The movie came about when producer lou scheimer, seeking additional funding for his animated nbc movie of the week flash gordon. Listen to all the actors who have voiced flash gordon and vote for your favorite. The new adventures of flash gordon, also known as the adventures of flash gordon, is a 1979 1982 animated television series. In the late 70s, producer lou scheimer acquired the rights to produce a liveaction flash gordon movieoftheweek for nbc, and he commissioned samuel a.
Jan 06, 2014 one of the better such adaptations, flash gordon. Aug 18, 2014 the ultra rare filmations animated flash gordon movie. Closely adhering to the style and storyline of alex raymonds classic 1930s comic strip the series followed the intergalactic adventures of flash gordon as he his girlfriend dale arden and their scientific companion dr. A football player and his friends travel to the planet mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of ming the merciless to save earth. Art design and production design reflected the earlier era with a. It reached number 10 in the uk charts and number 42 in the united states. Jun 07, 2014 flash gordon the greatest adventure of all tv movie flash gordon. The film was an attempt by the tvcartoon factory filmation to break into. Please help support bcdb with a donation or a subscription to the website. It featured three songs by queen, flashs theme, vultans theme and football fight. I only have one other animated movie to cover after this before i have watched every one that im aware of out there which gets me one step closer to my goal of watching every superhero and comic book movie ever made. This wellcrafted cartoon series from 1970s animation powerhouse filmation was a reworking of the original flash gordon serial.
The series is actually called flash gordon but the expanded title is used in official records to distinguish it from previous versions. Sir, i thank you, and praise your work to this day. It is the soundtrack album to the science fiction movie flash gordon. This film was actually made a few years before it was ever shown. Filmation simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Flash gordon the greatest adventure of all 1979 youtube. Flash gordon 1954 tv series, a science fiction television series based on the characters of. Flash gordon the greatest adventure of all tv movie. 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. It was originally conceived as a live action movie in the late 1970s, but it was decided that it would cost too much to make and was redressed as an animation instead. Flash gordon, an album by queen, the soundtrack album of the 1980 film.
The new adventures of flash gordon 1x01 a planet in. Flash gordon is an incredible adventure fantasy based on the legendary comic strip by alex raymond. It is the soundtrack to the science fiction film flash gordon and features lyrics on only two tracks. Universal studios had held the production rights to flash gordon but allowed them to lapse. The greatest adventure of all the list contains related movies ordered by similarity. During world war ii, flash gordon is on a mission in warsaw, which is suffering heavy bombing. But, even so, the flash gordon tale is a bit stilted and slowed from the original 1930 black and white serial. Flash gordon is a 1980 britishdutchamerican space opera film based on the king features comic strip of the same name created by alex raymond. The source episodes are, in order in which they appear in this video. Laserdisc rip, clearer than that vhs rip thats been circulating around for years. Peeples script was deemed unfilmable in liveaction, so it was decided to shoot it as an animated film. I never saw this movie in its original network broadcast nbc late night sunday after the local news and assumed that it was merely a compilation of the first 4 episodes of the tv series, the new adventures of flash gordon. There was also a 1982 game tie in for the 1980 film. This was an infinite runner type game developed by boluga limited.
This animated movie was produced by filmation before the 1979 flash gordon cartoon series, but did not actually air until 1982. Flash gordon is a science fiction hero flash gordon may also refer to. The album reached number 10 on the uk charts and number 23 in the us. Flash gordon conquers the universe is a 1940 american blackandwhite science fiction movie serial from universal pictures, produced by henry macrae and codirected by ford beebe and ray taylor. In the late 70s, producer lou scheimer acquired the rights to produce a liveaction flash gordon movie of the week for nbc, and he commissioned samuel a. Flash gordon the greatest adventure of all flights, tights. He arrives too late and his contact, who is near death, says he has a message for doctor zarkov. Filmation did a number of cartoon productions with mixed results. The greatest adventure of all by big cartoon database is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 4. The serial stars buster crabbe, carol hughes, charles b. Defenders of the earth, the new adventures of flash gordon. Better than hanna barbaras offerings, filmation did try to make their human characters look human, instead of stylized caricature of people. Flashs greatest enemy escapes from prison and seizes control of the sky flash.
The greatest adventure of all, a 1982 animated television film. The 1982 animated television film produced by filmation and written by samuel a. Flash s theme was the only single to be released from the album, under the title flash. The greatest adventure of all began life in 1979 as an animated cartoon feature, titled simply flash gordon. With robert ridgely, diane pershing, bob holt, ted cassidy. The greatest adventure of all tv movie 1982 on imdb. Former universal executives edward gruskin and matty fox struck a deal with flash gordon owners king features syndicate to produce the first 26 episodes of the series. The new adventures of flash gordon 2x05a flash back duration. Flash gordon is a 1980 album by english rock band queen. The series was produced by gruskin and wenzel ludecke. Flash gordon the movie consists of 3 episodes of the flash gordon tv series from the mid1950s edited together into a single file.
Jan 05, 2010 filmation did a number of cartoon productions with mixed results. Animated feature produced by filmation for broadcast by nbc television in 1979, but not broadcast until august 21, 1982. Filmation associates or filmation studios was an american production company that produced animated television series and live action programming during the late 20th century. Founded in 1963, the company was in reseda, california. The greatest adventure of all is a 1982 animated television film produced by filmation and written by samuel a. The greatest adventure of all 1982 alex raymonds comicbook hero returns to mongo to halt ming the merciless and his planned conquest of earth. Flashs theme was the only single to be released from the album, under the title flash. Hans zarkov travel to the planet mongo to fight the evil emperor ming the merciless. The film was an attempt by the tvcartoon factory filmation to break into disneylike theatrical respectability. The greatest adventure of all tv movie 1982 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Flash gordon was immediately popular in the united states and continued to run in syndication into the early 1960s.
This page is a tribute to one of the first great comic superheros, flash gordon. The greatest adventure of all was an original movie separate from the tv series. 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 universe. Flash gordonthe greatest adventure of all 1982 gwen. The original film elements were apparently lost when ownership of the filmation library traded hands in the 1990s. The track flashs theme was the only single to be released from the album, under the title flash. May 08, 2008 one of the greatest classics ever made. From the age of progressive rock, queen brought me something more than four chords and a danceable beat. Recommendation engine sorted out stylized, exciting, serious and light films with plots about superhero, good versus evil, escapades, heroes, rivalry, adventure and violence mostly in animation, adventure and scifi genres. Flash gordon, one of the pioneer adventure and science fiction comic strips, debuted 80 years ago tomorrow. Flash gordon the greatest adventure of all tv movie flash gordon. The new adventures of flash gordon 1x11 king flash duration.