This is basically the Godzilla movie that became a folklore masterpiece of entertainment. A 400-foot (122-meter) dinosaur like beast, awoken from undersea hibernation off the Japanese coast by atomic-bomb testing, attacks Tokyo. When American reporter Steve Martin investigates a series of mysterious disasters off the coast of Japan, he comes face to face with an ancient creature so powerful and so terrifying, it can reduce Tokyo to a smoldering graveyard. Nuclear weapon testing resurrected this relic from the Jurassic age, and now it's rampaging across Japan. At night, Godzilla wades through Tokyo leaving death and destruction in his wake, disappearing into Tokyo Bay when his rage subsides. Coventional weapons are useless against him; but renowned scientist Dr. Serizawa has discovered a weapon that could destroy all life in the bay -- including Godzilla. But which disaster is worse, Godzilla's fury, or the death of Tokyo Bay?
Stars Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kôchi
Movie Trivia
Godzilla's roar was made by dragging a resin coated leather glove up and down a contrabass and having the subsequent recording slowed down significantly.
Al C. Ward, who later wrote the entire 171-episode run of Medical Center (1969), was given a choice of $2500 up front to write the American scenes for "Godzilla" or 5% of the profits. Ward, thinking the movie would bomb, second-guessed himself and took the money. He later admitted to telling students of his college movie writing classes that he always regretted the decision. It was estimated he could have raked in $5 million in his lifetime from residuals.
Raymond Burr said that, contrary to popular belief, all his scenes were not done in one day, but over the course of six days. It was simply impossible to create all the sets in one day, especially the daylight scene filling in for Odo Island and the night scene on the hilltop during Godzilla's first rampage.
In the 1985 Godzilla movie Raymond Burr once again has his historic role in another Godzilla movie. Only in the 1956 movie Mr. Burr movie name was "Steve Martin". Come 1985 there was already a well known actor by the same name - Steve Martin. As a result in the 1985 movie Mr. Burr's character is always referred to as Mr. Martin or just Steve.
It is often said that the original Japanese version had an overt anti-American sentiment and contained references to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to the firebombing of Tokyo, all of which were claimed to have been deleted in the American version of the film. However, the original did not contain such anti-American references and the implication that Godzilla is a by-product of American H-bomb tests is still present in the American version, although to a lesser degree.
If you have watched this movie, what would your rating be on a scale of 1 to 10? My reviews will be based upon 1 to 10. With 1 being the lowest and 10 being the best. This movie has a rating of 9.3 out of 10.
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