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Release year: 2014

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The history of the independent film company, The Cannon Film Group, Inc.

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Mark Hartley

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Mark Hartley

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Sam Firstenberg — Self - Filmmaker
David Paulsen — Self - Filmmaker
Luigi Cozzi — Self - Filmmaker
Menahem Golan — Self - Cannon Chairman

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Did you know

• Michael Winner was going to be interviewed for the documentary, but he died before production started on it.

• Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were both approached to be interviewed for this documentary. Menahem initially was agreeable to appearing in the film; however, Yoram flatly refused after being denied creative input and began financing a rival documentary titled The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films (2014). Menehem then agreed to appear in Yoram's film, rather than Mark Hartley's.

• At the 1985 Cannes Film Festival, Cannon Films advertised a number of films that were never made, including "Investigation", starring Al Pacino with Paul Schrader directing, "La Brava", starring Dustin Hoffman, "Crack" (An Untitled Project), starring John Travolta, "Spider-Man", starring Scott Terra and Bob Hoskins or Michael Dudikoff, directed by Joseph Zito, "Gunga Din", starring Sean Connery, Michael Caine, and Ben Kingsley, and "I, Zorba", starring Anthony Quinn. Other films were eventually made, but with different stars and directors, including Duet for One (1986), Housekeeping (1987),Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Masters of the Universe (1987), Over the Top (1987), Invaders from Mars (1986), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), Barfly (1987), Pirates (1986), and Number One with a Bullet (1987).