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Gary Crawford
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 979
From: Manassas, VA. USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted September 22, 2008 08:34 AM
Patrick....here on this forum a Dan Pinto reviewed his super 8 print of Godzilla....a german print available at that time through Classic. It's in the index of reviews here. Problem was it was the original Japanese uncut version, but dubbed in German with no English subtitles.....but he said he loved it.
It's funny, my 200 foot color sound print of Destroy All Monsters, still has all its color and is an excellent print. My 8 year old daughter loves it.
There are also trailer reels around with Godzilla trailers and such. I have a lovely print released by Canterbury films in the U.S. back in the 70's of the original Godzilla...nice print and lots of the action scenes and close up of Raymond Burr.
Good luck in your quest.
I started collecting 16mm in 1971 and had been looking for a print of Godzilla until this past year when I finally found one. It doesn't appear on lists very often and when it does, there is a fast response to it. I had always either missed it, or called too late....or it was far beyond my means.
On that score you might have better luck finding some of the Godzilla features in 16mm..( usually faded)...they show up fairly often on Ebay.
Good luck in the hunt for Godzilla films. They are out there, but , like Godzilla, may be hard to bring to the surface and capture.
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Dan Pinto
Film Handler
Posts: 32
From: Brooklyn
Registered: Jun 2006
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posted September 25, 2008 08:46 PM
Wow! Thanks for the shout out! There are many Godzilla titles. The only ones you cant find in Super 8 format are Godzilla Raids Again, Monster Zero, Godzilla Vs Sea Monster and Godzilla's Revenge. Of course I'm only going up to the original series, which ended in 1975.
Toho did license 50ft color/silent Super 8 reels,for the japanese martket, although I dont know if all titles were released. I have a 50ft Destroy all Monsters, which does have a few snips not included with the Ken version.
Occasionally you'll see trailers for Godzilla KOTM, Godzilla Vs Megalon(Cantebury Films)which is a full theater trailer. War of The Monsters(Godzilla Vs Gigan), Monsters From An Unknown Planet(Terror Of Mechagodzilla), these are Toho trailers dubbed in English for International release.
One of the Rarest of all is the Dutch King Kong Vs Godzilla, 3x400, which is in English language, and scenes differ from the German language version. I have made a custom version from both that runs about 65 minutes long!
There is also a 2x400 of War Of The Gargantuas, but the cult song "The Words Get Stuck In My Throat" is not part of the package.
Too bad Rodan was never released color/sound.
I have heard rumors of a 400ft color, German language Godzilla Vs The Thing. Anybody ever heard that one?
Dan
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