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	godzilla - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Godzilla died at the end of the 1954 film.
		This Showa timeline spanned from 1954, with Godzilla (1954) to 1975 with Terror of Mechagodzilla.
		Godzilla was originally an allegory for the effects of the hydrogen bomb, and the unintended consequences that such weapons might have on our world.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/godzilla (1134 words)

	Godzilla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Godzilla's design was inspired by various species of dinosaurs; specifically, he has the body of a Tyrannosaurus, the long arms of an Iguanodon, and the dorsal fins of a Stegosaurus.
		Godzilla would absorb the power of the nuclear sub, and not only would it seem to have cured the monster of the ANB but it would also mutate it even further, becoming powerful enough to defeat King Ghidorah, the Futurians’ monster.
		Godzilla went on to attack Japan himself, but was stopped when Emmy, one of the Futurians who had turned on her fellows, resurrected Ghidorah as a cyborg, Mecha-King Ghidorah.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Godzilla (4280 words)

	Godzilla
		The series was revamped in 1985 with "Godzilla 1985"; this movie was created as a direct sequel to the 1954 film, and ignores the continuity of the previous sequels.
		When it was discovered that Godzilla was popular with children, sequels were toned down in obvious screen violence, and Godzilla was made out to be a good guy instead of an indestructible abomination of the mistakes of Man. Characters such as "son of Godzilla" (a dimunitive chubby replica that blew smoke rings) were introduced.
		Godzilla was originally an allegory for the effects of the atomic bomb, and the unintended consequences that such weapons might have on our world.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/go/Godzilla.html (352 words)

	Godzilla (1954 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Godzilla is a monster god that lives in the sea that comes from the ocean to feed on humankind.
		The monster Godzilla is widely seen as an allegory for the atomic bomb: an unstoppable force, powered by radiation, that lays waste to Japan in a manner similar to what occurred in World War II.
		Godzilla at times looks uncannily like a man in a lizard suit, stomping on cardboard sets, as indeed he was, and did.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film) (2360 words)

	Godzilla Biography
		Godzilla is believed to have originally been intended by Toho to represent the United States of America (being superior in its destructive capability) and took the form of a radioactive prehistoric reptile.
		Given that his origin (in the 1954 film) was the ocean, Godzilla can be considered not just a monster, but a sea monster.
		Godzilla died at the end of the original 1954 film.
	www.myclassiclyrics.com /artist_biographies/Godzilla_biography.htm (439 words)

	Godzilla 1985
		With this film we are supposed to forget all the others ever existed except for the original in 1954.
		Godzilla is no longer the fun, kiddy monster helping mankind but instead takes on a darker persona as he did in the original.
		As with the original 1954 film, this film was released in Japan with no Raymond Burr and the Americanization of this film via adding Mr.
	www.godzillamonstermusic.com /G5360.htm (419 words)

	American Pop Culture - About King Kong - Plus King Kong Posters & T-Shirts.
		On the Godzilla side of things, there has been Maria Pitillo in the Hollywood Godzilla of 1998 and a slew of women in the original Japanese made flicks.
		Momoko Kochi starred in the very first Godzilla film in 1954 as Emiko Yamane and then reprised the role 40 years later in her last film, 'Godzilla vs. Destroyer' in 1998.
		In the film the newer Godzilla is an 'assassin monster' engineered by the aliens from Planet X in order to hunt down and kill the original Godzilla.
	www.americanpopcultureencyclopedia.com /godzilla.htm (975 words)

	Godzilla Returns - Godzillapedia
		Again disregarding the continuity of previous films of the millennium series, the Godzilla in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack is confirmed to be the original monster, now driven by the souls of those who died in the Pacific in World War 2.
		Godzilla would do battle with the Yamato beasts Baragon, Mothra, and King Ghidorah but ultimately would meet his end by the actions of general Tachibana, who piloted a submersible down Godzilla's throat and out through a wound causing it to grow bigger.
		Godzilla is generally considered to be one of the most powerful kaiju in the series, although others have also had this claim made about them as well.
	www.godzillareturns.net (3375 words)

	Locus Online: Bob Eggleton surveys 50 years of Godzilla
		This film had a terrific subplot that concerned itself with the social comment that greed and again, commercialism, are too often favored at the cost of life and nature itself: two unscrupulous characters fighting over an overcoat full of money, while Godzilla destroys the building they are in, vividly illustrates the theme.
		This film was actually quite on the mark, with Godzilla having somewhat mythic origins, and functioning as a metaphor for war and death.
		These films (both directed by Maasaki Tezuka) saw Godzilla as part of the biosphere of earth and, due to Mankind's tampering with DNA — the creation of a "MechaGodzilla" from DNA from bones of the 1954 Godzilla — resulted in the monster attacking Japan.
	www.locusmag.com /2004/Reviews/11_Eggleton_Godzilla.html (3585 words)

	Godzilla: Millennium (1999)
		Godzilla Millennium abandons the story line of all of it's predecessors save for the original 1954 film.
		Godzilla Millennium is an enjoyable film on many levels, but it is far from great in both the technical and story departments.
		This is the first time a Godzilla film has been given a wide U.S. theatrical release since Godzilla 1985 and it's probably the only case where the American version surpasses the original.
	www.lovehkfilm.com /panasia/godzilla_millennium.htm (569 words)

	Hollywood Gothique: Godzilla (a.k.a. Gojira, 1954) Review
		GODZILLA (which was released stateside in a heavily Americanized version as GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS in 1956) dramatizes nuclear horror unlike any other film of its period, because the fantasy element is clearly standing in for a reality too horrible to contemplate directly.
		The subtitled prints distributed by Rialto Pictures present the 1954 GODZILLA as it was released in Japan (where it was known as GOJIRA, a combination of the English word "gorilla" and the Japanese word for whale, "kurji").
		Filmed with low-key lighting to suggest the nighttime attacks, Gojira's raids on Tokyo achieve a wonderfully moody atmosphere that doesn't quite blind the eye to the occasionally visible wires, but does incline one to forgive the mistakes in favor of appreciating the overall tone.
	www.hollywoodgothique.com /godzilla1954.htm (1181 words)

	Film_score
		A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue.
		In many instances, film scores are performed by orchestras, which vary in size from a small chamber ensemble to a large ensemble, often including a choir.
		Some even consider film music to be a defining genre of classical music in the late 20th century, if only because it is the brand of classical music heard more often than any other.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/f/fi/film_score.html (1755 words)

	Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - Godzilla (1954)
		Godzilla can make a claim to fame that can be made by few other fictional characters who have appeared in a series of films.
		While this may seem primitive, a certain degree of realism was achieved through filming almost all such scenes in relative darkness, slowing down the final footage so that Godzilla moves with the plodding gait of a large animal, and by filming Godzilla from low angles, enhancing the illusion that Godzilla is a 100-foot tall creature.
		Godzilla starred in a series of Dr. Pepper commercials a decade ago, and looking ahead, the creators of Independence Day are working on big budget US Godzilla movie that will be released here in the summer of 1998.
	www.stomptokyo.com /movies/godzilla.html (1183 words)

	GODZILLA previously at Film Forum in New York City
		Godzilla in its original form is the atomic age’s fiercest indictment, not of prehistoric beasts loosed from underwater caves, but of all too-human button pushers.
		GODZILLA was the biggest budgeted film in Japanese history at that time, costing nearly twice as much as the same studio’s The Seven Samurai, released the same year.
		Film Forum is located at 209 W Houston Street, between 6th Avenue and Varick, in New York City.
	www.filmforum.org /films/godzilla.html (702 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Film Listings
		The ballyhoo surrounding Rialto’s release of the 1954 film that started the entire kaiju, or giant monster, film genre (for better or worse, depending on your tolerance for men in bulky rubber monster suits doing the hully gully on tiny plaster Tokyos) has been nearly as loud as Godzilla’s unmistakable roar.
		It’s common knowledge that Honda’s film, coming as it did a slight nine years after the bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is the director’s metaphorical take on the Bomb.
		In one of the film’s many subtle (and not so subtle) metaphorical commentaries, the J. Robert Oppenheimer-esque scientist is ultimately reluctant to employ his terrible new device for fear of the Pandora’s box it might open.
	austinchronicle.com /gbase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid:220624 (372 words)

	Godzilla History.
		Godzilla is an incredibly huge, nearly invulnerable, dinosaur-like, radioactive monster with the ability to blow some sort of destructive nuclear plasma mist out of his mouth to ignite, explode, or melt things a considerable distance away.
		Shot in grim fl and white, with well-done camera angles and altered film speeds to increase the impression of great size, Godzilla was impressive-looking by the standards of the 1950s and the models he smashed were built with an obsessive attention to detail.
		The new Godzilla (formerly Godzilla Jr.) is expected to continue the series in a few years, perhaps after the American "Godzilla" films have run their course.
	web.cetlink.net /~farrier/Gbio.htm (9944 words)

	Barry's Temple of Godzilla On-line Novel Continuity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The character Godzilla has gone through many changes over the years since he made his first appearance in the 1954 film Gojira [the American version, entitled Godzilla: King of the Monsters, didn't come out until 1956].
		Thus, Godzilla had only appeared once before, in the 1950's, and then had reappeared for the first time in 1998.
		Godzilla makes his first appearance in 1954 near Japan and is defeated.
	www.godzillatemple.com /continuity.htm (468 words)

	Godzilla's fired up for his final battle
		His movie special effects may have been lame-o, but they're a big reason why lots of people love Godzilla movies, collect Godzilla toys and enjoy spoof films with titles such as "Bambi Meets Godzilla." Godzilla fans filled theaters earlier this year when the original Japanese version of the 1954 film was released.
		The 1954 film had a serious message inspired by a true story: That March, a Japanese fishing boat was accidentally splattered with radioactive particles from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test.
		His body was a 200-pound lizard suit, his terrifying roar was the sound of a leather glove being dragged across a stringed instrument, and his thunderous footsteps were made by beating a kettle drum with a knotted rope.
	www.azcentral.com /ent/pop/articles/1118godzilla5018.html (517 words)

	USATODAY.com - Godzilla arouses atomic terror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Godzilla comes to the rescue against a creature that feasts on pollution.
		Gojira, the 1954 film that introduced Godzilla, will be available Sept. 5 on DVD for the first time in the USA.
		Godzilla is a sea-dwelling giant of a mix of Tyrannosaurus rex, iguanodon, stegosaurus and alligator who is awakened by the testing of nuclear bombs in the Pacific Ocean.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2006-08-28-godzilla-dvd_x.htm (566 words)

	Godzilla Live (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I feel this is the definitive tribute song to the original 1954 "Godzilla" film.
		At most of these concerts when this song was performed the drummer would do a solo with strobe lights and during the solo would don a realistic looking Godzilla head.
		This song is one of my all time favorite Godzilla tunes as well as one of my all time favorite Blue Oyster Cult songs.
	www.godzillamonstermusic.com /BOC.htm (185 words)

	Amazon.com: The Best Of Godzilla 1954-1975: Original Film Soundtracks: Music: Various Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The earliest Godzilla music is a bit lo-fi, circa 1954, but the compositions can often be considered classic, and are quickly recognizable; so these earliest songs are written so well that they overcome the primitive recording techniques and are very enjoyable anyway.
		Godzilla Raids Again (8): Only one track, which is fairly good, but not the type of music I would want to listen to over and over again.
		We have Richiro Manabe's horific Godzilla thme, with its blaring horns.
	www.amazon.com /Best-Godzilla-1954-1975-Original-Soundtracks/dp/B0000061GJ (1719 words)

	Godzilla (1954) - Channel 4 Film review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The original Godzilla film: far cheaper than the later remakes, but also far better
		Nuclear testing in the pacific brings forth a 400 foot prehistoric monster from the ocean depths.
		Godzilla is "the illegitimate child of the bomb" in a film made less than nine years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=103858 (172 words)

	Godzilla (1956)
		Americans Richard Kay and Harold Ross bought a batch of Japanese stock footage and were intrigued by the pieces from this film.
		This original tale was remade in 1984 (released in the US as Godzilla 1985 with an older Burr) and another version appeared in 1998 by TriStar Pictures.
		: It is difficult not to read the film as an atomic age parable, especially during the first minutes of Burr's narration and the depiction of the consequences.
	www.wsu.edu /~delahoyd/godzilla56.html (685 words)

	Godzilla '54 Coming Soon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rialto Pictures is preparing for the imminent release of Godzilla (1954) through out select theaters in the United States.
		May 7th, Friday, marks the first release of the film, which will be screened at the Castro theater in San Fransico and Film Forum in New York.
		The article focuses mainly on the merits of the 1954 film, and also harps on the Americanization of the 1956 version, but also contains a Godzilla "Time Line" to point out important events, either inspiration for the films or the films themselves, for the Godzilla series.
	www.tohokingdom.com /web_pages/news/2004/5-02-04_godzilla_54_us.htm (493 words)

	buysoundtrax.com - Godzilla - Original 1954 Soundtrack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Available for the first time, this is the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the classic 1954 film GODZILLA, featuring the complete score by famed composer Akira Ifukube, (who is celebrating his 90 th birthday this year).
		commemorative 50 th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack is a handsome companion to the restored original film, currently playing in theaters across the nation in limited engagements.
		Newly remastered with bonus tracks (cues edited as they appeared in the film), the CD includes a knockout collectors’ booklet featuring exclusive artwork and in-depth liner notes.
	www.buysoundtrax.com /godzilla_1022.html (157 words)

	Godzilla soundtrack (1954) - 50th Anniversary Edition - Akira Ifukube (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Godzilla soundtrack (1954) - 50th Anniversary Edition - Akira Ifukube
		Available for the first time, this is the original soundtrack to the classic 1954 film Godzilla, featuring the complete score by famed composer Akira Ifukube, (who is celebrating his 90th birthday this year).
		Newly remastered with bonus tracks (cues edited as they appeared in the film), the CD includes a fantastic collectors' booklet featuring exclusive artwork and in-depth liner notes.
	www.moviegrooves.com /shop/godzilla50thanniversary.htm (214 words)

	ICv2 News - Godzilla Like You've Never Seen Him Before (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Variety is reporting that next spring Godzilla's many fans will get a chance to check out the original, uncut 1954 film for the first time in American theaters, but they will have to brave the rigors of their local art house theater to do so.
		Ishiro Honda's original Godzilla film had a strong anti-nuclear message, which was toned down considerably for its US release in the 1950s (since the US was continually conducting nuclear tests throughout the decade).
		While Godzilla at the ripe old age of 50 may be relegated to an art house run, this ultimate "cult" monster movie in its original version should be something of a revelation to hardcore fans, who will get to see a movie icon that spawned a record 26 sequels.
	www.icv2.com /articles/home/3989.html (355 words)

	CityBeat Film Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This is a revelation because for once the focus of a Godzilla film isn't on Godzilla himself, but on the humans who encounter him.
		And while this prototype version of Godzilla lacks the cheesy- fun surrealism of latter outings, Honda's darkly apocalyptic camera setups make up for it.
		They wisely leave more to the imagination than would be the case in the series' future films.
	www.citybeat.com /gyrobase/Film/FilmReview?filmreview=oid:117851 (107 words)

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