Wednesday, August 09, 2006 01:16:40 PM
NEWS
Original Version of Godzilla Coming to DVD
Here's a bit DVD news surely to be of interest to Godzilla fans.
On September 5th the original and uncut Japanese-language
version of Ishiro Honda's GOJIRA (1954), critically acclaimed as a
bold anti-nuclear allegory and one of the greatest monster movies
of all time is coming to DVD. Also included is the English edited version "Godzilla,
King of the Monsters" starring Raymond Burr.
Just to refresh your memory, this is how the story goes: The ocean's surface boils white-hot and a Japanese freighter
mysteriously vanishes in the Pacific. Rescue boats meet the
same fate, and the superstitious villagers of Odo Island fear
an ancient legend has come true: the legend of Godzilla!
Reawakened from eons-long sleep by an H-bomb test, the behemoth
seeks revenge on the civilized world, turning Tokyo into a
wasteland of atomic fire and rubble. Caught in the monster's
path of destruction are young lovers Emiko and Ogata, who must
betray their friend Dr. Serizawa, a brilliant but tormented
scientist, in order to save the world.
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