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Life After Flash

My costume was so heavythat I couldn't stand

My costume was so heavy
that I couldn't stand

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My costume was so heavy that I couldn't stand.
Duration
8 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:04
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 couldn't walk. I had to prop myself up - Life After Flash 00:07
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 00:07
It used to take my poor dresser an hour to put the costume o...
Because the nuns that made this silk, - Life After Flash 00:15
Because the nuns that made this silk,
If anybody wants to look closely, - Life After Flash 00:07
If anybody wants to look closely,
We're coming up to the point where Prince Baron and Flash Gordon - Life After Flash 00:09
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 00:05
And at that particular point Peter Wyngarde wouldn't di...
I think that Klytus is such an important character. - Life After Flash 00:05
I think that Klytus is such an important character.
I don't think I should die. At which point I said, - Life After Flash 00:09
I don't think I should die. At which point I said,
"Klytus is part of the whole thing." - Life After Flash 00:07
"Klytus is part of the whole thing."
You come on, they get over with you - Life After Flash 00:06
You come on, they get over with you
And you die." - Life After Flash 00:09
And you die."
And by having good actors, I think, it sort of just adds flesh and blood to it. - Life After Flash 00:06
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 00:09
You sort of feel that they've all got a past
That was my weak little suggestion - Life After Flash 00:10
That was my weak little suggestion
But, no, he wanted me squashed up in little pieces. - Life After Flash 00:06
But, no, he wanted me squashed up in little pieces.
We had a different director. We had Nicolas Roeg - Life After Flash 00:10
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 00:19
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 00:09
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 00:07
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 00:06
The cartoon come up in the United States in 1931.