Cannon Movie Tales

Cannon Movie Tales
Produced by
Production
company
Distributed byThe Cannon Group
Release date
1986–1989
Countries
  • United States
  • Israel
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$1.5 million (per film)[1]

Cannon Movie Tales is the collective name for a series of live-action films created in the late 1980s by Cannon Group producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, associate producer Patricia Ruben, and executive producer Itzik Kol. Filmed principally on location in Israel, these stories are generally fairy tales based on material by either the Brothers Grimm or Charles Perrault, among others. Major stars, from both the United States and the United Kingdom, play the leading roles, in which they are joined by a mostly all-Israeli cast. The major Israeli-born member of the crew was the series' production designer, Marek Dobrowolski. Announced as early as May 1986 (at the Cannes Film Festival),[2] Cannon initiated the project as its answer to Disney's fairy-tale offerings, and invested US$50 million in the series.[3] Sixteen stories (originally planned to be twelve stories), each costing US$1.5 million,[1] were originally planned;[3][4][5] only nine were released.

  1. ^ a b Kasindorf, Martin (May 17, 1987). "Cannes: From Godard to the Go-Go Boys". Newsday. p. 7 (Part II).
  2. ^ Mathews, Jack (May 14, 1986). "It's Cannes Without Chaos This Year". Los Angeles Times. p. 6 (Calendar; Entertainment Desk). Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  3. ^ a b New York Times News Services (October 20, 1986). "10 major directors set for 'Aria'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 14. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  4. ^ Darnton, Nina (September 7, 1986). "Season Preview: Film; Major Directors Offering Their Wares". The New York Times. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  5. ^ Fainaru, Edina (1986-04-09). "Cannon To Follow 'Rumpelstiltskin' With 11 More Tales". Variety. p. 4.