Godzilla 1985 (1985)

Directed by

Koji Hashimoto

Genre

fantasy film, action film, science fiction film, horror film, disaster film, kaiju

Country

United States, Japan

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 199 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Godzilla returns to attack Japan. American and Japanese authorities struggle to stop the monster while dealing with Cold War tensions.

classic-monsterdatedseriouscold-waraction-packedchaoticnostalgicsomber

What happens

Godzilla 1985 is a 1985 kaiju film directed by R. J. Kizer and Koji Hashimoto. The film is a heavily re-edited American localization of the Japanese film The Return of Godzilla, which was produced and distributed by Toho Pictures in 1984. In addition to the film being re-cut, re-titled, and dubbed in English, Godzilla 1985 featured additional footage produced by New World Pictures, with Raymond Burr reprising his role as American journalist Steve Martin from the 1956 film Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, which itself was a heavily re-edited American adaptation of the 1954 Japanese film Godzilla. Both the New World Pictures and Toho versions serve as direct sequels to the original 1954 Godzilla, with Godzilla 1985 also serving as a sequel to Godzilla, King of the Monsters!. The same adaptation techniques used to produce Godzilla, King of the Monsters! were implemented with Godzilla 1985, with the original Japanese footage being dubbed and edited together with the American footage. The film retains the original musical score by Reijiro Koroku, while also integrating portions of the score for the 1985 Canadian film Def-Con 4, composed by Christopher Young. Godzilla 1985 was met with mostly unfavorable reviews upon its release in the United States. Like Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, much of the nuclear and political overtones featured in the original Japanese film were removed from the American version. Godzilla 1985 was the last Godzilla film produced by Toho to be distributed theatrically in the United States until the release of Godzilla 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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