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Cannon Films
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offers you electrifying films,
under high voltage.
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Together,
let's push the boundaries of cinema
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and let's blow up the box office.
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Menachem Golan and Yoram Globus
were heavyweights.
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The George Foremans and Mohamed Ali
independent cinema.
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I appreciate them very much,
even if they ruined our film!
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It's not easy to talk about Cannon Films
without laughing.
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Crazy people, sick people.
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Slightly offset from...
in traditional cinema.
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The public did not expect
On this crazy side...
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crossed out.
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Are you serious?
It’s crazy stuff!
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I felt stupid.
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They appropriated
popular culture.
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We applauded them.
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We didn't know anything about it.
We improvised on the way.
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They had everything to succeed.
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He makes justice reign
in the streets of New York...
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Menachem Golan
is the father of Israeli cinema.
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He produced 3/4 of the films
and made some of them.
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He had made 40 films
before our meeting.
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When he was little, when he went to the cinema,
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he wanted to see the projector,
touch the film...
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Here I discovered
the Hollywood of Humphrey Bogart,
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Gary Cooper, Billy Wilder...
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I was coming here
at least 4 times a week.
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Hollywood seduced me.
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Cinema was his whole life.
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He was making films in Israel,
but he had nothing to eat.
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He said to me:
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"I don't have a car,
from the fridge or at home.
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"I only have a wife and 3 daughters.
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"If you want to mortgage
my wife and my daughters, go ahead."
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Money was not important to him.
Cinema, yes.
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Then he called for Joram.
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Yoram was his young cousin.
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Yoram Globus took care of
financing of filming.
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Menahem Golan was a man of cinema.
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They had a company
distribution and production.
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Menahem made films
and they embodied cinema there.
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Their films were successful in Israel
and were almost released internationally.
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Tuvya and her seven daughters,
a remake of Fiddler on the Roof.
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Menahem's wife
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had taken their baby to the set.
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Menahem said to him:
“Give me the baby!”
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He puts the baby in his bassinet
on a cart.
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His wife said to him:
“Menahem…”
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“Honey, not now!”
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Action ! The horse starts to run.
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The baby is about to fall.
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His wife runs towards the baby.
He grabs it and says...
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“Never when we’re filming!”
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That's all Golan.
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They were targeting the international market.
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When they turned
Raid on Entebbe,
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they had Israel
at their feet.
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Hands in the air!
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back! Silence!
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Menahem and Joram were the kings
of Israeli Hollywood.
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I have a grenade.
We can blow up the plane!
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The army was there.
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We were filming a scene with 4 Hercules.
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The pilot took off, landed,
took off, landed...
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Then he said:
“I’ll stop, I’m exhausted.”
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Menahem is unyielding when he turns.
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He can't stand
let him be stopped in his tracks.
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He took an Uzi.
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He pointed at the pilot.
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He said to him: "Go back to the cockpit
and do what I tell you.”
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We can't stop him.
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One of Menahem's young foals
His name was Boaz Davidson.
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He created Juke Box.
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Juke Box
was inspired by my escapades
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and teenage disappointments.
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We were dealing with awakening to sexuality.
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We had to go further.
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Menahem refused to do this.
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Yoram was bolder,
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because younger,
but they were both traditionalists.
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Part of the intelligentsia
found it very vulgar.
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The neighbor asked:
“Did your son make Juke Box?”
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That's good, Danny. She is growing.
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My mother said yes.
The neighbor spat on the ground and said:
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“This movie is horrible!”
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- Are you okay?
- At the top.
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"Horrible !"
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Out of 3.5 million Israelis,
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1.3 million people saw this film.
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It appears at the head
of the Israeli box office to date.
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Menachem and Yoram
earned a lot of money.
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They had a goal, it was a dream.
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Their dream was to conquer
the whole world,
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and especially Hollywood.
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They bought a small company:
Cannon.
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In 13 years,
we had created 70 films.
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They produced erotic films,
exploitation films,
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or bought Swiss porn
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and added
more scenes.
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We filmed Inga in Sweden.
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And when we film in Swedish,
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we obtain
a Bergmanian arthouse film.
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In ours, there was the nude.
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Don't look for a translation.
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It’s a universal concept.
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Dewey said, "We raised money
to make a film, but it sucks.
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“We have to produce something
or return the money. Any ideas?”
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These filthy hippies,
they're murderers,
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obsessed people, drug addicts,
who make shitty music.
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I'm going to kill one.
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Joe was a hit in the 70s.
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Current topics:
hippies, workers, war.
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Was Nixon a good guy?
or a bastard?
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People said:
“This movie is great.”
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Just be black
to get some money.
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I work 40 hours a week
in the blast furnaces,
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and they earn as much as me.
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At our beginnings,
Inga cost us $50,000.
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Joe cost us $372,000.
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And Madam cost us 1.2 million.
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It wasn't easy
to raise all this money.
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Menahem and Yoram decided
to set out to conquer the USA.
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They made their hole, if I may say so.
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They wanted to create
a whole catalog of films in their name.
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“There you go. It’s January 17th.
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"You're filming on March 4
with Klaus Kinski.
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Hungry for revenge.
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Eaten by hatred.
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You disgust me.
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Schizoid.
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Initially, they confined themselves
to their specialty.
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Low budget films
with hot scenes.
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Horror films.
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Help!
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X-Ray was a gory film.
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Barbi Benton was a star.
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She was getting naked
in each of his films.
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According to them, the films had to contain
nudity scenes.
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This answered
to public expectations,
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according to them.
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When they turned
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood,
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as soon as Martine left,
they were filming sex scenes.
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In a swimming pool,
lots of extras were busy.
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And I was furious,
because I hadn't signed for that.
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I want a movie
with violence and ass!
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It was the story of a film studio
managed by a bunch of rotten people.
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And that's what I was experiencing
with Golan and Globus.
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Either they spoiled you
and treated you like their pet,
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either they threatened
to destroy your career.
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Israelis have this temperament.
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They did everything
to get what they wanted.
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Menahem was a loudmouth.
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They spoke with their hands,
the Israeli accent became stronger.
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They were arguing
like rotten fish.
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My name kept coming up.
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I asked:
“What are they saying?”
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They were deciding where to take me for lunch.
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It wasn't anger,
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but vehemence
and passion.
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They adored each other,
they were very close.
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We make a great team.
We like each other more than brothers.
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Each of us
signs each other's checks.
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It’s the height of complicity.
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We couldn't have separated them.
They trusted each other.
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They complemented each other
like yin and yang
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in their approach to cinema.
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Menahem is a dreamer.
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He remained a kid.
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He makes his childhood dreams come true.
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He would sit and dream up plans,
characters and scenarios.
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Yoram was a brilliant businessman
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who managed the budget
so that Menahem can turn.
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He was neither exuberant nor loud-mouthed,
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he didn't attract attention,
he remained in the shadows.
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It was one of the best
in the field of film sales.
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Yoram Globus.
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Enchanted.
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Austere, vigilant, slightly suspicious.
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Cold, hard and tough.
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It’s Yoram.
Where is my money?
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You promised me,
but you don't pay me!
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It was day and night,
but faced with a banker,
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they formed the ideal team
to raise funds
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and finance their dream.
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We produce American films
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to sell them
to independent distributors.
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Beautiful films, with a good script,
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great actors,
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and not distributed by major labels.
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They created the concept
of independent distributor.
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They create the poster
of the film they want to produce,
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they sell it
to foreign buyers,
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they collect the money, shoot the film
and released it 3 months later.
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Live a new experience
cinematographic:
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BIMStars.
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The most rotten musical comedy
of the story, produced by Menahem.
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Magic apple
Enigmatic Apple
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Come, I invite you
I will be your guide
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In apple paradise
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It must have been the Tommy
of Menahem.
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He wanted to do Ken Russell.
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“I’m better than him!”
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He thought it would be successful,
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that it was original and creative.
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I didn't understand anything. And you ?
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This is the story of creation
seen by Menahem.
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The eternal struggle
between good and evil
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in a music industry
of the future.
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1994. The world
is controlled by a force:
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the Apple is the key to success.
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This future looks like
to the Tel Aviv 2025 urban planning project.
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He wanted to talk about hippies,
but Menahem was not one,
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so he didn't know
much.
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It's a daring film.
One song is called I'm coming.
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I'm coming
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I'm coming for you
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I was perfect for this role.
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I was so naive!
"He's coming for me? Okay."
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I understood it like that,
despite the choreography!
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I know, it's pathetic.
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He was convinced
that this film would be a huge success.
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But the screening went badly.
He was collapsed.
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They had distributed
the disc to the public.
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And people threw their records
which remained planted on the screen.
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I think he was early
on his time.
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What we are all looking for,
it’s life, another life.
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Life beyond terrestrial limits.
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Extraterrestrial life, life up there.
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And cinema brings it to us.
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They loved cinema
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They loved cinema
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more than any
producer or mogul
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that I met.
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When we talked to them about something else,
they said: “Let’s talk about cinema.”
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They always went to the cinema,
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even if it was a German film
and that they did not speak German.
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La Cannon loves cinema.
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It’s our passion.
We live for cinema.
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“When do you start?”
“I’m getting married.”
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“Will it take long?”
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They make their society work
like a factory
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where salaries are low
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and where every cent goes to spin
and not have to pay expense reports.
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“Guys, we’re going to have lunch at the office.”
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Menachem runs,
wizard approach
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and steals his Chinese meal.
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He comes back and says:
“We ordered Chinese.”
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The door opened
and an assistant entered
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with plastic cups
and ready-made meals.
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In meetings, he ate pickles.
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We invest 99% of a film's budget
in the filming.
252
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We can't afford limousines,
lunch and everything.
253
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Their thing is not relationships,
it’s efficiency.
254
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We're not the type to hang out
Mama Zone or Jimmy's in Hollywood.
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No polo club.
256
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We don't play tennis.
Have you seen me? Sorry.
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"I don't go to tennis clubs
or evenings in Malibu."
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For what ?
Because he wasn't invited.
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I had in mind
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the image of a cinema producer,
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and Menachem
didn't fit it at all.
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A t-shirt too small.
263
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He was unbuttoning his pants.
264
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Do you see Jabba the Hutt?
This is Menachem Golan.
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Jabba the Hutt on crystal meth.
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The only motivation of these men,
it was a passion for cinema
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born from their childhood in Tel Aviv
passed in front of American films.
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He wanted to recreate the films
that he had seen and adored as a child.
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Menahem wanted to bring together
the monsters of the cinema.
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Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi.
But they were dead!
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Welcome to The Manor of Fear.
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The Masters of Horror
move in.
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Vincent Price, it’s me.
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Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee.
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These guys
didn't scare anyone.
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It wasn't a horror film.
277
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But a nostalgic work.
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This parody amused them.
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- A piano wire.
- He must have heard her sing.
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I knew it would be a flop.
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Despite its actors and its title,
This film has been rated general public.
282
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A family horror film!
283
00:16:32,267 --> 00:16:35,470
Some cinemas needed
to plan something.
284
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Cannon was there for that.
285
00:16:37,105 --> 00:16:42,776
They produced anything,
provided they can sell it.
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00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:47,103
Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel
was a huge star.
287
00:16:47,323 --> 00:16:51,783
A latent desire emanated from her:
"I'm hot, but don't touch it."
288
00:16:52,161 --> 00:16:54,734
Just Jaeckin made her famous.
289
00:16:54,955 --> 00:16:56,995
With Lady Chatterley's Lover,
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They wanted to bring Sylvia and me together.
291
00:17:01,795 --> 00:17:04,083
For the first time
since Emmanuelle,
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00:17:04,297 --> 00:17:07,500
these two big names
will be reunited again
293
00:17:07,718 --> 00:17:08,998
in Lady Chatterley's Lover.
294
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He said, “Just, we had an idea!
295
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“Just and Sylvia!
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“There will be a plane.
I can already see the flag flying..."
297
00:17:20,938 --> 00:17:24,058
I said, "Okay,
but give me the scenario."
298
00:17:24,692 --> 00:17:26,731
The scenario was lamentable.
299
00:17:26,944 --> 00:17:29,150
You open the door, you fuck...
300
00:17:29,571 --> 00:17:31,564
I said, “This is bullshit!”
301
00:17:31,781 --> 00:17:33,573
They replied: “It’s erotic!”
302
00:17:33,950 --> 00:17:37,200
I replied: “That’s not enough.
You need a plot.”
303
00:17:37,412 --> 00:17:41,456
They sold Sylvia Kristel
in a sexy film, that's all.
304
00:17:41,666 --> 00:17:44,204
I'm sure
that they haven't read the book.
305
00:17:44,543 --> 00:17:48,838
The masterpiece of D. H. Lawrence
is now on the big screen.
306
00:17:49,048 --> 00:17:52,084
They were expecting a short film.
307
00:17:52,343 --> 00:17:54,548
A sex movie. No!
308
00:17:54,761 --> 00:17:57,928
I read in their eyes:
“Damn, we got better than that!”
309
00:17:58,139 --> 00:18:01,425
And they told me:
“We have a great film.”
310
00:18:01,643 --> 00:18:04,216
They were amazed.
They loved this film.
311
00:18:04,437 --> 00:18:09,514
But Sylvia wasn't really
the dream actress for this film.
312
00:18:09,734 --> 00:18:12,225
Sylvia Kristel is Mata Hari.
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00:18:12,445 --> 00:18:14,936
Dancer, mistress, spy.
314
00:18:15,531 --> 00:18:17,571
She was a cocaine addict.
315
00:18:17,783 --> 00:18:21,401
And in Budapest,
she had become an alcoholic.
316
00:18:21,620 --> 00:18:24,289
The Italian hairdresser shouted:
"Madonna!
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00:18:24,498 --> 00:18:27,285
“What a look!”
She had a bad face.
318
00:18:27,501 --> 00:18:28,532
She played badly.
319
00:18:28,752 --> 00:18:32,203
Your friend Carl may have me
already engaged to seduce you.
320
00:18:32,421 --> 00:18:35,043
It was an important role
and she had a hard time.
321
00:18:37,343 --> 00:18:41,886
By adding erotic scenes,
They ruined the film.
322
00:18:42,097 --> 00:18:46,012
They called from Los Angeles:
"She'll fuck in the trenches too."
323
00:18:46,227 --> 00:18:47,804
She was already fucking enough!
324
00:18:52,274 --> 00:18:54,349
It was in bad taste.
325
00:18:54,567 --> 00:18:56,643
This is the Cannon method.
326
00:18:56,861 --> 00:19:01,986
A film that copies another,
minus the good taste!
327
00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:07,241
I opened the script, I read
the first pages and it was written:
328
00:19:07,454 --> 00:19:11,452
“Nah, suck my banana!”
It was one of the first replicas.
329
00:19:11,667 --> 00:19:14,953
They compensated for their bad taste
by their enthusiasm.
330
00:19:15,170 --> 00:19:19,464
Let's stop the bullshit
and we get down to business.
331
00:19:26,555 --> 00:19:28,679
The Last American Virgin
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00:19:28,891 --> 00:19:31,596
was a remake of Juke Box.
333
00:19:31,811 --> 00:19:35,345
They were content
to transpose it to the United States.
334
00:19:35,564 --> 00:19:36,763
I said to myself:
335
00:19:36,983 --> 00:19:40,232
“What is it?
This film plays on two levels."
336
00:19:40,444 --> 00:19:44,358
On the one hand, there are sexy scenes,
337
00:19:44,573 --> 00:19:49,034
and on the other side,
a wonderful love story.
338
00:19:49,244 --> 00:19:52,577
It dealt with abortion,
prostitution...
339
00:19:52,789 --> 00:19:56,039
My darlings, in the saddle!
Let’s get this over with.
340
00:19:56,251 --> 00:19:58,077
The crabs, the cocaine,
341
00:19:58,295 --> 00:20:00,333
and all that, among high school students.
342
00:20:00,546 --> 00:20:01,827
Have fun!
343
00:20:02,798 --> 00:20:06,463
This nice guy
has a handsome and flirtatious friend.
344
00:20:06,677 --> 00:20:08,053
He gets a girl pregnant.
345
00:20:08,262 --> 00:20:12,591
And it's this pregnant girl
with whom the hero is in love.
346
00:20:12,808 --> 00:20:15,050
The handsome guy doesn't take responsibility.
347
00:20:15,268 --> 00:20:16,976
Our hero takes him to the hospital
348
00:20:17,187 --> 00:20:21,231
for an abortion, and to pay for it,
he becomes a pizza deliveryman.
349
00:20:21,441 --> 00:20:24,892
During the abortion,
there is a U2 hit.
350
00:20:25,111 --> 00:20:27,483
And we move on from abortion
351
00:20:27,697 --> 00:20:30,022
To a guy cutting a pizza.
352
00:20:30,241 --> 00:20:33,610
Are you serious?
It’s crazy stuff!
353
00:20:33,994 --> 00:20:35,986
They really hoped
354
00:20:36,205 --> 00:20:39,704
that this film
would be a hit among teenagers.
355
00:20:39,917 --> 00:20:42,917
The Last American Virgin
a damn good film!
356
00:20:44,671 --> 00:20:47,625
It was not suitable
to an American audience.
357
00:20:48,132 --> 00:20:49,082
Hello, this gauze?
358
00:20:49,301 --> 00:20:51,376
Do you want to talk to me or fuck me?
359
00:20:51,594 --> 00:20:55,544
Most traditions in the film
were incomprehensible.
360
00:20:55,765 --> 00:21:00,225
After the abortion, Gary brings her
a Christmas tree and oranges.
361
00:21:00,435 --> 00:21:02,891
This must make sense in Israel...
362
00:21:03,146 --> 00:21:07,013
I wanted a realistic story.
363
00:21:07,233 --> 00:21:10,982
And it was risky,
especially for the American market.
364
00:21:11,613 --> 00:21:16,951
Because in American cinema,
everything has to end well.
365
00:21:17,744 --> 00:21:21,575
When a film is not American,
You can see it right away.
366
00:21:21,789 --> 00:21:26,035
We will always make films
a little offbeat
367
00:21:26,251 --> 00:21:28,707
because of our origins
and our mentality.
368
00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:33,583
They were foreigners. He would have us
required American collaborators.
369
00:21:33,801 --> 00:21:37,169
They worked
with many Israelis
370
00:21:37,387 --> 00:21:40,637
who did not help them
to infiltrate the American market.
371
00:21:40,849 --> 00:21:42,129
They spoke English,
372
00:21:42,350 --> 00:21:46,015
but didn't understand
American idioms.
373
00:21:46,229 --> 00:21:50,890
It was a problem when it came to
to judge a scenario.
374
00:21:51,108 --> 00:21:53,148
When, thanks to their talent
375
00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:57,108
or thanks to their luck,
they had a good idea, it worked.
376
00:21:57,322 --> 00:22:02,364
“David, it’s Menahem!
I have a wonderful offer to make you.
377
00:22:02,577 --> 00:22:08,366
"We are going to shoot the sequel
of a great film from the 70s."
378
00:22:08,583 --> 00:22:11,750
I said: "The Godfather 3?"
He replied: “Almost!”
379
00:22:11,961 --> 00:22:13,455
A vigilante in town 2.
380
00:22:13,671 --> 00:22:14,916
He will protect you.
381
00:22:16,340 --> 00:22:18,712
It was their very first
382
00:22:18,926 --> 00:22:20,883
real Hollywood production.
383
00:22:21,095 --> 00:22:25,222
The highly anticipated sequel to a successful film
with a movie star.
384
00:22:25,432 --> 00:22:28,801
A vigilante in the city
was very successful.
385
00:22:29,019 --> 00:22:30,513
It was a respectable film.
386
00:22:30,729 --> 00:22:32,104
Society has changed.
387
00:22:32,313 --> 00:22:36,810
8 years have passed, that’s a long time,
and we can offer a sequel.
388
00:22:37,026 --> 00:22:41,320
This character doesn't want to live again
what he experienced.
389
00:22:41,739 --> 00:22:43,566
He lost his wife,
390
00:22:43,783 --> 00:22:46,618
her daughter was interned in an asylum,
391
00:22:46,827 --> 00:22:50,694
he takes care of her,
thugs steal his money,
392
00:22:50,914 --> 00:22:54,413
then they rape her servant,
her daughter dies,
393
00:22:54,626 --> 00:22:58,873
and since she has mental disorders,
the police are not investigating for murder.
394
00:22:59,089 --> 00:23:02,707
Violence served as a pretext
Bronson's intervention.
395
00:23:03,426 --> 00:23:05,051
To punish criminals,
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00:23:05,928 --> 00:23:08,384
it’s Bronson
who inflicts punishment.
397
00:23:08,598 --> 00:23:10,222
Do you believe in Jesus Christ?
398
00:23:10,432 --> 00:23:11,298
Yes.
399
00:23:11,517 --> 00:23:12,679
You will meet him.
400
00:23:13,769 --> 00:23:15,263
My script was good,
401
00:23:15,479 --> 00:23:20,105
much better than the film itself,
which I found appalling.
402
00:23:20,317 --> 00:23:21,645
What displeased me,
403
00:23:21,860 --> 00:23:26,071
These are the scenes of violence and sex.
404
00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:31,073
The film shifted into another genre,
and it wasn't mine.
405
00:23:31,286 --> 00:23:36,113
Rape is a horrible thing,
but it happens, and the public knows it.
406
00:23:36,332 --> 00:23:40,792
I don't see why it would be necessary
exclude certain subjects in cinema.
407
00:23:41,003 --> 00:23:44,039
He had fun.
It was not necessary.
408
00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:47,210
The rape scenes have been shortened
409
00:23:47,426 --> 00:23:50,047
by British censorship
who declared:
410
00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:55,339
"It is irresponsible to address rape
for commercial reasons.
411
00:23:55,559 --> 00:23:58,180
"This director tries
to create controversy
412
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,013
"to make entries."
413
00:24:00,229 --> 00:24:04,061
The critics shouted loud and clear
414
00:24:04,274 --> 00:24:08,059
that this film had shocked them.
415
00:24:08,279 --> 00:24:12,608
Mr. Winner is obsessed with sodomy.
I hope he will try it soon.
416
00:24:12,824 --> 00:24:15,529
He loved making people talk.
417
00:24:15,744 --> 00:24:17,286
It galvanized him.
418
00:24:17,496 --> 00:24:20,865
Menachem and Yoram
gave me carte blanche.
419
00:24:21,083 --> 00:24:23,918
“You want to make this movie
or another? Okay."
420
00:24:24,127 --> 00:24:25,289
Winner was profitable.
421
00:24:25,503 --> 00:24:28,338
Here is the lewd tale,
said and epic
422
00:24:28,547 --> 00:24:31,169
of a character
famous for its flights:
423
00:24:31,384 --> 00:24:32,249
The Depraved.
424
00:24:32,468 --> 00:24:35,137
Depravity allowed her
to climb a ladder
425
00:24:35,345 --> 00:24:39,675
as a director
in terms of respectability.
426
00:24:39,892 --> 00:24:42,216
There was Faye Dunaway, John Gielgud,
427
00:24:42,436 --> 00:24:44,891
Alan Bates, big names in cinema.
428
00:24:45,104 --> 00:24:47,642
But he added naked girls.
429
00:24:47,857 --> 00:24:50,348
It bordered on self-sabotage.
430
00:24:50,568 --> 00:24:52,810
Mike wanted
spice up the film.
431
00:24:53,029 --> 00:24:55,485
There is a scene
where a girl is whipped.
432
00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,910
Michael came closer,
scissors in hand,
433
00:24:59,118 --> 00:25:01,692
he cut my suit
and said, “Let’s get to work!”
434
00:25:01,913 --> 00:25:04,237
They sold the film
by showing this.
435
00:25:05,207 --> 00:25:06,701
This scene was too much.
436
00:25:07,042 --> 00:25:12,202
Michael was pathologically brutal,
weird, sadistic, plagued by doubt
437
00:25:12,714 --> 00:25:15,466
and egocentric.
438
00:25:15,842 --> 00:25:20,338
He took advantage of his position as a filmmaker
to mistreat others.
439
00:25:20,555 --> 00:25:24,718
They call on me for the explosions,
rapes and murders
440
00:25:24,934 --> 00:25:27,425
although I am a charming man.
441
00:25:30,398 --> 00:25:34,525
We were filming in a freezing garage
and I was lying naked.
442
00:25:34,735 --> 00:25:39,196
He wanted me to stay there
to adjust the lighting, and I froze.
443
00:25:39,406 --> 00:25:42,490
The director of photography
covered me with his cloak,
444
00:25:42,701 --> 00:25:47,243
and Winner ordered him to remove it
to be able to enlighten myself correctly.
445
00:25:47,455 --> 00:25:50,870
It was forbidden by the union,
pure sadism.
446
00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:52,993
Mike asked:
447
00:25:53,210 --> 00:25:58,037
“Where do I stand?” And we answered him:
“In the back of the car, Michael!”
448
00:25:59,550 --> 00:26:02,088
He was the dream director
for the Cannon.
449
00:26:02,302 --> 00:26:07,047
It was a funny studio
where the second degree reigned.
450
00:26:07,265 --> 00:26:09,590
"We love cinema, but also money,
451
00:26:09,809 --> 00:26:13,094
"no matter the conditions
and the final result."
452
00:26:13,312 --> 00:26:14,937
It was a funny circus.
453
00:26:15,148 --> 00:26:20,984
Some films have a surrealistic side,
the Cannon films were 100 times worse.
454
00:26:21,529 --> 00:26:23,403
Cannon Group presents you
455
00:26:23,614 --> 00:26:26,187
the fighter
a centuries-old martial art:
456
00:26:26,408 --> 00:26:27,523
The Ninja.
457
00:26:27,743 --> 00:26:29,486
Before meeting Menahem,
458
00:26:29,703 --> 00:26:33,701
there were millions of us
not knowing the word "ninja".
459
00:26:37,252 --> 00:26:39,873
It was inspired by a Bruce Lee film.
460
00:26:40,088 --> 00:26:41,747
The Relentless Ninja
461
00:26:41,964 --> 00:26:43,589
A director has been chosen.
462
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,500
They sent the rushes
of the first three days.
463
00:26:48,095 --> 00:26:51,464
And he said:
“It looks like an old TV series!
464
00:26:51,681 --> 00:26:53,224
“This movie sucks!
465
00:26:53,434 --> 00:26:55,676
“His gun is made of wood!”
466
00:26:55,894 --> 00:26:57,886
So he did it himself.
467
00:26:58,105 --> 00:26:59,563
He sent the ninja away.
468
00:26:59,773 --> 00:27:04,435
"Don't worry. It's the festival
of Manila film, right now.
469
00:27:05,153 --> 00:27:07,822
“We’re going to find an actor.”
470
00:27:08,323 --> 00:27:10,149
He said to me: “Listen, Franco.
471
00:27:10,366 --> 00:27:13,949
“We need
that you replace Mike Stone.
472
00:27:14,162 --> 00:27:16,912
“He’s a great athlete,
but not an actor."
473
00:27:17,415 --> 00:27:20,997
Lucky shot:
he was dining in a restaurant in Manila.
474
00:27:21,210 --> 00:27:22,039
He's not a ninja!
475
00:27:22,252 --> 00:27:23,165
Yes, he's a ninja!
476
00:27:23,379 --> 00:27:24,244
He's not a ninja!
477
00:27:24,463 --> 00:27:26,752
He's not a ninja.
478
00:27:26,965 --> 00:27:28,673
I don't know, I've never seen one.
479
00:27:35,348 --> 00:27:38,467
His character was called Cole
and he was born in Texas.
480
00:27:38,684 --> 00:27:41,009
But Franco had an Italian accent.
481
00:27:41,228 --> 00:27:44,763
He said, “It will be fine.
I don't have time to find another one."
482
00:27:44,982 --> 00:27:49,691
He made me overtake by an American
who had a very different voice.
483
00:27:49,945 --> 00:27:54,772
A ninja does not kill, he eliminates,
and only in self-defense.
484
00:27:54,992 --> 00:27:58,526
He loved American actors
and their accent.
485
00:27:58,745 --> 00:28:00,702
He would have liked to be American!
486
00:28:00,913 --> 00:28:04,614
The Implacable Ninja has triumphed everywhere.
487
00:28:04,959 --> 00:28:06,998
Nice outfit. Who is your tailor?
488
00:28:07,211 --> 00:28:09,784
This film made the Cannon famous.
489
00:28:10,005 --> 00:28:10,919
It was a hit.
490
00:28:12,466 --> 00:28:14,258
And it was Menahem who made it happen.
491
00:28:14,468 --> 00:28:16,958
They wanted to shoot the sequel.
492
00:28:17,805 --> 00:28:19,429
Ultimate Violence.
493
00:28:19,639 --> 00:28:20,920
“Here’s $700,000.
494
00:28:21,141 --> 00:28:24,557
“Bring me a ninja movie.
By the way, the script sucks.”
495
00:28:24,769 --> 00:28:27,723
This is not a mission
for the police.
496
00:28:27,939 --> 00:28:29,267
I'll take care of it.
497
00:28:30,066 --> 00:28:32,188
Only a ninja can stop a ninja.
498
00:28:32,401 --> 00:28:33,944
The scenario was vague.
499
00:28:35,446 --> 00:28:37,688
It wasn't a deep drama
500
00:28:37,906 --> 00:28:39,567
rich in philosophical concepts
501
00:28:40,576 --> 00:28:42,153
with polished characters.
502
00:28:43,787 --> 00:28:46,954
There was a scenario,
but once the film is edited,
503
00:28:47,165 --> 00:28:49,123
It made no sense.
504
00:28:49,543 --> 00:28:51,285
You forgot your pants.
505
00:28:51,502 --> 00:28:53,211
We organized a screening.
506
00:28:53,421 --> 00:28:54,879
It was catastrophic.
507
00:28:55,090 --> 00:28:59,751
There, Menahem summons us
and invents a whole new plot.
508
00:28:59,969 --> 00:29:05,046
“We have to go back to the beginning.
Someone is carrying the baby.
509
00:29:05,266 --> 00:29:07,139
“Ninjas are coming.
510
00:29:07,350 --> 00:29:10,969
"They kill everyone,
except the baby and his father..."
511
00:29:11,397 --> 00:29:13,602
He improvised.
512
00:29:13,815 --> 00:29:17,267
He made up stories
and we turned them.
513
00:29:17,486 --> 00:29:19,608
This is how we made our films.
514
00:29:21,864 --> 00:29:23,988
Menahem Golan is very creative.
515
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:29,075
He said, "Let's shoot a sequel
where the hero will be a woman."
516
00:29:29,288 --> 00:29:33,784
In Ninja III, we found
Lucinda Dickey, who was in vogue.
517
00:29:34,001 --> 00:29:36,243
It was Cannon's favorite.
518
00:29:36,462 --> 00:29:38,750
Ninja III was a mix
519
00:29:38,963 --> 00:29:43,175
between The Exorcist,
a ninja film and Flashdance.
520
00:29:44,135 --> 00:29:47,753
How to make a woman
has the skills of a ninja?
521
00:29:47,972 --> 00:29:52,433
She will be possessed
by the spirit of a dead ninja.
522
00:29:53,769 --> 00:29:56,391
I must have been possessed by a ninja.
523
00:29:56,605 --> 00:29:59,559
But I hadn't learned that
in theater class!
524
00:29:59,858 --> 00:30:00,973
Imb�cile!
525
00:30:01,569 --> 00:30:04,404
You can't do anything against me.
I'm a ninja!
526
00:30:04,613 --> 00:30:07,020
My head was spinning?
No, my whole body.
527
00:30:07,825 --> 00:30:09,982
Help! I'm scared.
528
00:30:12,537 --> 00:30:14,779
By day, she is an aerobics teacher,
529
00:30:14,998 --> 00:30:16,954
and when the spirit possesses it,
530
00:30:17,459 --> 00:30:19,000
she becomes a killer.
531
00:30:20,378 --> 00:30:25,620
Then the master, Sh� Kosugi,
intervenes to free her.
532
00:30:27,343 --> 00:30:29,050
It's a very strange film.
533
00:30:29,845 --> 00:30:32,596
After Ultimate Violence, here Ninja III.
534
00:30:33,349 --> 00:30:35,590
A merciless fight
between superhuman forces
535
00:30:35,808 --> 00:30:37,303
and supernatural powers.
536
00:30:37,936 --> 00:30:39,893
Ninja III was a failure.
537
00:30:40,438 --> 00:30:44,981
The public did not buy it
the story of the female ninja.
538
00:30:45,317 --> 00:30:46,693
It's over.
539
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:52,815
I arrived at MGM
when she was in difficulty.
540
00:30:53,033 --> 00:30:57,860
We had a limited budget
and we needed films.
541
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:02,907
When I learned that MGM
was going to distribute Cannon films,
542
00:31:03,126 --> 00:31:08,168
I said to myself: “It’s the end of the world.
Did Nostradamus foresee this?"
543
00:31:08,381 --> 00:31:10,539
It was a game changer for the Cannon.
544
00:31:10,759 --> 00:31:13,130
Big productions were needed.
545
00:31:13,344 --> 00:31:14,424
Sahara.
546
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,716
She will have the courage
to cross it.
547
00:31:18,933 --> 00:31:20,047
The Sahara rally.
548
00:31:21,435 --> 00:31:23,475
I want a hell of a race.
549
00:31:23,688 --> 00:31:28,764
During the filming of Sahara,
we said to ourselves that it was promising.
550
00:31:28,983 --> 00:31:31,605
Brooke Shields
Was still a big star.
551
00:31:31,820 --> 00:31:36,529
Menahem said that Brooke Shields
was going to win an Oscar.
552
00:31:36,741 --> 00:31:39,149
I would like to stay here forever.
553
00:31:39,869 --> 00:31:44,116
But taking this shortcut was risky
and we lose our lead.
554
00:31:44,331 --> 00:31:46,408
This idea of Oscar's was absurd.
555
00:31:46,709 --> 00:31:50,920
I said to myself:
"Seriously? Do you really believe it?"
556
00:31:51,129 --> 00:31:56,254
With Sahara, Menahem wanted
mix Lawrence of Arabia,
557
00:31:56,510 --> 00:32:00,838
The Blue Lagoon
and The Great Race Around the World.
558
00:32:03,849 --> 00:32:07,551
Menahem loved to bring together
incompatible concepts.
559
00:32:07,937 --> 00:32:12,065
Like Frankenstein, he created a film
by picking scattered pieces,
560
00:32:12,274 --> 00:32:14,267
and the result was monstrous.
561
00:32:14,485 --> 00:32:17,356
It was as boring as the desert.
It was rubbish.
562
00:32:17,905 --> 00:32:22,151
And then I realized that we couldn't
work with these people.
563
00:32:22,367 --> 00:32:26,411
We distributed the film as best as possible,
we financed a promotional campaign,
564
00:32:26,622 --> 00:32:29,290
and the film was a flop
because it was a turnip.
565
00:32:29,498 --> 00:32:32,416
It's a shame,
because this little one deserved better.
566
00:32:32,626 --> 00:32:36,210
“Brooke Shields, best actress!
Sahara, best film!”
567
00:32:36,422 --> 00:32:39,756
He believes that each of his films
will bring in 100 million.
568
00:32:39,967 --> 00:32:42,089
“This will mark the history of cinema!”
569
00:32:42,303 --> 00:32:47,509
Menahem told me that they projected it
New Year's Eve in Times Square
570
00:32:47,724 --> 00:32:52,517
in front of millions of people
who had tears in their eyes.
571
00:32:52,729 --> 00:32:57,189
They hugged each other and said:
“Next year, we will win the Oscar.”
572
00:32:58,235 --> 00:33:00,025
The incredible Lou Ferrigno
573
00:33:00,736 --> 00:33:02,528
in Hercules.
574
00:33:02,738 --> 00:33:07,032
Lou said to Menahem
that there was a need for a more family-friendly film.
575
00:33:07,242 --> 00:33:11,572
I didn't agree.
I could imagine a sexy version.
576
00:33:11,789 --> 00:33:13,662
He held the script and said:
577
00:33:13,874 --> 00:33:15,783
“This is shit!”
578
00:33:16,501 --> 00:33:19,834
He threw out the scenario
in the trash and he shouted:
579
00:33:20,046 --> 00:33:23,416
"I asked for a children's film
with Hercules,
580
00:33:23,633 --> 00:33:26,302
“and there, Hercules gets sucked!”
581
00:33:26,511 --> 00:33:28,302
He was mad with rage.
582
00:33:28,888 --> 00:33:32,671
I told him that my film
was fantastic, not realistic.
583
00:33:32,892 --> 00:33:35,050
It was suitable for a child audience.
584
00:33:40,065 --> 00:33:44,359
But there were bombs,
like Sybil Danning.
585
00:33:44,569 --> 00:33:46,858
She looked sublime in her costume.
586
00:33:47,072 --> 00:33:49,741
I was told, “This suit is dangerous.”
587
00:33:51,785 --> 00:33:56,411
Luigi convinced everyone
that special effects were needed,
588
00:33:56,622 --> 00:33:59,030
but the result was crude.
589
00:33:59,250 --> 00:34:01,373
Rudimentary because it is cheap.
590
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,119
A low-end Hercules.
591
00:34:05,339 --> 00:34:11,294
Some special effects were
perhaps better than others.
592
00:34:11,511 --> 00:34:14,927
I would have liked
may all be perfect.
593
00:34:15,140 --> 00:34:17,346
But the important thing,
it is to be amazed.
594
00:34:21,312 --> 00:34:24,230
MGM spent a lot of money
in marketing.
595
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:25,554
They believed in it.
596
00:34:25,774 --> 00:34:28,977
Hercules was successful
all over the world.
597
00:34:29,403 --> 00:34:33,187
It worked better than the other crap
that they passed on to us,
598
00:34:33,407 --> 00:34:35,613
but it was not very successful.
599
00:34:35,825 --> 00:34:36,075
Menahem is capable
to hear someone's idea,
600
00:34:36,076 --> 00:34:40,572
Menahem is capable
to hear someone's idea,
601
00:34:40,789 --> 00:34:43,362
like his daughter
who saw a breakdancer,
602
00:34:43,583 --> 00:34:47,367
and in a fairly short period of time,
he made a film about it.
603
00:34:47,587 --> 00:34:50,125
This dance is going to be a hit.
604
00:34:50,339 --> 00:34:52,830
He said, "We're shooting in 3 weeks."
605
00:34:53,050 --> 00:34:54,674
without script or actors.
606
00:34:54,886 --> 00:34:56,463
Breakdancing inspires you?
607
00:34:56,887 --> 00:34:58,595
Here is a heartbreaking film
608
00:34:58,806 --> 00:35:00,798
Move rhythmically and wiggle
609
00:35:01,016 --> 00:35:02,676
On this sound that comes from the street
610
00:35:04,269 --> 00:35:07,186
It was Operation Dragon
hip-hop version. The best.
611
00:35:07,564 --> 00:35:11,562
No stuntmen, no actors,
only real dancers.
612
00:35:11,776 --> 00:35:13,234
He said, “Film them!”
613
00:35:16,238 --> 00:35:18,315
Boogaloo Shrimp and Shabba-Doo.
614
00:35:18,532 --> 00:35:20,157
I don't know their real name.
615
00:35:20,368 --> 00:35:23,072
I was the serious guy,
like Dean Martin.
616
00:35:23,287 --> 00:35:26,121
And he was the funny one,
like Jerry Lewis.
617
00:35:26,874 --> 00:35:32,247
Throughout the world, I was considered
like a street superhero.
618
00:35:32,462 --> 00:35:33,660
We admire him,
619
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:37,083
because the majority
steps that exist,
620
00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:38,462
he invented them.
621
00:35:38,676 --> 00:35:41,084
Boogaloo Shrimp was a sensation.
622
00:35:43,389 --> 00:35:46,094
Everyone stopped
to watch it.
623
00:35:46,309 --> 00:35:51,100
He continued without stopping.
Where was he going to get all this?
624
00:35:53,565 --> 00:35:57,609
Lucinda Dickey was just a gymnast,
but Menahem appreciated it.
625
00:35:57,819 --> 00:36:00,357
He told me:
“I will make you a star!”
626
00:36:00,572 --> 00:36:04,440
Lucinda Dickey had no place
in Break Street 84,
627
00:36:04,659 --> 00:36:06,947
in our eyes, and we resented him.
628
00:36:07,161 --> 00:36:09,486
It was hell, I admit.
629
00:36:09,705 --> 00:36:14,249
He told me from the first day
that he considered himself superior.
630
00:36:14,460 --> 00:36:18,374
He was incapable of doing
what I was doing, but whatever,
631
00:36:18,589 --> 00:36:20,878
because it was a film about breakdancing.
632
00:36:21,091 --> 00:36:24,009
Of course, it was a patchwork,
633
00:36:24,219 --> 00:36:27,220
but when you see the film,
It works,
634
00:36:27,431 --> 00:36:31,642
because she plays a girl
who must be accepted.
635
00:36:31,851 --> 00:36:36,644
Some lines from the film
hit the nail on the head.
636
00:36:36,856 --> 00:36:39,643
She's not a b-girl.
She doesn't know anything about it.
637
00:36:39,859 --> 00:36:41,139
It was terrible,
638
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:45,738
because Orion Pictures was producing a film
titled Beat Street at the same time.
639
00:36:45,948 --> 00:36:47,406
Menahem had these words...
640
00:36:47,616 --> 00:36:49,075
“Let’s beat Beat Street!”
641
00:36:49,285 --> 00:36:52,488
It was a race
to make the first breakdance film.
642
00:36:52,704 --> 00:36:57,164
Everything we could turn
before the release of the film
643
00:36:57,375 --> 00:36:59,581
was going to be in it.
644
00:36:59,794 --> 00:37:03,791
This film had to
came out that year, in 1984.
645
00:37:04,006 --> 00:37:06,579
Otherwise, hip-hop
would not have been what it is.
646
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,668
And we know the rest:
it was one of their biggest successes.
647
00:37:10,888 --> 00:37:14,222
This friendship went beyond
of skin color.
648
00:37:14,433 --> 00:37:17,932
We did what the United Nations
have never done:
649
00:37:18,145 --> 00:37:20,351
unify several nations.
650
00:37:20,564 --> 00:37:23,136
We made more entries
than Beat Street.
651
00:37:23,358 --> 00:37:26,857
This year, the Golan box
and Globus is Break Street 84.
652
00:37:27,070 --> 00:37:29,192
It cost barely a million
653
00:37:29,405 --> 00:37:32,240
and has already brought in more than 56 million.
654
00:37:32,449 --> 00:37:37,028
Unfortunately, Menahem said to himself:
“I got it all!”
655
00:37:37,246 --> 00:37:39,488
Countdown
For our return
656
00:37:39,707 --> 00:37:44,451
Menahem balances: “We’re going to shoot
a sequel and it will be called..."
657
00:37:44,669 --> 00:37:45,749
Electric Boogaloo.
658
00:37:47,047 --> 00:37:47,829
So be it.
659
00:37:48,047 --> 00:37:51,666
“We’re going to do like Fred Astaire:
Shrimp is going to dance on the ceiling."
660
00:37:51,885 --> 00:37:53,343
And that's what he did.
661
00:37:57,598 --> 00:37:59,923
Breakin'2
looked like a cartoon.
662
00:38:00,142 --> 00:38:02,680
The hospital scene was stupid.
663
00:38:09,318 --> 00:38:11,643
There was no longer the same anger.
664
00:38:11,945 --> 00:38:15,563
We were in East L.A.
with pastel outfits. Well done, Cannon.
665
00:38:15,782 --> 00:38:20,278
Like, “Let’s make L.A.
a real rainbow!”
666
00:38:20,495 --> 00:38:22,487
There was nothing authentic about it.
667
00:38:24,165 --> 00:38:25,196
I cried.
668
00:38:25,416 --> 00:38:27,160
We had lost our way.
669
00:38:27,377 --> 00:38:30,046
I thought it was out of fashion,
670
00:38:30,254 --> 00:38:34,298
but this film had a certain impact
among the young people of the time.
671
00:38:34,508 --> 00:38:38,173
So it sometimes happened to them
to be in the game.
672
00:38:38,386 --> 00:38:42,716
But most of the time,
they made very bad choices.
673
00:38:42,933 --> 00:38:47,393
"We're going to New York to shoot
my film which has a brilliant title!”
674
00:38:47,603 --> 00:38:51,304
We ask him: “What is the title?”
“My Darling Shiksa!”
675
00:38:51,524 --> 00:38:56,482
Just marry your shiksa
and spend your life in Brooklyn
676
00:38:56,695 --> 00:38:58,735
in a candy store, stupid!
677
00:38:59,615 --> 00:39:01,773
What is a shiksa?
678
00:39:01,992 --> 00:39:04,863
A shiksa is a non-Jewish woman.
679
00:39:05,079 --> 00:39:07,996
The hero goes out with a woman
who is not Jewish,
680
00:39:08,207 --> 00:39:11,326
and it hurts a lot
to his family.
681
00:39:11,543 --> 00:39:15,955
On the 2nd day of filming,
Golan approached Elliott.
682
00:39:16,172 --> 00:39:22,127
We were filming the scene where Elliott
confesses to Margaux Hemingway that he loves her.
683
00:39:22,344 --> 00:39:28,217
Would you like to spend your life alongside
of a messy and diabetic Jew
684
00:39:28,433 --> 00:39:31,968
which will one day become
a great restaurateur?
685
00:39:32,897 --> 00:39:34,177
I love you, my darling.
686
00:39:34,398 --> 00:39:38,264
We were rehearsing and Golan said:
“Elliott, no, no, no!”
687
00:39:38,484 --> 00:39:40,477
We all said to ourselves: “What the hell…”
688
00:39:40,695 --> 00:39:45,155
He says: “Look! Margaux, come closer.
Come see Menahem.
689
00:39:45,367 --> 00:39:48,201
“There you go: I love you. I love you!”
690
00:39:48,410 --> 00:39:51,245
We said to ourselves: This guy is crazy!
691
00:39:51,455 --> 00:39:55,121
We had a very big argument.
692
00:39:55,334 --> 00:39:58,584
And he stopped filming
for a day or two.
693
00:39:58,796 --> 00:39:59,874
Menahem...
694
00:40:00,088 --> 00:40:03,421
I called him an asshole
and he took it at face value.
695
00:40:03,633 --> 00:40:10,680
So for filming to resume,
I said, “Menahem, forgive me.
696
00:40:10,891 --> 00:40:13,178
“You’re not an asshole.”
697
00:40:13,392 --> 00:40:17,011
A cinema studio
dream of having successful films.
698
00:40:17,313 --> 00:40:23,232
But the Cannon films
tarnished the reputation of MGM.
699
00:40:23,444 --> 00:40:24,854
We screwed up. Next.
700
00:40:25,070 --> 00:40:26,944
John Derek told me:
701
00:40:27,156 --> 00:40:30,904
"Why do we bother
trying to make beautiful films?
702
00:40:31,117 --> 00:40:36,408
"After Elle, we ask you to fuck
on Ravel's Bol�ro."
703
00:40:36,623 --> 00:40:38,330
The new Bo Derek film.
704
00:40:38,541 --> 00:40:41,162
You've already done it
on the Bol�ro by Ravel?
705
00:40:42,504 --> 00:40:45,872
For many people,
Bo's name evokes sex.
706
00:40:46,090 --> 00:40:50,586
After playing in Elle,
wherever she went, she was recognized.
707
00:40:50,802 --> 00:40:54,586
Our agent told us:
"If you want to make a film
708
00:40:54,807 --> 00:40:58,057
"and leave you alone,
There are two new kids.”
709
00:40:58,644 --> 00:41:02,059
Bo Derek
in a John Derek film.
710
00:41:02,272 --> 00:41:04,679
Bolero was a parody
Bloody Arenas
711
00:41:04,899 --> 00:41:07,770
and bullfight films from the 1940s.
712
00:41:09,111 --> 00:41:13,690
Andrea Occhipinti was injured
by a bull at the level of the testicles.
713
00:41:15,034 --> 00:41:20,028
He therefore becomes powerless,
then during the rest of the film,
714
00:41:20,372 --> 00:41:22,779
Bo becomes bullfighter in his place
715
00:41:22,999 --> 00:41:25,158
and she takes care of her man.
716
00:41:25,376 --> 00:41:26,575
Then she said...
717
00:41:26,795 --> 00:41:28,123
Your machine will work!
718
00:41:28,546 --> 00:41:30,290
My favorite line.
719
00:41:30,507 --> 00:41:32,000
I guarantee it.
720
00:41:32,216 --> 00:41:37,211
And there, the word “ecstasy”
written in neon lights illuminates the scene.
721
00:41:38,347 --> 00:41:41,134
As soon as John turned Bo around,
722
00:41:41,350 --> 00:41:42,465
It was getting hot.
723
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:44,971
She was getting undressed.
724
00:41:45,186 --> 00:41:48,140
She was riding a horse
like a real tough girl.
725
00:41:48,356 --> 00:41:50,479
Others must have been hard too!
726
00:41:50,692 --> 00:41:55,484
We received letters from Menahem saying
that the film was not hot enough.
727
00:41:55,905 --> 00:41:59,191
“Make sure that
the film is explicit."
728
00:41:59,409 --> 00:42:00,986
It was already limit!
729
00:42:01,202 --> 00:42:02,696
Look at that!
730
00:42:02,912 --> 00:42:06,861
I am a woman, a real one,
chew!
731
00:42:07,082 --> 00:42:11,163
There were already love scenes
and nude scenes.
732
00:42:11,378 --> 00:42:13,916
I showed the film to Frank Yablans.
733
00:42:14,131 --> 00:42:18,424
I told him, “We’re arguing.
They want a hotter movie.
734
00:42:18,635 --> 00:42:20,094
“It’s already quite hot!”
735
00:42:20,762 --> 00:42:25,009
I don't remember anymore.
It was another failure.
736
00:42:25,224 --> 00:42:30,266
Making cinema,
it's a bit like waging war.
737
00:42:30,646 --> 00:42:33,980
Waging war while wounded.
738
00:42:34,191 --> 00:42:36,978
Menahem organized
a press conference:
739
00:42:37,194 --> 00:42:40,148
"Bo and John live on a ranch,
far from Hollywood.
740
00:42:40,364 --> 00:42:43,365
"They love this ranch,
We’re going to take it from them!”
741
00:42:43,575 --> 00:42:45,651
He was talking nonsense.
742
00:42:45,869 --> 00:42:48,787
“This movie is so sexy. What to do?
743
00:42:48,997 --> 00:42:53,409
“At Cannon, we are good people.
The Dereks are damaging our reputation!”
744
00:42:53,626 --> 00:42:56,543
They manipulated the press at our expense.
745
00:42:56,754 --> 00:43:03,088
MGM has decided to no longer distribute
Cannon films.
746
00:43:03,302 --> 00:43:05,875
I said, "I'm terminating our agreement.
747
00:43:06,096 --> 00:43:09,844
“You broke your word.
You gave us turnips."
748
00:43:10,058 --> 00:43:12,216
We were just pawns.
749
00:43:12,435 --> 00:43:17,477
They used us as an excuse
to no longer distribute Cannon films.
750
00:43:17,691 --> 00:43:17,981
The Cannon was very bad
reputation in Hollywood.
751
00:43:17,982 --> 00:43:22,727
The Cannon was very bad
reputation in Hollywood.
752
00:43:23,154 --> 00:43:25,823
We were shamelessly told,
and it was true.
753
00:43:26,031 --> 00:43:29,615
In Variety magazine,
I saw a double page on Bolero.
754
00:43:29,827 --> 00:43:31,819
These photos were in my suitcase.
755
00:43:32,037 --> 00:43:35,121
While we were in their offices,
756
00:43:35,332 --> 00:43:38,167
they searched in my bags,
stole my photos,
757
00:43:38,376 --> 00:43:42,421
and they had the nerve
to use it to advertise!
758
00:43:42,631 --> 00:43:46,046
They did not respect
the Hollywood rules of the game.
759
00:43:46,259 --> 00:43:49,130
They were unscrupulous bandits.
760
00:43:49,345 --> 00:43:53,093
Incendiary remarks were made
about them.
761
00:43:53,307 --> 00:43:54,850
- Profiteers.
- Carpet merchants.
762
00:43:55,059 --> 00:43:56,683
- Scammers.
- Charlatans.
763
00:43:56,894 --> 00:43:58,353
- Stingy people.
- Camelots.
764
00:43:58,562 --> 00:44:01,563
- Schemers.
- They were nicknamed the Go-Go Boys.
765
00:44:01,774 --> 00:44:03,979
- Beggars.
- The plague and cholera.
766
00:44:04,193 --> 00:44:06,185
The two plagues of Egypt.
767
00:44:06,403 --> 00:44:11,361
There was definite racism
in these nicknames.
768
00:44:11,574 --> 00:44:13,816
They were pragmatic types
769
00:44:14,035 --> 00:44:17,404
who made films
like we did at home
770
00:44:17,622 --> 00:44:19,661
and not like those Hollywood idiots.
771
00:44:19,873 --> 00:44:23,788
� Hollywood, we spend more time
chat rather than spin.
772
00:44:24,003 --> 00:44:27,336
We make films,
and we are known for it.
773
00:44:27,548 --> 00:44:30,963
Some of our films
are better than others,
774
00:44:31,426 --> 00:44:32,969
but we are productive.
775
00:44:34,471 --> 00:44:37,140
900 years
after the nuclear war,
776
00:44:37,348 --> 00:44:40,184
the place of women
has changed enormously
777
00:44:40,393 --> 00:44:43,394
much to the dismay of men and mutants.
778
00:44:44,105 --> 00:44:45,599
America 3000.
779
00:44:46,149 --> 00:44:48,105
A comedy adventure film
780
00:44:48,317 --> 00:44:50,226
where men are slaves.
781
00:44:50,444 --> 00:44:53,017
All the actresses told me:
782
00:44:53,238 --> 00:44:54,650
“I love the idea!”
783
00:44:54,865 --> 00:44:58,566
Our collaboration
was very short-lived.
784
00:44:58,785 --> 00:45:01,027
I left the set.
785
00:45:01,246 --> 00:45:03,072
They filed the service sheet
786
00:45:03,289 --> 00:45:06,290
and I shouted:
“Bastards, pay the technicians!”
787
00:45:09,503 --> 00:45:12,208
You have a wallet
in place of the heart.
788
00:45:13,716 --> 00:45:17,465
This is my only copy.
This is what I think of Cannon Films.
789
00:45:18,304 --> 00:45:20,925
There were mainly turnips
at Cannon.
790
00:45:21,140 --> 00:45:25,007
When a quality film was released,
it was a happy coincidence.
791
00:45:25,227 --> 00:45:28,595
One day I received a phone call
by Chuck Norris.
792
00:45:28,813 --> 00:45:33,392
Chuck Norris specialized
in films about karate.
793
00:45:33,610 --> 00:45:36,315
He wanted to turn
in big action films.
794
00:45:36,529 --> 00:45:39,447
I convinced Menahem.
795
00:45:39,657 --> 00:45:41,732
“He plays badly!”
“We’ll teach him.”
796
00:45:41,950 --> 00:45:44,027
Vietnam, 1972.
797
00:45:44,244 --> 00:45:46,570
The war rages
in the jungle.
798
00:45:46,789 --> 00:45:49,244
We wanted to put
his talents put to good use.
799
00:45:51,334 --> 00:45:54,418
It was the first time
than a war film
800
00:45:54,629 --> 00:45:56,171
with explosions and shootings
801
00:45:56,381 --> 00:45:58,837
featured martial arts.
802
00:45:59,801 --> 00:46:04,510
Even before the film comes out,
they decided to shoot the sequel.
803
00:46:04,722 --> 00:46:08,423
They wanted to film in the Philippines
with Joe Zito at the helm.
804
00:46:08,643 --> 00:46:11,216
Joe went there and said:
805
00:46:11,437 --> 00:46:14,106
“I saw the Lance Hool movie.
He sucks.
806
00:46:14,315 --> 00:46:16,556
"Chuck is bad, it's poorly filmed...
807
00:46:16,776 --> 00:46:18,732
"I will tell Menahem and Yoram
808
00:46:18,944 --> 00:46:21,351
"to release our film first.
809
00:46:21,571 --> 00:46:24,062
“It will create a market
for Lance's film.
810
00:46:24,282 --> 00:46:27,236
"Otherwise,
no one will want ours."
811
00:46:27,452 --> 00:46:29,694
The second part was better.
812
00:46:29,913 --> 00:46:31,620
So not to condemn
813
00:46:31,831 --> 00:46:33,870
the Missing saga,
814
00:46:34,083 --> 00:46:36,455
they took out the second one first.
815
00:46:36,669 --> 00:46:39,954
James Braddock declares war.
816
00:46:40,589 --> 00:46:42,546
It was ideal for Chuck Norris.
817
00:46:42,758 --> 00:46:45,296
He did little,
it was highlighted
818
00:46:45,511 --> 00:46:48,547
and that gave him access
to a new character.
819
00:46:48,764 --> 00:46:51,052
Globus yelled at Menahem
in Hebrew.
820
00:46:51,265 --> 00:46:53,554
I asked
what he was saying.
821
00:46:53,768 --> 00:46:57,468
I was told:
“They are talking about a karateka.
822
00:46:57,688 --> 00:47:01,982
"Yoram is furious because Menahem
made him sign a 5 film contract
823
00:47:02,193 --> 00:47:04,518
"for 5 million dollars!
824
00:47:04,737 --> 00:47:08,437
“So he wants to kill Menahem.”
It was Chuck Norris.
825
00:47:08,657 --> 00:47:13,235
During the golden age of Hollywood,
each studio had a stock of actors.
826
00:47:13,453 --> 00:47:16,988
So at Cannon,
we made the same reasoning:
827
00:47:17,207 --> 00:47:21,287
"We need stars
who will work for us continuously."
828
00:47:24,088 --> 00:47:30,091
The career of Charles Bronson
was coming to an end in Hollywood.
829
00:47:30,303 --> 00:47:32,093
He had no alternative.
830
00:47:32,304 --> 00:47:36,468
Bronson has more charisma,
but neither is an actor.
831
00:47:36,809 --> 00:47:38,717
You're starting to irritate me.
832
00:47:40,354 --> 00:47:43,936
I selected scenarios
and we were asked clearly
833
00:47:44,149 --> 00:47:46,188
to make two piles:
834
00:47:46,401 --> 00:47:49,236
one for Bronson
and one for Norris.
835
00:47:49,446 --> 00:47:53,312
It could have been Wolfing Heights.
Who do we give it to?
836
00:47:53,532 --> 00:47:57,695
We proposed to Chuck Norris
to make American Warrior.
837
00:47:57,912 --> 00:48:02,573
For two millennia, the secret art
ninjas did not come out of the Orient.
838
00:48:03,833 --> 00:48:05,957
Today, it infiltrates the West.
839
00:48:06,169 --> 00:48:09,668
Chuck Norris refused to be masked.
840
00:48:09,881 --> 00:48:12,917
“Out of the question.
On screen, I'm Chuck Norris!"
841
00:48:17,889 --> 00:48:20,345
Who was going to be our ninja?
842
00:48:20,558 --> 00:48:23,263
We interviewed more than 400 candidates.
843
00:48:23,478 --> 00:48:27,854
And when Michael Dudikoff arrived,
we said to ourselves: It’s him!
844
00:48:28,065 --> 00:48:31,434
Menahem said:
“We’re going to take little Dudikoff.”
845
00:48:31,651 --> 00:48:33,893
- Who is this?
- A new recruit.
846
00:48:34,112 --> 00:48:35,737
I don't know his name.
847
00:48:35,948 --> 00:48:38,105
He is very skilled.
848
00:48:46,791 --> 00:48:48,535
For this film, I gave everything.
849
00:48:50,086 --> 00:48:53,454
Everything I was asked to do
on this shoot,
850
00:48:53,672 --> 00:48:55,001
I wanted to do it well.
851
00:49:01,430 --> 00:49:06,138
Before the end of filming, we already knew
that Dudikoff was going to burst the screen.
852
00:49:06,351 --> 00:49:08,806
According to Menahem,
he was the new James Dean.
853
00:49:09,312 --> 00:49:13,439
I was promised the role of Superman
and many others,
854
00:49:13,650 --> 00:49:15,227
like Spider-Man.
855
00:49:15,443 --> 00:49:20,152
Cannon did not treat
the image of Dudikoff.
856
00:49:20,364 --> 00:49:25,571
They should have turned him around
bigger and bigger films.
857
00:49:25,785 --> 00:49:28,786
“Count on us.
858
00:49:29,790 --> 00:49:31,865
“Don’t worry, Michael.
859
00:49:33,210 --> 00:49:35,036
“Don’t worry.
860
00:49:39,757 --> 00:49:41,251
“This is just the beginning.”
861
00:49:41,634 --> 00:49:45,548
Cannes, where it is held every year
the prestigious film festival.
862
00:49:46,055 --> 00:49:50,218
You've heard of glamour,
from the Côte d'Azur, stars,
863
00:49:50,434 --> 00:49:53,139
but it also exists
a commercial aspect.
864
00:49:53,353 --> 00:49:55,844
They went there to sign contracts.
865
00:49:56,064 --> 00:50:00,809
It was the flagship event,
and they decided to cause a sensation.
866
00:50:01,028 --> 00:50:04,313
They spent in Cannes
the equivalent of the budget of a film.
867
00:50:04,531 --> 00:50:07,567
We were wallpapering the Carlton
billboards.
868
00:50:07,784 --> 00:50:11,402
Posters everywhere:
"Cannon Group presents..."
869
00:50:11,621 --> 00:50:14,787
Full pages of advertising
in Variety magazine.
870
00:50:14,999 --> 00:50:17,205
It made people in the trade laugh.
871
00:50:17,418 --> 00:50:20,869
We asked ourselves:
“How are they going to pay for all this?
872
00:50:21,088 --> 00:50:22,250
“What’s going on?”
873
00:50:22,464 --> 00:50:25,963
Menahem arrives in a limousine,
like the Queen of England.
874
00:50:26,176 --> 00:50:29,259
The Cannes Film Festival
becomes the Cannon Festival!
875
00:50:29,471 --> 00:50:34,547
Distributors lined up
to meet Yoram and me.
876
00:50:34,767 --> 00:50:37,305
They all had a checkbook
or liquid.
877
00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:41,220
“This film will be ready on time.
Give me that movie too.”
878
00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:44,855
“Buy this big piece of shit.
People will love it!”
879
00:50:45,068 --> 00:50:48,354
- A million. Who says better?
- A free-for-all.
880
00:50:48,572 --> 00:50:52,023
- They sold their films by the kilo.
- They bought, they sold...
881
00:50:52,242 --> 00:50:57,912
Golan could be heard shouting:
"Gunga Din, an epic film!"
882
00:50:58,123 --> 00:50:59,498
He loved it.
883
00:50:59,707 --> 00:51:02,827
He comes across a Greek distributor
non-English speaking.
884
00:51:03,044 --> 00:51:05,451
He therefore cannot read a script,
885
00:51:05,671 --> 00:51:08,376
so he sells him his film
thanks to the poster.
886
00:51:08,591 --> 00:51:12,458
Absurd posters
for films never made.
887
00:51:12,678 --> 00:51:16,627
Whatever the movie, there was
a machine gun on the poster.
888
00:51:16,849 --> 00:51:20,052
He was making up a story
and sold his film.
889
00:51:20,269 --> 00:51:22,723
"Charles Bronson in The Golem."
890
00:51:22,937 --> 00:51:27,231
I wrote press releases
for fictional films
891
00:51:27,442 --> 00:51:30,976
without actors, without stars
and often without a script.
892
00:51:31,195 --> 00:51:35,572
I don't know anyone today
as gifted as Menahem and Yoram
893
00:51:35,783 --> 00:51:37,443
for sale.
894
00:51:37,659 --> 00:51:39,617
The biggest schemers.
895
00:51:39,828 --> 00:51:43,031
He told a story
to throw spaghetti.
896
00:51:43,248 --> 00:51:47,625
When an idea allowed him
to obtain a pre-sale,
897
00:51:47,835 --> 00:51:49,378
we were shooting the film.
898
00:51:49,587 --> 00:51:51,462
These films were bad.
899
00:51:51,673 --> 00:51:56,251
IF Chuck Norris was on the poster,
we knew exactly what we were buying.
900
00:51:56,469 --> 00:51:59,884
All these films on pre-sale
were sewn with white thread.
901
00:52:00,097 --> 00:52:02,766
I propose to you
the new Chuck Norris film.
902
00:52:02,975 --> 00:52:07,304
Murders, shootings,
mutilations... You'll love it!
903
00:52:07,521 --> 00:52:08,470
Bring the scenario.
904
00:52:08,689 --> 00:52:11,262
An army
international terrorists.
905
00:52:11,483 --> 00:52:13,356
Their target: the United States.
906
00:52:13,569 --> 00:52:17,103
U.S.A. Invasion
was a visionary film.
907
00:52:17,322 --> 00:52:21,366
There was little talk about terrorism,
at the time. It was very abstract.
908
00:52:21,576 --> 00:52:25,324
No one thought it was possible here.
909
00:52:28,457 --> 00:52:32,918
Terrorists disembarked by boat
in Florida.
910
00:52:33,129 --> 00:52:36,462
They were dropped off by truck
throughout the United States
911
00:52:36,673 --> 00:52:38,712
to commit terrorist acts.
912
00:52:38,926 --> 00:52:40,550
It seemed a little big to me.
913
00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:43,168
We wanted to create
914
00:52:43,388 --> 00:52:45,879
a big action movie
915
00:52:46,099 --> 00:52:48,590
which is eye-catching.
916
00:52:48,810 --> 00:52:49,972
Didn’t it work?
917
00:52:51,646 --> 00:52:52,760
I'll take care of it.
918
00:52:55,066 --> 00:52:56,974
They made Chuck a star
919
00:52:57,567 --> 00:52:59,359
in a large production.
920
00:53:02,489 --> 00:53:06,237
The shopping center scene
was very dangerous.
921
00:53:06,451 --> 00:53:09,535
It was the waterfall
the riskiest of my career.
922
00:53:09,746 --> 00:53:12,497
They had to rebuild everything afterwards.
923
00:53:12,707 --> 00:53:15,280
We were therefore authorized
to destroy everything.
924
00:53:19,046 --> 00:53:24,800
They wanted to raze an entire neighborhood
to expand the Atlanta airport.
925
00:53:25,010 --> 00:53:26,339
They blew up everything.
926
00:53:36,354 --> 00:53:38,976
We had great stuntmen
on this film.
927
00:53:41,859 --> 00:53:45,560
Helicopters,
tanks, shootings...
928
00:53:45,780 --> 00:53:47,274
This film is stunning.
929
00:53:47,489 --> 00:53:51,024
When we watched the film,
we were terribly disappointed.
930
00:53:51,243 --> 00:53:53,734
The plot was cut during editing.
931
00:53:54,162 --> 00:53:56,072
The time has come.
932
00:54:01,003 --> 00:54:04,087
There are wonderful scenes,
but it's disjointed.
933
00:54:04,965 --> 00:54:07,835
Menachem and Yoram
didn't take much care
934
00:54:08,051 --> 00:54:12,842
to the assembly process
which allows you to obtain the final version.
935
00:54:13,055 --> 00:54:17,931
“Come on, rewind.
Cut ! Cut ! Cut!”
936
00:54:18,143 --> 00:54:18,643
In the morning, he started with a meeting,
then he was going to put together a trailer.
937
00:54:18,644 --> 00:54:23,271
In the morning, he started with a meeting,
then he was going to put together a trailer.
938
00:54:23,482 --> 00:54:25,770
I want suspense and action.
939
00:54:26,777 --> 00:54:28,152
Sinister voices.
940
00:54:29,946 --> 00:54:32,698
He met
an actor or director
941
00:54:32,908 --> 00:54:34,567
and he went back to editing.
942
00:54:34,784 --> 00:54:36,409
“It’s great!”
943
00:54:36,619 --> 00:54:37,817
“This is shit!”
944
00:54:38,037 --> 00:54:38,951
“Cut me that!”
945
00:54:39,164 --> 00:54:40,112
“That’s good!”
946
00:54:40,331 --> 00:54:41,030
“Cut!”
947
00:54:41,248 --> 00:54:44,166
“But it’s the same as yesterday.”
“No, that’s good.”
948
00:54:44,376 --> 00:54:49,418
The problem is that they loved
cinema in theory.
949
00:54:49,631 --> 00:54:54,257
But they were incapable
to be patient
950
00:54:54,469 --> 00:54:59,095
and support watching a film
that we refine again and again
951
00:54:59,307 --> 00:55:01,596
as long as it is not perfect.
952
00:55:01,810 --> 00:55:04,846
You could have taken 500 scenarios,
953
00:55:05,063 --> 00:55:09,309
put them in a room,
ask a monkey to choose 70,
954
00:55:09,525 --> 00:55:11,814
he would have done just as well
as Golan and Globus.
955
00:55:12,027 --> 00:55:13,771
Halley’s Comet
956
00:55:13,988 --> 00:55:17,688
hides a strength
evil, diabolical
957
00:55:18,116 --> 00:55:20,275
and hungry.
958
00:55:20,494 --> 00:55:21,324
Lifeforce, the Star of Evil.
959
00:55:23,330 --> 00:55:28,075
Someone understood something
this film? It's a real UFO!
960
00:55:28,292 --> 00:55:29,835
It starts in space,
961
00:55:30,044 --> 00:55:31,668
then there are vampires
962
00:55:31,879 --> 00:55:34,251
and we slip into a disaster movie.
963
00:55:35,007 --> 00:55:37,676
We can say
what a crazy story!
964
00:55:39,512 --> 00:55:41,089
Tobe Hooper's Ben-Hur.
965
00:55:41,304 --> 00:55:43,381
It was a big budget
for the time.
966
00:55:43,599 --> 00:55:49,886
It’s a great spectacle film
with one twist per minute.
967
00:55:50,105 --> 00:55:54,184
There are mechanical effects,
physical and optical effects.
968
00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:59,940
Nudity, because these creatures
are naked in their sarcophagus.
969
00:56:00,156 --> 00:56:03,026
We were lucky
to discover Mathilda May.
970
00:56:03,492 --> 00:56:05,900
This girl had crazy charisma.
971
00:56:06,953 --> 00:56:10,120
When I saw the rushes,
I fell from a height.
972
00:56:10,333 --> 00:56:13,036
I knew we would be censored
in the United Kingdom.
973
00:56:13,669 --> 00:56:16,670
Its anatomy no longer held any secrets.
974
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:18,753
I can't believe my eyes.
975
00:56:18,965 --> 00:56:23,129
This must have been the story
of a beauty that destroys London.
976
00:56:23,345 --> 00:56:25,218
This girl is not human.
977
00:56:25,429 --> 00:56:28,715
It doesn't match
� no forms of terrestrial life.
978
00:56:28,932 --> 00:56:30,308
She is dangerous.
979
00:56:35,022 --> 00:56:38,390
Golan and Globus took big risks
with this film.
980
00:56:38,608 --> 00:56:42,689
We had shot half of the film
and we were already 4 months late.
981
00:56:42,904 --> 00:56:46,238
They didn't care
of the duration of this shoot.
982
00:56:46,449 --> 00:56:49,154
They wanted to watch the rushes
983
00:56:49,369 --> 00:56:52,204
and be satisfied with the result.
984
00:56:52,413 --> 00:56:55,165
They had gone to the next level.
985
00:56:55,375 --> 00:56:58,328
They wanted to produce
the biggest film of the year.
986
00:56:58,544 --> 00:57:02,162
They were trying to play
in the big leagues.
987
00:57:02,381 --> 00:57:05,750
All their films
had weird plots.
988
00:57:05,967 --> 00:57:08,007
They invented them off the cuff.
989
00:57:08,553 --> 00:57:10,511
"Venetian wedding."
990
00:57:10,722 --> 00:57:12,299
"Holidays in Rome."
991
00:57:12,515 --> 00:57:14,841
"Holidays in Rome"
or “Holiday in Venice”.
992
00:57:15,768 --> 00:57:18,306
"Wedding in Venice."
993
00:57:18,521 --> 00:57:19,434
It's not bad.
994
00:57:20,273 --> 00:57:23,558
"Wedding in Venice"
or “Stop this marriage.”
995
00:57:23,776 --> 00:57:26,730
Menahem had too many ideas
to the taste of some.
996
00:57:26,946 --> 00:57:30,065
He said: "I want music
like in Poltergeist!”
997
00:57:30,282 --> 00:57:33,034
We answer: “They had 100 musicians.”
998
00:57:33,243 --> 00:57:34,737
He says: “idiots!
999
00:57:34,953 --> 00:57:38,037
“We hire 50 musicians
and we make them play twice!”
1000
00:57:38,248 --> 00:57:41,284
A collection of books
1001
00:57:41,501 --> 00:57:44,834
around a monkey
was published in Israel.
1002
00:57:45,046 --> 00:57:47,418
Clyde, the famous orangutan,
1003
00:57:47,631 --> 00:57:50,253
arrived in the offices
with his agents.
1004
00:57:50,467 --> 00:57:54,417
Clyde was a star.
He came accompanied by his lawyers.
1005
00:57:54,639 --> 00:57:57,924
Menahem was sitting
next to the orangutan.
1006
00:57:58,142 --> 00:58:02,305
He wondered
if he was going to make him sign a contract.
1007
00:58:02,521 --> 00:58:06,684
He turns to the ad manager
and asks him:
1008
00:58:06,899 --> 00:58:08,643
“Could you fuck this monkey?”
1009
00:58:10,362 --> 00:58:12,354
They ask what it's about.
1010
00:58:12,572 --> 00:58:16,189
“He’s a kid who’s going to Africa.
1011
00:58:16,408 --> 00:58:18,816
“He has no parents, just a guardian.
1012
00:58:19,036 --> 00:58:21,609
"And, as they step off the boat,
1013
00:58:21,830 --> 00:58:25,910
"they see you",
he said looking at the monkey.
1014
00:58:26,460 --> 00:58:28,831
And he no longer addressed
than the monkey.
1015
00:58:29,045 --> 00:58:33,292
“We are in the jungle.
There is a monkey. It's you, Clyde.
1016
00:58:33,508 --> 00:58:37,505
“And there’s a kid.
The kid is attacked by a tribe.
1017
00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:40,425
"The monkey saves him,
then the kid has to leave
1018
00:58:40,765 --> 00:58:42,804
"without the monkey.
1019
00:58:43,017 --> 00:58:46,516
"The boat is moving away
and the kid is heartbroken!”
1020
00:58:46,729 --> 00:58:48,769
“And you love this kid.
1021
00:58:48,981 --> 00:58:53,358
“You love this kid
and you feel that he adores you, too."
1022
00:58:53,568 --> 00:58:56,854
Golan climbs onto his desk.
1023
00:58:57,071 --> 00:59:01,485
"And there we see the monkey shouting:
"Help! Help!"
1024
00:59:01,952 --> 00:59:05,403
It was madness.
He was talking to a monkey.
1025
00:59:05,621 --> 00:59:09,073
One of the agents asked:
“Will the monkey speak?”
1026
00:59:09,291 --> 00:59:12,079
“Maybe.
But what matters is the emotion."
1027
00:59:12,294 --> 00:59:16,374
We did a test,
but the monkey hit the kid.
1028
00:59:16,591 --> 00:59:19,128
Two days later,
Menahem shows up
1029
00:59:19,509 --> 00:59:22,296
with a little guy...
1030
00:59:23,180 --> 00:59:25,136
a dwarf.
1031
00:59:26,016 --> 00:59:30,345
And he said, “Here’s the new monkey.”
1032
00:59:31,521 --> 00:59:33,727
“He looks like a monkey, yes or no?”
1033
00:59:33,940 --> 00:59:35,814
Everyone said yes.
1034
00:59:36,025 --> 00:59:39,560
But in reality,
he didn't look like a monkey at all.
1035
00:59:40,571 --> 00:59:41,900
We went to Africa.
1036
00:59:44,324 --> 00:59:47,278
And I was ashamed of my life.
1037
00:59:47,494 --> 00:59:51,492
We were in the jungle
and there were real monkeys.
1038
00:59:51,707 --> 00:59:53,117
They were making fun of me.
1039
00:59:53,500 --> 00:59:57,200
It happens that a producer
have a bad idea or two.
1040
00:59:59,755 --> 01:00:02,507
Bonzo loving Ben.
1041
01:00:04,802 --> 01:00:06,878
They kept coming up with bad ideas.
1042
01:00:07,096 --> 01:00:08,294
The New York Vigilante.
1043
01:00:08,514 --> 01:00:11,680
Whatever anyone says,
it is a masterpiece.
1044
01:00:11,892 --> 01:00:13,766
In a world gone mad,
1045
01:00:13,978 --> 01:00:16,682
he is the one who makes the law.
1046
01:00:16,897 --> 01:00:18,011
What is happening?
1047
01:00:18,231 --> 01:00:20,224
We steal a car. Why?
1048
01:00:20,442 --> 01:00:21,640
It's my car.
1049
01:00:24,612 --> 01:00:26,237
A huge shit.
1050
01:00:26,448 --> 01:00:31,073
The first part was gripping,
but that was really a cartoon.
1051
01:00:31,285 --> 01:00:34,535
The 3rd World War
rage in New York.
1052
01:00:37,124 --> 01:00:40,908
Winner had fun
by creating a world
1053
01:00:41,128 --> 01:00:46,335
where filthy people
from the ghettos...
1054
01:00:46,550 --> 01:00:48,174
Come on, bitch!
1055
01:00:48,385 --> 01:00:50,424
...are summarily executed
1056
01:00:50,636 --> 01:00:54,219
by characters
more refined and easier.
1057
01:00:54,599 --> 01:00:58,015
He decided to put some on us
full view.
1058
01:01:11,448 --> 01:01:13,025
Yeah! Well done, man!
1059
01:01:13,241 --> 01:01:16,407
Gradually,
police forces are decreasing
1060
01:01:16,620 --> 01:01:19,406
to allow
� Bronson to shine.
1061
01:01:19,622 --> 01:01:22,741
Now the trap is set,
the wick is lit,
1062
01:01:22,959 --> 01:01:24,501
Bronson is going to be unleashed.
1063
01:01:25,002 --> 01:01:27,493
The Vigilante robs the dealers.
1064
01:01:27,713 --> 01:01:32,671
Parts 3, 4 and 5 are cousins
to whom we do not speak.
1065
01:01:32,885 --> 01:01:35,340
Charles wanted movies
of better quality.
1066
01:01:35,554 --> 01:01:37,546
We discussed it.
1067
01:01:37,764 --> 01:01:40,089
He didn't want to shoot the sequels.
1068
01:01:40,308 --> 01:01:42,052
But they convinced him.
1069
01:01:42,269 --> 01:01:43,466
He was taking it easy.
1070
01:01:43,686 --> 01:01:48,977
A Jaguar drove him from his dressing room
to the plateau, located right next to it.
1071
01:01:49,192 --> 01:01:52,228
It was more like a round of golf
than a film shoot.
1072
01:01:52,445 --> 01:01:58,150
Charles Bronson and his understudy are here
to throw a bag at a car.
1073
01:01:58,784 --> 01:02:03,030
It's his understudy who will take care of it
so as not to put the star in danger.
1074
01:02:03,621 --> 01:02:05,863
We have become the pariahs of cinema.
1075
01:02:06,082 --> 01:02:08,040
A measure of last resort.
1076
01:02:08,251 --> 01:02:09,994
They were called charlatans.
1077
01:02:10,212 --> 01:02:11,871
Charlatans.
1078
01:02:12,088 --> 01:02:14,164
Very productive charlatans.
1079
01:02:14,382 --> 01:02:17,632
They knew
that people were wondering:
1080
01:02:17,844 --> 01:02:19,920
“Where is the quality in that?”
1081
01:02:20,138 --> 01:02:26,258
So they were looking for projects
to get their company back afloat
1082
01:02:26,477 --> 01:02:28,635
and to gain respectability.
1083
01:02:28,853 --> 01:02:31,890
I want to sign Bogdanovich
for 2 or 3 films.
1084
01:02:32,274 --> 01:02:36,402
If you want to buy Peter Bogdanovich,
tell him you have a plan.
1085
01:02:36,611 --> 01:02:39,612
I don't buy people.
I offer them opportunities.
1086
01:02:39,823 --> 01:02:44,448
"If he refuses the opportunity
that I offer him, he's a moron."
1087
01:02:44,660 --> 01:02:47,530
He needs a family.
He doesn't have any more.
1088
01:02:48,038 --> 01:02:50,825
And he's a loser.
We win.
1089
01:02:51,041 --> 01:02:54,707
The artists who collaborated
with the Cannon
1090
01:02:54,920 --> 01:02:58,004
were probably reluctant,
at the start.
1091
01:02:58,215 --> 01:03:01,251
But they found a protector
in the person of Golan.
1092
01:03:01,468 --> 01:03:03,709
Menahem Golan is a director.
1093
01:03:04,429 --> 01:03:08,261
I'm dealing with someone
who does the same job as me.
1094
01:03:08,474 --> 01:03:10,681
He knows what problems I have.
1095
01:03:10,894 --> 01:03:14,262
These guys know
the cinema industry by heart,
1096
01:03:14,480 --> 01:03:15,974
and it felt good.
1097
01:03:16,190 --> 01:03:19,725
Cannon Films presents
a cinematic event
1098
01:03:19,944 --> 01:03:24,107
directed by a renowned filmmaker:
Franco Zeffirelli.
1099
01:03:24,323 --> 01:03:25,603
Menahem adored Zeffirelli.
1100
01:03:25,824 --> 01:03:29,774
If he had to choose: win the lottery
or tour with Zeffirelli?
1101
01:03:29,995 --> 01:03:31,488
He would have chosen Zeffirelli.
1102
01:03:32,539 --> 01:03:36,453
The cinematic event
of the century: Otello.
1103
01:03:38,837 --> 01:03:40,165
Zeffirelli, Cannon.
1104
01:03:40,379 --> 01:03:43,665
At the start,
Franco must have found them vulgar,
1105
01:03:44,049 --> 01:03:46,089
then he began to appreciate them.
1106
01:03:46,302 --> 01:03:48,460
For most of my films,
1107
01:03:48,888 --> 01:03:52,671
good, bad or average,
I always had to fight
1108
01:03:52,891 --> 01:03:56,591
against the mediocrity of my producers.
1109
01:03:56,811 --> 01:04:01,557
I never had good relationships
with anyone besides these two guys.
1110
01:04:02,233 --> 01:04:07,026
The best producers
with whom I worked.
1111
01:04:07,363 --> 01:04:09,486
They received a telegram:
1112
01:04:09,698 --> 01:04:14,028
"The rushes seem to have been affected
by divine grace."
1113
01:04:14,245 --> 01:04:16,996
Following Otello,
I experienced an existential crisis.
1114
01:04:17,456 --> 01:04:20,208
I had the feeling
not being able to do better.
1115
01:04:20,709 --> 01:04:21,907
It's my favorite film.
1116
01:04:22,127 --> 01:04:24,119
My best film.
1117
01:04:24,671 --> 01:04:27,043
And I've always been grateful
1118
01:04:27,382 --> 01:04:29,256
towards the Cannon.
1119
01:04:29,467 --> 01:04:34,674
John Cassavetes could not find
of producer. Menahem produced it.
1120
01:04:34,888 --> 01:04:37,593
I'm going to make a film
by John Cassavetes.
1121
01:04:37,808 --> 01:04:40,809
When I get used to the idea,
1122
01:04:41,979 --> 01:04:46,226
I'll have to leave it to John Cassavetes
total freedom.
1123
01:04:46,441 --> 01:04:50,106
We never made a film
to please the public.
1124
01:04:50,320 --> 01:04:53,321
To see our films,
you had to have courage.
1125
01:04:53,531 --> 01:04:56,448
Do you think love
is a continuous flow?
1126
01:04:56,659 --> 01:05:00,158
John Cassavetes brought me
a 2 hour 15 minute film.
1127
01:05:00,371 --> 01:05:05,875
I told him: “Take it off in 15 minutes
and we will have a much better film."
1128
01:05:06,085 --> 01:05:08,623
He said to me: “Menahem,
it will be done within 2 days."
1129
01:05:08,837 --> 01:05:12,123
2 days later,
his film lasted 2 hours 30 minutes.
1130
01:05:12,340 --> 01:05:14,796
I said, “You added 15 minutes.”
1131
01:05:15,010 --> 01:05:17,501
He did:
"It's still shorter!"
1132
01:05:17,721 --> 01:05:20,342
Menahem produced
the films he wanted.
1133
01:05:20,557 --> 01:05:22,929
Cannon Films benefited from this.
1134
01:05:23,143 --> 01:05:27,471
Then he could say
to other directors: “Look.
1135
01:05:27,688 --> 01:05:31,139
“We just shot a film
with John Cassavetes.
1136
01:05:31,358 --> 01:05:33,600
“And it’s not convenient.
1137
01:05:33,819 --> 01:05:38,861
"It proves that we can accept everything
from a director."
1138
01:05:39,074 --> 01:05:42,324
Menachem Golan and Yoram Globus
are impulsive.
1139
01:05:42,536 --> 01:05:45,537
They signed Godard
on a paper tablecloth.
1140
01:05:45,747 --> 01:05:48,665
We didn't have any paper,
only this tablecloth.
1141
01:05:49,250 --> 01:05:51,824
It’s the signature
by Jean-Luc Godard.
1142
01:05:52,045 --> 01:05:55,413
I believe in this project.
I'm sure this movie will be great.
1143
01:05:55,631 --> 01:06:00,091
Godard agreed to make King Lear
if Norman Mailer was in it.
1144
01:06:00,302 --> 01:06:02,875
Mailer, oh yes...
1145
01:06:04,098 --> 01:06:06,054
It's a good start.
1146
01:06:06,266 --> 01:06:09,386
Godard wanted him to play a writer
named Norman Mailer.
1147
01:06:09,769 --> 01:06:13,684
He wanted Kate to play his daughter,
named Kate Mailer.
1148
01:06:13,899 --> 01:06:15,725
And incest was suggested.
1149
01:06:15,942 --> 01:06:20,189
I think Godard did that
hoping that Mailer would step down.
1150
01:06:20,405 --> 01:06:23,856
This led to the phone call
that Godard recorded without our knowledge.
1151
01:06:24,075 --> 01:06:27,739
I insist on the fact that this film,
1152
01:06:27,953 --> 01:06:32,496
whose release has already been delayed,
should be presented in Cannes.
1153
01:06:33,834 --> 01:06:35,412
I really care about it.
1154
01:06:35,628 --> 01:06:39,411
Neither script, nor makeup,
no hairstyle, no costumes, nothing.
1155
01:06:39,631 --> 01:06:42,751
I was walking with a horse.
I played Joan of Arc.
1156
01:06:42,967 --> 01:06:47,214
Then I find myself inanimate
on a rock. I asked him:
1157
01:06:47,430 --> 01:06:51,973
“Am I supposed to be dead or alive?
Am I sleeping?"
1158
01:06:52,184 --> 01:06:56,229
And he reacted as if I had asked
a stupid question.
1159
01:06:56,438 --> 01:06:58,763
Like: “Dead… Alive…”
1160
01:06:59,733 --> 01:07:04,774
He did not reward me with an answer,
so I chose to play dead.
1161
01:07:05,655 --> 01:07:09,699
I'm sure
that Cannon didn't expect that.
1162
01:07:09,909 --> 01:07:13,159
When the movie started,
Menahem whispered to me:
1163
01:07:13,371 --> 01:07:17,914
“Tom Luddy, I’m going to kill you.
I'm going to strangle you! You messed up."
1164
01:07:18,125 --> 01:07:23,416
He was disappointed, because Godard
did not take Menahem seriously.
1165
01:07:23,631 --> 01:07:26,667
Golan always wanted
make interesting films.
1166
01:07:26,884 --> 01:07:30,502
We did what we called
locomotive films.
1167
01:07:30,720 --> 01:07:35,762
We produced a film that sold well
and we stole others with it.
1168
01:07:35,976 --> 01:07:38,645
We told the distributor:
"Sorry, man.
1169
01:07:38,979 --> 01:07:43,307
"Take the John Cassavetes
or I won't give you the Charles Bronson."
1170
01:07:43,524 --> 01:07:45,481
We financed Barfly like that.
1171
01:07:45,693 --> 01:07:46,642
Mickey Rourke.
1172
01:07:46,860 --> 01:07:50,443
Little clarification:
I don't want to fall in love.
1173
01:07:50,655 --> 01:07:51,522
Faye Dunaway.
1174
01:07:51,740 --> 01:07:54,658
Don't worry.
No one has ever loved me.
1175
01:07:54,868 --> 01:07:56,148
Barfly.
1176
01:07:56,369 --> 01:08:01,364
At that time, if you picked up
a meeting with Menahem,
1177
01:08:01,583 --> 01:08:04,370
you had a 90% chance
let him sign you.
1178
01:08:04,586 --> 01:08:07,955
We were in pre-production.
We already had Mickey and Faye.
1179
01:08:08,172 --> 01:08:12,039
They said: "We're stopping everything
if you don't cut the budget."
1180
01:08:12,259 --> 01:08:15,710
Not being able to afford a lawyer,
1181
01:08:15,929 --> 01:08:18,800
I called Black and Decker.
1182
01:08:19,684 --> 01:08:22,768
Barbet appeared in front of Menahem
with a chainsaw.
1183
01:08:24,688 --> 01:08:27,772
"For every day
lost filming,
1184
01:08:27,982 --> 01:08:30,604
"I will cut off my finger
and I will send it to you.”
1185
01:08:30,818 --> 01:08:33,938
I love the fact
let him be ready to cut off a finger.
1186
01:08:34,155 --> 01:08:37,239
I would be ready
cut my balls off!
1187
01:08:37,450 --> 01:08:41,613
He showed himself to be smarter than Menahem.
This is how this film was born.
1188
01:08:41,829 --> 01:08:44,830
This film was not successful
that I hoped
1189
01:08:45,291 --> 01:08:48,126
because we believed
� a drama about alcoholism.
1190
01:08:48,335 --> 01:08:49,877
We all go through hell.
1191
01:08:50,295 --> 01:08:52,418
But in an insane asylum,
1192
01:08:52,631 --> 01:08:54,754
at least we know that.
1193
01:08:54,966 --> 01:08:56,709
They wanted
1194
01:08:56,926 --> 01:09:00,129
make great films,
but could not sell them.
1195
01:09:00,346 --> 01:09:02,967
Even if it wasn't
a B series film,
1196
01:09:03,182 --> 01:09:06,432
when they saw the Cannon logo,
people said to themselves:
1197
01:09:06,643 --> 01:09:08,103
"Oh, a Cannon movie..."
1198
01:09:08,312 --> 01:09:11,728
People expected
� what the Cannon films
1199
01:09:11,940 --> 01:09:14,645
are action films
Low budget.
1200
01:09:14,860 --> 01:09:19,023
If we offered an interesting film,
no one took him seriously.
1201
01:09:19,239 --> 01:09:21,362
They escape together
1202
01:09:21,574 --> 01:09:23,532
and achieve the impossible.
1203
01:09:23,743 --> 01:09:27,444
But the train that must take them
towards freedom is out of control.
1204
01:09:27,663 --> 01:09:29,905
Nobody can deny
1205
01:09:30,124 --> 01:09:33,410
that Runaway Train
is an incredible film.
1206
01:09:33,627 --> 01:09:36,996
Runaway Train
is a great adventure film.
1207
01:09:37,214 --> 01:09:41,377
Action, suspense and characters
kept me in suspense.
1208
01:09:41,593 --> 01:09:45,805
It wasn't a Cannon film,
he had his own identity
1209
01:09:46,014 --> 01:09:49,465
and a visionary director,
Andrei Konchalovsky.
1210
01:09:49,684 --> 01:09:54,560
But we can pay tribute to them
because they gave the green light.
1211
01:09:54,773 --> 01:09:58,307
If a major had produced
Runaway Train,
1212
01:09:58,901 --> 01:10:01,227
it would have become a classic.
1213
01:10:01,445 --> 01:10:04,399
Produced by Orion,
he would have been considered respectable.
1214
01:10:04,615 --> 01:10:07,782
You're afraid of dying,
like everyone else.
1215
01:10:07,993 --> 01:10:09,535
And I will never free you.
1216
01:10:09,744 --> 01:10:11,821
I'm free, Ranken.
1217
01:10:13,164 --> 01:10:14,327
I am free.
1218
01:10:14,624 --> 01:10:15,620
By Cannon, no.
1219
01:10:19,921 --> 01:10:23,504
In a very short period of time,
they produced lots of films.
1220
01:10:23,716 --> 01:10:26,966
Everyone was wondering:
How do they do it?
1221
01:10:27,178 --> 01:10:27,385
Michael Milken or "the king
junk bonds.
1222
01:10:27,386 --> 01:10:30,921
Michael Milken or "the king
junk bonds.
1223
01:10:31,140 --> 01:10:34,674
His box offered
high risk bonds.
1224
01:10:34,893 --> 01:10:39,057
He financed bankrupt companies
and others, in full expansion.
1225
01:10:39,273 --> 01:10:44,017
Michael Milken collected
$300 million for Cannon.
1226
01:10:44,235 --> 01:10:50,320
All of Hollywood was amazed when they saw
that Cannon was filming one after the other.
1227
01:10:50,533 --> 01:10:55,444
The majors were spinning
6, 7 or even 8 films per year.
1228
01:10:55,663 --> 01:10:58,071
Nobody was making 20 films a year.
1229
01:10:58,290 --> 01:11:00,782
- 40 films per year.
- 42 films.
1230
01:11:01,001 --> 01:11:04,417
- 47 films per year.
- 52 in-house films.
1231
01:11:04,630 --> 01:11:07,417
- Nearly one per week.
- 84!
1232
01:11:07,633 --> 01:11:09,589
The work
of an entire career.
1233
01:11:09,801 --> 01:11:11,544
It was like going to the bathroom:
1234
01:11:11,761 --> 01:11:16,090
We make a film, it comes out,
we shake it off and move on to the next one.
1235
01:11:16,307 --> 01:11:19,343
They grew like mushrooms
1236
01:11:19,561 --> 01:11:22,976
thanks to energy and personality
by Menahem Golan.
1237
01:11:23,189 --> 01:11:27,518
The important thing is to act
and no blabbering!
1238
01:11:27,734 --> 01:11:31,150
I was in a meeting with Yoram,
and Golan arrives.
1239
01:11:31,363 --> 01:11:36,025
He tells us about Budapest.
We ask him for explanations.
1240
01:11:36,243 --> 01:11:40,240
He said: "I forgot to tell you
let's shoot in Budapest."
1241
01:11:40,455 --> 01:11:41,784
We didn't know about it!
1242
01:11:41,998 --> 01:11:46,458
If you are passionate about something,
show courage and go for it.
1243
01:11:46,669 --> 01:11:49,504
Do it well, but go for it.
1244
01:11:49,713 --> 01:11:53,331
Cannon threatened
the British film industry.
1245
01:11:53,550 --> 01:11:55,709
Cannon has made a name for itself
1246
01:11:55,928 --> 01:11:58,881
by repurchasing
Thorn Emi Screen Entertainment.
1247
01:11:59,097 --> 01:12:01,173
They own Elstree Studios,
1248
01:12:01,391 --> 01:12:04,760
the Path� catalog
and ABC movie theaters.
1249
01:12:04,978 --> 01:12:07,184
Already owners of several rooms,
1250
01:12:07,397 --> 01:12:11,394
Golan and Globus are now in control
40% of the UK market.
1251
01:12:11,609 --> 01:12:17,564
We owned a chain of cinemas
in England, Italy, Holland.
1252
01:12:17,782 --> 01:12:20,023
They bought everything except Harrods.
1253
01:12:20,242 --> 01:12:24,619
Cannon had a lot of money
and they wanted to pay for stars.
1254
01:12:24,830 --> 01:12:27,499
They were on their knees in front of the stars.
1255
01:12:27,707 --> 01:12:30,459
A star makes what... one film per year?
1256
01:12:30,669 --> 01:12:34,618
What is she doing
the remaining 40 weeks?
1257
01:12:35,089 --> 01:12:38,090
She goes to her psychologist, she divorces...
1258
01:12:38,300 --> 01:12:40,127
What is she doing?
1259
01:12:40,511 --> 01:12:42,385
She wants to work!
1260
01:12:42,597 --> 01:12:49,678
He said: "For the main role,
I want this girl... Stone.
1261
01:12:49,895 --> 01:12:52,220
“She’s the one I want!”
1262
01:12:52,439 --> 01:12:56,650
He watches the rushes and says:
“Who is this bitch?”
1263
01:12:56,859 --> 01:12:58,852
“I wanted Stone’s girl!”
1264
01:12:59,070 --> 01:13:04,028
Not Sharon Stone. Romancing the Stone:
pursuing the green diamond.
1265
01:13:04,242 --> 01:13:06,863
It was Kathleen Turner he wanted!
1266
01:13:07,370 --> 01:13:08,152
I got it!
1267
01:13:09,455 --> 01:13:12,076
Richard Chamberlain
is Allan Quatermain.
1268
01:13:12,833 --> 01:13:14,660
Allan Quatermain
and the mines of King Solomon.
1269
01:13:14,877 --> 01:13:20,084
Richard was then a huge star.
I was impressed.
1270
01:13:20,299 --> 01:13:24,510
“No more, you guys!”
I was wrong.
1271
01:13:24,719 --> 01:13:26,926
A parody
from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
1272
01:13:36,397 --> 01:13:40,690
If we thought of something funny
who fit the character, we did it.
1273
01:13:41,109 --> 01:13:42,189
Surprise!
1274
01:13:42,528 --> 01:13:44,853
Good reflexes, gentlemen.
1275
01:13:45,072 --> 01:13:47,609
I realized, after a while,
1276
01:13:47,824 --> 01:13:50,778
and even very quickly,
that we weren't playing
1277
01:13:50,993 --> 01:13:53,282
in the same courtyard as Indiana Jones.
1278
01:13:56,415 --> 01:13:57,162
Quatermain!
1279
01:13:57,375 --> 01:13:59,616
Chamberlain was not Harrison Ford.
1280
01:14:00,461 --> 01:14:02,003
Stone was an unknown.
1281
01:14:02,213 --> 01:14:04,455
Sharon was unbearable.
1282
01:14:05,091 --> 01:14:06,335
to such an extent
1283
01:14:06,550 --> 01:14:10,085
that the technicians,
assistants, makeup artists,
1284
01:14:10,304 --> 01:14:13,554
the whole team
refused to work with her.
1285
01:14:14,141 --> 01:14:15,800
I want to scream!
1286
01:14:16,017 --> 01:14:17,180
We hated her.
1287
01:14:19,688 --> 01:14:20,932
South Africans too.
1288
01:14:22,691 --> 01:14:24,517
They peed in his bath.
1289
01:14:24,734 --> 01:14:29,894
When she entered the water,
she said: “What a funny smell…”
1290
01:14:30,906 --> 01:14:34,275
Even Richard Chamberlain
couldn't blame her.
1291
01:14:34,493 --> 01:14:35,656
Is there a problem?
1292
01:14:37,454 --> 01:14:39,577
Sharon is a complex person.
1293
01:14:40,082 --> 01:14:42,917
She is sublime, very intelligent,
1294
01:14:43,126 --> 01:14:45,119
and she lets you know.
1295
01:14:45,587 --> 01:14:49,667
Why did you film the sequel?
if she had experienced an ordeal?
1296
01:14:50,299 --> 01:14:52,126
Their chances are slim.
1297
01:14:52,343 --> 01:14:54,585
And they are ready to take up the challenge.
1298
01:14:55,388 --> 01:14:58,424
Allan Quatermain
and the city of lost gold.
1299
01:14:58,641 --> 01:15:03,385
Why did you film a sequel?
The first part wasn't great.
1300
01:15:03,688 --> 01:15:04,766
Hold on!
1301
01:15:04,980 --> 01:15:07,139
I asked what the budget would be.
1302
01:15:07,358 --> 01:15:09,100
They told me: “10 million.”
1303
01:15:09,776 --> 01:15:13,109
But this film must have cost them
$3.75.
1304
01:15:15,531 --> 01:15:18,734
I accepted the role
of the cruel Sorais.
1305
01:15:18,951 --> 01:15:22,819
They put a harness on me
and suspended me in the void.
1306
01:15:23,039 --> 01:15:24,865
I was scared of my life.
1307
01:15:25,082 --> 01:15:28,616
I said to myself:
“It’s a stuntwoman’s job!
1308
01:15:28,835 --> 01:15:31,042
"I forgot... There's no stuntwoman."
1309
01:15:34,299 --> 01:15:37,881
I did not see Menahem and Yoram
only once
1310
01:15:38,094 --> 01:15:39,886
until the end of filming,
1311
01:15:40,096 --> 01:15:43,050
until the day of judgment.
1312
01:15:43,266 --> 01:15:44,546
We screened the film
1313
01:15:44,768 --> 01:15:48,302
and everyone turned
to Menahem and Yoram
1314
01:15:48,521 --> 01:15:50,478
to take the temperature.
1315
01:15:50,689 --> 01:15:53,097
I heard: “Fakakta director!”
1316
01:15:53,317 --> 01:15:56,234
It was me, the “fucking director”.
1317
01:15:56,445 --> 01:15:58,852
I was sitting right behind them!
1318
01:15:59,072 --> 01:16:01,742
Then they said:
1319
01:16:01,950 --> 01:16:05,650
“What are all these blondes?
in white pajamas?
1320
01:16:06,037 --> 01:16:08,528
“Oh, my God! Yoram, look!
1321
01:16:09,082 --> 01:16:11,205
“The queens! Look at me.
1322
01:16:11,834 --> 01:16:13,708
“They must have been ugly!”
1323
01:16:13,920 --> 01:16:18,249
It turns out
that they had confused my film
1324
01:16:18,465 --> 01:16:21,466
with the one Tobe Hooper was filming
at the same time.
1325
01:16:21,677 --> 01:16:24,132
But he never admitted his mistake.
1326
01:16:24,346 --> 01:16:29,055
He never said, "Sorry. I'll
look at your film from another angle."
1327
01:16:30,644 --> 01:16:33,514
He said:
“This can’t be released in theaters!”
1328
01:16:33,730 --> 01:16:39,069
I replied: “Menahem, stop.
I came to your offices.
1329
01:16:39,277 --> 01:16:45,730
“The walls are covered with posters
films that should never have been released.
1330
01:16:45,950 --> 01:16:49,283
“And you took them out!
So don't tell me that."
1331
01:16:49,495 --> 01:16:52,164
Golan was dreaming
to have a cinema studio.
1332
01:16:52,373 --> 01:16:56,156
They left a dingy place
and bought an entire building.
1333
01:16:56,376 --> 01:16:59,626
They hired security guards
armed with an Uzi!
1334
01:16:59,837 --> 01:17:01,249
They were threatened with death.
1335
01:17:01,465 --> 01:17:04,916
“Menahem, bomb threat!
Someone is going to blow it all up!”
1336
01:17:05,134 --> 01:17:06,711
“Fuck him!”
1337
01:17:06,928 --> 01:17:09,679
Their competitors
began to laugh yellow.
1338
01:17:09,888 --> 01:17:14,634
Menahem Golan,
president of the Cannon Films company,
1339
01:17:14,852 --> 01:17:17,058
will produce and direct himself
1340
01:17:17,271 --> 01:17:18,219
Delta Force.
1341
01:17:18,563 --> 01:17:19,762
It’s a diversion!
1342
01:17:19,982 --> 01:17:23,766
To confront these terrorists,
We need separate fighters.
1343
01:17:25,738 --> 01:17:27,445
We wrote a script
1344
01:17:27,655 --> 01:17:30,740
around American heroes
a new genre.
1345
01:17:30,950 --> 01:17:34,034
It really is
a modern American film.
1346
01:17:34,245 --> 01:17:39,619
It was a fairy tale born in a row
of the hijacking of a TWA plane.
1347
01:17:40,709 --> 01:17:42,916
The hostages had not been released.
1348
01:17:43,128 --> 01:17:46,082
So he decided
to send me to Beirut.
1349
01:17:46,298 --> 01:17:51,754
He wanted to take me across the border
so that I can go and investigate at the airport
1350
01:17:51,970 --> 01:17:54,045
so that we can find an ending to this film.
1351
01:17:54,264 --> 01:17:57,882
Everyone dreams of seeing
the president of the United States
1352
01:17:58,101 --> 01:18:01,137
appeal
to the American armed forces
1353
01:18:01,354 --> 01:18:03,227
such as Delta Force.
1354
01:18:03,439 --> 01:18:05,064
Fire! Take them down!
1355
01:18:05,274 --> 01:18:07,563
Wait for women and children
are safe.
1356
01:18:07,777 --> 01:18:11,726
Many people have found
this happy ending in very bad taste.
1357
01:18:14,533 --> 01:18:16,739
The month of September, in Israel,
1358
01:18:17,411 --> 01:18:19,984
is the hottest month of the year.
1359
01:18:20,205 --> 01:18:22,779
It was at least 38 degrees
in this plane.
1360
01:18:23,000 --> 01:18:26,451
Menahem, who was sweating
even more than the others,
1361
01:18:26,669 --> 01:18:29,872
pulled, pushed, fussed,
was shooting his film.
1362
01:18:30,089 --> 01:18:32,924
He's the best director
that I knew.
1363
01:18:33,134 --> 01:18:36,585
He did not hesitate to say:
“Play it like that!”
1364
01:18:36,804 --> 01:18:39,970
Shelley Winters and Menahem
had violent arguments.
1365
01:18:40,182 --> 01:18:41,724
Sit down!
1366
01:18:41,934 --> 01:18:44,424
"Menahem,
I’m going to die of heat!”
1367
01:18:44,895 --> 01:18:47,101
He says to him:
"Play. You'll die afterwards."
1368
01:18:47,940 --> 01:18:48,769
It's all him.
1369
01:18:48,982 --> 01:18:53,110
All the films he directed
look like cartoons.
1370
01:18:55,363 --> 01:18:57,486
I tried to change that.
1371
01:18:57,699 --> 01:18:59,691
He accused me
to kill his film.
1372
01:18:59,908 --> 01:19:00,858
It's an action movie.
1373
01:19:04,163 --> 01:19:07,863
Sorry for the bad guys.
There needs to be a standard bearer.
1374
01:19:14,506 --> 01:19:18,206
We can't say
that violence does not exist.
1375
01:19:18,426 --> 01:19:21,095
You need to know
how to manage this violence.
1376
01:19:21,304 --> 01:19:23,131
And that is our message.
1377
01:19:23,348 --> 01:19:28,009
This is an exploitation film
of the worst kind
1378
01:19:28,227 --> 01:19:31,144
designed building
to generate hatred
1379
01:19:31,355 --> 01:19:33,727
towards Arabs and Palestinians.
1380
01:19:35,359 --> 01:19:39,226
We cannot kill Arabs.
You have to be politically correct.
1381
01:19:45,243 --> 01:19:47,780
Menahem didn't care
political correctness.
1382
01:19:50,914 --> 01:19:52,113
Sleep well, you big loser.
1383
01:19:53,584 --> 01:19:55,790
To celebrate their move
1384
01:19:56,003 --> 01:19:57,414
and the release of Delta Force,
1385
01:19:57,630 --> 01:20:00,547
Golan and Globus
threw a chic party.
1386
01:20:00,758 --> 01:20:03,129
For a movie
with Chuck Norris?
1387
01:20:03,343 --> 01:20:05,668
This is going to be the blockbuster of the century!
1388
01:20:05,887 --> 01:20:08,461
- Nice to see you.
- Me same.
1389
01:20:08,682 --> 01:20:10,260
A movie with Chuck Norris!
1390
01:20:10,559 --> 01:20:13,429
I said to myself
that something was wrong
1391
01:20:13,645 --> 01:20:17,061
in this basement party
where we couldn't stand up.
1392
01:20:17,273 --> 01:20:19,265
Everyone was leaning over.
1393
01:20:20,026 --> 01:20:23,062
I thought:
“It doesn’t bode well.”
1394
01:20:23,279 --> 01:20:29,447
From that moment on, the situation
of society has become shaky.
1395
01:20:29,660 --> 01:20:33,111
The Cannon has grown
too quickly.
1396
01:20:33,330 --> 01:20:38,751
Our films were released in Asia, Africa,
in Europe, in the United States...
1397
01:20:38,960 --> 01:20:40,454
It was unmanageable.
1398
01:20:40,670 --> 01:20:42,959
They didn't have
enough to shoot 50 films.
1399
01:20:43,172 --> 01:20:45,379
They counted
on the following films.
1400
01:20:45,591 --> 01:20:51,345
They were looking to sell and conclude
markets to save their society.
1401
01:20:51,556 --> 01:20:55,718
Every week, Yoram needed
5 million to continue.
1402
01:20:55,934 --> 01:20:59,385
I'm too busy shooting
to make me feel bad.
1403
01:20:59,604 --> 01:21:02,095
It fascinates me, I love it.
1404
01:21:02,315 --> 01:21:07,143
We know our job well,
so I don't think we risk anything.
1405
01:21:07,487 --> 01:21:08,601
Engine!
1406
01:21:08,821 --> 01:21:09,603
Clap!
1407
01:21:09,822 --> 01:21:11,530
Quiet, please.
1408
01:21:11,991 --> 01:21:13,402
And... action!
1409
01:21:13,618 --> 01:21:18,362
David Gardner is going to live a nightmare
in his own garden.
1410
01:21:19,039 --> 01:21:20,783
But no one will believe it.
1411
01:21:21,125 --> 01:21:23,876
And soon,
there will be no survivors.
1412
01:21:24,086 --> 01:21:27,170
Tobe Hooper: The Invasion is from Mars.
1413
01:21:27,380 --> 01:21:30,796
I wanted to grasp or re-enter
1414
01:21:31,009 --> 01:21:35,053
images
who had branded with a hot iron
1415
01:21:35,263 --> 01:21:37,718
my imagination and my childhood dreams.
1416
01:21:37,932 --> 01:21:43,637
I liked the idea of pushing the paranoia
to the point of being afraid of his parents
1417
01:21:44,856 --> 01:21:46,848
and no longer have any refuge.
1418
01:21:47,065 --> 01:21:49,023
The tone chosen was inappropriate.
1419
01:21:49,651 --> 01:21:53,186
He wasn't serious enough,
To my taste.
1420
01:21:53,405 --> 01:21:54,520
It was crazy.
1421
01:21:54,907 --> 01:21:58,524
This film did not give rise to
the fear we could have had
1422
01:21:58,743 --> 01:22:02,693
by identifying with this kid
who no longer trusts his parents.
1423
01:22:02,914 --> 01:22:04,492
Menahem and Joram hated it.
1424
01:22:04,707 --> 01:22:08,455
They were injured
by what Tobe did.
1425
01:22:08,669 --> 01:22:11,919
He sold them a concept
and he didn't keep his word.
1426
01:22:12,131 --> 01:22:13,625
This offended them.
1427
01:22:13,841 --> 01:22:16,842
Tobe had realized
Chainsaw Massacre,
1428
01:22:17,052 --> 01:22:19,044
emotion in its raw state.
1429
01:22:19,555 --> 01:22:24,181
It wasn't just a horror film,
but a reflection on society.
1430
01:22:24,392 --> 01:22:27,891
It changed the horror film
in depth.
1431
01:22:28,104 --> 01:22:31,389
Cannon wanted Tobe
is shooting a sequel.
1432
01:22:31,607 --> 01:22:32,936
They were dying for it.
1433
01:22:33,276 --> 01:22:36,691
After a silence
which lasted more than 10 years,
1434
01:22:36,904 --> 01:22:38,778
the engine runs again.
1435
01:22:41,617 --> 01:22:43,989
I reinforced the black humor.
1436
01:22:44,202 --> 01:22:46,658
The first part lacked it.
1437
01:22:46,872 --> 01:22:48,829
Bubba has a girlfriend!
1438
01:22:49,041 --> 01:22:51,164
Bubba has a girlfriend!
1439
01:22:54,254 --> 01:22:56,709
Some have called it “red humor.”
1440
01:23:00,050 --> 01:23:02,209
I wanted to compensate
1441
01:23:03,387 --> 01:23:05,759
the lack of gore from the first film.
1442
01:23:10,478 --> 01:23:13,431
They project it.
The Cannon discovers it.
1443
01:23:14,773 --> 01:23:17,643
Oh my my...
1444
01:23:17,859 --> 01:23:20,528
They didn't expect that.
1445
01:23:21,404 --> 01:23:23,611
Cannon didn't get the comedic aspect.
1446
01:23:23,823 --> 01:23:29,695
The little boss
still has it in the ass!
1447
01:23:29,912 --> 01:23:32,534
Menachem and Yoram
were not very flexible.
1448
01:23:32,748 --> 01:23:36,698
If we promised them a horror film,
they wanted horror.
1449
01:23:37,252 --> 01:23:40,419
They were shocked
facing this unclassifiable film.
1450
01:23:40,630 --> 01:23:46,217
We posed our family
by copying the Breakfast Club poster,
1451
01:23:46,428 --> 01:23:49,001
we exhibited it on Sunset Boulevard,
1452
01:23:49,222 --> 01:23:51,630
and Cannon did not know
that it was a comedy?
1453
01:23:51,850 --> 01:23:54,138
The public did not expect
1454
01:23:54,352 --> 01:23:57,186
next to the crazy and barred side of the 2nd part.
1455
01:23:58,189 --> 01:24:02,980
They wanted horror, and Tobe
refused to remake a horror film.
1456
01:24:04,403 --> 01:24:08,068
The end of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1457
01:24:08,281 --> 01:24:10,358
coincided with the end of the Cannon.
1458
01:24:10,576 --> 01:24:15,817
In October, their accounting books
have been examined by the US SEC.
1459
01:24:16,038 --> 01:24:20,582
Today,
this company is no longer profitable.
1460
01:24:20,793 --> 01:24:23,249
Their films count
few entries.
1461
01:24:23,463 --> 01:24:27,507
They have sales fees
and colossal administration.
1462
01:24:27,716 --> 01:24:30,670
And they have to pay high interest
1463
01:24:30,886 --> 01:24:34,255
on all credits
to which they subscribed.
1464
01:24:34,472 --> 01:24:36,300
Menahem asked
Yoram:
1465
01:24:37,142 --> 01:24:39,893
“Why are you depressed?
What’s wrong?”
1466
01:24:40,103 --> 01:24:43,637
Yoram replied: “We must
5 million dollars to the banks."
1467
01:24:43,856 --> 01:24:46,312
Menahem said:
“You know what depresses me?
1468
01:24:46,526 --> 01:24:50,523
“It’s because we don’t owe them
only 5 million and not 100 million!”
1469
01:24:50,738 --> 01:24:54,356
A new decade of success
opens to us,
1470
01:24:54,700 --> 01:24:56,242
with young talents
1471
01:24:56,451 --> 01:24:58,989
and the big names at the box office.
1472
01:24:59,204 --> 01:25:01,280
We came back to full strength
1473
01:25:01,498 --> 01:25:04,748
and ready for a new decade
blockbusters.
1474
01:25:04,960 --> 01:25:06,869
You can count on Cannon.
1475
01:25:07,462 --> 01:25:10,913
With Cannon Entertainment,
let's move forward!
1476
01:25:11,424 --> 01:25:13,880
“People think we are in trouble.
1477
01:25:14,093 --> 01:25:17,462
"Let's sign a big star
and announce 3 blockbusters.
1478
01:25:17,680 --> 01:25:19,922
“That will shut them up!”
1479
01:25:20,141 --> 01:25:23,142
Tell me,
the contract with Stallone is signed?
1480
01:25:23,352 --> 01:25:27,764
He said to me: “I’m going to realize
Stallone's next film."
1481
01:25:27,981 --> 01:25:29,262
I said, “You’re sick!”
1482
01:25:29,483 --> 01:25:33,646
"My client would refuse,
even if you offered him 10 million."
1483
01:25:34,320 --> 01:25:36,147
Menahem says:
“And 12 million?”
1484
01:25:36,364 --> 01:25:40,444
Menahem paid him
an unprecedented stamp.
1485
01:25:40,660 --> 01:25:42,736
- 13 million.
- 15 million.
1486
01:25:42,954 --> 01:25:44,781
- 20 million.
- 25 million.
1487
01:25:45,831 --> 01:25:48,619
Before, he was paid
4 or 5 million maximum.
1488
01:25:48,834 --> 01:25:52,001
All the other stars said:
“I want the same thing.”
1489
01:25:52,212 --> 01:25:55,379
It was upsetting
the Hollywood market.
1490
01:25:55,590 --> 01:25:58,591
Menahem was convinced
that Over the Top
1491
01:25:58,802 --> 01:26:02,217
would experience the same success
as Rocky or Rambo.
1492
01:26:02,430 --> 01:26:06,891
My scenario was less stupid
than their film.
1493
01:26:07,602 --> 01:26:10,722
No one ever bet
on Lincoln Hawk.
1494
01:26:11,314 --> 01:26:14,184
But to win,
you have to believe in your luck.
1495
01:26:14,400 --> 01:26:17,769
They focused
on trucks and arm wrestling.
1496
01:26:17,986 --> 01:26:20,110
The idea of arm wrestling was bizarre.
1497
01:26:20,322 --> 01:26:20,986
Finished!
1498
01:26:23,992 --> 01:26:25,534
It's not interesting.
1499
01:26:25,869 --> 01:26:29,238
"There will be great action scenes
where we will see two arms."
1500
01:26:30,748 --> 01:26:34,199
You might as well take a puppet:
“Are you okay, Sylvester?”
1501
01:26:35,628 --> 01:26:40,455
It was unique.
The idea could very well have been copied.
1502
01:26:44,845 --> 01:26:46,387
At the end, I was crying.
1503
01:26:48,599 --> 01:26:51,967
Menahem tapped me on the shoulder
and said, “I got you!”
1504
01:26:54,313 --> 01:26:58,061
I was crying
because my career was ruined.
1505
01:26:58,274 --> 01:27:02,983
Menahem was disconnected from reality
and public expectations.
1506
01:27:03,195 --> 01:27:06,611
He was convinced that
Over the Top - Arm wrestling
1507
01:27:06,824 --> 01:27:08,982
would please young Americans.
1508
01:27:09,201 --> 01:27:11,692
He wasn't gifted in that way.
1509
01:27:11,912 --> 01:27:16,704
Sell American films
The Americans were not their strong point.
1510
01:27:16,917 --> 01:27:23,666
They had good ideas, but
didn't know how to go about it.
1511
01:27:23,882 --> 01:27:24,877
They decided
1512
01:27:25,091 --> 01:27:27,712
to relaunch sagas
such as Superman.
1513
01:27:27,927 --> 01:27:31,876
The merits of the Cannon were praised:
“Look!
1514
01:27:32,098 --> 01:27:34,671
“These guys succeeded.”
1515
01:27:34,892 --> 01:27:37,928
Superman IV had it all.
1516
01:27:38,145 --> 01:27:40,268
This film could have saved Cannon.
1517
01:27:40,480 --> 01:27:42,354
Resolve financial concerns
1518
01:27:42,566 --> 01:27:47,026
and offer them respectability
which would have made them the greatest.
1519
01:27:47,237 --> 01:27:48,186
We applauded them.
1520
01:27:48,405 --> 01:27:53,232
Christopher Reeve did not want
put it off again, but they convinced him.
1521
01:27:53,451 --> 01:27:56,405
"Chris, what about
Would you like us to treat?”
1522
01:27:56,620 --> 01:28:00,488
He wanted to tell
what would happen
1523
01:28:00,708 --> 01:28:03,412
if Superman decided
to end the war.
1524
01:28:03,628 --> 01:28:07,755
I will rid our planet
any nuclear weapon.
1525
01:28:07,965 --> 01:28:10,337
The best! It was a flop.
1526
01:28:10,551 --> 01:28:14,382
Menahem promised us
a film worthy of Warner
1527
01:28:14,596 --> 01:28:18,095
but in the end,
we are making a film worthy of the Cannon.
1528
01:28:18,308 --> 01:28:21,972
There was Nuclear Man,
the equal of Superman.
1529
01:28:22,186 --> 01:28:24,807
Sidney Furie told me:
“We found it!
1530
01:28:25,022 --> 01:28:27,857
“We found Nuclear Man.
1531
01:28:28,067 --> 01:28:30,225
“He’s an old Chippendale.”
1532
01:28:32,738 --> 01:28:36,735
I take it upon myself, because I am not
as the badger of special effects.
1533
01:28:36,950 --> 01:28:40,485
But I say to myself:
“Oh, my God, we’re sore.”
1534
01:28:40,703 --> 01:28:45,946
I, Lex Luthor, great criminal,
I figured out how to destroy Superman.
1535
01:28:46,167 --> 01:28:51,162
Cannon announced losses
amounting to 90 million for 1985-1986.
1536
01:28:51,381 --> 01:28:56,172
By mid-December, Cannon must
to pay off a debt of 80 million.
1537
01:28:56,385 --> 01:28:59,090
At the time of Superman,
they were in free fall.
1538
01:28:59,429 --> 01:29:01,422
They had to cut the budget.
1539
01:29:01,640 --> 01:29:04,178
This film should have cost 30 million.
1540
01:29:04,393 --> 01:29:07,098
But the budget
was reduced to 17 million.
1541
01:29:07,312 --> 01:29:09,269
But it's full of special effects.
1542
01:29:09,480 --> 01:29:12,766
I said:
“This is what the first part cost.”
1543
01:29:12,985 --> 01:29:14,099
"Impossible !"
1544
01:29:14,694 --> 01:29:17,730
It felt low-end and kitsch,
it was ugly.
1545
01:29:17,947 --> 01:29:20,782
All post-production work
was visible.
1546
01:29:20,991 --> 01:29:25,784
They duplicated plans because the budget
special effects was insufficient.
1547
01:29:26,080 --> 01:29:28,368
“You’re bad, Harrison!
1548
01:29:28,582 --> 01:29:31,369
“You’re just a good-for-nothing!”
1549
01:29:32,544 --> 01:29:33,326
I assume.
1550
01:29:33,545 --> 01:29:37,838
They all pointed at each other,
and this is what condemned Cannon.
1551
01:29:38,049 --> 01:29:40,754
They started
to produce big films,
1552
01:29:40,968 --> 01:29:44,836
to compete with majors like Warner,
but it went wrong.
1553
01:29:46,974 --> 01:29:49,181
They didn't have the shoulders.
1554
01:29:49,560 --> 01:29:52,430
They were caught by the throat.
1555
01:29:52,646 --> 01:29:55,102
By landing these blockbusters,
1556
01:29:55,315 --> 01:29:58,352
they hoped
that no one would notice
1557
01:29:58,569 --> 01:30:00,894
that they were good for nothing.
1558
01:30:01,113 --> 01:30:04,695
We had to move on quickly
to bet on the next film.
1559
01:30:04,908 --> 01:30:07,529
And the next movie
was always great.
1560
01:30:07,744 --> 01:30:11,077
I hold the all-powerful Force!
1561
01:30:11,914 --> 01:30:13,325
They believed in it.
1562
01:30:13,625 --> 01:30:15,451
They were excited.
1563
01:30:15,667 --> 01:30:18,585
They already saw themselves as rich
and covered with glory.
1564
01:30:18,962 --> 01:30:23,091
I did everything for that
doesn't look like a Cannon movie.
1565
01:30:23,300 --> 01:30:26,835
At the edge of the universe
there is a planet
1566
01:30:27,054 --> 01:30:29,509
under the yoke
of an evil being.
1567
01:30:30,348 --> 01:30:33,551
Only a man
will have the courage to face it.
1568
01:30:34,227 --> 01:30:37,809
It was a bit of a shame
to embody a toy.
1569
01:30:38,022 --> 01:30:39,849
I found it strange.
1570
01:30:40,524 --> 01:30:43,194
The dwarf with his keys, and everything else.
1571
01:30:44,696 --> 01:30:45,810
I felt stupid.
1572
01:30:50,868 --> 01:30:55,494
Stallone shows up, points to Dolph and says:
“Did you give him a text?”
1573
01:30:55,705 --> 01:30:59,288
Let's fight!
There have already been enough deaths.
1574
01:30:59,500 --> 01:31:01,209
Special effects
1575
01:31:01,419 --> 01:31:03,993
related to the creation of Skeletor
1576
01:31:04,214 --> 01:31:07,333
would have been expensive and time-consuming,
they knew it.
1577
01:31:07,550 --> 01:31:11,049
Cannon therefore decided
to put a mask on Frank Langella.
1578
01:31:11,512 --> 01:31:14,762
It looked like a Halloween costume
homemade.
1579
01:31:14,973 --> 01:31:16,302
I don't think so.
1580
01:31:16,517 --> 01:31:19,137
I was already very happy
let us have a start,
1581
01:31:19,353 --> 01:31:21,226
a middle and an end!
1582
01:31:21,438 --> 01:31:23,016
knee!
1583
01:31:23,231 --> 01:31:26,398
at some point,
I thought there would be no end.
1584
01:31:27,068 --> 01:31:30,022
They stopped filming.
There was no end.
1585
01:31:34,200 --> 01:31:37,485
I asked the great Frank Langella,
with his mask,
1586
01:31:37,703 --> 01:31:40,324
to enter a bubbling vat
and say...
1587
01:31:40,539 --> 01:31:41,738
I will come back!
1588
01:31:41,957 --> 01:31:44,448
They thought this movie
1589
01:31:44,668 --> 01:31:47,538
would appeal to an adult audience,
but no.
1590
01:31:47,755 --> 01:31:49,877
Masters of the Universe was rubbish.
1591
01:31:50,089 --> 01:31:52,296
If it had been well written, funny,
1592
01:31:52,509 --> 01:31:55,260
moving, thrilling,
people would have flocked.
1593
01:31:55,470 --> 01:32:00,096
These films didn't fit
to their economic model.
1594
01:32:00,308 --> 01:32:03,391
Produce low-budget films,
wait for one of them to be a hit,
1595
01:32:03,603 --> 01:32:06,010
achieve big margins,
make sales,
1596
01:32:06,564 --> 01:32:08,805
create a catalog,
sell abroad.
1597
01:32:09,024 --> 01:32:13,354
Superman was the very example
of what not to do.
1598
01:32:13,570 --> 01:32:15,147
A budget of 30 million?
1599
01:32:15,363 --> 01:32:18,150
I wouldn't know what to do with it.
1600
01:32:18,366 --> 01:32:20,655
I could produce 30 films.
1601
01:32:20,869 --> 01:32:24,237
But I wouldn't know what to do
with 30 million.
1602
01:32:24,455 --> 01:32:26,697
I would feel like a thief
1603
01:32:26,916 --> 01:32:30,450
if I spent all this money
for a film.
1604
01:32:30,669 --> 01:32:36,293
They no longer wanted to work on the line.
They wanted to make better films.
1605
01:32:36,508 --> 01:32:38,834
But they missed
of time and money.
1606
01:32:39,053 --> 01:32:42,219
Producing films
increased Cannon's debts.
1607
01:32:42,431 --> 01:32:44,589
Cannon has divested itself of its assets.
1608
01:32:44,808 --> 01:32:49,932
Thorn EMI, Elstree Studios
and a catalog of 2,000 films.
1609
01:32:50,146 --> 01:32:52,435
Now they are selling their studios.
1610
01:32:52,815 --> 01:32:56,599
They wanted to build
a network of cinemas,
1611
01:32:56,819 --> 01:32:58,942
but are drowning in debt.
1612
01:32:59,154 --> 01:33:03,567
Cannon does not make cinema,
but the liquidation of assets.
1613
01:33:03,784 --> 01:33:08,327
They did not see fit to stop there.
They continued.
1614
01:33:08,538 --> 01:33:13,615
They had difficulty finishing,
to complete certain films.
1615
01:33:13,960 --> 01:33:18,668
Sometimes 6 to 8 months would have been enough,
but the films were not finished.
1616
01:33:19,006 --> 01:33:21,923
An incredible adventure
expecting a young girl
1617
01:33:22,134 --> 01:33:24,672
and two brothers
who have a taste for risk.
1618
01:33:24,887 --> 01:33:28,505
They are going to take a trip
in a mysterious world.
1619
01:33:28,724 --> 01:33:32,176
Cannon stopped filming
overnight.
1620
01:33:32,394 --> 01:33:34,351
They told me:
“It’s over.”
1621
01:33:34,562 --> 01:33:35,642
My God!
1622
01:33:35,856 --> 01:33:39,521
A film with special effects,
it's a bit like a puzzle.
1623
01:33:39,734 --> 01:33:42,735
Imagine that 1 out of 3 pieces is missing.
1624
01:33:42,946 --> 01:33:46,314
We end up with white people,
missing images.
1625
01:33:47,408 --> 01:33:52,200
Without these special effects,
the film could not be released.
1626
01:33:52,413 --> 01:33:56,492
They had to finish these films
and take them out.
1627
01:33:57,710 --> 01:34:01,873
They had spent the money advanced
and had to provide a film.
1628
01:34:02,089 --> 01:34:05,006
"Can you finish this movie
without special effects?"
1629
01:34:05,967 --> 01:34:07,166
Funny question...
1630
01:34:07,385 --> 01:34:10,173
We had filmed
a big part of the scenario.
1631
01:34:10,388 --> 01:34:13,140
You can't imagine
how heartbreaking it was.
1632
01:34:13,350 --> 01:34:15,591
It was a very strange situation,
1633
01:34:15,809 --> 01:34:19,143
and the year after,
I moved on to Cyborg.
1634
01:34:20,189 --> 01:34:21,102
Cyborg.
1635
01:34:21,315 --> 01:34:23,723
A bunch of brutes
transformed the world
1636
01:34:23,942 --> 01:34:25,686
into a veritable hell.
1637
01:34:26,153 --> 01:34:28,394
Only a man can stop them.
1638
01:34:28,613 --> 01:34:33,608
I wanted to turn
a futuristic action film starring Chuck.
1639
01:34:33,827 --> 01:34:38,785
Menahem and Yoram said to me: “We have spotted
a guy who is going to become a star.
1640
01:34:38,998 --> 01:34:41,703
“We’re going to give him the role.”
“Who is it?”
1641
01:34:41,918 --> 01:34:45,500
Jean-Claude Van Damme
will become the first hero
1642
01:34:45,713 --> 01:34:47,088
21st century.
1643
01:34:47,297 --> 01:34:50,334
He came to our premises
and waited in the entrance.
1644
01:34:50,550 --> 01:34:53,421
He waited,
and when Menahem went out,
1645
01:34:53,637 --> 01:34:55,676
he made her
a reverse scan.
1646
01:34:55,889 --> 01:34:59,423
A returned side kick
under the nose of Menahem.
1647
01:34:59,934 --> 01:35:01,761
The next day, he signed.
1648
01:35:01,978 --> 01:35:05,560
Jean-Claude
dreamed of becoming a rising star
1649
01:35:05,773 --> 01:35:07,647
more than becoming an actor.
1650
01:35:09,193 --> 01:35:11,731
He was more sure of his image
1651
01:35:11,946 --> 01:35:14,353
than his acting skills.
1652
01:35:15,949 --> 01:35:20,528
I wanted to make a war film
very dark, not an action film.
1653
01:35:23,248 --> 01:35:24,790
It wasn't a salesman.
1654
01:35:24,999 --> 01:35:28,998
They did a survey:
out of the 100 people who saw the film,
1655
01:35:29,212 --> 01:35:31,418
only one liked it.
1656
01:35:31,631 --> 01:35:33,707
This is not surprising.
1657
01:35:33,925 --> 01:35:36,842
My test screenings
are never convincing.
1658
01:35:37,553 --> 01:35:39,795
Yoram said:
“The release is already planned.
1659
01:35:40,014 --> 01:35:42,256
"It won't damage your career."
1660
01:35:42,475 --> 01:35:45,594
Jean-Claude said:
“In 2 months, I’ll redo the editing.”
1661
01:35:48,314 --> 01:35:51,563
It became an action movie
more conventional.
1662
01:35:52,942 --> 01:35:54,651
And the film worked.
1663
01:35:54,861 --> 01:35:56,900
So he was right
to say to yourself:
1664
01:35:57,114 --> 01:35:59,864
"I'm going to sell this film,
make a profit,
1665
01:36:00,074 --> 01:36:03,942
"sell it internationally,
and the next film will be good."
1666
01:36:04,162 --> 01:36:09,286
This is what precipitated Cannon
in his fall.
1667
01:36:09,499 --> 01:36:13,083
They didn't take the time
to heal their wounds,
1668
01:36:13,295 --> 01:36:16,878
to heal
and get back on a good footing.
1669
01:36:17,090 --> 01:36:18,833
It was too much for them.
1670
01:36:19,050 --> 01:36:23,380
Cannon's bankruptcy
was only a matter of time.
1671
01:36:23,596 --> 01:36:25,885
Globus was more pragmatic.
1672
01:36:26,099 --> 01:36:28,804
He said:
“Wanting to get out of it is one thing.
1673
01:36:29,019 --> 01:36:33,514
“Financing all that is another,
even if we pay a lot."
1674
01:36:33,731 --> 01:36:35,854
It has become untenable.
1675
01:36:36,067 --> 01:36:41,060
Menahem produced too many films,
Yoram bought too many cinemas.
1676
01:36:41,280 --> 01:36:45,740
I don't know who was wrong
and who was right,
1677
01:36:46,243 --> 01:36:49,492
but they blamed each other.
1678
01:36:49,704 --> 01:36:51,329
They no longer got loans.
1679
01:36:51,540 --> 01:36:54,789
They didn't reimburse them
because they had one failure after another.
1680
01:36:55,001 --> 01:36:57,290
And there, Giancarlo Parretti arrived.
1681
01:36:57,504 --> 01:37:00,919
Cr�dit Lyonnais told him:
“Here are your new associates.”
1682
01:37:01,132 --> 01:37:03,967
Parretti has arrived
and the box has changed.
1683
01:37:04,176 --> 01:37:05,504
“Here’s Mr. Parretti!
1684
01:37:05,719 --> 01:37:07,379
“Be careful what you say.”
1685
01:37:07,596 --> 01:37:11,759
Menahem and Yoram wanted to believe
that he was their savior.
1686
01:37:12,350 --> 01:37:15,221
They didn't see that he was a thief.
1687
01:37:15,436 --> 01:37:17,097
He was a rital crook.
1688
01:37:17,314 --> 01:37:19,769
He was supposedly linked to the mafia.
1689
01:37:19,983 --> 01:37:23,316
Yoram stayed with Parretti
and Menahem said
1690
01:37:23,528 --> 01:37:29,648
that he refused
to “sell your soul to the devil”.
1691
01:37:29,867 --> 01:37:34,824
These cousins who worked together
for many years...
1692
01:37:37,332 --> 01:37:38,246
separated.
1693
01:37:38,459 --> 01:37:42,077
They knew glory
then it ended.
1694
01:37:42,295 --> 01:37:44,703
This separation saddened us.
1695
01:37:44,923 --> 01:37:47,378
There were Menahem and Joram,
1696
01:37:47,592 --> 01:37:51,210
and we loved seeing them together.
1697
01:37:51,429 --> 01:37:55,261
I stayed with Yoram
and I said to Menahem:
1698
01:37:55,975 --> 01:38:00,222
“You are unmanageable.
You shouldn't run your company."
1699
01:38:00,438 --> 01:38:03,723
He said, “Give me my movies.
I don’t want the money.”
1700
01:38:03,941 --> 01:38:07,274
I created a new company:
the 21st Century.
1701
01:38:07,486 --> 01:38:10,570
I will suggest new films,
modern films,
1702
01:38:10,780 --> 01:38:15,027
films that everyone,
in the next 10 years, will want to see.
1703
01:38:15,243 --> 01:38:20,664
He announced to me their separation
and he spat on the ground.
1704
01:38:20,873 --> 01:38:25,416
They produced competing films,
like the films around lambada.
1705
01:38:25,628 --> 01:38:28,379
La lambada is a dance
born in the 1930s.
1706
01:38:28,589 --> 01:38:31,875
It was banned
� because of its sexual connotation.
1707
01:38:32,092 --> 01:38:32,957
What is it?
1708
01:38:33,176 --> 01:38:34,006
The lambada!
1709
01:38:34,219 --> 01:38:39,758
They had this beautiful idea together,
and the race began.
1710
01:38:39,974 --> 01:38:44,969
Yoram had a scenario
and he had started pre-production.
1711
01:38:45,188 --> 01:38:47,014
A teacher, his student
1712
01:38:47,231 --> 01:38:49,603
and the dance that will change their lives.
1713
01:38:49,817 --> 01:38:53,351
They were way ahead
on Menahem.
1714
01:38:53,570 --> 01:38:58,612
We described writing a scenario
for Menahem at full speed
1715
01:38:58,825 --> 01:39:01,151
in order to release a film before Yoram.
1716
01:39:02,495 --> 01:39:06,743
Only one dance
can unleash feelings.
1717
01:39:06,958 --> 01:39:10,208
It was incredible:
a Native American princess from Brazil
1718
01:39:10,420 --> 01:39:13,290
would stop the destruction
of the Amazon forest.
1719
01:39:13,506 --> 01:39:14,455
Stop!
1720
01:39:14,673 --> 01:39:19,217
John being very prolific, I said:
“We will write it to you in 10 days.”
1721
01:39:19,428 --> 01:39:21,586
They were shot in 4 weeks.
Us, in 3.
1722
01:39:21,805 --> 01:39:22,837
We worked hard.
1723
01:39:23,057 --> 01:39:25,761
We shot the scenes in order
1724
01:39:25,976 --> 01:39:29,060
so that they add
sound effects at the same time.
1725
01:39:29,271 --> 01:39:33,434
If we were filming on a Monday,
on Wednesday, we had the final cut.
1726
01:39:33,650 --> 01:39:38,276
We didn't have time to start again
or tweak anything.
1727
01:39:38,488 --> 01:39:42,355
Yoram had succeeded
to register the title Lambada.
1728
01:39:42,575 --> 01:39:47,117
We called our film
La Lambada, the forbidden dance.
1729
01:39:47,329 --> 01:39:50,246
“Lambada” was written
in large letters.
1730
01:39:50,708 --> 01:39:54,041
But we had the song,
and not them.
1731
01:39:55,920 --> 01:39:59,787
We finished filming on a Thursday
and on Monday, we had copy zero.
1732
01:40:00,007 --> 01:40:03,008
We finished shooting
on a Saturday at 2:45 a.m.
1733
01:40:03,219 --> 01:40:07,003
Watch the end of the movie,
you will see that they no longer have any strength.
1734
01:40:07,223 --> 01:40:09,631
They waddle
to complete the film.
1735
01:40:09,851 --> 01:40:11,344
We screened the film
1736
01:40:11,560 --> 01:40:15,771
and there, I decided to do
a stop on an image of this couple
1737
01:40:15,982 --> 01:40:20,643
and write: "This film is dedicated
to the protection of the Amazon forest."
1738
01:40:20,861 --> 01:40:25,356
Take an average quality product
and stick an ecological image on it.
1739
01:40:25,574 --> 01:40:27,317
This is greenwashing.
1740
01:40:27,533 --> 01:40:31,911
And after all these efforts,
the 2 films were released on the same date.
1741
01:40:32,122 --> 01:40:34,493
Limousines
arrived at the same time.
1742
01:40:34,707 --> 01:40:39,582
This will never happen anywhere else.
It seems surreal, even in L.A.
1743
01:40:39,795 --> 01:40:41,206
Following their separation,
1744
01:40:41,422 --> 01:40:45,371
they made two films
with the same title, the same theme,
1745
01:40:45,592 --> 01:40:49,376
released the same day, and they reduced
their entries by half.
1746
01:40:49,596 --> 01:40:51,802
They wanted to create a craze
1747
01:40:52,015 --> 01:40:55,597
instead of waiting for a craze
and then make a film,
1748
01:40:55,810 --> 01:40:57,435
as with Break Street 84.
1749
01:40:57,645 --> 01:41:02,354
Together, they succeeded,
but separately, it was not the same.
1750
01:41:02,566 --> 01:41:05,271
Lots of people rejoiced
of their shipwreck.
1751
01:41:05,486 --> 01:41:08,321
Few people cried in the end.
1752
01:41:08,530 --> 01:41:09,230
Next!
1753
01:41:09,447 --> 01:41:11,524
When I see Miramax,
1754
01:41:11,742 --> 01:41:15,869
I tell myself that it was surely that,
their dream, upon arriving in the USA.
1755
01:41:16,080 --> 01:41:20,575
What differentiated them from the Weinsteins,
it is the love of a job well done.
1756
01:41:20,792 --> 01:41:23,995
I think they suffered
ambient snobbery.
1757
01:41:24,212 --> 01:41:28,673
They were ostracized
for their lack of know-how.
1758
01:41:28,883 --> 01:41:35,004
They have always been criticized
to be schemers...
1759
01:41:35,223 --> 01:41:39,469
Finally, they were Israelis,
they had another culture.
1760
01:41:39,685 --> 01:41:43,634
Menahem was never considered
like a great director,
1761
01:41:43,855 --> 01:41:45,848
even if he considered himself as such.
1762
01:41:46,066 --> 01:41:50,229
His spontaneity
and the fact that he was sailing blind
1763
01:41:50,946 --> 01:41:52,984
caused the box to sink.
1764
01:41:53,197 --> 01:41:56,068
He never anticipated,
he only listened to his heart,
1765
01:41:56,283 --> 01:41:58,691
and we can't blame him.
1766
01:41:58,994 --> 01:42:04,451
When I see what has become of Menahem,
It pains me.
1767
01:42:04,666 --> 01:42:08,711
It's sad,
because this man left with a failure.
1768
01:42:08,920 --> 01:42:13,001
Menahem would like to continue touring,
because he is a man of cinema.
1769
01:42:13,216 --> 01:42:17,083
It's in his blood,
we cannot deny it.
1770
01:42:17,303 --> 01:42:20,138
Menahem balances:
“It’s top secret.
1771
01:42:20,681 --> 01:42:24,513
“Two words: “Lambada naked”.”
1772
01:42:24,727 --> 01:42:27,514
Yoram is surely
more comfortable today,
1773
01:42:27,729 --> 01:42:30,137
but Menahem would prefer to turn.
1774
01:42:30,357 --> 01:42:35,434
Someone said to Menahem:
“Did you know Yoram had cancer?”
1775
01:42:36,655 --> 01:42:40,438
And he does:
“He should never have left me!”
1776
01:42:41,159 --> 01:42:44,278
These guys have reached the firmament,
1777
01:42:44,621 --> 01:42:47,372
familiar with the stars,
but it's over.
1778
01:42:48,416 --> 01:42:49,910
Their legacy remains to us.
1779
01:43:28,954 --> 01:43:32,287
We cannot say
that they were failures.
1780
01:43:32,499 --> 01:43:36,911
For 10 years or more,
they led a wonderful life.
1781
01:43:37,128 --> 01:43:41,458
When we have guts,
energy and courage,
1782
01:43:41,674 --> 01:43:43,417
we can get there, like them.
1783
01:43:43,634 --> 01:43:48,426
Watch all B-movies
which were produced in Hollywood.
1784
01:43:48,639 --> 01:43:51,095
None of these producers
has not equaled Menahem.
1785
01:43:51,308 --> 01:43:55,306
They shook the cinema industry,
and it's pretty good.
1786
01:43:55,520 --> 01:44:00,099
The best examples
Not to follow is Cannon.
1787
01:44:00,317 --> 01:44:06,651
Avi made low-budget films
worthy of the Cannon within Nu Image.
1788
01:44:06,865 --> 01:44:10,814
Nu Image was founded
by Danny Dimbort and Avi Lerner,
1789
01:44:11,035 --> 01:44:14,569
two former colleagues
from Cannon Group.
1790
01:44:14,788 --> 01:44:17,326
We got inspired
of the Cannon model.
1791
01:44:17,541 --> 01:44:20,577
We learned
not to overinflate a budget,
1792
01:44:20,794 --> 01:44:25,171
not to expand too quickly
by acquiring assets,
1793
01:44:25,632 --> 01:44:28,669
and make action films
1794
01:44:29,219 --> 01:44:32,469
like the Expendables saga
or The Fall of the White House.
1795
01:44:32,680 --> 01:44:34,257
We have ninja movies
1796
01:44:34,473 --> 01:44:38,518
which could feature prominently
in the Cannon catalog.
1797
01:44:39,270 --> 01:44:42,436
I am sure that Menahem
is very proud of it.
1798
01:44:42,648 --> 01:44:45,020
Hollywood produces
Cannon films.
1799
01:44:45,317 --> 01:44:48,686
Cannon movies
with budgets of several millions,
1800
01:44:48,904 --> 01:44:50,563
but action films.
1801
01:44:50,781 --> 01:44:53,782
They appropriated
popular culture.
1802
01:44:53,992 --> 01:44:59,827
Today, to produce a film,
we must integrate pre-sales.
1803
01:45:00,039 --> 01:45:04,369
And Cannon invented that,
for better or for worse.
1804
01:45:04,585 --> 01:45:06,708
The legacy of the Cannon,
1805
01:45:06,921 --> 01:45:10,539
it's a crazy story
from a burst of films
1806
01:45:10,758 --> 01:45:13,331
products over a very short period of time
1807
01:45:13,552 --> 01:45:16,387
by two types
who had nothing to do there.
1808
01:45:16,597 --> 01:45:21,721
They had a big place
on the international market.
1809
01:45:22,644 --> 01:45:25,015
And they dreamed big.
1810
01:45:29,651 --> 01:45:32,402
Adaptation: Muriel Blanc-Pignol
1811
01:45:32,612 --> 01:45:35,363
Subtitles: C.M.C.
1812
01:46:16,486 --> 01:46:17,482
Goodbye!