A one-of-a-kind story about two-of-a-kind men who (for better or worse) changed film forever
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
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Molly Ringwald Dolph Lundgren Bo Derek Alex Winter Richard Chamberlain Marina Sirtis Tobe Hooper Boaz Davidson Mimi Rogers Olivia d'Abo Catherine Mary Stewart Cassandra Peterson Michael Dudikoff Franco Nero Diane Franklin Elliott Gould Robert Forster Lucinda Dickey Adolfo Quinones Sybil Danning Martine Beswick Michael Chambers Andrew Stevens Wings Hauser Melody Anderson Lance Hool John G. Avildsen Franco Zeffirelli Albert Pyun Charles Matthau Laurene Landon Barbet Schroeder Avi Lerner Robin Sherwood Gary Goddard Sheldon Lettich Sam Firstenberg Gary Nelson Edward R. Pressman Jerry Schatzberg Mark Goldblatt Oliver Tobias Just Jaeckin Greydon Clark Jan Gan Boyd Pete Walker Mark Helfrich David Womark Stephen Tolkin Pieter Jan Brugge Richard Edlund Luigi Cozzi Alain Jakubowicz Mark Rosenthal William Sachs Al Ruban Ted Newsom Frank Yablans Yftach Katzur John Thompson Michael Armstrong James Bruner Danny Dimbort A. Martin Zweiback Richard Kraft Rusty Lemorande David Engelbach David Paulsen Tom Luddy John Grover Harrison Ellenshaw David Del Valle William Stout John A. Amicarella Allen DeBevoise Sheldon Renan Gideon Porath Christopher Pearce John Platt Cynthia Hargrave Alan Roderick-Jones Daniel Loewenthal Rick Nathanson Christopher C. Dewey Quentin Falk Roni Ya'ackov Roy Langsdon Jim Shooter Robert Gosnell Sharon Kahn Vernon Messenger Ron Purdie Malcolm J. Christopher Todd Roberts Michael Hartman Chuck Norris Menahem Golan Yoram Globus Margot Kidder Jean-Claude Van Damme Sylvester Stallone John Cassavetes Christopher Reeve Gene Hackman Shelley Winters
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