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Flash Gordon (1980) 6.3
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6.3/10 from 24,848 users
Metascore: 63/100
Reviews: 223 user | 113 critic | 6 from Metacritic.com A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth. Director:Mike Hodges |
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Cast
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| Melody Anderson | ... | ||
| Max von Sydow | ... |
The Emperor Ming /
Ming's Floating Servant
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| Ornella Muti | ... | ||
| Timothy Dalton | ... | ||
| Brian Blessed | ... | ||
| Peter Wyngarde | ... | ||
| Mariangela Melato | ... |
Kala
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John Osborne | ... |
Arborian Priest
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Fico
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John Hallam | ... |
Luro
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Philip Stone | ... |
Zogi, the High Priest
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Suzanne Danielle | ... |
Serving Girl
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Munson
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
In this update of the 1930s comic strip, Flash Gordon is a football hero who is skyjacked aboard Dr. Hans Zarkov's rocketship along with beautiful Dale Arden. The threesome are drawn into the influence of the planet Mongo, ruled by Emperor Ming the Merciless. Ming has been testing the Earth with unnatural disasters, and deeming it a threat to his rule, he plans to destroy it. He also intends to take Dale as his concubine. Flash must avoid the amorous attentions of Ming's daughter, and unite the warring kingdoms of Mongo to rescue Dale and save our world. Written by David Thiel <d-thiel@uiuc.edu>
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He'll save every one of us! See more »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 December 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Blixt Gordon See more »Box Office
Budget:
$35,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
SEK 2,341,328 (Sweden)Company Credits
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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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.
The Emperor Ming: How peaceful it looks.
[He activates a console, and watches as earthquakes, floods, etc. start to occur. They both get a good laugh out of it]
Klytus: Most effective, Your Majesty. Will you destroy this Earth?
The Emperor Ming: Later. I like to play with thing a while before annihilation.
[laughs evilly]
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Written by Brian May
Produced by Brian May and Mack (Reinhold Mack)
Performed by Queen
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Dr. Zarkov's backstory was that he was a NASA scientist who was fired for his paranoid fantasies that Earth was going to be attacked from outer space. Sixty Minutes derided him as "A Poor Man's Billy Mitchell". See more »Goofs
After General Kala announces the execution of Zarkov and Barin, there is a small scene when the gold faced guards are lined up and ordered to march by their superior (in some distorted voice). The distorted voice matches the mouth movements of the superior for several words, then doesn't as his mouth is closed. However, the voice continues to sound off. See more »Quotes
[first lines]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.
The Emperor Ming: How peaceful it looks.
[He activates a console, and watches as earthquakes, floods, etc. start to occur. They both get a good laugh out of it]
Klytus: Most effective, Your Majesty. Will you destroy this Earth?
The Emperor Ming: Later. I like to play with thing a while before annihilation.
[laughs evilly]
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Crazy Credits
The opening credits are being played along with various clips of the original comic book strips, along with drawings of character models, all accompanied by the trademark song "Flash" by Queen. See more »Soundtracks
"Flash"Written by Brian May
Produced by Brian May and Mack (Reinhold Mack)
Performed by Queen
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This film is awesome on just about every level. It's camp, full of fabulously outrageous acting and is just downright silly. This is what film making ought to be about. Fun entertainment that doesn't take itself too seriously and with a soundtrack that will grab you by the throat and force you to have a good time.
The fact that the special effects are a bit wobbly, the reconciliation between Flash and Barin is hilarious and the whole macho test of man-hood by Peter Duncan looks like a scene from Robin Hood meets Pricilla Queen of the Desert, are not weaknesses but just add to this film.
Blake's 7 would not have been what it is if the sets hadn't of moved and Flash Gordon would never have worked without seventy miles of red and gold satin and lycra.
Go Flash!