The wait is finally over!
The all new "Godzilla (The Criterion Collection)
" DVD and Blu-Ray editions are finally available in stores and online retail markets!Jam packed with hours of extras and an all new restored print, this is definitely something every Godzilla fan should pick up.
(Or if you know any Godzilla fan out there, what a perfect gift to provide to them).
I know I have my copy ordered and I can't wait to receive it!
I've already posted an advanced review before, found here, but for even more rave reviews of this new release you can find them here, here, and here .
Also I'm reprinting the amazing list of features available with this release:
New high-definition digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
• Audio commentary by David Kalat (A Critical History and Filmography of Toho’s Godzilla Series)
• New high-definition digital restoration of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Terry Morse’s 1956 reworking of the original, starring Raymond Burr
• Audio commentary for Godzilla, King of the Monsters by Kalat
• New interviews with actor Akira Takarada (Hideto Ogata), Godzilla performer Haruo Nakajima, and effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai
• Interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube
• Featurette detailing Godzilla’s photographic effects
• New interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato
• The Unluckiest Dragon, an illustrated audio essay featuring historian Greg Pflugfelder describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo fukuryu maru, a real-life event that inspired Godzilla
• Theatrical trailers
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• A booklet featuring an essay by critic J. Hoberman
Fantastic movie, fantastic release, hours of great features from a company (Criterion) known for their painstaking love of movies, this is certainly something that any Godzilla fan would enjoy!
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