Linking back to Cinematical again, and if any of you came back, thanks for visiting the site.

This time it’s not because I’m wowed by one of the writer’s list of overrated actors, but because I saw a post there talking about one of my all time favorite cult classics, Flash Gordon, which has been impossible to get on DVD.

However, as you can see from the post, Universal is finally releasing the dvd again in a collectors edition this August. Can you say pre-order? I knew you could, which will be just what I’m doing the moment it’s allowed. There’s nothing like wanting to get your hands on a movie you love and not being able to pay the outrageous price it’s selling for. And as much as I adore the film, even I’m not shelling out upwards of sixty bucks for it.

Released in 1980 (ye blessed gods I was maybe 3) the movie is camp. From the opening scenes of Ming the Merciless (Max von Sydow) looking for a new toy to the rising of the sleezy Prince Barin (pre-Bond Timothy Dalton) and every antic Flash (Sam J. Jones) pulls in between. And this doesn’t even include the seething jealousy between Princess Aura (Ornella Muti) and Dale Arden (Melody Anderson). I think the best lines come from Brian Blessed’s winged warrior Vulcan or the bumbling scientist Hans Zarkov (Topol).

And underneath all that comedic cult classic camp is the exquisite soundtrack by Queen. This film is golden and definitely worth the agonizing wait to get your hands on.

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