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Author Topic: Go-Go Gone. Golan RIP Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-09-2014 02:01 PM                        Menachem Golan, Who Headed Cannon Films, Dies at 85 Golan Variety Obit Menachem Golan, the colorful, free-spending Israeli-born producer and director whose Cannon Films yielded hundreds of productions starring the likes of Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris before going bust, died Friday in Israel, according to Haaretz. He was 85. Golan, whose first name is sometimes spelled Menahem, was famous for his overblown pronouncements and business plans. He and his cousin, Yoram Globus, his partner for many years, started their U.S. career making fast-paced action exploitation titles starring the likes of Norris and Charles Bronson. Then, in the ’80s, Golan and Globus headed the ill-fated public company Cannon Entertainment, which began spending more on films such as “A Cry in the Dark,” “Cobra,” “Sahara” (1983), “Over the Top” and “Bolero” with a wide range of actors including Stallone, Brooke Shields, Meryl Streep and Bo Derek.  |  IP: Logged Alan Plester Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: great yarmouth england Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-22-2014 01:21 PM                     I was a bit shaken when I read this, I met him a few times when working for cannon classic cinemas, found him to be a very nice man.  |  IP: Logged

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