Genres
Production Companies
Documento Film
BBC di Renato Barbieri
COZZILLA s.r.l.
Fonolux
TOHO
Toho Laboratory
Jewell Enterprises Inc.
Embassy Pictures
Godzilla
The greatest apocalpyse in the history of cinema
Overview
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).
Key Crew
Director: Luigi Cozzi, Ishirō Honda, Terry O. Morse
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Edward B. Barison, Harry Rybnick, Richard Kay, Harold Ross, Paul Schreibman
Director of Photography: Guy Roe, Masao Tamai
Story: Luigi Cozzi, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Eiji Tsuburaya, Terry O. Morse
Screenplay: Takeo Murata, Ishirō Honda, Al C. Ward
Top Cast
Raymond Burr
Steve Martin
Akira Takarada
Ogata
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Serizawa
Takashi Shimura
Dr. Yamane
Momoko Kôchi
Emiko Yamane
Emilio Cigoli
Steve Martin (voice)
Rita Savagnone
Emiko Yamane (voice)
Giuseppe Rinaldi
Ogata (voice)
