The Cannon Group, Inc.

The Cannon Group, Inc.
Company type	Private
Industry	Film production
Founded	October 23, 1967
Founders	Dennis Friedland; Christopher C. Dewey
Defunct	January 21, 1994
Fate	Rebranded as Pathé Communications and later folded into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Successor	Library:; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (with some exceptions)
Headquarters	United States; (Also owned studios and cinema chains throughout the UK, Israel and Europe)
Key people	Dennis Friedland; (1967–1979); Christopher C. Dewey; (1967–1979); Menahem Golan; (1979–1989); Yoram Globus; (1979–1994); Giancarlo Parretti; (1989–1990); Ovidio G. Assonitis; (1989–1990); Christopher Pearce; (1990–1994)
Products	Motion pictures; Video releasing; Cinema Chains (UK and Europe)
Subsidiaries	Cannon Video; Cannon Cinemas; Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment; HBO/Cannon Video; ABC Cinemas

The Cannon Group, Inc. was an American group of companies, including Cannon Films, which produced films from 1967 to 1994.^[2] The extensive group also owned, amongst others, a large international cinema chain and a video film company that invested heavily in the video market, buying the international video rights to several classic film libraries. Some of their best known films include Joe (1970), Runaway Train (1985) and Street Smart (1987), all of which were Oscar-nominated.

^ Fabrikant, Geraldine (March 1, 1989). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Golan Quits Cannon Group To Form His Own Company". The New York Times. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
^ Lambie, Ryan (September 20, 2013). "The rise and fall of Cannon Films". Den of Geek. Retrieved March 11, 2014.

[1] Fabrikant, Geraldine (March 1, 1989). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Golan Quits Cannon Group To Form His Own Company". The New York Times. Retrieved August 8, 2010.

[2] Lambie, Ryan (September 20, 2013). "The rise and fall of Cannon Films". Den of Geek. Retrieved March 11, 2014.

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