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16th May '13 8:31:31 AM Scooter007

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''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' is the 1956 Americanized version of the original ''[[Film/{{Gojira}} Godzilla]]''. New footage featuring Raymond Burr was shot by Terry Morse, and dubbing was done only for scenes where the Japanese characters appear without Burr's character. While the film downplayed the symbolism of the original, it still retains some of Dr. Yamane's lines about the Hydrogen Bomb being responsible for Godzilla's existence. Despite the fact that it runs at twenty minutes shorter than it's Japanese coutnerpart, ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' is actually one of the more tastefully done Americanizations of a Godzilla film, especially in regards to the fact that this was the first one. If it weren't for this film, then Godzilla would never have become popular in the west, and this page probably wouldn't exist.

''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' itself is roughly the same story as ''Godzilla'', but told from the perspective of American reporter Steve Martin (played by Raymond Burr). Because of this, a full plot description is unneccessary. However, there are some key differences. In the Japanese version, the story opens and plays out much like a film Noir, slowly building up to the destruction of Tokyo, while the American version opens with the aftermath of Godzilla's attack, and the rest of the movie is told as a flashback, except for the scenes which take place after the attack, as those scenes are left relatively intact with the only major changes being that the dialogue was dubbed into English, and Steve Martin interacts with one or two characters.

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''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' is the 1956 Americanized version of the original ''[[Film/{{Gojira}} Godzilla]]''. New footage featuring Raymond Burr was shot by Terry Morse, and dubbing was done only for scenes where the Japanese characters appear without Burr's character. While the film downplayed the symbolism of the original, it still retains some of Dr. Yamane's lines about the Hydrogen Bomb being responsible for Godzilla's existence. Despite the fact that it runs at twenty minutes shorter than it's Japanese counterpart, ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' is actually one of the more tastefully done Americanizations of a Godzilla film, especially in regards to the fact that this was the first one. If it weren't for this film, then Godzilla would never have become popular in the west, and this page probably wouldn't exist.

''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' itself is roughly the same story as ''Godzilla'', but told from the perspective of American reporter Steve Martin (played by Raymond Burr). Because of this, a full plot description is unnecessary. However, there are some key differences. In the Japanese version, the story opens and plays out much like a film Noir, slowly building up to the destruction of Tokyo, while the American version opens with the aftermath of Godzilla's attack, and the rest of the movie is told as a flashback, except for the scenes which take place after the attack, as those scenes are left relatively intact with the only major changes being that the dialogue was dubbed into English, and Steve Martin interacts with one or two characters.

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12th May '13 2:56:27 PM Kervinle2500

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3rd Sep '12 2:09:53 PM Specialist290

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