International Flash Gordon (1980) (4k UHD) 8/3/20 (1 Viewer)

[Worth]

You can still see the garbage matte around the :13 mark of that trailer. That was the worst quality of the S-C releases of this film up till now- all those were visible compared to the darker Universal releases that did a better job of masking them.

The Studio Canal blu-ray was mastered with incorrect black levels. Switching your player or monitor's HDMI output from 'light' to 'dark' fixes this. With this corrected, I think the Studio Canal disc was better than the Universal, but there's still room for improvement.

 

[warnerbro]

The trailer is better than the actual movie.

 

[Johnny Angell]

I am disappointed to learn this is not a US domestic release.

 

[Stephen_J_H]

I am tempted to buy the UHD Version even though I dont have UHD Equipment yet

Me too. I currently own 7 UHD 4K discs [mostly bought for included 3D versions i couldn't get elsewhere], but this one has me on the tipping point.

 

[Stephen_J_H]

I am disappointed to learn this is not a US domestic release.

Part of that is down to who controls rights where. In North America, Universal owns the rights to this film, whereas elsewhere, it is a StudioCanal release and MGM had licenced it from them for some time in other territories.

 

[Tino]

The trailer is better than the actual movie.

Disagree with this opinion. The movie is great fun I thought.

 

[Worth]

Part of that is down to who controls rights where. In North America, Universal owns the rights to this film, whereas elsewhere, it is a StudioCanal release and MGM had licenced it from them for some time in other territories.

Weirdly, it's available on iTunes (at least in Canada) from both Universal and MGM, with different transfers.

 

[Will Krupp]

The Studio Canal blu-ray was mastered with incorrect black levels. Switching your player or monitor's HDMI output from 'light' to 'dark' fixes this. With this corrected, I think the Studio Canal disc was better than the Universal, but there's still room for improvement.

All of the calibration recommendations for OLED TV's ALREADY have us running HDMI Black levels at LOW so, unfortunately, that doesn't leave us any place to go, lol!

 

[Lord Dalek]

Hopefully Universal issues this in the US.

Could go through Shout since they have relationships with Universal and Studio Canal now.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

• NEW Lost in Space: Nic Roeg’s Flash Gordon
• Audio commentary with Mike Hodges
• Audio commentary with Brian Blessed
• Behind the scenes of Flash Gordon
• Stills gallery
• Storyboards gallery
• Original theatrical trailer
• Interview with Mike Hodges
• Interview with comic book artist Alex Ross
• Interview with screenwriter Lorenzo Semple, Jr.
• Episode 24 of Flash Gordon (1979-1982): The Survival Game / Gremlin’s Finest Hour
• Sam Jones’s acting start
• Entertainment Earth on Flash Gordon merchandise
• Bob Lindenmayer discussed deleted scenes and original endings
• 35th Anniversary Greenroom
• 35th Anniversary reunion featurette
• Renato Casaro extended interview
• Brian Blessed anecdotes
• Melody’s musings on the soundtrack
• The film on UHD and 2 Blu-ray Discs
• A bonus Blu-Ray Disc of LIFE AFTER FLASH
• The soundtrack CD
• 32 page booklet
• 16 page Titan mini book (The Story of Flash Gordon)
• Reproduced booklet of the first strip of original comic books
• Poster of original artwork

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Those who don't want the 5-disc set, here is the 3-disc Steelbook

 

[Konstantinos]

I want to buy the zavvi steelbook, but i want to see reviews first of this. I never pre-order anything!
But by that time I'm sure It will be OOP!

https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/flash...ra-hd-blu-ray-3-discs-steelbook/12564829.html

 

[RICK BOND]

I wish it was Logan's Run instead !

 

[JoshZ]

You can pre-order it on Amazon UK but they won't ship to the USA??

Amazon UK is focusing on essential items (food, household necessities, etc.) for their local customers and has temporarily halted shipping to the US. The Flash Gordon UHD is available at Zavvi.com which is still shipping to the US and also carries an exclusive SteelBook edition.

 

[Sam Favate]

The movie is a tremendous amount of fun. Camp aside, the production design is beautiful and was influenced by the work of artist Al Williamson, who drew the Flash Gordon comic strip and eventually the Star Wars comic strip (and comic book adaptations for ESB and ROTJ). James Gunn has cited Flash Gordon as an influence on his Guardians films, and of course, there's the line in Avengers: Infinity War when Iron Man derisively calls StarLord "Flash Gordon," and StarLord replies, "Flash Gordon? That's a compliment."

 

[Worth]

I am disappointed to learn this is not a US domestic release.

4K discs aren't region coded, and the included blu-rays are reportedly region-free.

 

[Garysb]

Amazon UK is focusing on essential items (food, household necessities, etc.) for their local customers and has temporarily halted shipping to the US. The Flash Gordon UHD is available at Zavvi.com which is still shipping to the US and also carries an exclusive SteelBook edition.

Amazon UK is apparently starting to allow individual blu rays to ship to the US. However the only shipping choice is AmazonGlobal Priority which is about 9 pounds for one disk so really expensive. I noticed you can currently order Long Day's Journey into Night (Katharine Hepburn ) Masters of Cinema for example. Purchase today for delivery Tuesday or Wednesday.

I tested and box sets are also shipping like Sam Fuller at Columbia 1937-1961 will ship to the US . John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958 (Limited Edition) [Blu-ray] [2020] which before release would not ship to US now does but with a $11.18 pound shipping charge. Perhaps the restriction to the US is only on preorders now.

 

[Johnny Angell]

Amazon UK is apparently starting to allow individual blu rays to ship to the US. However the only shipping choice is AmazonGlobal Priority which is about 9 pounds for one disk so really expensive. I noticed you can currently order Long Day's Journey into Night (Katharine Hepburn ) Masters of Cinema for example. Purchase today for delivery Tuesday or Wednesday.

Just guesstimating, but that 9 pounds would be over $20. Ouch!

 

[Edwin-S]

It's only a camp classic due to Queen's fantastic soundtrack for the film. Without that it would be complete garbage. With Queen it is just almost complete garbage. May have to rewatch it if is streamed. I have not rewatched the film since its initial theatrical release.

 

[Worth]

Just guesstimating, but that 9 pounds would be over $20. Ouch!

9 pounds is just over $11 US.