Godzilla (1998)
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Maria Pitillo, Jean Reno, Hank Azaria, Bodhi Elfman
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Produced by: Kelly Van Horn, Peter Winther, Dean Devlin
Nasty, brutish and very, very tall, the rampaging Godzilla does Manhattan -- and shows a lot more personality than most of the actors in this high-tech, big-budget, dramatically inept variation on the Japanese A-bomb monster movie classic.
Release Date: May 19, 1998 (Wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Monster Action and Violence.
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
Starring: Raymond Burr, Keiji Kobayashi, Ten Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi
Directed by: Kohji Hashimoto, R.J. Kizer
An unintentionally funny remake of the popular Godzilla films of the fifties and sixties. The dubbing and dialogue are as bad as ever. Mr. Burr returns in his role of thirty years ago as a newspaper reporter, and manages to keep a straight face through the whole ordeal.
MPAA Rating: PG.
Godzilla (2004)
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kochi, Akira Takarada, Akihiko Hirata, Sachio Sakai
Directed by: Ishirô Honda
Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka
The monster is awakened by an undersea explosion and wreaks havoc on the citizens of Tokyo. The original 1954 Japanese version, uncut and without the Raymond Burr scenes that were filmed for the American version, is released theatrically for the first time in America.
Release Date: May 7, 2004 NY/SF; May 14, 2004 LA/DC; January 1, 1954.
MPAA Rating: Not Rated.
Distributor: Rialto Pictures.
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