Flash Gordon
Date: 1980
Director: Mike Hodges
Production Company: Starling Films, Dino De Laurentiis Company
Stars: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Max von Sydow, Chaim Topol, Timothy Dalton, Mariangela Melato, Brian Blessed, Peter Wyngarde
Location(s): Highland (Scotland)
Region(s): Scotland
Storyline:
A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
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An establishing shot of the airfield where football player Flash Gordon is waiting for a plane. Although set in the U.S., Wikipedia advises that this is Broadford Airfield near Breakish in Skye, Scotland.
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The camera pans to find the small terminal building.
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A minibus brings Dale Arden to the airstrip as the New York Jets player sits in his car.
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A light aircraft lands. The location is also known as Ashaig Airstrip. Near Breakish, Skye, Highland.
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As Emperor Ming the Merciless begins his attack on Earth, Flash Gordon (Sam J. Jones) gets out of his car to board the plane.