The film comes from multiple award winning Mark Hartley, the man behind the highly praised and endlessly enjoyable doco "Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!" which chronicled the exploitation, trashy horror and B-grade action movies of the Australian film industry in the 1970's and 80's.
For 'Boogaloo'. Hartley has lined up interviews with around fifty people. The two key talks he is trying to score though are on screen chats with Israeli-born cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. The pair purchased Cannon Films in 1979 and then released dozens of high-end exploitation films including the likes of "Cobra," "King Solomon's Mines," "Masters of the Universe," "Over the Top," "Invasion U.S.A.," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" along with the Death Wish film series and other action franchises.
Drafthouse Films was hoping to give 'Boogaloo' a theatrical release this year but money woes have pushed the project back and Harltley won't start filming until next July.
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