Corn rows, gotta love 'em. We should be thankful they weren't dreadlocks.
Posted on 08/08/2014 7:40:11 PM PDT by EveningStar
Menachem Golan, the colorful, free-spending Israeli-born producer and director whose Cannon Films yielded hundreds of productions starring the likes of Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris before going bust, died Friday in Israel, according to Haaretz. He was 85.
Golan, whose first name is sometimes spelled Menahem, was famous for his overblown pronouncements and business plans, and partnered for many years with his cousin, Yoram Globus. The duo started their U.S. career making fast-paced action exploitation titles starring the likes of Norris and Charles Bronson. Then, in the '80s, Golan and Globus headed the ill-fated public company Cannon Entertainment, which began spending more on films such as "A Cry in the Dark," "Cobra," "Sahara" (1983), "Over the Top" and "Bolero" with such actors as Stallone, Brooke Shields and Bo Derek.
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He made a lot of decent films along with some pretty bad ones but he never wasted money on 100 million dollar flops. He made 1 million dollar flops.
Some were pretty decent tho especially the first vigilante film whose name for some reason I can’t recall right now.
“Death Wish?”
“Death Wish” with Charles Bronson is probably what you’re thinking of. Golan-Globus made some real stinkers.
Yeah, Deathwish. The first one was pretty good but the rest were only fair and one was awful.
But like I said, they didn’t spend huge amounts of money on them.
I thought they just did gladiator movies.
He made Death Wish 2, the most violent of all of them, plus Delta Force, Invasion USA, and Missing in Action. Great stuff. RIP.
Dino De Laurentiis Company
Paramount Pictures Made DW 1
Globus started with DW 2 and it was downhill from there.
“Bolero.” The greatest movie ever made.
RIP.
Corn rows, gotta love 'em. We should be thankful they weren't dreadlocks.
That’s actually a still from “10.” “Bolero” has to be seen to be believed.
A Golan-Globus production mention may be one of the reasons they may run these credits at the end of the movie. I remember seeing ‘Golan-Globus’ in a movie, and I’m scrambling for the remote control. Something
Like the ‘Laverne & Shirley’ TV show opening theme song.
And they got lifesavers in ‘em, and curtain rings and buttons and feathers an’ ... Roseanne Roseanna Danna
I wonder how come no Bo camel toe. Is she wearing a cup?
“That’s actually a still from “10.” “Bolero” has to be seen to be believed.”
I’m pretty sure I’ve got Bolero somewhere. It’s just that when I think of Bo Derek I think of those cornrows.
I can’t believe she cheated on Flash Gordon with Dudley Moore in that movie. :-P
I guess it was the same Cannon that made Cannon movies tales like “Hansel and Gretal” , My kids love that movie, because the brother and sister are very close in age like they are. Let your kids watch it on Youtube....it might get them off of Minecraft for a couple of hours!
Here’s my favorite Dino De Laurentiis production;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giada_De_Laurentiis
I watched her show 3 times before I figured out it was about cooking.
While not being real familiar with the production company itself, I do recall they were “ average” budget films with a B movie mentality. Some of the best movies made, however, were not blockbusters. I’ve still got a fair collection of VHS that are fun to watch. The Great OZ has spoken.
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