Jones was wellcast as football playerturnedinterplanetary hero flash gordon. A police forensic scientist, barry allen, battles crimes as the superfast superhero the flash. Jones is best known for starring in the 1980 cult scifi film flash gordon. Flash gordons strength lies in its shameless will to entertain, and pull the audience along for an overthetop, goofy ride. After his astronaut parents are sucked into a dimensional hole to the planet mongo, the teenage hoverboard enthusiast flash gordon, his love interest dale. Guy leclair flash gordon bd, avis, informations, images, albums.
In this animated version of the space adventure, teenagers alex gordon and dale arden accidentally travel on dr. Sci fi quietly cancels adventure series by trevor kimball, april 3, 2008 the latest tv series to be based on the classic comic strip flash gordon has gone where many scifi series. When affable football star flash gordon and demure travel agent dale arden share an airplane ride together, all hell breaks loose when the destructive forces of space tyrant ming start messing with earths weather, thus forcing flash to crash land the suddenly pilotless plane on dr. He was educated at mira loma high school in sacramento and went on to serve as a united states marine. Hans zarkov travelled to mongo in their own spaceship to rescue them. In 1980, he was cast in the iconic role of flash gordon in the cult classic of the same. Flash gordon je album anglickej rockovej skupiny queen. With john wesley shipp, amanda pays, alex desert, vito dambrosio. The character, who had been around in the comics pages since alex raymond created him in 1934, had already starred in several movie serials, a 1980 feature, and two earlier cartoon series the new adventures of flash gordon and. It is no more sophisticated than the comic strip its based on, and that takes the curse off of material that was old before it was born. He then embarks on a journey to another dimension in hopes of finding his father who was believed to be killed in a fire.
If memory serves, this is more or less the same beginning as in the original movie serialization of flash gordon, back in 1936. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. The flash with opening credits in the style of the original 1990 flash tv show duration. Presented in chapters, it is the first screen adventure for flash gordon, the comicstrip character created by alex raymond in 1934.
After his astronaut parents are sucked into a dimensional hole to the planet mongo, the teenage hoverboard enthusiast flash gordon, his love interest dale arden and the scientist dr. The 1980 flash gordon film from universal is considered to be one of the most faithful movie adaptations ever made, an impressive feat considering the large gap between the classic flash gordon comics and film serials and this adaptation. Smallville superman cameo scene crisis on infinite earths crossover hd. Stu ultimu branu fu lunicu singulu estrattu ra lalbum, cu. Since then, the flash gordon story has been made into movies, tv shows and a radio show. Flash gordon blasts off to the planet mongo with girlfriend dale arden and scientist hans zarkov to prevent evil dictator ming the merciless from dominating the. Comicstrip hero flash gordon returns with this sony pictures entertainment production, headed by director breck eisner and producer neal moritz. Jones made his screen debut in blake edwards comedy film 10 1979. A football player and his friends travel to the planet mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of ming the merciless to save earth. With lawrence bayne, lorne kennedy, julie lemieux, andy marshall. Zarkov chaim topol and nubile newswoman dale arden melody anderson to topple his evil. Samen met zijn vrienden flash gordon jones en dale arden anderson vertrekt hij met zijn ruimteschip om te onderzoeken wie hier achter kan zitten.
Comics guy leclair flash gordon flash gordon fut cree dans les annees 30 par. Join facebook to connect with flash gordon and others you may know. Queen tribute flash gordon extended movie score theme duration. Scifi comicstrip movie is too intense for younger kids. At a time when star wars and its spinoffs have inspired special effects men to bust a gut making. In the story, flash gordon and dale arden blast off into space in a rocket invented by the strange dr. Flash gordon is a science fiction adventure story that began as a comic strip in 1934. Jones was born in chicago, illinois but grew up in sacramento, california. Following a crossover miniseries called kings watch where, much like defenders of the earth, flash gordon teamed up with mandrake and the phantom.
Although hell be making a cameo in seth macfarlanes ted, he is spending most of his time as a real life. Why the flash gordon remake hasnt happened yet, according. Flash gordon is a 1980 space opera film based on the king features comic strip of the same. He has arguably become best known for having played the title characters in the 1980 film flash gordon and in the shortlived tv series the. Hell save every one of us a football player and his friends travel to the planet mongo and find themselves fighting the tyrant, ming the. Matthew vaughn has been attached to the new flash gordon movie since 2015, but he also mentioned in his interview with collider that hell only move forward with the remake if. Jones got an updated image in this campy scifi epic with an equally epic soundtrack by queen. On earth, new york jets football star flash gordon boards a small plane, where he meets travel agent dale arden. Read more the flash in comics from humble beginnings to major staple of the dc universe read more flashpoint paradox read more about this amazing animated movie starring the fastest man alive read more the flash 1990 read about the previous flash tv series read more the flash wiki is a collaborative website dedicated to the dc. With eric johnson, gina holden, karen cliche, jody racicot. To relieve his boredom, emperor ming the merciless of the planet mongo declares that he will play with and destroy earth by remotely causing natural disasters. Hometown celebrity steven flash gordon discovers a secret his father tried desperately to keep hidden.
It presents the story of gordon s visit to the planet mongo and his encounters with the evil emperor ming the merciless. John ralston, karen cliche, jody racicot, gina holden, eric johnson, anna van hooft, jonathan walker, aeja goldsmith. Mgm jones starred in the tv movie the spirit and the. Flash gordon 210 movie clip football fight 1980 hd youtube. Flash gordon 1980 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The 1936 flash gordon serial was condensed into a featurelength film titled flash gordon or rocket ship or space soldiers or flash gordon.
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