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Flash Gordon

Original poster for theatrical release of Flash Gordon
Directed by Mike Hodges
Produced by Bernard Williams (executive)
Dino De Laurentiis
Written by Michael Allin, Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Starring Sam J. Jones
Melody Anderson
Topol
Timothy Dalton
Max von Sydow
Ornella Muti
Brian Blessed
Music by Queen
Cinematography Gilbert Taylor
Editing by Malcolm Cooke
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) Flag of the United States December 5, 1980
Flag of Finland December 19, 1980
Flag of France January 28, 1981
Flag of Sweden February 20, 1981
Flag of Japan February 21, 1981
Flag of West Germany February 25, 1981
Running time 111 min.
Language English
Budget $35,000,000 (estimated)
IMDb profile

Flash Gordon is a 1980 science fiction film, based on the eponymous comic strip character Flash Gordon. The film was directed by Mike Hodges and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It stars Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol, Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, and Ornella Muti. The screenplay was written by Michael Allin and Lorenzo Semple Jr. It intentionally uses a camp style similar to the 1960s TV series Batman in an attempt to appeal to fans of the original comics and serial films. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (496x755, 79 KB) promotional poster for the American theatrical release of the film Flash Gordon (1980) Source URL: http://www. ... Mike Hodges (born July 29, 1932 in Bristol, England) is a British screenwriter and film director. ... Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis, (born August 8, 1919) is an Italian movie producer born at Torre Annunziata in the province of Naples. ... Lorenzo Semple Jr. ... 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Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1946[1]) is a Welsh born English actor of stage and screen, best known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989) and in his roles in Shakespearean related films and plays. ... Ornella Muti at Cannes, 2000. ... Sample from a screenplay, showing dialogue and action descriptions. ... Lorenzo Semple Jr. ... Camp is an aesthetic in which something has appeal because of its bad taste or ironic value. ... Burt Ward as Robin and Adam West as Batman Batman was the title of an exceptionally popular TV series based on the comic-book character Batman that aired on ABC TV for 2 1/2 seasons from 12 January 1966 to 14 March 1968. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...


Flash Gordon was one of the earlier high-budget feature films to use a score primarily composed and performed by a rock band. The film's soundtrack was composed and performed by the rock band Queen. An orchestral score was also composed by Howard Blake. Frank Herbert was a script consultant for the film.[1] For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Flash Gordon is a 1980 album by English rock band Queen. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ... A film score is a set of musical compositions written to accompany a film. ... Howard Blake is a film composer (born February 12, 1938 in London). ... Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. ...


Publicity for the film used the taglines: He'll save every one of us! and Pathetic Earthlings... Who Can Save You Now?.

Contents

Synopsis

The story opens with the voice of an alien ruler, Emperor Ming the Merciless (Max Von Sydow), complaining of being bored. He asks his second-in-command, General Klytus (Peter Wyngarde), if he has a plaything to offer him. Klytus has an immediate answer: "an obscure body in the SK system, known to its inhabitants as Earth". Using his power ring, Ming starts a series of Earthly disasters: tidal waves, earthquakes, and even “hot hail”. When asked if he would destroy the planet, Ming replies he likes "to play with things awhile before annihilation”. An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ... Max von Sydow as Emperor Ming in Flash Gordon (1980) Ming the Merciless is a fictional character appearing in the Flash Gordon comic strip. ...  , (born April 10, 1929) is an Academy-Award nominated Swedish actor, known in particular for his collaboration with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. ... Peter Wyngarde in an episode of The Champions (1968). ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ... tidal wave is the crest of a tide as it moves around the Earth. ... An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of stored energy in the Earths crust that creates seismic waves. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...


Meanwhile, on Earth in a town called Dark Harbor, New York Jets football star “Flash” Gordon (Sam J. Jones) is waiting to board a plane to head home when the “hot hail” begins, but he pays little attention to it. Moments later he meets Dale Arden (Melody Anderson). After they board the same plane, the disasters become progressively worse, caused by the moon being out of phase, sending moon fragments plummeting to the Earth, according to the research of disgraced scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov (Topol). Zarkov was secretly working on a rocket ship in which he set the coordinates for the source of the attacks. The Earthly anomalies worsen. Flash and Dale rush to the cockpit and take control of the plane, and promptly crash land in Dr. Zarkov’s greenhouse. The scientist and the two reluctant travelers become allies and board Dr. Zarkov’s rocket to the planet Mongo, where the three are promptly taken prisoner. City East Rutherford, New Jersey Other nicknames Gang Green, the Green and White Team colors Hunter Green and White Head Coach Eric Mangini Owner Woody Johnson General manager Mike Tannenbaum League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1960-1969) Eastern Division (1960-1969) National Football League (1970–present) American Football Conference... Autographed picture of Sam J. Jones as Flash Gordon Sam J. Jones (born August 12, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, often credited as Sam Jones. ... Melody Anderson is a Canadian-American acress. ... Chaim Topol (Hebrew: חיים טופול) (born September 9, 1935), often billed simply as Topol, is one of the most famous Israeli theatrical and film performers. ... Crash Landing was a 1975 posthumous release of Jimi Hendrix music. ... The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken. ...


Mongo comes across as an Imperial police state, run along the lines of autocratic regimes such as Nazi Germany but with a retro looking high tech aesthetic. Ming and Klytus, the head of the secret police, maintain their hold on power by surreptitiously encouraging conflicts between neighboring moon colonies, especially Arboria, a swamp-like moon ruled by Prince Barin (Timothy Dalton) and Prince Vultan (Brian Blessed) who rules the Hawkmen. Scholars masturbate about what exactly constitutes an empire (from the Latin imperium, denoting military command within the ancient Roman government). ... A police state is a political condition where the government maintains strict control over society, particularly through suspension of civil rights and often with the use of a force of secret police. ... Forms of government Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      An autocracy is a form of government in which the political power is held by a single person. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Retro is a term used to describe the culture of the past. ... High tech refers to high technology, technology that is at the cutting-edge and the most advanced currently available. ... The Parthenons facade showing an interpretation of golden rectangles in its proportions. ... Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1946[1]) is a Welsh born English actor of stage and screen, best known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989) and in his roles in Shakespearean related films and plays. ... Brian Blessed (pronounced //, or in the tradition of English poetry, Blessèd, born near Doncaster,October 9, 1937) is an English actor, who came to fame as PC Fancy Smith in the BBC TV police drama series Z Cars. ...


Flash, Dale and Zarkov are brought before Ming. Aiming his power ring at Dale, she goes into a trance. Ming orders her to be removed and prepared for his pleasure, but Flash openly defies Ming and picks a fight. Ming orders Zarkov into Klytus’ custody for reconditioning and repays Flash’s defiance in kind by ordering his execution. Following the execution, Princess Aura and Ming’s Chief Surgeon (one of her numerous lovers) arrive at the temporary mausoleum where they open Flash’s casket and resurrect him. Aura and Flash quickly retreat to Arboria, kingdom of Prince Barin, yet another lover of Aura’s.


During the flight to Arboria (Latin: Arbor translated as tree i.e. Arboria: land (or planet) of the trees), Flash coerces Aura to teach him to use a telepathic communicator so that he can contact Dale and let her know he is still alive. Relieved, Dale informs Flash she is locked in Ming’s bedchamber. Dale tells Zarkov that Flash is still alive. Dale and Zarkov subsequently escape. Soon after they are captured by Prince Vultan’s Hawkmen and taken to his kingdom. Klytus informs Ming of Flash’s resurrection and asks Ming’s authority to pursue the investigation; Ming agrees. Aura and Flash arrive at the forest moon Arboria. When Aura leaves, prince Barin throws Flash into a cage and lowers him into a swamp. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... The eight planets and three dwarf planets of the Solar System. ... Telepathy, from the Greek τῆλε, tele, remote; and πάθεια, patheia, to be effected by, describes the hypothetical transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five classical senses. ...


Barin decides to lure Flash into a trap by sending one of his Tree men into the cage with a key to get out. Flash eventually tricks Barin and escapes into the swamp, and Barin soon follows in pursuit. He catches up with Flash, but before he can kill him, the two are taken prisoner by more of Vultan’s Hawkmen. Aura returns alone to Ming City only to be taken prisoner and violently interrogated by Klytus and General Kala.


Flash and Barin are taken to Prince Vultan’s (Brian Blessed) kingdom, where Flash and Dale are briefly reunited. Klytus arrives to arrest Barin and Zarkov for treason. Flash and Barin double-team Klytus and kill him. The Hawkmen flee, leaving Barin, Flash, Dale and Zarkov behind. Ming’s ship arrives shortly after Vultan and his Hawkmen leave. Ming orders that only Barin, Zarkov and Dale are to be taken aboard his ship. He then disembarks to parlay with Flash, offering him a kingdom of Mongo to rule. But when Ming hints the kingdom Flash is to receive is his own planet Earth under Ming’s rule, Flash refuses. Ming returns to his ship and gives the order to destroy Vultan’s kingdom with Flash still on it. But as the bolts of energy tear the place asunder, Flash finds one of the Hawkmen’s rocket cycles, and uses it to escape. Brian Blessed (pronounced //, or in the tradition of English poetry, Blessèd, born near Doncaster,October 9, 1937) is an English actor, who came to fame as PC Fancy Smith in the BBC TV police drama series Z Cars. ... Traitor redirects here. ...


Back on Mongo, Dale is being prepared for her wedding to Ming in Ming City. Just as the wedding is about to begin, Flash approaches alone on the rocket cycle. General Kala, orders weapons to open fire at him. Kala orders Ajax, an Imperial rocket, to go after Flash and bring back his body. After a huge battle, the Hawkmen, heavily outnumbering Ajax’s crew, seize control of the rocket and, with Flash taking the helm, make their way toward Ming City. In Ming City, Princess Aura overpowers her guard and makes her way to the execution chamber, freeing Barin and Zarkov. To disguise her actions, Aura rushes to her father’s wedding while Barin and Zarkov head for the control center, where General Kala orders all weapons to fire upon Ajax as it is out of its proper flight pattern, and also orders Ming City’s protective lightning field to be charged up.


On Ming City, Ming and a defiant Dale’s wedding has just begun. Just as Ming places the ring on Dale’s finger, the lightning field deactivates to reveal Ajax plummeting toward the temple. There is a frantic dash for safety as Ajax smashes into the sanctuary, and its lance-like bow impales Ming right through his midsection. The impact throws Flash clear of the rocket, dazed but uninjured. He grabs a dead guard’s sword and gives Ming an ultimatum: call off his attack on Earth or die. Ming aims his power ring at Flash, but it seems to have no effect. With his power fading, he aims his ring at himself and vanishes. Barin and Vultan and his Hawkmen arrive, Flash is again reunited with Dale, and a huge victory celebration ensues. Vultan announces to the multitude that Barin is the rightful heir to the now-vacant throne. The newly-appointed King Barin shows his gratitude to Flash, appoints Vultan as the new Army General, and decrees that everyone live together in peace.


The last scene focuses on Ming’s empty power ring, and an unidentified hand picking it up as the words “the end” fade onto the screen, followed by a question mark- and Ming’s evil laughter.


Reception

With its camp style, exaggerated costumes and synthesized music, Flash Gordon had a poor box office performance, with the notable exception of the United Kingdom, where it is still one of the top 100 films of all time when adjusted for inflation. Max von Sydow (Ming) received a good deal of praise for his performance, despite Jones (Gordon) being nominated for a Golden Raspberry for worst lead actor. According to Empire magazine, Sam J. Jones had troubles of some sort with the director, which resulted in almost all of his dialogue being dubbed by a professional voice actor who has not been identified. Synthesizer as used in music, is a term derived from a Greek word syntithetai < synthesis (συντίθεται < σύνθεσις) and is used to describe a device capable of generating and/or manipulating electronic signals for use in music creation, recording and performance. ... The term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. ... The Golden Raspberries or Razzies were created by John Wilson in 1980, intended to complement the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films that the film industry had to offer. ...


The film went on to become a cult classic; many of the film's lines are intentionally tongue-in-cheek, and this knowing sense of humor contributes to the collective affection with which the picture is remembered by its fans. Despite its shortcomings, it maintains a 80% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes.com and is ranked #88 on the Rotten Tomatoes Journey Through Sci-Fi List (100 Best-Reviewed Sci-Fi Movies). This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up Humour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Rotten Tomatoes (http://www. ...


A sequel was also considered and according to Brian Blessed on the Region 2 DVD commentary for Flash Gordon - Silver Anniversary Edition, the sequel was going to be set on Mars, as a possible update of the Buster Crabbe serials. DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for storing data, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Buster Crabbe Buster Crabbe (February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983) was an American athlete turned actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s. ...


Awards

In 1981 the film got Saturn Award nominations in the categories: Best Costumes, Best Science Fiction Film and Best Supporting Actor (Max von Sydow). In the same year it was also nominated in 3 categories for the BAFTA Film Awards: Best Costume Design (Danilo Donati), Best Original Film Music (Queen) and Best Production Design/Art Direction (Danilo Donati). Sam Jones was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for worst actor in 1981. The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ... Razzie Award The Raspberry Awards or Razzies, first awarded in 1981, were created by John Wilson in 1980, intended to counterpoint the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films that the film industry had to offer. ...


Media

Although the film had long been available on VHS, it was long unavailable on DVD. It was released in Region 2 in 2005, with included commentary by Brian Blessed winning the "Commentary Of The Year" award from Hotdog Magazine for his humor and enthusiasm. On August 7, 2007, Universal Studios Home Entertainment released a "Saviour of the Universe Edition" DVD in North America to coincide with SCI FI's new television series. This special edition does not include the cast and crew interviews of the region 2 release and "The Planet of Peril", the first chapter of the the 1936 Flash Gordon serial. Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS is a recording and playing standard for analog video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) and launched... Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ... Hotdog Magazine is a film magazine first published in the United Kingdom in 2000. ... Universal Studios Home Entertainment (formerly Universal Studios Home Video or MCA/Universal Home Video) is a home video company founded in 1979. ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... SCI FI (originally Sci-Fi Channel, sometimes rendered SCI FI Channel when part of a longer phrase) is an American cable television channel, launched on September 24, 1992, specializing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal programming. ... Flash Gordon[1] is an American science fiction television series that premiered in the United States on August 10th, 2007, at 9pm with a special 90-minute premiere episode. ... Reefer Madness was issued in a Special Addiction as a reference to the cult films ironic appeal. ...


Main cast

Actor Character
Sam J. Jones Flash Gordon
Melody Anderson Dale Arden
Chaim Topol Dr. Hans Zarkov
Max von Sydow Ming the Merciless
Ornella Muti Princess Aura
Timothy Dalton Prince Barin
Brian Blessed Prince Vultan
Peter Wyngarde General Klytus
Mariangela Melato General Kala

Autographed picture of Sam J. Jones as Flash Gordon Sam J. Jones (born August 12, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, often credited as Sam Jones. ... Flash Gordon is a science fiction comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, first published on January 7, 1934. ... Melody Anderson is a Canadian-American acress. ... Dale Arden is a female fictional character, the fellow-adventurer and love-interest of Flash Gordon. ... Chaim Topol (Hebrew: חיים טופול) (born September 9, 1935), often billed simply as Topol, is one of the most famous Israeli theatrical and film performers. ... Dr. Hans Zarkov is a fictional character appearing in the Flash Gordon comic strip. ...  , (born April 10, 1929) is an Academy-Award nominated Swedish actor, known in particular for his collaboration with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. ... Max von Sydow as Emperor Ming in Flash Gordon (1980) Ming the Merciless is a fictional character appearing in the Flash Gordon comic strip. ... Ornella Muti at Cannes, 2000. ... Princess Aura is a fictional character in the Flash Gordon comic strips and serials. ... Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1946[1]) is a Welsh born English actor of stage and screen, best known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989) and in his roles in Shakespearean related films and plays. ... Prince Barin is a fictional character who appears in the Flash Gordon stories. ... Brian Blessed (pronounced //, or in the tradition of English poetry, Blessèd, born near Doncaster,October 9, 1937) is an English actor, who came to fame as PC Fancy Smith in the BBC TV police drama series Z Cars. ... Prince Vultan is the Prince of the bird-like Hawk-people in the Flash Gordon comic strip and its adaptions. ... Peter Wyngarde in an episode of The Champions (1968). ... Mariangela Melato (born September 19, 1941) is an Italian actress. ...

Other notable cast members

Robbie Coltrane, OBE (born Anthony Robert McMillan on March 30, 1950) is a Scottish Television and Film actor. ... Deep Roy as an Oompa Loompa. ... Kenny Baker at a science fiction convention Kenny Baker (born August 24, 1934) is a British actor best known as the man inside of R2-D2 in the popular Star Wars film series. ... John James Osborne (December 12, 1929 – December 24, 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and critic of the Establishment. ... Peter Duncan is the name of several people: For the actor, former Blue Peter presenter and UK Chief Scout, see Peter Duncan (actor). ... Richard OBrien (born Richard Timothy Smith on March 25, 1942 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) is an English writer, actor, television presenter and theatre performer. ...

Notes

  1. ^ "...David Lynch's Dune, and even Dino de Laurentiis' film Flash Gordon, on which Frank had worked in London as a script consultant." pg 18, Preface, Brian Herbert/Kevin J. Anderson, The Road to Dune.

Dune is a 1984 science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Brian Herbert (born 1947) is an American author. ... Kevin J. Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author. ... The Road to Dune is a science fiction companion book to the Dune chronicles by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. ...

See also

Flash Gordon is a science fiction comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, first published on January 7, 1934. ... Flash Gordon is a 1980 album by English rock band Queen. ... Flesh Gordon was a 1974 science fiction and comedy adventure film. ...

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