Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films is a 2014 Australian-American comedic documentary film written and directed by Mark Hartley. It focuses on the story of The Cannon Group.
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Directed by | Mark Hartley |
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Written by | Mark Hartley |
Starring | See below |
Music by | Jamie Blanks |
Cinematography | Garry Richards |
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Running time | 106 minutes[1] |
Country | Australia United States |
Language | English |
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
- Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
- America 3000
- American Ninja
- The Apple
- Avenging Force
- Barfly
- Beat Street
- Body and Soul
- Bolero
- Breakin'
- Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
- That Championship Season
- A Cry in the Dark
- Cyborg
- Death Wish II
- Death Wish 3
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
- The Delta Force
- Enter the Ninja
- Revenge of the Ninja
- Ninja III: The Domination
- Exterminator 2
- Fool for Love
- The Forbidden Dance
- Going Bananas
- The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
- Hercules
- Hospital Massacre (aka X-Ray)
- House of the Long Shadows
- Inga
- Invaders from Mars
- Invasion U.S.A.
- Joe
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- King Lear
- King Solomon's Mines
- Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
- Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Lambada
- The Last American Virgin
- Lemon Popsicle
- Lifeforce
- Love Streams[4][5]
- Masters of the Universe
- Mata Hari
- Messenger of Death
- Missing in Action
- Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
- New Year's Evil
- Operation Thunderbolt
- Otello
- Over the Brooklyn Bridge
- Over the Top
- Runaway Train[6]
- Sahara
- Salsa
- Schizoid
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
- 10 to Midnight
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
- Treasure of San Lucas
- The Wicked Lady
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.[7]
Release
Electric Boogaloo had its world premiere in August 2014 at the Melbourne International Film Festival,[8] and was shown in October 2014 at the BFI London Film Festival.[9]
Critical reception
The film received critical acclaim. review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film has a 95% approval rating, based on reviews from 37 critics, 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."[10]
See also
- Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!, a 2008 documentary film also by Hartley
- The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films, a 2014 documentary film also about Cannon Films
- American Grindhouse, a 2010 documentary film similar in content
References
- "ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF CANNON FILMS (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- Stream This: 'Electric Boogaloo' and the Cannon Films Legacy|Collider
- Variety
- Cannon Films: A 10-Part Appreciation of the Studio That Revolutionized ‘So Bad, It’s Good’ Movies-Vulture
- The Cannon Canon: The Top 20 Cannon Films|Consequence of Sound
- Runaway Train: Arthouse Action from Cannon Films-The Retro Set
- "Packer, Ratner back Cannon documentary", If Magazine 13 February 2014 accessed 3 August 2014
- Review of film at Screen Space accessed 3 August 2014
- Blyth, Michael. "Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films". British Film Institute. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- "Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 11 December 2015.