{"id":163792,"date":"2022-12-21T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/flash-gordons-mike-hodges-has-died\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T02:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T02:30:00","slug":"flash-gordons-mike-hodges-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/flash-gordons-mike-hodges-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Gordon&#8217;s Mike Hodges Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n            <!-- image --><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Universal Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- content --><\/p>\n<p>British filmmaker Mike Hodges has died in Dorset, England at the age of 90. His death was announced by longtime friend and producer Mike Kaplan.<\/p>\n<p>Hodges helmed ten theatrical release features in his time, several of which have had long lives and are considered cult classics, including the lavishly camp 1980 \u201cFlash Gordon\u201d adaptation, the iconic Michael Caine-led gritty crime drama \u201cGet Carter\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He was also behind the neo-noir \u201cCroupier\u201d which launched Clive Owen&#8217;s career, the underrated \u201cThe Omen\u201d follow-up with \u201cDamien \u2013 Omen II\u201d (though he left over &#8216;creative differences&#8217;), the movie adaptation of Michael Crichton&#8217;s \u201cThe Terminal Man,\u201d and the HBO telemovie \u201cFlorida Straits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other movies included \u201cPulp,\u201d \u201cMorons from Outer Space,\u201d \u201cA Prayer for the Dying\u201d (which he subsequently disavowed), \u201cBlack Rainbow\u201d and \u201cI&#8217;ll Sleep When I&#8217;m Dead\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also worked on the mini-series \u201cDandelion Dead\u201d and telemovies like \u201cSquaring The Circle,\u201d \u201cThe Manipulators,\u201d \u201cSuspect,\u201d and \u201cRumour\u201d along with the English dub of Fellini&#8217;s \u201cAnd the Ship Sails On\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hodges was also a chartered accountant, served two years on a minesweeper vessel in the British navy, a noted playwright, and a documentary filmmaker.  He is survived by his wife, sons and five grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Variety<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Pictures British filmmaker Mike Hodges has died in Dorset, England at the age of 90. His death was announced by longtime friend and producer Mike Kaplan. 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