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Release Date:
5 December 1980 (USA)
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He'll save every one of us! more
Plot:
A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyrant, Ming the Merciless, to save Earth. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards.
Another 1 win
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8 nominations
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(43 articles)
'Avatar' star will not portray Flash Gordon
(From Denver Movies Examiner. 5 January 2010, 12:02 PM, PST)
Gone in a Flash: Sam Worthington and Ryan Reynolds Not up for Flash Gordon
(From The Geek Files. 3 January 2010, 11:37 AM, PST)
(From Denver Movies Examiner. 5 January 2010, 12:02 PM, PST)
Gone in a Flash: Sam Worthington and Ryan Reynolds Not up for Flash Gordon
(From The Geek Files. 3 January 2010, 11:37 AM, PST)
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Knowingly Camp version of matinée sci-fi classic
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sam J. Jones | ... | Flash Gordon |
| Melody Anderson | ... | Dale Arden |
 | Max von Sydow | ... | The Emperor Ming / Ming's Floating Servant (as Max Von Sydow) |
| Topol | ... | Dr. Hans Zarkov |
| Ornella Muti | ... | Princess Aura |
 | Timothy Dalton | ... | Prince Barin |
| Brian Blessed | ... | Prince Vultan |
| Peter Wyngarde | ... | Klytus |
| Mariangela Melato | ... | Kala |
| John Osborne | ... | Arborian Priest |
 | Richard O'Brien | ... | Fico |
| John Hallam | ... | Luro |
| Philip Stone | ... | Zogi, the High Priest |
| Suzanne Danielle | ... | Serving Girl |
 | William Hootkins | ... | Munson |
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Also Known As:
Blixt Gordon (Sweden) [sv]
Fezada çarpisanlar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Flash Gordon (France) [fr]
Flash Gordon (Finland) [fi]
Flash Gordon (Portugal) [pt]
Flash Gordon (Greece) [el]
Flash Gordon (Spain) [es]
Flash Gordon - iskevä salama (Finland) [fi]
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Fezada çarpisanlar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Flash Gordon (France) [fr]
Flash Gordon (Finland) [fi]
Flash Gordon (Portugal) [pt]
Flash Gordon (Greece) [el]
Flash Gordon (Spain) [es]
Flash Gordon - iskevä salama (Finland) [fi]
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Runtime:
111 min
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Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
UK:A (theatrical rating) |
Iceland:L |
Singapore:PG |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12
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Continuity: Again in the same fight, some of the spikes on the fighting platform can be seen folding under both Prince Barin and Flash's body as they fall on them (watch closely as the scene changes quickly), clearly showing that the spikes are made of rubber.
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The Emperor Ming: Klytus, I'm bored. What play thing can you offer me today?
Klytus: An obscure body in the S-K System, your majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet Earth.
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The Emperor Ming: Klytus, I'm bored. What play thing can you offer me today?
Klytus: An obscure body in the S-K System, your majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet Earth.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Blades of Glory (2007)
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Soundtrack:
Flash
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Why do the Hawkmen use rocket cycles if they have wings and, therefore, can fly by themselves?more
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During the middle section of this movie, our hero 'Flash' Gordon, accompanied by Ornella "Most beautiful woman in the world" Muti, witnesses ex Bond Timothy Dalton giving ex Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan the sweet merciful release of death by putting him to the(cardboard) sword (offscreen). "Its an initiation" purrs the shapely Muti, "I just love initiations".
This 1980 version of the perennial Saturday morning sci-fi cliffhanger is a feast for the senses. That is, if your senses crave lashings of junkfood. With an eye meltingly lurid palette of colours and rocktastic Queen soundtrack Flash Gordon was the perfectly overblown movie for the start of an overblown decade. The costumes are extravagantly cheesy, the effects farcical, the acting hilarious.
Almost every minor character was hammed up to perfection by the cream (or perhaps custard) of character actors of the time including such luminaries as Rocky Horrors Richard O Brien, Phillip "I corrected them" Stone from the Shining and the half-man, half-beast that is Brian Blessed.
The only minor flaw in this popcorn delight is the fact that it is, in almost every way - a terrible, awful movie - I HIGHLY recommend it.