Fedya Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Israeli director-turned producer dies at 85 You may not recognize the names of Menahem Golan and his cousin Yoram Globus, but you might recognize the names of their movies. In the late 1970s they acquired the Cannon Group and proceeed to put out a string of movies more remembered for their misfiring than anything else, such as Bo Derek in Bolero or Sylvester Stallone's arm-wrestling masterpiece Over the Top; there were also Breakin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. And then they tried to get serious by doing things like hiring Jean-Luc Godard to do a version of King Lear (I'll admit to not having seen this version before). The free spending eventually led to Cannon's bankruptcy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenBaby2 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Wasn't he the guy who was married to Pia Zadora about 35 years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joefilmone Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 No he was not married to the tiny star of "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!" but he did produced this movie musical masterpiece.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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