Flesh Gordon (1974)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Directors:

Michael Benveniste
Howard Ziehm

Writer:

Michael Benveniste (screenplay)

Release Date:

30 July 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Not to be confused with the original "Flash Gordon"

Plot:

Emperor Wang (the Perverted) is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty "Sex Ray" towards Earth...

Plot Keywords:

Ray | Sex | Football Player | Planet | Nudity

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jason Williams	...	Flesh Gordon
Suzanne Fields	...	Dale Ardor
Joseph Hudgins	...	Dr. Flexi Jerkoff
William Dennis Hunt	...	Emperor Wang the Perverted (as William Hunt)
Candy Samples	...	Chief Nellie (also as Mary Gavin)
Mycle Brandy	...	Amora, Queen of Magic
John Hoyt	...	Prof. Gordon
Steve Grumette		(as Steve Grummette)
Nora Wieternik
Lance Larsen	...	Prince Precious
Hillary Summers		(as Judy Ziehm)
Leonard Goodman
Donald Lee Harris
Howard Alexander
Jack Rowe

Runtime:

78 min | USA:90 min (collector's edition) | 72 min (cut version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | West Germany:18 | Australia:R | Austria:18 | Canada:16+ (Québec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | France:-16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:16 (cut) | UK:18 | USA:R (edited for re-rating) (1975) | USA:X (original rating) | Netherlands:18

Company:

Graffiti Productions

Trivia:

Hardcore sequences were seized by police in a raid. The director was forced to view the film in the judge's chambers and all hardcore material was removed.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In one of the first scenes, a character clearly says, "Dr. Gordon, all of us here are aware of the total degragation that has overcome the masses." Obviously, he was meant to say "degradation."

Quotes:

Emperor Wang the Perverted: Out of my way, dildo!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993) (V)

Fun Parody of The Original

This is a wonderful parody of the original serial version from the mid 1930s. The quality of acting, writing, directing, budget, costuming, and effects is dead on, almost a one-for-one match. Lots of great dialog, very quotable ("Good, there's Oxygen on this planet.").

There are two versions of this film floating around, the unrated version and a cut "R" version. The unrated version is the one to see! Most films can have "X" material edited out of them with no consequence, but not here. Whole sections of the plot (as thin as it is) are missing without the deleted footage.

This film features early work from Greg Jein, David Allen, Rick Baker, and Jim Danforth (who is listed with his name spelled backwards "Mij Htrofnad"). All went on to greater things in their careers.

Avoid the sequal from 1989, it tried too hard and fell flat on all fronts.