Flash Gordon is an 80s classic. A camp comic book concoction starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Melody Anderson, a booming Brian Blessed, Max Von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Ornella Muti, Peter Wyngarde and Topol. With a frenetic soundtrack by Queen, and directed by Mike Hodges it is a well-remembered sci-fi favourite, and Scott Davis spoke to Melody Anderson (Dale Arden) about the 40th-anniversary restoration of the film.
Plot: A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.Flash Gordon is an American football hero who is skyjacked aboard Dr. Hans Zarkov's rocketship along with his beautiful girlfriend Dale Arden. The threesome are drawn into the influence of the planet Mongo, ruled by Emperor Ming the Merciless. The evil Ming has been testing Earth with unnatural disasters, and deeming our world a threat to his rule. He also intends to take Dale as his concubine, attempts to execute Flash and intends to destroy Earth. Flash must avoid the amorous attentions of Ming's daughter, and unite the warring kingdoms of Mongo to rescue Dale and save our world.
The 40th anniversary 4K Restoration of Flash Gordon (1980) is in select cinemas from the 31st of July, and arrives on BLu-ray, DVD, Collector’s Edition Steelbook and digital from August the 10th, 2020.
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