Cannon Films

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film production company independent film company

Cannon Films was a prolific independent film production and distribution company best known for its low- to mid-budget action movies and cult classics during the 1980s.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cannon Films canonical 7
Cannon Film Distributors 3
Cannon Releasing 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film production company ⓘ
independent film company ⓘ
acquiredBy Menahem Golan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoram Globus NERFINISHED ⓘ
acquisitionYear 1979 ⓘ
activePeriod 1980s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Cannon Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaboratedWith Charles Bronson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chuck Norris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean-Claude Van Damme NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Dudikoff NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
foundedAs The Cannon Group, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Chris Dewey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dennis Friedland NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreSpecialty action films ⓘ
cult films ⓘ
exploitation films ⓘ
headquartersLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
industry film industry ⓘ
keyPerson Menahem Golan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoram Globus NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor aggressive pre-sales strategy ⓘ
cult following for its 1980s output ⓘ
fast, low-cost production methods ⓘ
notableFor low-budget action movies ⓘ
mid-budget action movies ⓘ
producedFilm 10 to Midnight NERFINISHED ⓘ
American Ninja NERFINISHED ⓘ
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Barfly NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bloodsport NERFINISHED ⓘ
Breakin' NERFINISHED ⓘ
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyborg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Death Wish 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Death Wish II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Delta Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Invasion U.S.A. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Love Streams NERFINISHED ⓘ
Masters of the Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Missing in Action NERFINISHED ⓘ
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning NERFINISHED ⓘ
Runaway Train NERFINISHED ⓘ
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Delta Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Last American Virgin NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace → productionCompany → Cannon Films ⓘ
Love Streams → distributor → Cannon Films ⓘ
Castaway (1986 film) → distributor → Cannon Films ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cannon Film Distributors
Castaway (1986 film) → productionCompany → Cannon Films ⓘ
Yoram Globus → employer → Cannon Films ⓘ
The Cannon Group → foundedAs → Cannon Films ⓘ
Runaway Train → distributor → Cannon Films ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cannon Releasing
The Return of the Musketeers → distributor → Cannon Films ⓘ
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 → distributor → Cannon Films ⓘ
Born American → distributor → Cannon Films ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cannon Film Distributors
Masters of the Universe (1987 film) → distributor → Cannon Films ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cannon Film Distributors