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Flash Gordon

  • 1980
  • 12
  • 1 Std. 51 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
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Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, and Sam J. Jones in Flash Gordon (1980)
When energy waves pull the moon out of orbit, New York Jets quarterback Flash Gordon unwittingly finds himself heading for the planet Mongo, where - with assistance from beautiful Dale Arden - he'll take on Ming the Merciless and rescue humankind.
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  • Regie
    • Mike Hodges
  • Drehbuch
    • Lorenzo Semple Jr.
    • Michael Allin
    • Alex Raymond
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Sam J. Jones
    • Melody Anderson
    • Max von Sydow
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  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,5/10
    64.648
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    BELIEBTHEIT
    3.421
    1.010
    • Regie
      • Mike Hodges
    • Drehbuch
      • Lorenzo Semple Jr.
      • Michael Allin
      • Alex Raymond
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Sam J. Jones
      • Melody Anderson
      • Max von Sydow
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    • 58Metascore
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
    • Nominiert für 3 BAFTA Awards
      • 2 Gewinne & 14 Nominierungen insgesamt

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    Sam J. Jones
    Sam J. Jones
    • Flash Gordon
    Melody Anderson
    Melody Anderson
    • Dale Arden
    Max von Sydow
    Max von Sydow
    • The Emperor Ming
    • (as Max Von Sydow)
    Topol
    Topol
    • Dr. Hans Zarkov
    Ornella Muti
    Ornella Muti
    • Princess Aura
    Timothy Dalton
    Timothy Dalton
    • Prince Barin
    Brian Blessed
    Brian Blessed
    • Prince Vultan
    Peter Wyngarde
    Peter Wyngarde
    • Klytus
    Mariangela Melato
    Mariangela Melato
    • Kala
    John Osborne
    • Arborian Priest
    Richard O'Brien
    Richard O'Brien
    • Fico
    John Hallam
    John Hallam
    • Luro
    Philip Stone
    Philip Stone
    • Zogi, the High Priest
    Suzanne Danielle
    Suzanne Danielle
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    William Hootkins
    William Hootkins
    • Munson
    Bobbie Brown
    • Hedonia
    Ted Carroll
    Ted Carroll
    • Biro
    Adrienne Kronenberg
    • Vultan's Daughter
    • Regie
      • Mike Hodges
    • Drehbuch
      • Lorenzo Semple Jr.
      • Michael Allin
      • Alex Raymond
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    7BA_Harrison

    Enjoyable big-budget sci-fi kitsch.

    American football star Flash Gordon (Sam Jones), scientist Hans Zarkov (Topol), and pretty estate agent Dale Arden (Melody Anderson) are blasted to the farthest reaches of space to fight Ming the Merciless (Max Von Sydow), the tyrannical ruler of Mongo, who has been subjecting The Earth to a series of violent attacks in the form of freak weather conditions and terrible catastrophes.

    Featuring blond pretty boy Sam Jones in the title role, some of the most garish costumes in the history of cinema, cheesy dialogue galore, a catchy pop/rock soundtrack by Queen, poorly constructed props (and a few rather suggestive looking ones), marvellously hammy performances from a fine collection of cult character actors (including Department S's Richard Wyngarde, Rocky Horror's Richard O'Brien and good old Brian Blessed), and spectacularly ropey special effects (all wires clearly visible), Flash Gordon is quite possibly the most gleefully daft, over-the-top, knowingly tacky, and outrageously flamboyant sci-fi film ever made.

    Don't be put off by the fact that the film is perfect for a themed night at the local gay bar, though—Flash Gordon might be camper than a row of tents, as the saying goes, but there really is something for everyone but the most joyless of movie pedants: we get fantastical floating worlds that predate those in Avatar by three decades, there's pet dwarfs, crazy laser battles, a whip-wielding dominatrix, assorted sexy bints in skimpy outfits, and even a little 'gore' (both Ming and his henchman Klytus meet nasty fates)—PLUS for every shot of our hero in a tight T-shirt or leather hot-pants, we get several of the gorgeous Ornella Muti (as Ming's sultry daughter Princess Aura) in her figure hugging red catsuit, easily rivalling Buck Rogers' Erin Gray in the sexy Spandex stakes. Melody Anderson as Dale isn't exactly ugly either, and also gets to wear some very revealing get-ups.

    Hell, even Blue Peter fans are catered for, with '80s presenter Peter Duncan appearing as a tree dweller whose hand is attacked by a slimy vacuum cleaner bag with a poisonous sting in its tail. Now that's what I call entertainment!
    7SnoopyStyle

    brilliantly colorful and deliciously campy

    The Emperor Ming (Max von Sydow) is attacking the Earth. Only former NASA scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov (Topol) seems to have foreseen it. He intends to launch himself in his rocket as a 'counter-attack'. NY Jets star quarterback Flash Gordon (Sam J. Jones) is taking a commuter flight. He survives the plane crash along with fellow passenger Dale Arden (Melody Anderson). Zarkov tricks the duo into his rocket and launches them into space. They are taken prisoner to find Ming's tyrannical rule over the various kingdoms. Prince Barin (Timothy Dalton) leads the kingdom of Arboria. Hawkman Prince Vultan (Brian Blessed) runs Sky City. Ming's daughter Princess Aura (Ornella Muti) is fascinated with Flash. Ming takes Dale as his concubine.

    This is brilliantly colorful and deliciously campy. The Queen soundtrack is second to none. The acting is big but it fits the style. Parts of it goes a bit too slowly. Some scenes are very static. Even the actors move slowly as an old-fashion way to denote drama. Sometimes it needs more energy to maintain the tension. This is an unique vision and a fun watch if you don't take it seriously.
    9bstormy

    Knowingly Camp version of matinée sci-fi classic

    During the middle section of this movie, our hero 'Flash' Gordon, accompanied by Ornella "Most beautiful woman in the world" Muti, witnesses ex Bond Timothy Dalton giving ex Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan the sweet merciful release of death by putting him to the(cardboard) sword (offscreen). "Its an initiation" purrs the shapely Muti, "I just love initiations".

    This 1980 version of the perennial Saturday morning sci-fi cliffhanger is a feast for the senses. That is, if your senses crave lashings of junkfood. With an eye meltingly lurid palette of colours and rocktastic Queen soundtrack Flash Gordon was the perfectly overblown movie for the start of an overblown decade. The costumes are extravagantly cheesy, the effects farcical, the acting hilarious.

    Almost every minor character was hammed up to perfection by the cream (or perhaps custard) of character actors of the time including such luminaries as Rocky Horrors Richard O Brien, Phillip "I corrected them" Stone from the Shining and the half-man, half-beast that is Brian Blessed.

    The only minor flaw in this popcorn delight is the fact that it is, in almost every way - a terrible, awful movie - I HIGHLY recommend it.
    8rooprect

    If Star Wars & the original Batman TV series had a kid, it would be... FLASH! Ahh-AHHH

    Geez, I think my title summed up everything that needs to be said. "Flash Gordon" has all the sci-fi and action as "Star Wars" but blended with an unapologetic campiness and comic bookishness like the iconic 60s Batman series. Throw into the mix, um, QUEEN doing the soundtrack, and you've got yourself an experience that will never happen again.

    You might be thinking the blend I just described is as ill-advised as putting pineapple on pizza (seriously does anyone really like that?), but actually the blend is perfect if we take a quick look at the decade that this film wraps up, the 70s. The 70s was the decade of the rock opera: The Who's "Tommy", the doo-wopper "Grease", Motown's "The Wiz", the punkish "Rocky Horror" and bunches of others that swept the box office. While "Flash Gordon" isn't a musical, as defined by characters breaking out into song & dance, the vibe of the movie spells rock opera with a capital Rock. In plain terms this means a very tongue-in-cheek, over-the-top, theatrical and colorful spectacle that is not to be taken as a straightforward drama. If you can grasp that concept, I guarantee you'll love this flick.

    The plot? Who cares. Something about saving the universe, I'm sure. But it doesn't matter because, like a good roller coaster ride, or like a good adventurous vacation, we don't care how it's mapped out. We just get a thrill out of each individual twist & turn, each scene, each surprise, and all the while we're taking mental notes of all the horribly awesome lines we can quote to our friends and annoy them for months afterwards.

    A serious note about the acting. This production drew the talents of some of the finest actors of stage & screen, and for them to be able to play such campy characters is a testament to their true expertise. I'm talking dramatic & Shakespearean legends like Brian Blessed, Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, not to mention the incomparable personality of Topol (Fiddler on the Roof) and the show-stealing, sexually repressed Ornella Muti as the Emperor's daughter--whose mere presence would've kicked the MPAA rating from PG to PG-13 if that designation had existed back then. Even if you don't recognize any of these people, you'll find each one of them to be unforgettable.

    "Flash Gordon" is a film that has no equal. You could say it's a distant cousin to 1968's "Barbarella" (another wtf experience that shouldn't be missed), but really it's beyond compare. So hurry up and see this movie ...you only have 14 hours to save the earth!
    7dglink

    Visually and Aurally Dazzling Update of the 1930's Serials

    Colorful, silly fun, at times campy, Mike Hodges's 1980 "Flash Gordon" is among those movies that are less than the sum of their parts. Made on shoe-string budgets with C-picture performers and crew for young undemanding viewers, the original 1930's Flash Gordon serials are unintentionally funny to adults today. To recapture the innocence and naivete of those movies with a big budget and trained actors is a difficult task, although Hodges's "Flash Gordon" makes a decent attempt. Lorenzo Semple's screenplay tracks the original serials fairly well; Flash and Dale Arden are taken aboard Doctor Hans Zarkov's spacecraft and flown to the planet Mongo, where they battle Emperor Ming the Merciless to save the Earth. Semple's script has enough classic bad dialog to satisfy seekers of camp; "I love you Flash, but we only have 14 hours to save the Earth." However, the difference between Semple's script and the original series is that Semple knew he was writing bad dialog, while the writers of the serial were unintentionally hilarious.

    That difference in intention also applies to the actors; Buster Crabbe and company played the serials dead-pan straight, and those in the remake who play their parts equally straight come off best. The under-demanding role of Flash requires the skills of a Razzie Award Winning thespian, and, Sam J. Jones won a Razzie nomination for his work herein. Although not a super hero in the modern sense, the blonde hunk, who sports nothing but leather trunks in one scene, physically fills the role, and Jones manages to deliver his lines with a convincing lack of conviction as the dim, but well meaning Flash. However, the movie's scene-stealer is Max Von Sydow as Ming the Merciless; appropriately garbed and made-up as the evil emperor, Von Sydow plays the role with majesty and menace, which is all the more fun. Unfortunately, Topol as Doctor Zarkov, does not follow Von Sydow's example and winks and smiles as the mad scientist, telegraphing to viewers that he is in on the joke. But Brian Blessed as the winged Prince Vultan, Timothy Dalton as Prince Barin, and, especially, the delicious Peter Wyngarde as Klytus deliver their lines as though penned by the Bard himself. Although Mariangela Melato is a memorable Kala, Melody Anderson as Dale Arden should have been in the running for a Razzie alongside Jones, which is intended as a compliment.

    Besides Von Sydow, the film's other scene-stealer is designer Danilo Donati, who provided the lavish Fellini-esque costumes and sets. While Donati's work tends to emphasize red and gold, which may not be to everyone's taste, his outlandish designs are as entertaining as anything on display and certainly light years beyond those of the 1930's serials. If Donati or another anonymous designer created the Art-Deco spaceships, he or she too deserves kudos as do the creators of the appropriately tacky and obvious special effects, which beautifully evoke the primitive work of the 1930's serials. As contemporary and important as the art direction is the pulsating score by Queen that punctuates the action and enhances the excitement. While "Flash Gordon" is not the high camp perhaps intended, the film has a cult following and enough outstanding attributes to satisfy main-stream audiences. Led by Max Von Sydow's iconic Ming the Merciless, Queen's pounding music, and Danilo Donati's dazzling designs, "Flash Gordon" may not be to everybody's taste, but should be savored by all at least once, just for the sheer fun of it all.

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      Flash jumping towards the camera screaming "YEAH!" was improvised by Sam J. Jones. Nobody could figure out how to end the movie.
    • Patzer
      At the very beginning of the film, Ming and his henchman are discussing "an obscure body in the SK system", which the inhabitants refer to as the planet "Earth", pronounced as if the word is completely foreign to them. However, at that moment, Ming activates a button on his console labeled "Earth Quake".
    • Zitate

      Dale Arden: Ming's not unbeatable. With all his men, he couldn't even kill Flash.

      Prince Vultan: [incredulous] Gordon's alive?

    • Crazy Credits
      When the ending title appears, a hand picks up Ming's ring and Ming is heard laughing. A "?" appears, making it "THE END?"
    • Alternative Versionen
      The Wide Screen VHS version released by BMG contains all the cut scenes in their complete and uncut version.
    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Queen: Flash (1980)
    • Soundtracks
      Flash's Theme
      Written by Brian May

      Produced by Brian May and Mack (Reinhold Mack)

      Performed by Queen

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 25. Februar 1981 (Westdeutschland)
    • Herkunftsländer
      • Vereinigtes Königreich
      • Vereinigte Staaten
      • Niederlande
      • Italien
    • Offizielle Standorte
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Флеш Ґордон
    • Drehorte
      • Airstrip, Breakish, Skye, Highland, Schottland, Vereinigtes Königreich
    • Produktionsfirmen
      • Starling Films
      • Famous Films (II)
      • Dino De Laurentiis Company
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      • 20.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 27.107.960 $
    • Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
      • 3.934.030 $
      • 7. Dez. 1980
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 27.186.715 $
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