Couch Potato Theater: Firewalker (1986) - 1980’s Cannon Films Retrospective

Couch Potato Theater: Firewalker (1986) - 1980's Cannon Films Retrospective

 

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Welcome to Couch Potato Theater, where we celebrate our favorite movies on the Fandom Podcast Network! This year we're celebrating 1980's Cannon action films with a retrospective on how important these movies were to our fandom then, and the nostalgic grasp they still have on us today. On this episode we discuss the the lighter side of 80's Chuck Norris, the buddy adventure film with co-star Louis Gossett Jr. in, Firewalker (1986). 

Firewalker is a 1986 American action-adventure comedy film starring Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Will Sampson in his final feature film role, and Melody Anderson. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Norman Aladjem, Robert Gosnell and Jeffrey M. Rosenbaum.

Plot Synopsis:
Max Donigan (Norris) and Leo Porter (Gossett), down-on-their-luck treasure hunters, team up with Patricia Goodwin (Anderson), a psychic with a map to a legendary Aztec treasure guarded by the sinister Firewalker. Their journey takes them through a perilous trek through Central America.

We will also discuss the films 1980's Cannon Films Famous Producers, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. We also mention the documentaries about them, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014), and The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films (2014).

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