Golan-Globus films (Film Guide)

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Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 79. Chapters: Powaqqatsi, Runaway Train, Cobra, The Cannon Group, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, The Company of Wolves, Masters of the Universe, A Man Called Sarge, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Lifeforce, Bloodsport, A Cry in the Dark, The Delta Force, Cyborg, Captain America, Tough Guys Don't Dance, Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, The Apple, Death Wish II, Robotech: The Movie, Missing in Action, Death Wish 3, King Solomon's Mines, Over the Top, American Ninja, Invasion U.S.A., Firewalker, Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection, Sword of the Valiant, The Last American Virgin, Kickboxer, Braddock: Missing in Action III, Barfly, Breakin', Revenge of the Ninja, American Ninja 2: The Confrontation, The Fruit Machine, Otello, Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, House of the Long Shadows, Crack house, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, That Championship Season, Storm, Appointment with Death, The Naked Face, Operation Thunderbolt, 10 to Midnight, Bolero, Behind Enemy Lines, Treasure of the Four Crowns, Alien from L.A., New Year's Evil, Puss in Boots, 52 Pick-Up, Midnight Ride, Invaders from Mars, American Ninja 4: The Annihilation, Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, Surrender, Hero and the Terror, Shy People, Little Dorrit, Salsa, Exterminator 2, 21st Century Film Corporation, American Ninja V, Avenging Force, Hanna's War, Enter the Ninja, American Samurai, Love Streams, American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt, The Assault, The Barbarians, The Borrower, Ninja III: The Domination, Duet for One, Street Smart, Jungle Raiders, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Assassination, Cheerleaders Beach Party, Business as Usual, Link, Mata Hari, Street Knight, The Ambassador, Grace Quigley, Delta Force 3: The Killing Game, One More Chance, America 3000, Over the Brooklyn Bridge, Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name?, Platoon Leader. Excerpt: The Cannon Group Inc. was a group of companies, including Cannon Films, which produced a distinctive line of low-to-medium budget films from 1967 to 1993. The company was resurrected in 2011 by Richard Albiston after he formed New Cannon Productions. The extensive group also owned, amongst others, a large international cinema chain and a video film company that invested heavily in the video market, buying the international video rights to several classic film libraries. Cannon Films was incorporated on October 23, 1967. It was formed by Dennis Friedland and Chris Dewey while they were in their early 20s. By 1970, they had produced films on a larger production scale than a lot of major distributors, such as Joe, starring Peter Boyle. They managed this by tightly limiting their budgets to $300, 000 per picture-or less, in some cases. However, as the 1970s moved on, a string of unsuccessful movies seriously drained Cannon's capital. This, along with changes to film-production tax laws, led to a drop in Cannon's stock price. 1978 saw the German release of the science-fiction musical The Apple under the title Star Rock. Other notable films co-produced by Friedland and Dewey included Blood on Satan's Claw and Michael Reeves' The Sorcerers. By 1979, Cannon had hit serious financial difficulties, and Friedland and Dewey sold Cannon to Israeli cousins Menahem Golan (who had directed The Apple) and Yoram Globus for $500, 000. The two cousins forged a business model of buying bottom-barrel scripts and putting them into production. They tapped into a ravenous mark...