Cannon Films Logo

Blimey. This brings back memories. Cannon was a film production company that was bought by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus in 1979. During the 80's the company was responsible for some of the best "worst" films ever made. Check out this list of notable efforts....

Death Wish 1 to... whatever
Masters Of The Universe
King Solomon's Mines
Cobra
Lifeforce
Over The Top
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Bolero
The Delta Force

And.... I kid you not, Puss In Boots, a 1988 musical version of the story starring Christopher Walken as "Puss" and Jason Connery. However, the logo resonates with me because there was a 3 screen Cannon Cinema near where I grew up, and they'd play it before the start of each film.

Happy days.

I also remember that (for what seemed like an age) they only ever played the same 5 or 6 adverts before each film.

"If you're drinking Bacardi".

You had to be there.

Oh..... and for a while they would slip in the video for the Kate Bush song "Sensual World".

Cinema in the 80's was awesome.

P.S. BLOODY HELL!! Found this on youtube! This was the add that seemed to run in the cinema forever. All those happy memories of seeing both good and (really) bad films at the Cannon Cinema Tunbridge Wells come flooding back.