Hollywood studios rarely release theatrical documentaries so Mark Hartley is chuffed to be invited to Los Angeles next month for the premiere of his profile of the 1980s filmmaking machine run by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
The 44th Rotterdam International film festival commences today with 435 films including Australia's Charlie’s Country, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, Sam Klemke’s Time Machine and The Search for Weng Weng to screen over 12
Mark Hartley's account of the rise and fall of the maverick founders of Cannon Films is getting rave reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival.
All US rights for the new doco on Cannon Films have just been picked up by Drafthouse Films