Updates & News

JANUARY 2008 (see menu for older news)

A lot of scans added. I hope to be adding more text to the site and start the actors’ galleries (lobby cards, stills, posters etc) in the next few months.

Adding images has taken up all my time. I thought it would be days and it’s turned out to be months. However: I’m still looking for people to send

me stuff (from anywhere in the world) so don’t be shy! See the Contact Me page on the main menu

Added scans:

Highlander (1986) (Cannon Screen Entertainment, Germany)

Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, The (1987) (Cannon Video, UK)

Messenger of Death (1988) (Cannon Video, UK)

Messenger of Death (1988) (Cannon-Warner, UK)

Wisdom (1986) (Cannon-Warner, UK)

LEMON POPSICLE –Here’s that 2^nd Hokushin cover

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FERRIGNO! –Less green, more orange.

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Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989) added to the Cannon Video and IMDb galleries.

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE?

Cannon Bad Hair

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I’ve seen a lot of Bad Cannon Hair but I think Charlie wins this month’s nomination. Any other nominess?

Hello, John, how you doin’?

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Big thanks to Steve for the I'm Almost Not Crazy -John Cassavetes: The Man and His Work (1984) USA VHS cover! Very kind of him to send that to me for us all to see.

New additions, Cannon

The Uranium Conspiracy (1978) + Escape to the Sun (1972) –From Golan (Globus only gets an executive producer mention on The Uranium Conspircay) pre-Cannon I think and they moved to Cannon for their distribution deals with Paragon (USA) and Rank Video (UK).

Added scans:

Exterminator 2 (1984) [Germany VHS]

Exterminator 2 (1984) [Austria VHS]

Barfly (1987) (Cannon-Warner)

Track 29 (1988) (Cannon Video)

Naked Face, The (1985) (Cannon-Guild Home Video)

THUNDER ALLEY –FRENCH STYLE

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THUNDER RUN

-Added some screengrabs in the Screengrabs Gallery from the UK DVD.

NOT QUITE CANNON #1

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Could have been. Almost. UK VHS tape.

NOT QUITE CANNON #2

Rip-off UK VHS tape.

LEMON POPSICLE

Fairly definitve site for Lemon Popsicle fans http://lemonpopsicleforever.atspace.com

I have an original Lemon Popsicle 2 Going Steady (1979) scan. Hokushin released 2 versions. Pretty old tapes! I’ll be uploading the other Hokushin scan soon.

House of the Long Shadows (1983)

AUSTRALIA GETTING SOME MORE CANNON MOVIE TALES DVDS MARCH 2008

A good site all about Cannon Move Tales: www.mystacor.com/cannon_tales/index.htm

Australian shop EzyDVD:

Beauty and the Beast (1987) www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/797936

Hansel and Gretel (1988) www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/797937

Snow White (1987) www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/797938

Sleeping Beauty (1987) and Red Riding Hood (1989) are already on DVD in Australia and a few other countries. Checkout that site above for more info on Cannon Movie Tales.

DEFINITELY NOT CANNON

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There’s a couple of French budget DVD distributors who label other film company product as Cannon and in particular as “Cannon Pictures”.

Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)/An Eye for an Eye (1981) (Orion/MGM are now part of the MGM/Cannon catalogue) but there’s no other connection and it’s got

absolutely nothing to do with Cannon Pictures. They also use information from both films (titles/photos) and list it as one film as seen on the back of the case too.

RARE CANNON

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I think the word “rare” is used a bit too much but look what I found. An as new (from 1986-7) VHS Cannon Classics VHS tape. It had never been played by the looks of thing (the leader tape was still in it’s duplicated position).

Scan additions:

American Ninja 3 Blood Hunt (1989) (Cannon-Pathe)

Lifeforce (1985) (Cannon-Guild Home Video)

Manhattan Project, The (1986) (Cannon Germany)

Masters of The Universe (1987) (Cannon – Warner)

Under Cover (1987) (Cannon Germany)

PICTURE GLOBE

Keep seeing this in front of many Cannon Pictures’ films. Menahem’s project (started years before he arrived –just like The Cannon Group Inc) which seems to have disappeared. See the video intro on YouTube here

FLAT COPY

Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983)

I usually Photoshop remove labels but couldn’t quite work out what “Flat Copy” meant on this Cannon Germany VHS until I realised the label hid the 3D text. So, no Wonder-Vision 3D in Germany!

Large German cover here

In the Cannon Film Review/Comment I’ve added an amusing piece about Over The Top (1987). Not entirely accurate but a very good read.

Added scans:

Breakdance: The Movie (1984) (Guild Home Video - Cannon)

Breakdance 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984) (Guild Home Video - Cannon)

DOES EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN…

This is the sort of thing we’re missing out on since the demise of Cannon. Also released as Seed of Innocence (1980) I reckon Teen Mothers makes it sound like a biker move.

3 x DAMME! Bloodsport (1988), Cyborg (1989) and Death Warrant (1990) in one VHS box.

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“COMPLETE ACTION SET”! No need to buy any other action films. Ever.

WHITE OF THE EYE –HOLLAND, DVD

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Pretty good DVD transfer leaving the Cannon logo intact on the film and the Cannon name on the titles (a few distributors chop these things off).

Donald Cammell's muddled film with David Keith. At least that’s how I remember it but I’ll be rewatching it soon.

Review of the DVD at DVDBeaver.com

CARDBOARD CANNON

BLUE BRADDOCK –added scan for Braddock: Missing in Action 3 (1988) (Warner UK)

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Added scans:

American Cyborg Steel Warrior (1993) (Warner – Cannon)

Dead Zone, The (1983) (Cannon Screen Entertainment (Germany))

Deer Hunter, The (1978) (Cannon Screen Entertainment (Germany))

Duet for One (1986) (Guild Home Video - Cannon)

Firestarter (1984) (Cannon Screen Entertainment (Germany))

Gor (1988) (Warner – Cannon)

Lightning, the White Stallion (1986) (Rank Video - Cannon)

Powwow Highway (1989) (Cannon Video)

Runaway Train (1985) (Cannon Screen Entertainment (Germany))

That Championship Season (1982) (Guild Home Video - Cannon)

Tree of Hands (1989) (Pathé Cannon)

War and Love (1985) (MGM/UA - Cannon)

White of the Eye (1987)

OK, I’LL SWAP KILLER CROCODILE 2 FOR A PLAYSTATION 3

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I’m flattered people think this site is Cannon but it isn’t! It’s a fan site. Sony Pictures Entertainment (owned by Sony who co-own MGM (who own much of Cannon’s back catalogue)) sent the above email. Strange that they think

Cannon would be using a Mail.com email. Maybe if Cannon were around they’d do just that :p I think I’ll reply to Sony that they can buy the rights to Killer Crocodile 2 (1990) for US$45,000,000 or I’d settle for a

Blu-Ray player and a PlayStation 3.What’s the chances of that?

I’ve had emails like this from film/TV production companies asking about clips/prints. If anyone is after Cannon back catalogue clips and stills then they should contact the copyright owner which will usually be:

MGM www.mgmstills.com (you can search their [incomplete] database there), Warner www.warnerbros.com or VivendiUniversal www.vivendiuniversal.com –who also own some Cannon. Cannon’s back

catalogue is all over the place however so if you need a good guess then feel free to ask. I am intending (already started) to do a page on who owns what. It is a very big job to do so don’t hold your breath waiting.

SUPERMAN HORROR

I remember standing in the foyers of at least 2 Cannon cinemas here in the UK looking at that poster. I like that poster but thought it a bit cheap

looking even for a preview poster (terrible one colour logo, Reeve still from older film). Sadly, the cheap look was confirmed with the film.

DEATH WISH 4: THE COMMENT

[Dragan Antulov, talking about Death Wish 4]: “Fourth (and, unfortunately, not the final) installment in the DEATH WISH series, will probably remembered as the typical

movie of Cannon Group, production company responsible for some of the worst cinematic trash of the last decade.” –Comment off a blog. Amused me.

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Interesting VHS cover from Holland Northville Cemetery Massacre (1976)

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Bronson's Death Wish 5 back at home with MGM. Looks like Menahem Golan done some sort of deal in Germany (he'd done several with Lemon Popsicle)

where Death Wish 5 (21 Century Corp) has ended up with MGM.

Added scans:

Mona Lisa (1986) (Cannon Screen Entertainment (Germany)) -Some really nice artwork from Germany

Pirates (1986) (Cannon Screen Entertainment (Germany))

Looking to add a North American (USA/Canada) home video Gallery (I prefer VHS/Betamax but anything Cannon you think other people would like is good by me) so I

need people to send me scans. I do have some scans in the IMDb Gallery but not many. I reckon Europe has much more good scans around for VHS because our

VHS/Betamax/V2000 sleeves were separate in a case and most USA/Canada videos are in those terrible slip cases which means the cardboard rots away.

So, get scanning and drop me an email. See the Contact Me page on the main menu

There is one scan I’d really like and that’s the large box MGM release of:

Looking for the large case MGM/UA / Cannon USA release of this. Anyone help with that scan?

Nothing against Mr Bradley but Cannon Video should change “The American Ninja” to “An American Ninja” as any true American Ninja fan will tell you, there’s only one American Ninja and that’s The Dudikoff™.

Not sure about the font on Death Wish 3 (1985)

THE DUDIKOFF™

Avenging Force (1986) I reckon.

Added scan of Dudikoff’s Rescue Me (1993) to the Cannon Germany gallery. Excellent cover with a name change to “Streethunter”.

Trailer for Rescue Me (1993) here

6 ft /1.8m high. Probably seemed a good idea at the time.

Some Cobra (1986) for Stallone fans.

Strange item. Photographic slide from Hercules (1983)

From Cannon's promotional "Cannonball". Thanks to J.D. and to www.dolph-ultimate.com (it really is the ULTIMATE Dolph site so check it out if you’re a fan of Dolph).

Thanks to Robert for this excellent “Marine Fighter” [AKA The Human Shield (1992)] VHS scan from Germany/Austria.

As with all scans you can see them in the Cannon Film A-Z IMDb & Image Gallery

Nice cover for the Germany/Austria release of The Borrower (1991). Big thanks to M.

Fancy some dusting with Van Damme? Click the image for full size dusting! I assume they thought Death Warrant was better. Eventually.

Cannon Promotion section has some added images from film catalogues which were very kindly sent to me. Sadly, I only have the images so

if someone would like to sell or donate (or do multiple scans) of something like please let me know: See the Contact Me page on the main menu

Thanks.

Pirates (1986) pages added under Cannon’s Best menu. In my top 5 Cannon films.

Spider-Man page added in the Film & Image section.

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Chuck could have been Cannon films! Fifty-Fifty (1992) did make it but with RoboCop starring. US poster here

…not all bad Chuck news as I’ve added the rental UK VHS scan (The German VHS has been added to Cannon IMDb A-Z)

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Never happened with Dudukoff, name dropped and Cannon Pictures handled it after Cannon International disappeared.

Original UK poster for Lemon Popsicle 3 Hot Bubblegum (1981). I think Guild Film Distributors or Entertainment handled this but I’m not sure. Looks more like the 1950s that 1980s.

Publicity book for Lifeforce (1985) in the UK.

DOUBLE DAMME!

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2 Van Dammes on one VHS tape. Just realised to get to the 2^nd film you have to fast forward the tape (unlike DVD).

I’m guessing real JCVD fans’ VCRs don’t have a fast forward button and they watch both films right through? :p

Cannon pic of the day. Not sure about a tagline but you can make up your own…

Added scans:

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Yes, the best pirates movie ever made has been added to the Cannon Warner Gallery. One of my favourite Cannon films and I’ll do a page on it soon.

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Business as Usual (1987) (Warner – Cannon) One of several Cannon UK films which have never made it to DVD due to rights issues.

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Chain of Command (1994) (Warner – Cannon) Probably the last Cannon labelled release in the UK and Dudikoff’s farewell to Cannon I reckon.

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Stallone’s Cobra (1986) UK and German VHS rental scans. I prefer the UK cover but the German one is pretty cool. No Cannon logo as Warner bought this and 20+ other films from Cannon. Cannon/Golan-Globus still get a mention of course.

Kid Vengeance (1977) (Rank Video - Cannon) Most of the cast wandered on to God's Gun (1976) also released by Rank on UK VHS.

Added scans:

American Ninja 4 The Annihilation (1990) (MGM/UA - Cannon)

American Ninja 5 (1993) (Warner Home Video - Cannon)

Company Business (1991) (Cannon-VMP)

Doin' Time on Planet Earth (Warner Home Video - Cannon)

Exterminator 2 (Guild Home Video - Cannon)

Five Corners (1987) (Pathé Cannon)

Going Bananas (1987) (Pathé Cannon)

Harem (1985) (Rank Video - Cannon)

Joe (1970) (Stablecane)

Last American Virgin (1982) (Guild Home Video - Cannon)

Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984) (Guild Home Video - Cannon)

Red Sonja (Warner Home Video - Cannon)

Russia House, The (1990) (Cannon-VMP)

Street Smart (1987) (Warner Home Video - Cannon)

Sword of the Valiant (1984) (Guild Home Video - Cannon)

Wicked Lady, The (1983) (Guild Home Video - Cannon)

Got a better image, information or something I’m missing or I have wrong?

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