Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon
PG
6.2
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1980

·

111m

Flash Gordon

Summary

A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Director

Mike Hodges

Adaptation

Michael Allin

Characters

Alex Raymond

Screenplay

Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Reviews

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August 2, 2019

8

One of the least appreciated movies made in my lifetime. Done right after the glory that was The Empire Strikes Back and released to a public that had forgotten who Flash Gordon was or what the 1930's serials with Larry "Buster" Crabbe represented. Although the public was drooling desire for more high tech special effects and serious Space Opera, Flash went in the opposite direction and brought Campy back with a style all his own. This movie PERFECTLY recreated everything that those early B&W serials threw at those screaming kids sitting up in the movie theater balcony. Not to mention that the actor recreations were done as if the drawn characters came to life and leaped out of the funny papers to star on the silver screen. Max von Sydow IS Emperor Ming. Brian Blessed IS Prince Vultan. Sam Jones and Melody Anderson came in as the unknowns they needed to be and stole the show. The ONLY downfall to this movie was the fact that it did so poorly at the box office and never received the sequel it hinted at in its ending.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$35,000,000.00

Revenue:

$27,100,000.00

Keywords

fighter
emperor
solar eclipse
prince
deception
alien planet
duel
scientist
space opera
flash gordon
evil dictator
action hero
floating city
giant forest