Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Australian theatrical poster
Directed by	Mark Hartley
Written by	Mark Hartley
Produced by	Veronica Fury Brett Ratner
Starring	Menahem Golan Yoram Globus
Cinematography	Garry Richards
Edited by	Jamie Blanks Sara Edwards Mark Hartley
Music by	Jamie Blanks
Distributed by	Umbrella Entertainment
Release date	2 August 2014 (2014-08-02) (Melbourne International Film Festival)
Running time	106 minutes[1]
Country	Australia
Language	English

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films is a 2014 Australian documentary film written and directed by Mark Hartley. It focuses on the story of The Cannon Group.

Interviewees

Production

The film was partly funded by Brett Ratner's RatPac-Dune Entertainment. Other investors included the Melbourne International Film Festival’s Premiere Fund, Film Victoria, and Screen Queensland.^[2]

Release

Electric Boogaloo had its world premiere in August 2014 at the Melbourne International Film Festival,^[3] and was shown in October 2014 at the BFI London Film Festival.^[4] 2015 screen as part of the Film Comment Selects tribute to Cannon Films on 20 February in the Walter Reade Theater.^[5]

Critical reception

The film received generally positive reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 95% rating, based on 37 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The site's consensus states: "Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films pays tribute to the titular studio with an affectionate look back that's arguably more entertaining than much of Cannon's own B-movie product."^[6]