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6.2/10 • 960

1980-09-011h 51m

Science FictionComedyAdventureAction

Pathetic earthlings...who can save you now?

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

Directors
Mike Hodges
Characters
Alex Raymond
Editors
Malcolm Cooke

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  1. Sam J. Jones

    Sam J. Jones

    Flash Gordon

  2. Melody Anderson

    Melody Anderson

    Dale Arden

  3. Max von Sydow

    Max von Sydow

    The Emperor Ming

  4. Topol

    Topol

    Dr. Hans Zarkov

  5. Ornella Muti

    Ornella Muti

    Princess Aura

  6. Timothy Dalton

    Timothy Dalton

    Prince Barin

  7. Brian Blessed

    Brian Blessed

    Prince Vultan

  8. Peter Wyngarde

    Peter Wyngarde

    Klytus

  9. Mariangela Melato

    Mariangela Melato

    Kala

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Aug 2, 2019

8/10

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.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$35,000,000.00
Revenue
$27,100,000.00
Keywords
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