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Life After Flash

A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up against one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood.

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Lisa Downs

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Spare Change Films

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And we'd, kind of, say,
"Hey, what about us?" - Life After Flash

And we'd, kind of, say, "Hey, what about us?"

As a child in Israel, he only learnt ofFlash Gordon by word of mouth. - Life After Flash

As a child in Israel, he only learnt ofFlash Gordon by word...

Well, the cinema
was in the north,
I lived in the south - Life After Flash

Well, the cinema was in the north, I lived in the south

We couldn't decide
whether to have Topol
or Warren Oates. - Life After Flash

We couldn't decide whether to have Topol or Warren Oate...

I remember we went
to the theater one day
before the shooting, - Life After Flash

I remember we went to the theater one day before the shootin...

Mike wanted Topol.
Dino said, - Life After Flash

Mike wanted Topol. Dino said,

I've made some of my
best decisions like this." - Life After Flash

I've made some of my best decisions like this."

But remember when Zarkov,
they're sucking the memory
out of his brain, - Life After Flash

But remember when Zarkov, they're sucking the memory ou...

That would have made
a huge difference,
I think, in the film. - Life After Flash

That would have made a huge difference, I think, in the film...

-No, no. I know.
-That needed to be said. - Life After Flash

-No, no. I know. -That needed to be said.

Like, you know,
in Die Hard 2they use - Life After Flash

Like, you know, in Die Hard 2they use

Like in the forest.
For some reason,
they thought it'd be way out, - Life After Flash

Like in the forest. For some reason, they thought it'd ...

"People will never
talk to me again." - Life After Flash

"People will never talk to me again."

MAN: Neither of their two
London studios was big enough - Life After Flash

MAN: Neither of their two London studios was big enough

Three times the size
of any existing film stage. - Life After Flash

Three times the size of any existing film stage.

Triple Oscar winner
Danilo Donati was appointed
production designer - Life After Flash

Triple Oscar winner Danilo Donati was appointed production d...

MARTHA DE LAURENTIIS:
So, the challenge
of making a spectacle - Life After Flash

MARTHA DE LAURENTIIS: So, the challenge of making a spectacl...

ROY: The sets were
elaborate, bigger. - Life After Flash

ROY: The sets were elaborate, bigger.

You know, it was one of the
biggest movies at that time. - Life After Flash

You know, it was one of the biggest movies at that time.

It was a little overwhelming.
Also, when I saw the quality
of the work on the sets... - Life After Flash

It was a little overwhelming. Also, when I saw the quality o...

Danilo Donati who did
the production design
worked for Fellini, - Life After Flash

Danilo Donati who did the production design worked for Felli...

ROSS: One of the brilliant
things about the film - Life After Flash

ROSS: One of the brilliant things about the film

Nothing was practical about the fashions and costumes - Life After Flash

Nothing was practical about the fashions and costumes

It was all meant to be
just this blended
literary landscape - Life After Flash

It was all meant to be just this blended literary landscape

There was a work room
with these little Italian women - Life After Flash

There was a work room with these little Italian women

My wedding dress
with black bugle beads,
weighed 30 pounds. - Life After Flash

My wedding dress with black bugle beads, weighed 30 pounds.

All these fancy,
smancy dresses and eyelashes, - Life After Flash

All these fancy, smancy dresses and eyelashes,

Put back the mask.
Put back the mask. - Life After Flash

Put back the mask. Put back the mask.

-You see, I warned you.
-Peter Wyngarde was Jason King. - Life After Flash

-You see, I warned you. -Peter Wyngarde was Jason King.

His life story in general,
about him being an actor - Life After Flash

His life story in general, about him being an actor

My costume was so heavy
that I couldn't stand. - Life After Flash

My costume was so heavy that I couldn't stand.

I couldn't walk.
I had to prop myself up - Life After Flash

I couldn't walk. I had to prop myself up

It used to take my poor dresser
an hour to put the costume on. - Life After Flash

It used to take my poor dresser an hour to put the costume o...

Because the nuns
that made this silk, - Life After Flash

Because the nuns that made this silk,

If anybody wants
to look closely, - Life After Flash

If anybody wants to look closely,

We're coming up to the point
where Prince Baron
and Flash Gordon - Life After Flash

We're coming up to the point where Prince Baron and Fla...

And at that particular point
Peter Wyngarde wouldn't die. - Life After Flash

And at that particular point Peter Wyngarde wouldn't di...

I think that Klytus
is such an important character. - Life After Flash

I think that Klytus is such an important character.

I don't think I should die.
At which point I said, - Life After Flash

I don't think I should die. At which point I said,

"Klytus is part
of the whole thing." - Life After Flash

"Klytus is part of the whole thing."

You come on,
they get over with you - Life After Flash

You come on, they get over with you

And you die." - Life After Flash

And by having good actors,
I think, it sort of just adds
flesh and blood to it. - Life After Flash

And by having good actors, I think, it sort of just adds fle...

You sort of feel that
they've all got a past - Life After Flash

You sort of feel that they've all got a past

That was my weak
little suggestion - Life After Flash

That was my weak little suggestion

But, no, he wanted me
squashed up in little pieces. - Life After Flash

But, no, he wanted me squashed up in little pieces.

We had a different director.
We had Nicolas Roeg - Life After Flash

We had a different director. We had Nicolas Roeg

And Nic did a lot of research
and also did his own, you know,
pitch to Dino, - Life After Flash

And Nic did a lot of research and also did his own, you know...

And I guess Dino thought,
"Too expensive. This isn't
going to work." - Life After Flash

And I guess Dino thought, "Too expensive. This isn'...

I start to read
the Flash Gordon character
when I was a kid, - Life After Flash

I start to read the Flash Gordon character when I was a kid,

The cartoon come up
in the United States
in 1931. - Life After Flash

The cartoon come up in the United States in 1931.

After the Big,
the pregenomic Depression
of the United States. - Life After Flash

After the Big, the pregenomic Depression of the United State...

And Flash Gordon was the
first great American hero, - Life After Flash

And Flash Gordon was the first great American hero,

So, to describe
Dino as a producer - Life After Flash

So, to describe Dino as a producer

Was also just full of love - Life After Flash

Was also just full of love

You know, just being frustrated
because he was so specific - Life After Flash

You know, just being frustrated because he was so specific

Mike, you know, disagreed
with everything Dino wanted. - Life After Flash

Mike, you know, disagreed with everything Dino wanted.

There were problems.
And I remember one day
hearing Mike, - Life After Flash

There were problems. And I remember one day hearing Mike,

When Dino came on the set,
people got so scared
no work got done. - Life After Flash

When Dino came on the set, people got so scared no work got ...

He used to come on
with three or four
of his henchmen, - Life After Flash

He used to come on with three or four of his henchmen,

And I'm busy doing something.
I said, "Dino, go on.
We won't get anything done." - Life After Flash

And I'm busy doing something. I said, "Dino, go on...

Everyone's terrified of you.
We can get bugger all done." - Life After Flash

Everyone's terrified of you. We can get bugger all done...

"No one tells me to fuck off." - Life After Flash

"No one tells me to fuck off."

You've got Dino
wanting it to be
an epic film, - Life After Flash

You've got Dino wanting it to be an epic film,

Another, sort of,
John Wayne Flash Gordon. - Life After Flash

Another, sort of, John Wayne Flash Gordon.

And then, you've got the cast - Life After Flash

And then, you've got the cast

He was a perfectionist.
He came to me one day,
and he went, - Life After Flash

He was a perfectionist. He came to me one day, and he went,

The retrospect on his life.
And he did it several times
with Flashand other big films, - Life After Flash

The retrospect on his life. And he did it several times with...

Dino would talk about,
you know, obviously,
working with actors, - Life After Flash

Dino would talk about, you know, obviously, working with act...

You know, not that
Sam was a diva, - Life After Flash

You know, not that Sam was a diva,

He was a beautiful
All-American boy
that fit the part visually. - Life After Flash

He was a beautiful All-American boy that fit the part visual...

But there were some things
that once he showed up
in London, - Life After Flash

But there were some things that once he showed up in London,

And so, right before
they started shooting, - Life After Flash

And so, right before they started shooting,

He's sitting there
and Dino's behind
this big desk. - Life After Flash

He's sitting there and Dino's behind this big desk...

He says, "Sam, you come,
you do this... - Life After Flash

He says, "Sam, you come, you do this...

You must be sincere,
and go quietly." - Life After Flash

You must be sincere, and go quietly."

Because, I think
before they started shooting - Life After Flash

Because, I think before they started shooting

If Sam were not to do this job
right before shooting, - Life After Flash

If Sam were not to do this job right before shooting,

Yet, Sam didn't listen to that advice even after that. - Life After Flash

Yet, Sam didn't listen to that advice even after that.

He continued
to have altercations. - Life After Flash

He continued to have altercations.

He was very
emotionally young, Sam, - Life After Flash

He was very emotionally young, Sam,

He's a prima donna.
You know, making life
difficult for everyone. - Life After Flash

He's a prima donna. You know, making life difficult for...

I'd listen
to my representation, - Life After Flash

I'd listen to my representation,

And you're not gonna
work anymore." - Life After Flash

And you're not gonna work anymore."

And I guess you could say
I held up production, - Life After Flash

And I guess you could say I held up production,

Gave a couple of weeks off.
The crew goes home,
Sam goes back to America, - Life After Flash

Gave a couple of weeks off. The crew goes home, Sam goes bac...

MARTHA: Dino says,
"The pope die,
you get a new pope." - Life After Flash

MARTHA: Dino says, "The pope die, you get a new pope.&q...

I was sad for Sam
'cause I liked him a lot. - Life After Flash

I was sad for Sam 'cause I liked him a lot.

Whoever his agents
or advisors were,
were completely wrong, - Life After Flash

Whoever his agents or advisors were, were completely wrong,

And when something
like this happens, - Life After Flash

And when something like this happens,

Life After Flash poster

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A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up against one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood.

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Director: Lisa Downs

Writer: Lisa Downs

Production: Spare Change Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2017

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 26 Feb 2019

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Homepage: https://www.lifeafterflash.com/