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His performance has not gotten its due
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Life After Flash

His performancehas not gotten its due

His performance
has not gotten its due

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His performance has not gotten its due.
Duration
5 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:17
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Spare Change Films

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Movie Summary

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.
I think the movie hasn't, but his performance as well. - Life After Flash 00:05
I think the movie hasn't, but his performance as well.
It's hard to pull off the heroic thing - Life After Flash 00:07
It's hard to pull off the heroic thing
But in certain instances, - Life After Flash 00:09
But in certain instances,
I just think that it was so wrong that Sam was treated badly, - Life After Flash 00:08
I just think that it was so wrong that Sam was treated badly...
Uh, because it was wrong. It was very wrong. - Life After Flash 00:06
Uh, because it was wrong. It was very wrong.
We made our protest. It's all we could do. - Life After Flash 00:05
We made our protest. It's all we could do.
-He could have made it. -Universal was ready to do a sequel. - Life After Flash 00:05
-He could have made it. -Universal was ready to do a sequel.
So there was a contract for doing the film, doing film two and three. - Life After Flash 00:07
So there was a contract for doing the film, doing film two a...
I mean, they're not the sort of people - Life After Flash 00:10
I mean, they're not the sort of people
Will Flash's strategy prove successful? - Life After Flash 00:05
Will Flash's strategy prove successful?
So, at the time that the original Flash Gordon came out, - Life After Flash 00:06
So, at the time that the original Flash Gordon came out,
But I bought the Flash Gordon movie novelization, - Life After Flash 00:08
But I bought the Flash Gordon movie novelization,
And let me just tell you, - Life After Flash 00:10
And let me just tell you,
Flash Gordon's mother died during childbirth. - Life After Flash 00:05
Flash Gordon's mother died during childbirth.
Flash Gordon's father became, kind of, an alcoholic. - Life After Flash 00:06
Flash Gordon's father became, kind of, an alcoholic.
JONES: Childhood was unpredictable, unbalanced, - Life After Flash 00:10
JONES: Childhood was unpredictable, unbalanced,
So a lot of my growing up was, you know, hard knocks. - Life After Flash 00:06
So a lot of my growing up was, you know, hard knocks.
Sam Jones, my grandfather, whom I was named after, - Life After Flash 00:15
Sam Jones, my grandfather, whom I was named after,
He probably arrived at the ripe old age of 14, - Life After Flash 00:11
He probably arrived at the ripe old age of 14,
My dad was a great guy, but he was a chronic alcoholic. - Life After Flash 00:06
My dad was a great guy, but he was a chronic alcoholic.