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Godzilla1977

Name: Godzilla
Genre: Monster & Creature, Sci-Fi Horror, Classic Monsters
Released: 1977-01-01
Rating: 5.8

“The greatest apocalpyse in the history of cinema”

Directed by Luigi Cozzi, Ishirō Honda

5.8

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Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 5.2TMDB 6.8

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Year

1977

Runtime

96 min

The premise

A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" (1956), plus WWII newsreel footage and clips from other science fiction films. The re-edited film was then colorized via a process called "Spectrorama 70" consisting of applying various colored gels to the black and white footage. The film's opening and ending also features new music composed by musicians Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio, and Vince Tempera (under the pseudonym Magnetic System).

Horror Vault's take

This 1977 Italian release puts a unique spin on the legendary 1954 kaiju classic, blending the American-edited Raymond Burr cut with WWII newsreel footage and clips from other science fiction films to create a distinct, standalone experience. The entire film was then washed in vivid artificial color through the 'Spectrorama 70' gel-tinting process, giving the black-and-white footage an eerie, otherworldly glow. A newly composed score by Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio, and Vince Tempera bookends the film, lending it a flavor entirely its own. For collectors and cult enthusiasts, it stands as a fascinating artifact of how international distributors reshaped genre cinema for local audiences.

Content: Depictions Of Mass Destruction, Wartime Newsreel Footage