Flash Gordon (1980) on DVD?
 

Is Flash Gordon from 1980 on DVD? If so, where can I find it? What features does it have? I used to love this movie as a kid and would really like to pick it up.

Yes it's on DVD.

I don't think it has any extras. It's out of print & in a crappy snapper case.

You'll have to go to eBay and pay some pretty hefty prices to get the legit Region 1 edition, which is currently out of print.

There are a lot of boots out there, though... so be careful. You want the R1 Image Entertainment edition in a snapper case.

This was one of many titles that Universal licensed to Image in the early days of DVD - this particular title was released in 1998. Universal has all the titles back under their control, and slowly they seem to be re-releasing them on their own label.

I'm still kicking myself for not just picking this up when it was $10. This and MST3K: The Movie. I pased them over so many times thinking I'd get them some other day, and then never did.

The French version is good (except for burned in subtitles).

This is a movie that deserves a special edition. I always passed on buying this on DVD since it was just a bare bones release.
If it's out of print, hopefully that's a good sign that a special edition isn't too far down the road. There are plenty of other DVDs to keep me amused in the meantime I don't feel the urge to pay dollar to buy a DVD I wouldn't buy back when in it was print.

Unfortunately we will probably have to wait for the release of the Stephen Sommers' Flash Gordon movie to hit the theaters before we'll see this in-print on DVD again.

Stephen Summers is doing a Flash Gordon remake? Ouch. I had no idea. A remake could be very cool. But Stephen Summers? Man that could really, really suck. The Mummy was OK as best. Mummy 2 was weak. I passed on Van Helsing after hearing a lot of bad stuff. But if a Stephen Summer's Flash Gordon is unavoidable, I wish him well. Maybe he'll surprise me and make a great movie.

Have them both myself. Not missing much, quality-wise, although at least it's letterboxed.

I read somewhere on another board that there is a Region 1 special edition in the works. I'm afraid that I can't find verification elsewhere.

Just released Region 4 is anomorphic OAR

HTF announces there is a SE coming in Jan/Feb 2005.

And for owners of the R2 version, there is a way to get rid of the forced subtitles. Look for the procedure in the thread at HTF.

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It figures. I just ordered the Region 3 disc from KoreanDVDs.com.

Glad I got mine when I did. Still, an SE would be good.

My mistake... no date announced yet, I confused it with another title. But looks promising, anyway:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...hreadid=215723

I'm hoping this will be released as well, great movie.

I'm also glad I got mine when it first came out.

Great unappreciated movie.

WHOOOOOA! If they do re-release it next year then I can retire my current disc which I love but it is in dire need of an update. Im already seeing it as the best DVD of 2005!!!! :)

Yay! I have the OG edition and the french edition but I'll gladly buy this one as well, it is my favorite film after all... now if only I could convince my work to get thier hands on the restoration, that'd be the highlight of my film cleaning career!

I saw this on On Demand last week. I was at a friends house, so I'm not sure which package offered it, and it was only fullscreen. But I haven't seen it since like 1982 or something, so I just had to watch it.
I enjoyed it a lot, but it's funny since the last time I saw this I was very young, and I remembered (or exaggerated) some details that weren't true! It seems to be, since my young mind was so imaginative, that even while I was watching the movie all those years ago, I was re-inventing some of it in my head. Either that or I dreamed about some new details and that's how I remembered it. So because of this, a few scenes left me boggled and wanting more from them (the version in my head!) It was a weird feeling.

Now I can appreciate it for the campness, and not the sci-fi wonder I thought it was when I was a kid. :)

same here....regardless of the dvds downfalls. I've enjoyed this dvd many, many times. I'll enjoy it again before a new version ever arrives.

a potent bong-rip usually takes me there.:D -wink-

Just sold a copy of this. Great movie though. I'd love to see an SE. I've heard a few rumors though.

Nailed it! Now that's what I need to take me there, but when I was 10, it was natural.:D -wink-

I had my old copy of the snapper R1 stolen in a burglary more than 2 years ago and it is about the only title I haven't replaced yet since by the time it was taken the disc (which I got in a bargain bin for $9 or so) now goes for so much.

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