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	Godzilla (1954 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Godzilla (ゴジラ - Gojira) is a 1954 Japanese science fiction film, produced by Toho Film Company Ltd..
		Filmed in stark fl and white, Godzilla tells the story of a giant, fire-breathing prehistoric monster who is disturbed by American atom bomb testing in the Pacific Ocean.
		There it was discovered, however, and its footage reworked and supplemented for general commercial release as Godzilla, King Of The Monsters in 1956, and the giant monster would be known by the name Godzilla ever after.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Godzilla_(1954) (370 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.
		Godzilla only seems to attack at night, so during the day the people of Tokyo have plenty of time to consider ways to destroy Godzilla.
		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)

	village voice > film > "They Came From Toho: Godzilla and the Kaiju Eiga" by (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The urgency and dread in Godzilla (1954) are attributable to Honda, who served in the imperial army during World War II and spent time as a P.O.W. He claimed that a post-war detour through Hiroshima provided the impetus for Godzilla's anti-nuke message, but its edgy awe of martial megalomania is equally potent.
		This Godzilla is animated by the spirit of Japan's war dead, attacking a country it no longer recognizes, stomping a toothless military and moral relativists alike into a dark red jam on the bottom of his foot.
		Even standard fare like Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla sports a strong emotional undertow, with its lonely female pilot, its depressed giant robot crafted from the corpse of the 1954 Godzilla, and its gargantuan lizard who is a global superpower of one.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0434/godzilla.php (979 words)

	Reeling: the Movie Review Show's review of Godzilla (Gojira) 1954
		The city is paralyzed by Godzilla wanton destruction and the government and military are helpless to stop him.
		Fans of the “Godzilla” franchise, while not getting the same monster story that they know and love, should get a huge kick out of having the chance to see the original, very different version of the creature-from-the-deep yarn.
		In 1954, Director Ishirô Honda was working with a massive budget for the time, yet the special effects have a childlike crudeness today.
	www.reelingreviews.com /godzilla.htm (946 words)

	Filmtracks: Godzilla (1954) (Akira Ifukube)
		Godzilla (1954): (Akira Ifukube) To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the release of the original Japanese Godzilla (Gojira) film directed by Ishiro Honda, a remastered and expanded soundtrack CD is hitting the shelves in the summer of 2004.
		Surviving the legacy of dozens of sequels, as well as two notable American adaptations in 1956 and 1998, the original Godzilla remains a cult classic around the world, but especially in Japan, where the creature to this day stands as a historical relic of an age during which post-war nuclear fears were their greatest.
		Godzilla (1954): (Akira Ifukube) When I first saw the original Godzilla during the film's 40th anniversary, I was shocked at what I saw and heard.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/godzilla54.html?page=print (1119 words)

	Godzilla (1954) -- RUTHLESS REVIEWS: Movies
		When Godzilla storms through a cardboard Tokyo, setting the city aflame (in an eerie parallel to the American firebombing of World War II), I was quite involved, as only a joyless crank would fail to enjoy cheesy horror.
		Remember, Japan had just been humiliated by unconditional surrender, war crimes trials, and a lengthy American occupation at the hands of "Emperor McArthur." Most of the island chain was in ruins--atomic in nature or otherwise--and a sense of identity was difficult to find amidst the rubble and subservience.
		Godzilla was never that, exactly, but it tried to be more than pure escapism.
	ruthlessreviews.com /movies/g/godzilla1954.html (704 words)

	Godzilla Origins
		Nevertheless, the origin of Godzilla have slightly changed to reflect the evolution of the myth and the inspiration of the artists but the atomic power remains the key element of Godzilla power over more traditional dinosaurs like in Spielberg movies.
		After being seriously injured by American troops, Godzilla was left to die only to be mutated into a huge fire-breathing monster 10 years later by radiation from atomic tests in the Pacific.
		In some Godzilla films released in Germany before 1985, the storylines were altered so that many of Godzilla's opponents were either sent or created by Dr. Frankenstein.
	godzilla.monstrous.com /godzilla_origins.htm (322 words)

	Critic Doctor (Herb Kane) - Review by Peter Sobsczynski: Godzilla (1954)
		This is a goofy premise, I admit, but it is essentially what happened in 1954 to Ishiro Honda’s "Godzilla", his epic monster movie in which he gave physical embodiment to the fears of post-Hiroshima Japan in the shape of an enormous monster awoken by atomic testing who wreaks havoc on Tokyo.
		Although hard-core fans of Godzilla have probably seen this version at some point, for most audiences, seeing the film as it was meant to be seen will prove to be a stunning revelation.
		"Godzilla", on the other hand, is one of those rare films that, regardless of genre, that will last in the public consciousness for as long as such things are studied, discussed and enjoyed.
	www.criticdoctor.com /petersobczynski/godzilla1954.html (772 words)

	Godzilla (1954) Review
		Named Godzilla after an old fishermen’s legend about a deep-sea demon, the creature goes on a rampage across the country with military finding itself unable to stop it.
		The public’s perception of Godzilla is mostly colored by the series later entries that often featured the monster squaring off against some other mutated beast in a fight that levels cities.
		As Godzilla approaches a mother cradles her young children saying “Soon we’ll be with Daddy.” Scenes of hospitals and make shift triage centers are filled with people suffering from radiation burns and children crying over lost parents recall the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
	www.filmbuffonline.com /Reviews/GodzillaReview.htm (582 words)

	Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - Godzilla 2000: Millennium
		Some Japanese sources say that Godzilla 2000 follows Godzilla (1954) but Godzilla himself looks so different that it's tough to imagine that it could be the same creature from the earlier film.
		While Godzilla is still too intelligent-looking to be called an animal, he has certainly returned to his "force of nature" status with a vengeance, laying waste to whole stretches of Tokyo with atomic fire-breath while his spines glow with a white-orange light.
		Godzilla fans disappointed by the TriStar version of this screen legend will welcome the return to old-school monster movie-making, but we suspect that if this film had merely followed the 1990's Heisei films, it wouldn't have been received with such open arms.
	www.stomptokyo.com /movies/g/godzilla-2000.html (1913 words)

	Columbia News ::: Godzilla Blows Out 50 Birthday Candles--Incinerating Them
		Gojira, as Godzilla was originally known, was born from a nuclear accident.
		Movies featuring Godzilla and the slew of fellow monsters from the movie franchise are the first Japanese cultural product to have won a truly global audience, trailblazing a path that has been followed more recently by such East Asian pop-culture goods as Hong Kong action cinema and Japanese anime.
		In an indication of how beloved Godzilla has become, the character was honored with a star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame in late November, commemorating his long-term contributions to show business both in the United States and abroad.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/news/04/12/godzilla50.html (607 words)

	Movie Review: "Godzilla" (1954) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When Godzilla, King of the Monsters was released in the U.S., the U.S. producers cut out several minutes out of the original Gojira and added in some scenes of Raymond Burr as a reporter who arrives in Japan during Godzilla's first rampage.
		Godzilla sinking any ship that crossed his path, razing any buildings within his reach, exploding the ground with his heat beam, and the casualties that came across from his attack all had reflected the physical and emotional damage of the atomic bomb dropped on Japan during World War II.
		In Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Dr. Serizawa seems to be percieved as a mad scientist that came up with the destructive oxygen destoryer for no reason.
	www.gojistomp.org /movies/gkingm.html (1314 words)

	Godzilla
		Godzilla (1954), Godzilla Raids Again (1955), King Kong vs Godzilla (1961), Godzilla vs The Thing (1964), and Ghidrah: The Three Headed Monster (1964) have been moved to thier own pages.
		Many of the Godzilla films made in the mid to late 1960's were more of a lower caliber than those made earlier in the decade.
		Godzilla would be turned into Japan's hero facing an endless list of monsters that would destroy country.
	www.kensforce.com /Godzilla (488 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.
		In 1992 Godzilla simply vanished from wherever he was and rematerialized as a partially mutated gojirasaurus in the Bering Sea.
		Godzilla's nervous system quickly regenerated, and he got to his feet in as bad a temper as a rattlesnake with a toothache.
	web.cetlink.net /~farrier/Gbio.htm (9944 words)

	WPage / GURPS Godzilla
		Godzilla's occasional rampages are, from this eons-long perspective, just a side-effect of a side-effect, and the thousands of dead are completely irrelevant to the forces that destroy planets.
		Godzilla is freed from the volcano by Bio-Major agents, and battles Biollante.
		For the purposes of GURPS Godzilla, is is assumed that the oxygen destroyer skeletonized the original (1954) Godzilla, but that enough cells were left that he regenerated over the next 30 years, and re-emerged in 1984.
	www.io.com /~woodward/d7/ggodzilla.html (9886 words)

	In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanses Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage
		Godzilla is the first true Japanese Pop Culture figure to achieve worldwide renown and paved the way for other Japanese cultural products, from anime and manga, Hello Kitty, Pokemon and Yu-gi-oh, all the way to Iron Chef and MXC.
		The Godzilla of 1954 was freighted with substantial political and ideological concerns of the day but as Mark Anderson, University of Minnesota, noted Godzilla also spoke to wartime debates about how, or even if, Japan could overcome the “pathology” of modernity.
		Sayuri Shimizu, Michigan State University, noted that Godzilla’s success in the United States was made possible as much by the consumption patterns and anxieties of high Cold War America as by his Japanese origins.
	www.g2004.net /godzilla (1422 words)

	Gojira (Original) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The legend comes true when Godzilla is woken up by H-bomb tests.
		He is asumed to fight just as well as the future Godzillas, with a slight lack of experiance.
		He is asumed to be the same Godzilla as the one in Godzilla 1985, but it was never explianed well.
	www.angelfire.com /movies/GodzillaTower/Documents/GojiraO.htm (103 words)

	Godzilla page 1. A Hollywood Jesus visual film review.
		Godzilla is the chaotic horror of the nuclear age set in the ancient sea-monster myth.
		Godzilla is the father of all Japanese monster movies, and Tomoyuki Tanaka is the father of Godzilla.
		GODZILLA ® and the GODZILLA character and design are marks of TOHO Co., LTD.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /godzilla.htm (860 words)

	Godzilla (1954)
		Now touring the country for the first time in history, the original, unedited 1954 “Godzilla” is a monster film from a world far different from the Godzilla we know.
		The “Godzilla” films we’re familiar with are the works best represented by such titles as “Godzilla vs. Mothra,” “Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla” and “Godzilla 2000.” They are humorous, campy thrillers that revel in their poor production values and, while they may try to generate a few genuine thrills, never really take themselves all that seriously.
		As this “Godzilla” made its way to America, it was overdubbed in English and partially reedited to include star Raymond Burr – leaving in everything campy and draining out anything remotely critical of nuclear warfare.
	movies.zertinet.com /Classics/godzilla.htm (458 words)

	The Best of Godzilla 1954 - 1975 - MUSIC REVIEW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is a classic gathering of selected tracks off the Godzilla films from 1954 (the original) to 1975 (Terror of Mega Godzilla).
		This is the first volume in Godzilla's near forty years of existence.
		This CD would be great for both fans of the king of the monsters and for people who haven't discovered what Godzilla is all about.
	www.fearsmag.com /REVIEWS/music/bestofgodzilla/bestgodzilla.htm (228 words)

	Godzilla (1954) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lifting its massive scaly face over the cliffs, Godzilla screamed its malevolent cry to the world, but just as soon as it appeared, it dove back into the sea.
		Returning to Japan, the team tried to convince the skeptical public, but it wasn't until Godzilla made his first landfall that the disbelief of centuries was brought to truth.
		Godzilla was caught and reduced to nothing in a matter of minutes from the weapon.
	www.tohokingdom.com /web_pages/kajiu_bios/godzilla_54.htm (439 words)

	Movie Habit: Review of Godzilla (1954), ***
		The original 1954 version — a 35mm print has been restored and will show for one week only at Starz Filmcenter — is told chronologically.
		The why, they surmise, is that recent H-bomb tests in the waters near Godzilla’s lair, disturbed his habitat and woke this sleeping giant.
		He knows it could defeat Godzilla, but if the world learned of its terrible power, all of humanity could be destroyed.
	www.moviehabit.com /reviews/god_hs04.shtml (333 words)

	Gojira / Godzilla (1954)
		Godzilla was awakened from it's million year sleep by nuclear bomb tests in the South Pacific.
		The threehundred foot tall terror known as Godzilla makes his first appearence to the terrified mass of villagers and government officials.
		In a last ditch effort two brave divers, one Dr. Serizawa himself, locate Godzilla in the bay and place the Oxygen Destroyer near the monster.
	www.kensforce.com /Gojira_aka_Godzilla_1954.html (630 words)

	Amazon.com: The Best Of Godzilla 1954-1975: Original Film Soundtracks [SOUNDTRACK]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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.
		So even though Godzilla films all contain the Godzilla theme song, this CD spreads it out so it isn't too redundant, but rather interesting to hear the different arrangement from many years apart in recording dates.
		Godzilla vs. The Cosmic Monster) except for Miyarabi's Prayer where she sings to wake King Ceasar.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000061GJ?v=glance (1926 words)

	filmcritic.com: Godzilla (1954) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Godzilla turns 50 this year, and there is much cause for celebration.
		Deemed unsuitable for American release in 1956, distributors chopped 40 minutes out of the film, dubbed the rest of it poorly, and then added 20 minutes of Raymond Burr in the new role of an American journalist observing the action and adding his own absurd commentary.
		Godzilla is much more than the rampaging monster fest that inspired a thousand more rampaging monster fests.
	calbears.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_km2930/is_200405/ai_n6945465 (219 words)

	Godzilla 1954 12" Statue - The ABoyd Company
		First Godzilla from the 1956 film, Godzilla, King of the Monsters.
		This is another classic film where Godzilla levels Tokyo.
		The X-Plus USA Godzilla statue comes pre-painted and may require minimal assembly.
	www.aboyd.com /prodinfo.asp?number=XPL+00209 (71 words)

	Amazon.com: Godzilla (1998): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As a Godzilla purist, I have to say that the monster in this film is a CGI imposter who has little if nothing to do with the real thing.
		Godzilla does not have remarkably svelte, feminine legs and he most certainly does not lay eggs - even the son of Godzilla was adopted.
		I am a really big fan of the Japanese Godzilla (or Gojira, in the original movies), so when I saw that there was going to be an American remake of the movie, I knew that I just had to see it...
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0767817478?v=glance (1966 words)

	The Best Of Godzilla 1954-1975: Original Film Soundtracks id (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 1960's seems to have been the high point in his career where the Akira Ifikube scores were at their high point.
		Godzilla movies did quite well at the box office and Toho was making the movies as fast as Honda could direct them, but the music when Ifikube scored them, always worked.
		Regretfully when Godzilla films started dropping off in the 70's, Toho used stock music in much of the 70's Godzilla films and thus the quality both the movies and the music suffered as a result of it.
	ourlyrics.net /ID_B0000061GJ,xtc_go_2 (717 words)

	Godzilla (1954) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Godzilla (1954) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		(Click link for more info and facts about Godzilla) Godzilla is the English name for the monster Gojira ((Click link for more info and facts about Toho) Toho, 1954).
		The film was directed by (Click link for more info and facts about Ishiro Honda) Ishiro Honda and had special effects by (Click link for more info and facts about Eiji Tsuburaya) Eiji Tsuburaya.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/go/godzilla_(1954).htm (256 words)

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