Flash Gordon

[Machine Translation] The space opera that George Lucas was eager to adapt into a film, now on Blu-ray for the first time with a new HD master! It is well known that George Lucas, who watched the 1930s serial action film "Flash Gordon," based on the comic book, on TV as a boy, was eager to re-make the film, but when Laurentiis, who owned the film rights to the original story, refused to give up the rights, he had no choice but to come up with an original space opera "Star Wars," which he made into a movie. The story is well-known that Lukas had no choice but to make an original space opera, "Star Wars," and made it into a movie. After "Star Wars" became a huge hit, Laurentiis produced this film (special effects were done by Lucas' company, ILM). --The evil emperor Min of the planet Mongo wants to destroy the earth by crashing its moon. Zurkov, a scientist, travels to Mongo in a rocket of his own making to negotiate with Min, and is accompanied by Flash Gordon, a star football player, and Dale, a woman traveling alone. When the group arrives in Mongo, Min captures them, makes Dale his mistress, and attempts to execute Flash and Zurkov. However, with the help of Aura, a princess in love with Flash, the tables are turned and Flash and his men begin their counterattack... The previously released DVD was 107 minutes long due to the use of a PAL master, but this Blu-ray uses a new HD master and is 111 minutes long, the same as the theatrical release. A booklet (16 pages) is enclosed.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: interview with the director, trailer, audio commentary, Japanese dubbing for TV

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ジョージ・ルーカスが映画化を熱望したスペース・オペラ、新規HDマスターで初のBlu-ray化! コミックが原作の1930年代の連続活劇映画『フラッシュ・ゴードン』を少年時代にテレビで見ていたジョージ・ルーカスは、再映画化を熱望していたが、原作の映画化権を持つラウレンティスが権利を譲らなかったため、仕方なくオリジナルのスペース・オペラ『スター・ウォーズ』を考え、映画化したという話は有名。ラウレンティスは『スター・ウォーズ』の大ヒット後、満を持して本作を製作した(特殊効果はルーカスの会社ILMに依頼)。――惑星モンゴの悪の皇帝ミンは、月を衝突させて地球を滅ぼそうとしていた。ミンと交渉するため自作のロケットでモンゴに向かう科学者ザーコフに、アメフトのスター選手フラッシュ・ゴードンと1人旅の女性デイルが同行する。モンゴに着いた一行を捕らえたミンは、デイルを自分の愛人にし、フラッシュとザーコフを処刑しようとする。だがフラッシュに恋した王女オーラの助けで形勢は逆転、フラッシュらの反撃が始まる・・・。既発売のDVDはPALマスターを使用していたため107分だったところ、本Blu-rayでは新規のHDマスターを使用し、劇場公開時と同じ111分となった。ブックレット(16P予定)封入。

映像特典: マイク・ホッジス監督インタビュー、オリジナル予告編、音声特典: TV放映日本語吹替音声、マイク・ホッジス監督のオーディオ・コメンタリー