{"id":3070,"date":"2012-05-31T08:46:15","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T14:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2012-05-31T08:46:15","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T14:46:15","slug":"alamo-and-the-electric-boogaloo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=3070","title":{"rendered":"Alamo and The Electric Boogaloo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of the world-famous Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, announced today the acquisition of all US rights to ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF CANNON FILMS from world-wide sales agent Celluloid Nightmares. From acclaimed cult film documentarian Mark Hartley (NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD, MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED), the film centers on the story of two Israeli-born, movie-obsessed cousins, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who in pursuit of the \u201cAmerican dream\u201d launched an indie studio that would produce over 120 exploitation films from 1979-1989 turning a renegade outfit into the proclaimed \u201cseventh Hollywood major.\u201d The film is currently in pre-production in Australia with Producer Veronica Fury and Executive Producers XYZ Films (upcoming Sony Pictures release THE RAID). A theatrical release is being planned for late 2012 to coincide with a traveling roadshow retrospective of Cannon\u2019s seminal films.<\/p>\n

While best known for their explosive \u201980s action fare (MISSING IN ACTION, DEATH WISH sequels, Academy Award\u00ae Nominated RUNAWAY TRAIN), Cannon Films\u2019 diverse and ambitious production output also included body-count slashers (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2), musicals and comedies (THE APPLE, BREAKIN\u2019), science fiction and fantasy epics (MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, LIFEFORCE), martial arts classics (AMERICAN NINJA series, KICKBOXER), neo-noir crime thrillers (52 PICK-UP, 10 TO MIDNIGHT), art-house dramas (BARFLY, John Cassavetes\u2019 LOVE STREAMS, Jean-Luc Godard\u2019s KING LEAR), in addition to launching the careers of many future genre superstars like Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme. \u201cNo other production organization in the world today,\u201d proclaimed Roger Ebert in 1987, \u201chas taken more chances with serious, marginal films than Cannon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCannon Films was an enterprise that in many ways defined exploitation cinema of the 1980s,\u201d said Alamo Drafthouse Founder\/CEO and Fantastic Fest Founder Tim League, \u201cWe are thrilled to share their untold legacy with movie fans around the country.\u201d Drafthouse Films Director Evan Husney elaborated, \u201cWith director Mark Hartley at the helm, ELECTRIC BOOGALOO is sure to be a wildly entertaining, comprehensive and frenetic no-holds-barred dive into the world of perhaps the most infamous production company in film history.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was lucky enough to have my first feature NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD screen at Fantastic Fest in 2008 \u2013 and ever since then the chance to revisit the festival and the Alamo Drafthouse has been one of the principal motivations for me to get out of bed and make more movies!\u201d says director Mark Hartley. \u201cThe news that Drafthouse Films has joined the ELECTRIC BOOGALOO party is beyond awesome. I know that Tim League and his team will find the most inventive, outrageous and ridiculously entertaining ways to roll the film out across America \u2013 and personally I can\u2019t wait for the show to begin.\u201d<\/p>\n

The deal was negotiated by Nate Bolotin, on behalf of Celluloid Nightmares and XYZ Films and Tim League, Founder and CEO of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, James Emanuel Shapiro, Chief Operating Officer and Evan Husney, Director of Acquisitions, on behalf of Drafthouse Films.<\/p>\n

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