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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Will you win,
Godzilla? Will you win, Kong? The battle of the century!
Director: Ishirō Honda, rated Approved
  Starring: Tadao
Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yū Fujiki, Ichirō Arishima, Mie Hama,
Michael Keith, Harry Holcombe
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★☆☆
- great
"King Kong could kill us
all. You wouldn't care. Publicity's all you want! Publicity!" -
Furue
Why watch this?
This may have been my first exposure to Godzilla way back in the
'70s.
Plot Summary:
To boost TV ratings, a pharmaceutical company sends an
expedition to Faro Island to capture the legendary monster King
Kong. Simultaneously, Godzilla re-emerges from an iceberg and
makes his way towards Japan, generating a media frenzy. With the
monsters now both present, a confrontation between King Kong and
Godzilla becomes inevitable.
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Dad's Preview:
At age eight,
I
recorded this film's audio onto a cassette tape at an Abilene,
Teas drive-in theater. This film started
Godzilla's (and Toho Films) popularity in the U.S. It
is a huge grudge match between America's giant ape, Kong, and
Japan's fire-breathing lizard, Gojira. The first 1/3 of the film
is quite adventure as a marketing company discovers Kong on Faro Island. He's captured and brought to Japan.
This triggers Godzilla's emergence from an stray iceberg. After two epic battles both
behemoths plunge into the sea causing earthquakes and tidal
waves. I was in heaven. Oh yeah! |
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