Menahem Golan is an Israeli director/producer who is most famous (or infamous) for his association with Cannon films, a company he ran with his cousin Yoram Globus. Cannon produced a long line of low budget movies during the 1980s and early 1990s, which ranged from decent (Delta Force) to completely abysmal (Breakin' 2 : Electric Boogaloo). The Delta Force is a 1986 action film starring Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin as leaders of an elite squad of special forces troops based on the real life U.S. Army Delta Force unit. ...
Golan has produced movies for such stars as Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Charles Bronson. As a director, however he is probably most known for his 1977 film Operation Thunderbolt (Mivtsa Yonatan), about the Israeli raid on Entabbe airport in Uganda. He is also well known for producing the 1978 film Lemon Popsicle (Eskimo Limon) which remains the most popular Israeli film of all time (nearly 1/3 of the country went to see it on its release). Lemon Popsicle went on to be a big international hit, spawning many sequels and an american remake named The Last American Virgin. Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946 in New York City) is an American film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Chuck Norris Carlos Ray Norris Jr. ... Jean Claude Van Damme (born October 18, 1960), born Jean-Claude Camille Fran ois Van Varenberg, is a Belgian-born action movie actor whos most known for martial arts films. ... Charles Bronson For the Welsh prisoner, see Charles Bronson (prisoner). ... Operation Thunderbolt is a one- or two-player shooter arcade game by Taito made in 1988. ... Entebbe Airport, Uganda, scene of Operation Entebbe Operation Entebbe took place on the night of July 3 and early morning of July 4, 1976. ... The Last American Virgin (1982) is a comedy film which is a remake of the wildly popular Israeli film Eskimo Limon (1978). ...
The Cannon group folded in the early 1990s, but Golan still produces and occasionally directs film.
The movie theater in the Azrieli building in Tel-Aviv, Israel bears the name of the Golan-Globus company. The Azrieli Center Circular Tower is a skyscraper in Tel-Aviv, Israel that measures 187 m (614 ft) in height. ... Tel-Aviv Coat of arms Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... Golan-Globus produced a distinct line of low-budget action films from 1979 to 1989. ...
I consider producer/director MenahemGolan to be a cinematic genius, a true visionary, the king of cool.
Golan shows no idea on how a musical should be filmed; his standard technique is to keep the camera still as if the action was happening on a stage and the camera an audience member not being able to move, whether it be a musical sequence or not.
And though it wasn't Golan's fault, I feel I should point out that due to the video print having no pan-and-scan, frequently one or two actors who are speaking onscreen are cut off at the sides, leading to a few times where we hear people talking but don't actually see them.
Golan became the head of 21st Century Film Corporation while Globus went on to preside briefly over MGM/UA, which now owns some ancillary rights to most of Cannon's film library, while television rights are owned by CBS (owners of the successor-in-interest to the Paramount/Viacom television unit).
Golan and Cannon Films were famous for making huge announcements and over-promoting movies that didn't live up to expectations, or even exist.
(Golan would also attempt an Albert Pyun version of Spider-Man at 21st Century Pictures in the early 90s, to similar results.) Also, Golan announced in the early 80s that Cannon was producing a film starring both Sean Connery and Roger Moore.
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