The Elephant Man (1980)
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In 19th century London, a surgeon named Frederick Treves takes in a heavily disfigured man named...
Joseph Merrick
Chewing Gum Dreams
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"Tracey Gordon, the 67 bus, friendship, sex, UK garage, school, music, teachers, friendship,...
The Rookie
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Starting over isn't easy, especially for John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing...
He's got this! The Rookie Nathan Fillion crime drama comedy
Lincoln (2012)
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With the nation embroiled in still another year with the high death count of Civil War, President...
Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated Life After The Navigator (2020) in Movies
Oct 29, 2021 (Updated Nov 3, 2021)
The new documentary is the second in the series of “Life After” documentaries with the first being the brilliant Life After Flash which brought us the journey that star of Flash Gordon, Sam J. Jones, went on after his success in a movie that has become a cult classic.
Andy K (10821 KP) rated Life After Flash (2017) in Movies
Jul 5, 2019
As much as I would love to have an 8 hour conversation with someone about the merits of Flash Gordon, I should be talking about the 2017 film Life After Flash which I don't think I had any choice but to enjoy.
The film itself is kind of divided into to parts. The first half talking to all the surviving principles about how they were cast, the production itself, their interactions with epic producer Dino De Laurentiis and the film's legacy in their eyes. The second half was devoted to star Sam J. Jones himself and his personal journey before, during and after the film was completed and released in 1980.
He talked about how his ego got in the way of production so much so that his voice isn't even used in the film and was dubbed by another actor. He also expounded on his life since talking about dark times when the work dried up and how he even thought of suicide.
Thankfully after many years, Seth MacFarlane and asked him to cameo his most famous role in "Ted" and how that has reignited his film and public appearance career. (As a side note, since I am just a huge Flash Gordon fan, the Sam Jones scenes in Ted are about the funniest scenes ever in a motion picture for me).
Others mention the effects of typecasting in Hollywood. Even director Richard Donner mentions the fate Christopher Reeve has after Superman.
I should watch more documentaries as I always learn things I didn't know before and this great film was no exception.
King of the Comics: One Hundred Years of King Features Syndicate
Dean Mullaney, Bruce Canwell and Brian Walker
Book
* Krazy Kat! Popeye! Flash Gordon! Beetle Bailey! Blondie! Prince Valiant! Hagar the Horrible!...
Unforgotten - Series 1
TV Show
Unforgotten is a British crime drama television series, which initially aired on ITV on 8 October...
Crime Drama