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Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All

  • TV Movie
  • 1982
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
396
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Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (1982)
Adventure EpicSci-Fi EpicActionAdventureAnimationFantasySci-Fi

Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil emperor Ming the Merciless.Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil emperor Ming the Merciless.Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil emperor Ming the Merciless.

  • Writers
    • Samuel A. Peeples
    • Bob Kline
    • Alex Raymond
  • Stars
    • Robert Ridgely
    • Diane Pershing
    • Bob Holt
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    396
    YOUR RATING
    • Writers
      • Samuel A. Peeples
      • Bob Kline
      • Alex Raymond
    • Stars
      • Robert Ridgely
      • Diane Pershing
      • Bob Holt
    • 8User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Robert Ridgely
    Robert Ridgely
    • Flash Gordon
    • (voice)
    Diane Pershing
    Diane Pershing
    • Dale Arden
    • (voice)
    Bob Holt
    Bob Holt
    • Dr. Hans Zarkov
    • (voice)
    David Opatoshu
    David Opatoshu
    • Prince Vultan
    • (voice)
    Vic Perrin
    Vic Perrin
    • Ming the Merciless
    • (voice)
    Melendy Britt
    Melendy Britt
    • Princess Aura
    • (voice)
    Robert Douglas
    Robert Douglas
    • Prince Barin
    • (voice)
    Ted Cassidy
    Ted Cassidy
    • Prince Thun
    • (voice)
    • Writers
      • Samuel A. Peeples
      • Bob Kline
      • Alex Raymond
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    • Trivia
      In the late '70s, producer Lou Scheimer acquired the rights to produce a live-action Flash Gordon movie-of-the-week for NBC, and he commissioned Samuel A. Peeples to write the script. Peeples' script was deemed unfilmable in live-action, so it was decided to shoot it as an animated film. NBC wouldn't give Scheimer additional funds for animation, so he turned to Dino De Laurentiis, who agreed to give him money to complete the movie in return for helping him to secure the rights to make the theatrical film Flash Gordon (1980). NBC was so wowed by the animated film that they decided to shelve it, recut it and run it as the Saturday morning series Flash Gordon (1979). After the series ended its run, the original film was finally aired during prime-time in its entirety.
    • Quotes

      Princess Aura: Are all Earth men like you?

      Flash Gordon: [defiant] Most of them.

    • Crazy credits
      The cast list during the end credits mistakingly lists Ted Cassidy as voicing Vultan and David Opatoshu as Thun, while in fact it is the other way around.
    • Alternate versions
      The animation in this made-for-television movie was recut, endlessly repeated, and added to, to make a Saturday morning cartoon series that lasted for two seasons.
    • Connections
      Edited from Flash Gordon (1979)

    User reviews8

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    8/10

    Could really be the greatest.

    Flash Gordon began as a comic strip drawn by Alex Raymond. In the 1930s it was the inspiration for three much-loved movie serials starring Buster Crabbe, which George Lucas says were his inspiration for Star Wars. In the 1950s, there was a really bad live action TV version. In the 1970s, there was a camp live action film, most famous for its Queen soundtrack. "Frash Wawa, he saved every one of us..." Al Williamson drew some beautiful Flash Gordon comic books, before moving on to draw the Star Wars comic strip.

    The Flash Gordon comic strip is now all reprint. My favorite Flash Gordon stories are those written for the comic strip by Harry Harrison, of Stainless Steal Rat fame, and drawn by Dan Barry, reprinted in Comics Revue.

    This TV movie, also released as a Saturday morning cartoon, was written by Star Trek writer Sam Peeples, and more or less faithfully follows the early Alex Raymond comic strip adventures. The less polished, more repetitious, Saturday morning version is now out on DVD.
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    • Release date
      • August 21, 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • As Aventuras de Flash Gordon
    • Production companies
      • Filmation Associates
      • King Features Syndicate
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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