Flesh Gordon Original UK Movie Quad (1974) 2024

Flesh Gordon Original UK Movie Quad (1974). 30 in x 40 in (76.2 cm x 101.6 cm).

Listed as ‘Used' but in very good condition considering age. Folded as issued to cinemas. Edges in good condition - no tears, rips, tape marks or staple holes. Please refer to pictures for more details.

Movie Quad stored flat in protective sleeve to ensure quality/condition of movie quad which helps to naturally iron out/reduce original fold marks before dispatching to buyer.

Dispatched - Tracked with Royal Mail 2nd Class - rolled in sturdy cardboard tube.

Flesh Gordon is a 1974 American science fiction sex comedy film, serving as an erotic spoof of Universal Picturess first (of three) Flash Gordon serial films from the 1930s. The film was produced by Walter R. Cichy, Bill Osco, and Howard Ziehm. It was co-directed by Ziehm and Michael Benveniste, who also wrote the screenplay. The cast includes Jason Williams, Suzanne Fields, and William Dennis Hunt. The film was distributed by Mammoth Films.

The films storyline is purposely reminiscent of the first Universal Pictures Flash Gordon multi-chapter movie serial, Flash Gordon (1936), but written and directed with a purposely campy flavor. The planet Porno (in the serial: Mongo) and major characters are suggestive innuendos: the hero Flesh Gordon (Flash Gordon); his love interest Dale Ardor (Dale Arden); the evil Emperor Wang the Perverted (Ming the Merciless); scientist Dr. Flexi Jerkoff (Dr. Alexi Zarkov); seductive Amora, Queen of Magic (Mings daughter Aura); and effeminate Prince Precious (Prince Barin). The film features production values comparable to the original serial, as well as stop-motion animation of creatures, and frequent use of gratuitous nudity and brief sex scenes.

Vivian Sobchack commented that Flesh Gordon is "a skin flick hilariously molded around the Flash Gordon serials, and fully and lovingly aware of genre conventions from special effects to dialogue".

The film was nominated for the 1975 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (the only indie production nominated that year), but lost to Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein.

The film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives Flesh Gordon a "fresh" rating of 67%.

A sequel, Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders, followed in 1990.

A four-issue comic book miniseries, written by Daniel Wilson and published by Aircel Comics, was published in 1992.

Famous Flesh Gordons was a strip club operating in London, Ontario. The club was permanently closed in 2015 after the 2024 provincial government revoked its liquor license due to the owners connection with the Hells Angels.