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Features: DVD, English, French, Spanish
Based on the comic books by Alex Raymond and the movie serials of the 1930's, Flash Gordon has acquired cult status with it's tongue-in-cheek and campy dialogue, memorable scenes and quotable lines, exotic costumes and flashy colors that continue to resonate with fans. The musical score by Queen, which has reached an almost legendary status, contributes to this thrilling, sci-fi adventure. All-new Digitally Remastered picture with 5.1 Surround Sound, this must-own special edition DVD includes new bonus features and highly collectible packaging that will appeal to all fans!
"This campy extravaganza has it all - heroes, villains, beautiful women and high stakes...a guilty pleasure that everyone can enjoy." Adam Smith, Empire
"...an acquired taste indeed, yet one which I find highly entertaining." D.J. Nock, DVD Times
Editor's Note
New York football star Flash Gordon vaults into outer space to battle the nefarious Ming, supreme ruler of the planet Mongo. Ming intends to conquer planet earth, and hunky Flash teams up with several of his daring female admirers, as well as the brilliant Dr. Zarkov, in an effort to thwart the monomaniacal evil-doer. Features a fun score by rock group Queen.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 1/6/2009 |
| Running Time: 112 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1980 | | Catalog ID: 61032983 | | UPC: 00025193298324 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Max von Sydow | | Melody Anderson | | Sam J. Jones | | Timothy Dalton | | Alex Raymond - Based On Characters Created By | | Bernard Williams - Executive Producer | | Danilo Donati - Production Designer | | Dino De Laurentiis - Producer | | Gilbert Taylor - Cinematographer | | Howard Blake - Original Music By | | Lorenzo Semple, Jr. - Screenplay | | Malcolm Cooke - Editor | | Michael Allin - Screenplay | | Mike Hodges - Director |
| Awards |
Nominee (1981) | | | British Academy Awards, Danilo Donati, Best Costume Design | | | British Academy Awards, John Deacon, et. al., Best Original Film Music | | | British Academy Awards, Danilo Donati, Best Production Design/Art Direction |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...A guilty pleasure, thanks to Danilo Donati's great sets..." 07/30/1993 p.8DTotal Film
"...It all balances out as a sort of WIZARD OF OZ adventure experience..." 09/01/2000 p.110 Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
Not since "Infra-Man" has a movie opened with a development more ominous than the crisis facing Earth at the beginning of "Flash Gordon." But Earth scientists are playing it cool: A NASA spokesman denies that there's anything unusual about an unexpected total eclipse of the sun. Unusual? That the moon is out of its orbit? Ha! It takes a mad scientist like Dr. Hans Zarkov to realize that the Earth is under attack, and speed to the rescue in his private space ship-with Flash Gordon and Dale Arden aboard as unwilling passengers...And there's a cliff-hanging showdown when the Hawk Men, looking amazingly like the winged angels in De Laurentiis' production as "Barbarella" (1968), engage the crew of a space ship in hand-to-hand battle (you know there's something lacking with the Ming technology when the commander of the rocket ship shouts "Stand by to the repel invaders!"). Is all of this ridiculous? Of course. Is it fun? Yeah, sort of, it is. - Roger Ebert
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