"FLASH GORDON" REMASTERED MOVIE ON DVD DUE OUT IN A AUGUST.An All-American football player must foil an extraterrestrial plan to dominate the Earth in "Flash Gordon: Saviour of the Universe Edition," rocketing into stores August 7, 2007 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Studios Home Entertainment (formerly Universal Studios Home Video or MCA/Universal Home Video) is a home video company founded in 1979. It is a division of Universal Studios. It was originally known as MCA Videocassette, Inc. . Available on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. for the first time, this rollicking rol·lick·ing adj. Carefree and high-spirited; boisterous: a rollicking celebration. rol sci-fi classic stars Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Timothy Dalton, and Academy Award(R) nominees Max von Sydow ("Pelle the Conqueror") and Topol ("Fiddler on the Roof") in the ultimate otherworldly adventure. An all-new digitally remastered picture and 5.1 Surround Sound brilliantly enhance the tongue-in-cheek dialogue, outrageous costumes and over the top sets, as well as the now legendary soundtrack by the celebrated rock group Queen. Directed by Mike Hodges ("Croupier," "Get Carter") and produced by Dino De Laurentiis ("Barbarella," "King Kong-1976"), "Flash Gordon: Saviour of the Universe Edition" brings to the screen all the action, romance and fun of the original 1930's comic strip that inspired it. The special edition DVD includes exclusive bonus features, packaging art by renowned comic book artist, Alex Ross, and an "alternate" collectible postcard of the packaging art that make it a must-have addition to the collection of any sci-fi fan. The creation of cartoonist Alex Raymond, "Flash Gordon" is the original epic outer-space fantasy. The DVD is priced at $26.98 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. . Pre-order close is July 3, 2007. BONUS FEATURES BLAST OFF TO EXCITEMENT The Special Edition DVD includes special bonus features that will take your enjoyment into another galaxy: * ALEX ROSS, RENOWNED COMIC ARTIST, ON FLASH GORDON -- World-renowned comic artist Alex Ross talks about his favorite movie of all time, Flash Gordon, and about how the film has inspired him in his life and work. * WRITING A CLASSIC: SCREENWRITER LORENZO SEMPLE, JR. -- Screenwriter Lorenzo Semple, Jr. speaks about the deliberately campy script for Flash Gordon. * FLASH GORDON 1936 SERIAL EPISODE -- Chapter One of Planet of Peril. SYNOPSIS In this wild and wacky update of the 1930's comic strip, maverick scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov (Topol) believes that energy waves emanating from a far-away galaxy are pulling the moon out of its orbit and threatening to destroy the Earth. Along with Flash Gordon (Sam J. Jones), quarterback for the New York Jets Any of several peoples living in the African equatorial forest. They speak a dialect of a common language, Mongo or Nkundo, which belongs to the Niger-Congo language family. , where they discover that evil despot Ming the Merciless Ming the Merciless is a fictional character appearing in the Flash Gordon comic strip. When the heroic Flash Gordon and his friends land on the planet Mongo, they find it ruled by the evil Emperor Ming, a despot who quickly becomes their enemy. (Max von Sydow in a deliciously sinister performance) is planning to obliterate o·blit·er·ate v. 1. To remove an organ or another body part completely, as by surgery, disease, or radiation. 2. To blot out, especially through filling of a natural space by fibrosis or inflammation. life on Earth. Ming decides to add lovely Dale to his harem of concubines and attempts to imprison im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- Flash, who escapes and takes refuge with the planet's rebel forces. He convinces rival Mongo princes Barin (Timothy Dalton) and Vultan (Brian Blessed) to unite their armies, and leads them in an all-out campaign to overthrow Ming and save humanity. CAST & FILMMAKERS Director: Mike Hodges Written By: Michael Allin, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Alex Raymond Produced By: Dino De Laurentiis Director of Photography: Gil Taylor Production Designer: Danilo Donati Film Editors: Malcolm Cook Costume Designer: Danilo Donati Music By: Howard Blake Cast: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Topol, Brian Blessed, Timothy Dalton TECHNICAL INFORMATION DVD Street Date: August 7, 2007 Pre-Order Close: July 3, 2007 Copyright: 2007 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Price: $26.98 SRP Selection Number: 61032983 Running Time: 1 Hour 52 Minutes Layers: Dual Layer Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic See anamorphic lens and anamorphic DVD. Widescreen (2.35:1) Rating: PG Technical Info: * English Dolby Digital 5.1 * Subtitles: English SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy , Spanish, French Universal Studios Home Entertainment is a unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios (www.universalstudios.com). Universal Studios is a part of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80%-owned by General Electric, with 20% owned by Vivendi. For more information, call 818/777-1391 or visit http://www.universalstudios.com. |
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