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…
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Flash Gordon
Overview
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
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Release date
05/12/1980
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Sam J. Jones
Flash Gordon
Melody Anderson
Dale Arden
Max von Sydow
The Emperor Ming
Chaim 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
Bobbie Brown
Hedonia
Ted Carroll
Biro
Adrienne Kronenberg
Vultan's Daughter
Stanley Lebor
Mongon Doctor
John Morton
Airline Pilot
Burnell Tucker
Airline Co-Pilot
Robbie Coltrane
Man at Airfield
Peter Duncan
Young Treeman
Ken Sicklen
A Treeman
Tessa Hewitt
Hawk Woman
Venetia Spicer
Hawk Woman
Francis Mughan
Wounded Hawkman
Oliver MacGreevy
Klytus Observer No. 1
John Hollis
Klytus Observer No. 2
Paul Bentall
Klytus' Pilot
Leon Greene
Colonel of Battle Control
Graeme Crowther
Battle Room Controller
Tony Scannell
Ming's Officer
David Neal
Captain of Ming's Air Force
Bogdan Kominowski
Lieutenant of Ming's Air Force
George Harris
Prince of Ardentia
Colin Taylor
King of Frigia
Doretta Dunkley
Queen of Frigia
Sally Nicholson
Queen of Azuria
Deep Roy
Princess Aura's Pet
Michelle Mildwater
Special Movement
Marie Green
Special Movement
Imogen Claire
Special Movement
Kay Zimmerman
Special Movement
Frederick Warder
Special Movement
Stephen Brigden
Special Movement
Lionel Guyett
Special Movement
Ken Robertson
Special Movement
Andy Bradford
Hawkman
Bertram Adams
Hawkman
Terry Forrestal
Hawkman
Mike Potter
Hawkman
John Sullivan
Hawkman
Eddie Stacey
Hawkman
John Lees
Hawkman
Roy Scammell
Hawkman
Kathy Marquis
Sandmoon Girl
Sophie
Sandmoon Girl
Kathy September
Sandmoon Girl
Glenna Forster-Jones
Sandmoon Girl
Roseanne Romine
Cytherian Girl
Snehal Patel
Cytherian Girl
Magda
Cytherian Girl
Shaka
Cytherian Girl
Lindy
Cytherian Girl
Viva
Cytherian Girl
Beverly Andrews
Cytherian Girl
Frances Ward
Cytherian Girl
Kerry-Lou Baylis
Cytherian Girl
Camella
Cytherian Girl
Eddie Powell
Ming's Brute
Jill Goldston
Flashback Friend of Dr. Hans Zarkov (uncredited)
Karen Johnson
Serving Girl in Ming's Chair
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Campy and fun science fiction fantasy-adventure flick has some cheesy but colorful and good production designs and the performances for the most part were fine, with Max Von Sydow lending prestige to a goofy character and Sam J. Jones was okay in the lead, but he's really not asked to do a whole lot (both in acting and fighting) while Melody Anderson was alright though the "romance" between her and Flash Gordon was a bit forced. And for its time, I thought the special/visual effects were adequate, superior to the likes of Superman 3 & 4 released years later (1983/1987). Enjoyable time waster a…
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Now then, anyone who thinks that Max von Sydov's best film was "the Seventh Seal" (1957) really does need to get their priorities right: forget Ingmar Bergman - it has to be this marvellously camp effort from Mike Hodges and Dino de Laurentiis that allows him to act the megalomanic whilst dressing up like the best panto villain you're ever likely to encounter. Sam J. Jones is the eponymous hero who, alongside the rather hapless Melody Anderson ("Dale") and Topol's slightly demented scientist ("Zarkov"), falls prey to the mischievous games of "Ming the Merciless" as he toys with the Earth. Once…
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