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Monday, April 12th, 2021 7:39 AM

Live Poll: Cannon Group Movies

The Cannon Group, Inc. was an American group of companies, including Cannon Films, which produced films from 1967 to 1994.

The company, founded and run by the Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, pumped out cheap exploitation movies at an alarming rate across the genres: sex comedies, martial arts movies, vigilante thrillers, science-fiction.

Which is your favorite Cannon Group movie?

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls088403551/

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3 years ago

I would have to pick Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, a documentary, but I'm not so sure that it actually belongs on the list, since it is about Cannon movies and not necessarily by Cannon Group. So, otherwise, I would probably go with Masters of the Universe, simply on account of the performances by Frank Langella and James Tolkan, along with Meg Foster's eyes. The movie is not terrible, but it had enough production limitations to cause certain creative changes which invariably caused it to fail at the box office. Most of the fans of the toy line He-Man and the Masters of the Universe felt that none of the story should have been set on earth or at least more of Eternia should've been visited. The titling of the movie was also problematic, because casual fans and outsiders may not have realized that it was He-Man movie. Small few of the elements of the movie content come off as ripoffs of the concepts from the Star Wars original trilogy, like how Skeletor's android troops have armor and weapons similar to Imperial stormtroopers, or like how Skeletor, a hooded character, being able to project lightning from his hand similar to the Emperor, also a hooded character. While Dolph Lundgren's accent is unsavory, all of the acting is satisfactory. The music score is fantastic. The costume designs are satisfactory. The set designs are satisfactory. The only thing going against the designs would be the low production value, as all that stuff could've stood to be more real-looking with the same shapes, patterns and colors.

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True, the documentary certainly does not belong to the list, but it was Electric Boogaloo (by the way, I rate it 9/10) that gave me the idea to make the list👍 that's why it is in the last slot

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1 year ago

@mariojacobs,

The use of the phrase "at an alarming rate" seems very judgemental. Isn't it the goal of every production company is to make and release as many profitable films as possible. Plus, the company's successful business strategy was geared to focusing on the underserved "B" movie market, by churning out lots of low budget films or capitalizing on popular cultural and entertainment trends of the day. This niche marketing strategy seems to have worked, based on their dominance in the industry and the number of successful film series they produced in the 1980s, IMHO.

Plus, I think you are confusing the history of Cannon Films with that of the Cannon Group, Inc. There are movies that are part of your answer pool that were not made during the Cannon Group time frame, even though the Cannon Group acquired the rights to them after the Globus cousins bought the company. As the poll suggestion is phrased now, I would question their inclusion. As it doesn't seem right to claim it is a product of the Cannon Groups' efforts, if they were made before the Cannon Group company even existed.

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0044937&view=simple&sort=num_votes,desc

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0085613&sort=num_votes,asc&view=simple

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@urbanemovies​ 

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1986 | Movie 
 5,6 (21.072)
 
1991 | Movie 
 5,3 (4.163)
 
1978 | Movie 
 
1984 | Movie 
 6,6 (2.722)
1984 | Movie
5,6(1.547)

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@mariojacobs​ The introduction still contains factual errors and the answer pool has other issues. (See above for details)

The Cannon Group was an American group of companies which produced films from 1967 to 1994.

The company, founded and run by the Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, pumped out cheap exploitation movies across the genres: sex comedies, martial arts movies, vigilante thrillers, science-fiction.

Which is your favorite Cannon Group movie?

I may be wrong, but I think Cannon Films was founded in 1967, the Cannon Group did not come into existence until later. The original founders were not the Globus cousins, who didn't come into the picture until twelve years later in 1979. Cannon Films was founded by Chris Dewey and Dennis Friedlander in 1967.

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@urbanemovies​ indeed you are right.

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Joe
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Golan/Globus 80s Cannon Movies

The following are films produced by Cannon under the leadership of co-owners Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus during the 1980s.

Which is your favorite 80s movie?

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@mariojacobs​ I like the adjustments, the 80s focus was a good idea. A belated thought, this would have been a perfect poll for the "guilty pleasure" spin on the question. Too late now, but take note for future. Still I guess it has the downside of being a value judgement, so maybe not a good idea after all. Which Golan-Globus 1980s  movie is your favorite guilty pleasure?

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@urbanemovies​ thank you for your help. I loved most of their 80s movies, specially the more trashy ones...

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1 year ago

I've seen Lifeforce and Appointment with Death. I liked Lifeforce better.

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Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/jcKju0cyGZs/

Congratulations Mario.

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Golan/Globus would've loved to be around today with all the streaming svcs