Godkilla2000
MemberMothra LarvaeFeb-27-2014 10:16 AMA new restoration of Godzilla: The Japanese Original and it said this the monster classic that has spawned six decades of sequels, imitations, and remakes, will debut April 12 at the fifth TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, followed by a national release beginning at New York's Film Forum, April 18-24. Godzilla was originally released here in 1956 as Godzilla: King of the Monsters, an atrociously cut, dubbed and re-edited version that inserted American actor Raymond Burr into the action; only an hour was used of the original's 98 minute running time. Burr does not appear in the original, uncut version, which has an all-Japanese cast including Kurosawa regular Takashi Shimura, who the very same year appeared as leader of the Seven Samurai. As directed by Ishirô Honda, with special effects by the legendary Eiji Tsuburaya, Godzilla: The Japanese Original is much darker in tone than the dumbed-down U.S. release version, which entirely eliminated the original's underlying theme: in the Japanese version, the monster is clearly a metaphor for the nuclear menace and the film itself a cry for world peace and disarmament. The American version also cut out all of the original's astonishing Strangelove-like black humor. it is said to come out on May 7th
felis
MemberMothra LarvaeFeb-27-2014 12:08 PMOutstanding, outstanding, outstanding way to promote the new movie, by showing the BEST of the old! Great marketing idea! And it shows front-and-center that Gareth Edwards and Legendary believe in celebrating the inspiration for this new Godzilla.
G. H. (Gman)
AdminGodzillaFeb-27-2014 3:03 PM^Seeing as Rialto has nothing to do with Legendary or Warner Brothers, I don't think it has anything to do with marketing the new movie. In fact it sounds like they're just cashing in on the hype of the new movie to celebrate the 60th Anniversary.
This is fantastic non-the-less. I saw it on the big screen 10 years ago. I can't wait to see it again. I wonder if they'll use the Criterion restoration.