Flash Gordon [videorecording (DVD)] / Dino De Laurentiis presents a Universal release ; produced by Dino De Laurentiis ; screenplay by Lorenzo Semple, Jr. ; directed by Mike Hodges.
Title from container. Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Max Von Sydow, Topol, Timothy Dalton, Mariangela Melato, Brian Blessed, Peter Wyngarde. Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. Special features: Alex Ross, renowned comic artist, on Flash Gordon; writing a classic: screenwriter Lorenzo Semple, Jr.; Flash Gordon 1936 serial episode; Flash Gordon Sci-Fi Channel TV show trailer.
Summary:
When energy waves pull the moon out of orbit, New York jets quarterback Flash Gordon unwittingly finds himself heading for the planet Mongo, where, with the assistance from beautiful Dale Arden, he will take on Ming the Merciless and rescue humankind.
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