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1977 · Italy, Japan, United States

Godzilla

Tonight at a glance

Runtime
96 min
Language
Italian
Country
Italy, Japan, United States
Violence
Moderate
Frights
Strong

Why tonight?

  • Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
  • It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
  • In Italian — subtitles on.

The story

A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" (1956), plus WWII newsreel footage and clips from other science fiction films. The re-edited film was then colorized via a process called "Spectrorama 70" consisting of applying various colored gels to the black and white footage. The film's opening and ending also features new music composed by musicians Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio, and Vince Tempera (under the pseudonym Magnetic System).

  • monster
  • bomb
  • world war ii
  • giant monster
  • reporter
  • tokyo
  • japan
  • alternate version
  • kaiju
  • colorized
  • godzilla

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Production

Rating
6.8 / 10 · 55 ratings
Studio
Paramount Pictures International, Documento Film, BBC di Renato Barbieri, COZZILLA s.r.l., Fonolux, TOHO