Ebert gave it four stars, enamored by the dialogue of Rourke and Faye Dunaway, which he deemed “poetry.” As it should ...
The sex comedy film The Last American Virgin, which still resonates 40 years later, is the American remake of the Israeli flick Lemon Popsicle (1978). Its ending scene (SPOILER ALERT), like in the original version, is often shared online (by hopeless romantics) and a hit on YouTube. Aside from its good soundtrack, the film was praised for its “fran...
Another Konchalovsky entry, Runaway Train is a thriller movie based on the screenplay of the legendary Akira Kurosawa. It's about two escaped convicts (Jon Voight and Eric Roberts) and a locomotive driver stuck on a runaway train. For his performance, Voight grabbed the Best Actor award for a motion picture drama from the Golden Globe Awards. Ebert...
Evil Angels (titled A Cry in the Dark outside of New Zealand and Australia) is considered one of the best courtroom drama movies. It was based on the death of the nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain; the wrongful conviction endured by her mother (Meryl Streep), and the false implication of her father (Sam Neill). The Washington Post’s Rita Kempley pra...
Menahem Golan (Hebrew: מנחם גולן; May 31, 1929 – August 8, 2014, originally Menachem Globus) was an Israeli film producer, screenwriter, and director. He co-owned The Cannon Group with his cousin Yoram Globus .
YearTitleFunctioned As(director)Functioned As(writer)2009NoYes2008Marriage ArrangementYesYes2007Children of WaxNoYes2007A Dangerous DanceYesYes- 3
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- Rachel Golan
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- Lifeforce (1985) If Stallone was Cannon’s play for a big-budget star, then Tobe Hooper was their attempt at securing a hit director. On the surface, Hooper seemed like an odd choice for the gritty company to hire for mainstream attention.
- Bloodsport (1988) Bloodsport rules. Sure, you could say more about the movie, but saying more would be against the heart of Bloodsport. Based on the (questionable) true story of Frank Dux, Bloodsport proved that a martial arts tournament featuring outrageous fighters of different styles would work, long before the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat movies made us think otherwise.
- Joe (1970) “Why work when you can screw, make babies, and get paid for it.” That’s actually the second line spoken by Peter Boyle, playing the eponymous man in Joe.
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (1986) Tobe Hooper didn’t want to make another Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The first one may have become a cultural sensation, but he didn’t want to repeat himself.
Golan/Globus 80s Cannon Movies. by mariojacobs | created - 11 Apr 2021 | updated - 9 months ago | Public. The following are films produced by Cannon under the leadership of co-owners Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus during the 1980s. Which is your favorite 80s Cannon movie?
Golan fell out with Parretti and Globus, leaving Pathé, and starting 21st Century Pictures. He produced a number of films that received widespread distribution, such as Death Wish: The Face of Death (1994) and Captain America (1990) , but by the mid-1990s this company had folded, too.
Sep 20, 2013 · Ninja III: The Domination. Golan and Globus’s acquisition of Cannon coincided with the VHS boom of the late 70s and early 80s, and it was arguably that market’s insatiable appetite for...
