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Post by EnriqueH on Aug 8, 2014 18:08:47 GMT -5
Passed away at 85.
He butchered Superman IV, but ahhh yes, those action classics with guys like Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson.
80s nirvana: American Ninja, Masters of the Universe, and Delta Force.
Rip.
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Post by atp on Aug 9, 2014 2:16:45 GMT -5
Don't forget he also gave JCVD his big break with Bloodsport.
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Post by Metallo on Aug 9, 2014 10:22:46 GMT -5
darn. I just saw this and was just about to post it. I guess a lot of us had the same reaction. The guy made some horrible films but even so many of those are part of my childhood. They also made a few decent films along the way. He directed Delta Force and he was sorely missed in the sequels. People forget he also produced the 1990 Captain America.
I loved American Ninja when I was young. Cannon basically owned ninja cinema in the west back in the 80s.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Aug 10, 2014 9:58:27 GMT -5
Passed away at 85. He butchered Superman IV, but ahhh yes, those action classics with guys like Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson. 80s nirvana: American Ninja, Masters of the Universe, and Delta Force. Rip. Golan was someone who was half-Troma, half-Dino Delaurentis. His movies were pretty ballsy, but almost always poorly produced, despite big stars and interesting sounding genre films. Golan gave us S4 when the property might have just sat on the shelf forever. While the budget was lethal, he still gave us a chance to see Reeve as Superman one more time, grateful for that....
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Post by Metallo on Aug 27, 2016 18:08:23 GMT -5
Did you guys ever watch the documentary "Electric Boogaloo: the wild untold story of Cannon?" It was a good doc. I know Golan and Globus made their own to compete with it but EB is pretty honest on the good and bad of Cannon films. They talk about Superman IV a lot more than I expected.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Aug 27, 2016 18:53:54 GMT -5
Did you guys ever watch the documentary "Electric Boogaloo: the wild untold story of Cannon?" It was a good doc. I know Golan and Globus made their own to compete with it but EB is pretty honest on the good and bad of Cannon films. They talk about Superman IV a lot more than I expected. Didn't see it, will have to see if I can hunt it down. Any quick bullet points about what they said though?
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Post by Metallo on Aug 27, 2016 21:46:09 GMT -5
It's a lot to bullet point. It basically covers Golan and Globus's entire history running Cannon. The highs, the lows, and what finally split them up. Various stars and employees of cannon are interviewed. Cannon is given credit for pioneering things like foreign pre sales and making smaller films thatmade decent profits and launching new careers like Van Dammes and utilizing older stars like Bronson.
The were scorned for not really understanding how to stay within their limitations and not taking the time to recover from their losses. They didn't understand their audience at times and didn't put the money into big films that needed it. Films they never should have made in the first place. It's a pretty in depth documentary.
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Post by crown on Aug 29, 2016 23:41:19 GMT -5
Hopefully they didn't cheap out on the funeral and make the gravestone out of the same cardboard they used for the flying shots in SIV.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Aug 31, 2016 10:58:10 GMT -5
It's a lot to bullet point. It basically covers Golan and Globus's entire history running Cannon. The highs, the lows, and what finally split them up. Various stars and employees of cannon are interviewed. Cannon is given credit for pioneering things like foreign pre sales and making smaller films thatmade decent profits and launching new careers like Van Dammes and utilizing older stars like Bronson. The were scorned for not really understanding how to stay within their limitations and not taking the time to recover from their losses. They didn't understand their audience at times and didn't put the money into big films that needed it. Films they never should have made in the first place. It's a pretty in depth documentary. Finally saw it. It is a great documentary. Thanks for the heads up. In a way, they're like a cheap version of the Salkinds. (though that's a great oversimplification) If they didn't make Superman IV, I don't think WB or the Salkinds would have done anything with it at that point.
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Post by Metallo on Sept 2, 2016 19:01:22 GMT -5
They really were tone deaf. Some of their ideas were...bizzare.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Sept 3, 2016 0:48:06 GMT -5
They really were tone deaf. Some of their ideas were...bizzare. True... but I'd more likely slog through a Canon film than a Troma film. One thing I do find somewhat noble was everyone saying that the money wasn't going to swiss bank accounts or expensive lunches, but back into trying to make movies.
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