Menahem Golan

Production

Menahem Golan

Born 1929-05-31 · Tiberias, Palestine [now Israel]

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Menahem Golan (born 31 October, 1929 - died 8 August, 2014) was 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 also wrote and "polished" film scripts. He was co-owner of Golan-Globus with his cousin Yoram Globus. Description above from the Wikipedia article Menahem Golan licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Armstrong poster
4.7

The Cold War has just heated up! CIA Agent Bob Taylor (Charles Napier) arrives in Moscow with his new wife Susan (Kimberley Kates) with a highly secret video tape of Russian missiles leaving an unknown base near Moscow under the cover of darkness. Are these missiles destined to be aimed at the US or are they being smuggled to a terrorist organisation. The Americans need to know where these missiles are going, the only person who can help them discover their destination is Armstrong (Frank Zagarino) an ex buddy of Bob who now trains an elite Russian anti-terrorist squad under the command of Colonel Zukov (Richard Lynch). Zukov is from the old guard, corrupt, ruthless, and will stop at nothing to gain control.

Armstrong

1998

Hollywood Banker poster
6.4

How Frans Afman, a banker from the Netherlands, developed a new system for film financing, revolutionized independent filmmaking in Hollywood, but could not prevent it all from crashing down, when ambition of others turned into greed.

Hollywood Banker

2014

Cannes Man poster
5.3

Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab driver who is visiting the festival is chosen as the test subject to settle the bet and Sy uses his skills of hype and manipulation to try and turn the cab driver named Frank into the talk of the town. Many celebrities make cameos throughout the film.

Cannes Man

1996

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman poster
6.0

A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media and the challenges the Salkinds faced • Vision - Creating the right script, Choosing the right director and casting the right actors • Ascent - The production and launch of a new kind of fantasy film • Crisis - Complications and conflicts between the creative forces behind Superman II • Redemption - Criticisms and burnout of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

2006

No artwork available
6.5

Israeli Go-Go Boys Golan and Globus at the height of their careers - everybody is working for Cannon!

The Last Moguls

1986

El Dorado poster
5.7

Sherman, who is on trial for murder, is found not guilty thanks to reasonable doubt, however; having stood trial leaves the young felon a changed man. He falls head over heels with his defence attorney’s bright daughter and is even willing to turn his back on a life of crime for her, including walking away from his long-time partner, Jaffan prostitute, Margot. However, the road back to the straight and narrow is not an easy one and indeed, many around hm are wary of this so-called, newly-reformed Sherman.

El Dorado

1963

King Lear poster
6.5

A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.

King Lear

1988

The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films poster
6.4

Cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus relive the creation, rise and fall of their independent film company, Cannon Films. This documentary recounts their many successes and discusses their eventual downfall.

The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films

2014

Deadly Heroes poster
4.4

Ex-Navy SEAL Brad Cartowski is injured during an attack at Athens airport by terrorists who kidnap his wife and fly her on a hijacked plane to North Africa. Cartowski goes in pursuit, aided by another ex-SEAL, Cody Grant. Cartowski soon finds the terrorists' hide-out but is captured and electro-tortured before he manages to escape. He soon returns with reinforcements to rescue his wife and to wreak vengeance on Carlos, head of the terrorist ring.

Deadly Heroes

1993

Eskimo Limon - Eis am Stiel: Von Siegern und Verlierern poster
5.5

Eric Friedler, multiple winner of the Grimme and German Television Awards, accompanies the actors from back then on a journey into their past. In intense encounters and interviews, he unearths painful confessions and suppressed feelings of guilt and shows how close fame and misery, rise and fall lie to one another.

Eskimo Limon - Eis am Stiel: Von Siegern und Verlierern

2018

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work poster
8.3

Filmmaker Michael Ventura follows Cassavetes around as the actor/director labors on his final film, Love Streams.

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

1984

Things poster
7.0

The story of three men living in Tel Aviv. They set off to attend a funeral. Unfortunately, they cannot find the right cemetery. Later the story shifts to their complex love lives.

Things

1995

Shooting Versace poster
7.0

Can Menahem Golan and Sam Lupowitz beat Hollywood to the screen with their ultra-low budget account of the Versace murder?

Shooting Versace

1998

The Big Eden poster
4.3

Rolf Eden is Germany’s last playboy. As ‘king of disco’ he launched the first beauty contests popularising DJing and striptease in prudish West Germany. Father of seven children of seven different women, he has danced with the Rolling Stones and Ella Fitzgerald in his clubs. Rolf Eden is a larger than life octogenarian with long, blond hair… his girlfriend is younger than his grandchild. This unflinching conviction was essential for Eden when he, coming from a Jewish background, entered the German entertainment business of the 1950s. Leaving Israel via Paris, he returned to post war Germany to open a nightclub on West Berlin famous Boulevard Kudamm, decidedly blocking out the country’s recent dark history.

The Big Eden

2011

A Dangerous Dance poster
3.0

Joseph, a young handsome unemployed from a small town in the South, spends his nights at the local dance-bar. He's the best Latino dancer in town - all the girls fall for him, charmed by his sex appeal - especially Tom, the hottest girl and best dancer in town. In the meantime, in the big city, we meet beautiful Annabelle, the daughter of Ernest, a multi millionaire and her stepmother Suzie. The family lives with the memories of Annabelle's deceased mother, a European prima ballerina who committed suicide.

A Dangerous Dance

2007

Golan: A Farewell to Mr Cinema poster
10.0

The final documentary in Christopher Sykes’ trilogy about legendary Palestinian-born Israeli movie director, producer, and studio mogul Menahem Golan looks back to the prolific filmmaker’s great Hollywood days, then forward to reveal a man who, in his eighties, still buzzes with energy, talking lovingly about what inspires him as he anticipates making a new blockbuster and receiving the Oscar he’s always wanted. - Denver Film Society

Golan: A Farewell to Mr Cinema

2015

Zachi Noy Privat poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zachi Noy Privat

1999

Behind the camera

Cobra poster
6.2

A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.

Cobra

1986

Bloodsport poster
7.1

An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.

Bloodsport

1988

Masters of the Universe poster
5.9

When the evil Skeletor finds a mysterious power called the Cosmic Key, he becomes nearly invincible, seizing Castle Grayskull and the surrounding city. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner and he begins to drain her life-force as he waits for the moon of Eternia to align with the Great Eye of the Universe which will bestow god-like power upon him. However, courageous warrior He-Man locates the locksmith inventor Gwildor, who created the Key and has another version of it. During a battle, one of the Keys is transported to Earth, where it is found by teenagers Julie and Kevin. Now, both He-Man and Skeletor's forces arrive on Earth searching for the potent weapon.

Masters of the Universe

1987

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold poster
4.8

After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Allan Quatermain decides to follow in his footsteps to learn what became of him. Soon after arriving, he discovers the Lost City of Gold, controlled by the evil lord Agon, and mined by his legions of white slaves.

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

1986

Lifeforce poster
6.2

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

Lifeforce

1985

The Delta Force poster
6.0

A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.

The Delta Force

1986

The Delta Force poster
6.0

A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.

The Delta Force

1986

The Delta Force poster
6.0

A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.

The Delta Force

1986

King Solomon's Mines poster
5.4

Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led by sinister German military officer Bockner, journey into the wilds of Africa, Allan and Jesse track the party and must contend with fierce natives and dangerous creatures, among other perils.

King Solomon's Mines

1985

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace poster
4.6

With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

1987

Over the Top poster
6.5

Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.

Over the Top

1987

Over the Top poster
6.5

Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.

Over the Top

1987

Cyborg poster
5.7

A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.

Cyborg

1989

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 poster
5.7

A radio host is victimised by the notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal hunts them.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

1986

Death Wish 3 poster
6.2

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

Death Wish 3

1985

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation poster
5.6

On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong investigates the disappearance of several marines, which leads him to The Lion, a super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation

1987

Missing in Action poster
5.9

American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp, Special Forces Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs.

Missing in Action

1984

American Ninja poster
6.0

Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.

American Ninja

1985

Firewalker poster
5.4

A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.

Firewalker

1986

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poster
5.2

Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. Gawain journeys across the land, learning about life, saving damsels, and solving the Green Knight's riddle.

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

1984

Invasion U.S.A. poster
5.8

A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.

Invasion U.S.A.

1985

Death Wish II poster
6.2

Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.

Death Wish II

1982

Sahara poster
5.8

Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara desert.

Sahara

1983

House of the Long Shadows poster
6.4

An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet that he can write a classic novel like 'Wuthering Heights' in 24 hours. However, upon his arrival he discovers that the apparently empty manor has several rather odd inhabitants.

House of the Long Shadows

1983