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When energy waves pull the moon out of orbit, threatening destruction of the Earth, Dr. Hans Sarkov makes a desperate rocket flight with two unwilling passengers--Flash Gordon, quarterback of the New ...( read more 
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MCT:May 15, 2008Wonderful over-the-top fun and adventure. A live action cartoon with good performances and one of the best soundtracks ever!
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MCT:May 6, 2008
Wow, this is the best movie ever made. I think it actually won the oscar for best movie ever made. Lots of people don't know that this is exactly how outer space really is.
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MCT:May 2, 2008
I remember seeing this movie at the theater. It was the depth of winter and the heating in the theater had broken down. Yet, to a wide-eyed 9 year old it didn't matter, because I was bundled up in a thick jacket having the time of my life watching this version of the Flash Gordon adventure. It was only three years after the original Star Wars movie and studios around the world were raiding their vaults for science fiction properties that had been gathering dust (Star Trek, Buck Rogers to name just a few). Unlike its competitors this movie chose not to compete directly with the high octance special effects of Star Wars and instead tried to recapture the feeling and atmosphere of the original series. This decision gives the film a campy charm, with the distinct impression that everyone is having a great time. Years later I got to meet Brian Blessed (who plays a Hawkman in this movie) and my suspicion was confirmed. Don't miss this one, it belongs in the DVD library of everyone who still has a little bit of a kid in them.
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MCT:May 2, 2008Piece of shit script. The only reasons to watch this (and that saved it from bombing) are:
1. Soundtrack by Queen.
2. Bizzare visuals.
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MCT:April 30, 2008So ridiculous, it's awesome! Blond, hunky, football quarterback goes into outerspace, meets an army of hawkmen, and gets into a whip fight with a dude on a spiked gyrating platform. All this with a theme song by QUEEN!!!
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tintin312000posted 96 days ago -
my wife got me the new "Saviour of the Universe" edition.I t is sweeeett!!!It has a kick ass cover by Alex Ross and a card of original art inside.the cover of the case flips out and has some cool pics from the movie.It's also been remastered.
posted 145 days ago -
Several reasons why this was one of the best that came out of that era.....
1. You have former NFL great Sam Jones in the title character of Flash Gordon.
2. Melody Anderson(as Dale)and Ornetta Muti(as the Queen)....where does it get any better than this,,two of the hottest babes of their era. All decked out in outlandish 70's fashions.
3. Maximillian Schell(or was it Max Von Sydow)giving us one of the most diabolicalist villains ever as the evil Ming The Merciless.
Also was listed as AFI's Top 100 villains of all time.
4. The movie version came out in 1980. And just to let you know that the animated version of Flash Gordon too(produced by Filmation Productions)was shown to kids on Saturday mornings. The 1980 live-action version complete with some of the cheeiest special effects ever. Produced by none other than veteran producer Dino DeLaurentiis.
5. The soundtrack to this film...WHAT A SOUNDTRACK!!! All songs composed and conducted by Freddie Mercury and Queen.posted 314 days ago -
There are many reasons to see Flash Gordon (the 1980 film). One needs not have grown up with the film. For example, the historical significance of the soundtrack by Queen, is marked.
But to an adolescent boy in the early 1980s, there is nothing more permanent and persistent than Ornella Muti as Princess Aura.
Dale be damned! Princess Aura was what it was all about.posted 420 days ago -
Very kitsch! :) I remember seeing this movie as a kid and I simply freaked out! :) It was the age of Star Wars and the '80's brought in this ... I would like to add it to my DVD collection!
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