Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon (1980, US/UK/Netherlands) is a cult classic Science Fiction/Adventure film directed by Mike Hodges

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Main Details

• Released in 1980
• Color
• Running time: 114 minutes
• Production Co: Starling Films/Dino De Laurentiis Company
• Distribution Co: Universal Studios (United States)/Thorn EMI (United Kingdom)
• Directed by Mike Hodges
• Produced by Dino De Laurentiis
• Screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr., Story by Michael Allin
• Starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Max von Sydow, Topol, Timothy Dalton, Mariangela Melato, Brian Blessed, Peter Wyngarde
• Music by Queen, Howard Blake
• Cinematography Gilbert Taylor
• Edited by Malcolm Cooke

Plot Summary

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

Taglines

• He'll save every one of us!
• Get ready to kick some Flash.
• For years, he's been the last word in professional football. Now he's Earth's only chance for a future.
• Pathetic earthlings... Who can save you now?