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Menahem Golan is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Co-Executive Producer Israelien born on 31 may 1929 at Tiberias (Israel)
Menahem Golan (born May 31, 1929) (Hebrew: מנחם גולן) is an Israeli director and producer. He has produced movies for such stars as Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Charles Bronson, and was known for a period as a producer of comic book-style movies like Masters of the Universe, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Captain America, and his aborted attempt to bring Spider-Man to the silver screen. Using the pen name of Joseph Goldman, Golan has also written and "polished" film scripts. He was co-owner of Golan-Globus with his cousin Yoram Globus.
Golan produced about 200 films, directed 44, won 8 times the Violin David Awards and The Israel Prize in Cinema.
(1982)
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(1987)
(Director)
(1985)
(Producer)
(1988)
(Executive Producer)
(1987)
(Producer)
(1981)
(Executive Producer)
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Birth name Menahem Globus
Nationality Israel
Birth 31 may 1929 at Tiberias (Israel)
Death 8 august 2014 (at 85 years) at Tel Aviv (Israel)
Awards Ophir Award, Israel Prize
Nationality Israel
Birth 31 may 1929 at Tiberias (Israel)
Death 8 august 2014 (at 85 years) at Tel Aviv (Israel)
Awards Ophir Award, Israel Prize
Menahem Golan (born May 31, 1929) (Hebrew: מנחם גולן) is an Israeli director and producer. He has produced movies for such stars as Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Charles Bronson, and was known for a period as a producer of comic book-style movies like Masters of the Universe, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Captain America, and his aborted attempt to bring Spider-Man to the silver screen. Using the pen name of Joseph Goldman, Golan has also written and "polished" film scripts. He was co-owner of Golan-Globus with his cousin Yoram Globus.
Golan produced about 200 films, directed 44, won 8 times the Violin David Awards and The Israel Prize in Cinema.
Biography
Menahem Golan was born on May 31, 1929, in Tiberias, then Mandate Palestine. He studied directing at the Old Vic School and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and filmmaking at New York University. During the Israeli War of Independence he served as a pilot in the Israeli Air Force. Golan is married and has three children.Best films
(1982)(Producer)
(1987)(Director)
(1985)(Producer)
(1988)(Executive Producer)
(1987)(Producer)
(1981)(Executive Producer)
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Filmography of Menahem Golan (175 films)
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, 1h46Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Menahem Golan, Molly Ringwald, Yoram Globus, Dolph Lundgren, Bo Derek, Marina Sirtis
Roles Self - Cannon Chairman (archive footage)
Rating73%
Mélangeant interviews, extraits de films et images d’archives, ce documentaire retrace l’histoire de la société de production Cannon Films, créée par Menahem Golan et Yoram Globus. Dans les années 1980, ces deux producteurs ont sans aucun doute produit les plus grands nanars du cinéma, s’emparant de force de la machine hollywoodienne, et changeant à jamais l’histoire du cinéma bis.
, 1h26Origin Israel
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus, Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Charles Bronson
Roles Self
Rating64%
In the 1980s, two Israeli cousins (Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus) had an impact on Hollywood by producing over 300 films and starting one of the most successful independent production companies, Cannon Films. Their complex and differing personalities made them successful and eventually led to their downfall.
Cannes Man (1996)
, 1h28Directed by Richard Martini
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La provence
Actors Francesco Quinn, Seymour Cassel, Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper, Jack Ong, Luana Anders
Roles Self
Rating50%
Frank 'Rhino' Rhinoslavsky (Quinn) is a dumb part-time cab driver in New York who wants to break into film business. He doesn't have anything to offer, and just thinks that he can start at the top, as a writer. Opportunity knocks on Frank's door when he goes to the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France to deliver some props to Troma, Inc.
Things (1995)
Directed by Amos Gitaï
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Actors Lea Koenig, Assi Dayan (אסי דיין), Amos Gitaï, Menahem Golan
Roles Nelo
Rating54%
C'est le premier volet d'une trilogie sur les villes israéliennes. Il est consacré à la ville de Tel-Aviv.
Deadly Heroes (1993)
, 1h44Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin Israel
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Michael Paré, Jan-Michael Vincent, Billy Drago, Claudette Mink, Alon Abutbul, Menahem Golan
Roles Fisherman
Rating36%
The film starts with a footage of a group of terrorists modifying toy guns to a real gun which can easily pass through a metal detector at Athens Airport. when a kid named Paul Cartowski discovers that the terrorist bring plastic guns, he soon wonders and tells his father who is also a former CIA and Navy SEAL, Brad Cartowski (Michael Paré). Then a gunfight begins and Cartowski is injured during a pursuit when the terrorists take the airport bus. The terrorists kidnaps his wife and fly her on a hijacked plane to North Africa. Cartowski goes in pursuit, aided by another ex-SEAL, Cody Grant (Jan-Michael Vincent).
King Lear (1987)
, 1h30Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Burgess Meredith, Molly Ringwald, Woody Allen, Leos Carax, Julie Delpy, Jean-Luc Godard
Roles Himself (voice) [uncredited]
Rating54%
L'écrivain Norman Mailer doit écrire une nouvelle version du Roi Lear de William Shakespeare. L'histoire se déroule après la catastrophe survenue à Tchernobyl, la vie est revenue à la normale, mais l'art n'existe plus. William Shakespeare junior, cinquième du nom, se lance alors à la recherche d'oeuvres disparues. Il découvre un ponte de la mafia, Don Learo, et sa fille, Cordelia, qui entretiennent des rapports conflictuels.
, 1hDirected by Michael Ventura
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about films
Actors John Cassavetes, Ted Allan, Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Ben Carruthers, John Marley
Roles Self
Rating74%
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Crime and Punishment (2002)
, 2h6Directed by Menahem Golan
Genres Drama
Actors Crispin Glover, Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt, Margot Kidder, Philip Jackson, John Neville
Rating56%
Though the novel Crime and Punishment was written and set in the 19th century, this film version takes place in the then-future setting of the early 21st century. Rodion Raskolnikov, a student in his twenties who lives in Moscow, has published a paper which he argues that certain superior individuals can legitimately ignore laws, even the law against murder. He acts out this arrogant theory by murdering an old woman, a pawnbroker, and her sister who accidentally witnesses the crime. In the aftermath, Raskolnikov is increasingly tortured by his conscience.
Lima: Breaking the Silence (1999)
, 1h30Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Joe Lara, Billy Drago, Christopher Atkins, Bentley Mitchum, Julie St. Claire, Richard Lynch
Rating35%
The Versace Murder (1998)
, 1h42Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Franco Nero, Steven Bauer, Matt Servitto, David Anthony Pizzuto, Jack Guzman
Rating35%
Spree killer Andrew Cunanan (Shane Perdue) leaves a trail of murder victims as he travels from San Francisco to Miami, finally killing world-famous fashion designer Gianni Versace (Franco Nero). The film recounts Cunanan's life before and after the murder, including details on his four other victims and his efforts to evade a nationwide manhunt that would end in his suicide.
Deadly Heroes (1993)
, 1h44Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin Israel
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Michael Paré, Jan-Michael Vincent, Billy Drago, Claudette Mink, Alon Abutbul, Menahem Golan
Rating36%
The film starts with a footage of a group of terrorists modifying toy guns to a real gun which can easily pass through a metal detector at Athens Airport. when a kid named Paul Cartowski discovers that the terrorist bring plastic guns, he soon wonders and tells his father who is also a former CIA and Navy SEAL, Brad Cartowski (Michael Paré). Then a gunfight begins and Cartowski is injured during a pursuit when the terrorists take the airport bus. The terrorists kidnaps his wife and fly her on a hijacked plane to North Africa. Cartowski goes in pursuit, aided by another ex-SEAL, Cody Grant (Jan-Michael Vincent).
Mack the Knife (1989)
, 1h58Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Raúl Juliá, Richard Harris, Roger Daltrey, Julie Walters, Bill Nighy, Clive Revill
Rating56%
In 19th century London, young Polly Peachum falls for the famous womanizing criminal Macheath and they decide to get married, but because of her family's disapproval, her father ("the king of thieves") has MacHeath arrested.
Hanna's War (1988)
, 2h28Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Maruschka Detmers, Anthony Andrews, Donald Pleasence, David Warner, Rade Šerbedžija
Rating61%
Hannah Senesh was a real-life Hungarian Jew who became a martyr to the cause of freedom during World War II. Though safely living in British Mandate Palestine at the start of the war, Hannah volunteers to venture behind enemy lines in Europe knowing that in all likelihood, she will die. She is captured, undergoing horrendous tortures before the Germans execute her.
Over the Top (1987)
, 1h33Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Trucker films, L'enfance marginalisée, Road movies, Chase films, Films about school violence
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, Rick Zumwalt, David Mendenhall, Allan Graf
Rating58%
Lincoln Hawk is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra cash while trying to rebuild his life. Hawk's estranged wife Christina, who is very ill, asks that Hawk pick up their son Michael from military school so that the two of them can get to know each other; Hawk had left them ten years earlier. Michael's controlling grandfather Jason Cutler, a wealthy man who hates Hawk and disapproved of his daughter's relationship with him, believes that Hawk has no right to be in his grandson's life. Michael is very distrusting and bitter towards Hawk initially and treats him with contempt at every turn.
The Delta Force (1986)
, 2h5Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Motocyclette, Political films, Dans un avion, Films about hijackings
Actors Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Kim Delaney, Robert Forster
Rating56%
The film opens up on Operation Eagle Claw, the American operation to rescue American hostages being held at the U.S. embassy to Tehran. The operation is being aborted after a fatal helicopter crash, with the U.S. Delta Force evacuating to their C-130 transports. Among them is Captain Scott McCoy, who, against orders, rescues his wounded comrade Pete Peterson from the burning helicopter before the team finally evacuates. McCoy expresses his disgust for the politicians and military hierarchy that forced the mission to launch despite the risks, and announces he is resigning his commission.