Criterion Collection of GODZILLA!

[BigTim]

Just wanted to make sure my fellow collectors saw this one.

Release Date: 24 Jan 2012
SRP: $39.95

Synopsis: Godzilla is the roaring granddaddy of all monster movies. It's also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama made in Japan at a time when the country was still reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population's fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning more than twenty sequels. This first thrilling, tactile spectacle continues to be a cult phenomenon; here, we present the original, 1954 Japanese version, along with Godzilla, King of the Monsters, the 1956 American reworking starring Raymond Burr.

Disc Features
-New high-definition digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
-Audio commentary by David Kalat (A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series)
-New high-definition digital restoration of Godzilla: King of the Monsters!, Terry Morse's 1956 reworking of the original, starring Raymond Burr
-Audio commentary for Godzilla: King of the Monsters! by Kalat
-New interviews with actor Akira Takarada (Hideto Ogata), Godzilla performer Haruo Nakajima, and effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai
-Interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube
-Featurette detailing Godzilla's photographic effects
-New interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato
- The Unluckiest Dragon, an illustrated audio essay featuring historian Greg Pflugfelder describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo fukuryu maru, a real-life event that inspired Godzilla
-Theatrical trailers
-New and improved English subtitle translation
-A booklet featuring an essay by critic J. Hoberman

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It's being released on BluRay and DVD.... This one should be BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big Tim

[Achim]

I upgraded King Kong (sadly not to a Criterion release), so maybe I should do it ith this as well...

[BigTim]

Yep.. me too.  I need this one BADLY.  This has always been one of my favorites.  The original has never been surpassed.  Absolutely cannot wait for this BluRay.

Big Tim

[W0m6at]

This is one that has me considering going region-free/unlockable for Blu-ray.

[GSyren]

Oh yeah, this will be a triple dip for me.
(I already own the Aussie Madman DVD release from 2004 and the Classic Media DVD release from 2006)