For those not in the know, this is the big G's 50th anniversary. Even besides that it's a great year for the fans.
Sony has released three of the most recent films on DVD this year, and for the first time, Japanese language tracks were available.
Rialto is releasing the original Japanese edit of the original Gojira, never seen in this country, to the art house circuit this summer (it hits the Music Box in Chicago in July).
Here's the theatrical schedule so far:
MAY:
NEW YORK, NY: Film Forum 05/07 - 05/20
SAN FRANCISCO, CA: The Castro Theatre 05/07 - 05/20
LOS ANGELES, CA: Nuart Theatre 5/14- 5/28
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Kennedy Center 05/14 - 05/20, AFI Silver Theatre 05/21 - 06/03
JUNE:
SEATTLE, WA: Varsity Theatre 6/25-7/1
PORTLAND, OR: Cinema 21 6/25-7/1
SAN DIEGO, CA: Ken Cinema 6/25-7/1
BOSTON, MA: Brattle Theatre
JULY:
CHICAGO, IL: The Music Box Theatre 7/2-7/15
ATLANTA, GA: Midtown Art Cinema 7/23-7/29
DALLAS, TX:
DENVER, CO:
DETROIT, MI:
MINNEAPOLIS, MN:
ALBUQUERQUE, NM:
AUGUST:
AUSTIN, TX:
MIAMI, FL:
SANTA FE, NM:
CLEVELAND, OH:
HOUSTON, TX:
For those in the Los Angeles area, in June there will be a Godzilla film fest, which will feature a full dozen Godzilla movies on the big screen.
http://www.henshinonline.com/There's the annual G-Fan con, again just outside Chicago in July.
Toho will release a 50th anniversary Godzilla movie this December, supposedly their most ambitious film, one that will ape the multible kajui-fest Destroy All Monsters.
All that, and we get this, this morning, from Monster Zero:
"The King of the Monsters' 50th Anniversary year just keeps getting better and better! Sony Pictures has recently acquired North American rights to some early films from Toho Studios' long-running Godzilla series and plans to release them on DVD from Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. The list of titles includes such classics as EBIRAH: HORROR OF THE DEEP (Nankai-no Daiketto, aka GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER, 1966), SON OF GODZILLA (Gojira-no Mosuko, 1967), GODZILLA VS HEDORAH (Gojira tai Hedorah, aka GODZILLA VS THE SMOG MONSTER, 1971), and GODZILLA VS MECHAGODZILLA (Gojira tai Mekagojira, 1974), all of which are currently unavailable on Region 1 DVD and are long out-of-print on VHS in this country."
Fan-damn-tastic.
