Flash Gordon (1980)
Melody Anderson: Dale Arden
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Quotes
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Dale Arden : Ming's not unbeatable. With all his men, he couldn't even kill Flash.
Prince Vultan : [incredulous] Gordon's alive?
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Dale Arden : Flash! Flash, I love you! But we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!
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Zogi, the High Priest : Do you - Ming the Merciless, Ruler of the Universe - take this Earthling, Dale Arden, to be your Empress of the Hour?
The Emperor Ming : Of the hour, yes.
Zogi, the High Priest : Do you promise to use her as you will?
The Emperor Ming : Certainly!
Zogi, the High Priest : Not to blast her into space?
[Ming glares at Zogi]
Zogi, the High Priest : Uhm, until such time as you grow weary of her?
The Emperor Ming : I do.
Dale Arden : [DELETED LINE] You just try that, buster, and I'll give you SUCH A PINCH!
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Flash Gordon : This Ming is a psycho!
Ming's Floating Servant : This Ming is a psycho.
Klytus : Who said that?
Ming's Floating Servant : The fair-haired prisoner.
Klytus : Who are you?
Flash Gordon : Flash Gordon. Quarterback. New York Jets.
Dale Arden : Dale Arden, Your Highness. Live and let live, that's my motto.
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Flash Gordon : This isn't happening, Dale. We're not here. It's just a bad dream.
Dale Arden : Oh, I agree completely. We'll wake up in any minute in Dock Harbor and have a laugh about this.
Flash Gordon : Only this time I won't just ask the maitre d' your name. I'll walk over and talk to you.
Dale Arden : You promise?
Flash Gordon : I promise. Cross my heart and hope to... I really will talk to you, Dale.
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Dale Arden : I'm a New York City girl. It's a little too quiet around here for me.
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Klytus : The tributes of the Hawkmen will be first.
Dale Arden : Are we dreaming?
Flash Gordon : I'd like to think so.
Prince Vultan : The fabled ice jewel of Frigia; we seized it in battle from the royal crypt.
Prince Barin : Stop! The ice jewel is our tribute, not Vultan's.
Prince Barin : Vultan stole it while we were burying our dead on Frigia
Prince Vultan : Liar!
Prince Barin : You are a thief!
Prince Vultan : What?
Prince Vultan : [Prince Barin draws his sword, preparing to attack Vultan]
[Vultan raises his clubbed sword]
Prince Vultan : Aargh!
Klytus : Put down your weapons! No one, but no one, dies in the palace without a command from the Emperor.
Prince Barin : Hail, Ming!
[Barin lowers his sword]
Prince Vultan : Aargh!
Klytus : Vultan! You obey, or you sacrifice your daughter.
[Vultan's daughter emerges, looks at her father]
Prince Vultan : [lowers his club sword relentingly] Hail, Ming.
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Dale Arden : So that's why they let us escape; Klytus thought he'd wiped out your memory.
Dr. Hans Zarkov : But do you know why it really failed?
Dale Arden : I can't imagine.
Dr. Hans Zarkov : As I was going under, I started to recite Shakespeare, the Talmud, the formulas of Einstein, anything I could remember, even a song from the Beatles.
Dr. Hans Zarkov : It armored me, girl; they couldn't wipe those things away. You can't beat the human spirit!
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Princess Aura : But my father has never kept a vow in his life!
Dale Arden : I can't help that, Aura. Keeping our word is one of the things that make us... better than you.
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Dale Arden : [trying to turn over hourglass] It won't turn over! It won't turn over!
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Prince Vultan : [incredulous] What is this?
Dr. Hans Zarkov : [proud] Humanity.
Prince Vultan : Madness!
Dale Arden : [dreamily] Oh, Flash!
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Hedonia : Drink this.
Dale Arden : What is it?
Hedonia : It has no name. Many brave men died to bring it here from the Galaxy of Pleasure. It will make your nights with Ming - more agreeable.
Dale Arden : Will it make me forget?
Hedonia : No, but it will make you not mind remembering.
Dale Arden : [takes a drink] Wow! This isn't bad at all.
[takes another drink]
Dale Arden : Mmm...
[drinks more]
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Dale Arden : Boy, have I got some crazy stories to tell you!
Flash Gordon : Save 'em for our kids.
Dale Arden : Oh, I accept!
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Flash Gordon : My God!
Dale Arden : What is this, a civic reception?
Flash Gordon : More like a police state.
Dr. Hans Zarkov : If it is, that could be our good luck.
Flash Gordon : Why?
Dr. Hans Zarkov : It means we'll find allies on every side. Look at them, the poor wretches are just waiting for someone to lead them in revolt.
Flash Gordon : Are you looking at me, Zarkov?
Dr. Hans Zarkov : Yes.
Dale Arden : Please, stop talking about revolts, I just want to get back home alive.
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Dale Arden : [while running to safety before the rocketship crashes into the wedding hall] Go, Flash!
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Dale Arden : Wouldn't you like a sip?
Serving Girl : Oh, no, it's forbidden for us slaves.
Dale Arden : Oh, believe me, honey, that's quality stuff. Have some. Listen, we're all girls here, l won't tell. Just one sip. Live a little, huh?. Bottoms up.
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Dale Arden : [telepathic conversation] l'm locked in Ming's bedroom.
Flash Gordon : Fake him out.
Dale Arden : How?
Flash Gordon : Girls know how, Dale. lt's been done to me. Fake him out.
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Dale Arden : Flash! Oh! Oh! Oh, its so crazy! Last time I saw you, l prayed it was a dream. This time l'm praying it's not.
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Dale Arden : Just hold me two seconds, then drop me so I can kiss the ground.