UnScramble this Word: i e i r f f c l?

Questions

ron howard's directed his first film in 1977. what was it called?

a plethora of beings, including george peppard, saves the universe.?

flash gordon freed the universe from ming the _________.?

he directed 2001: a space odyssey.?

sci-fi thriller with tom selleck, gene simmons and kirsti alley.?