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Godzilla (1998)
Country
of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1997
Running Times: 140 mins
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Super 35
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: DTS Dolby Digital
SDDS
SELECTED
CREDITS
(Full Credits)
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Centropolis Film Productions /
Fried Films / Independent Pictures / TriStar Pictures
Executive Producers: Roland Emmerich, Ute Emmerich, Bill
Fay
Producer: Dean Devlin
Co-Producers: Peter Winther, Kelly Van Horn
SCRIPT
Script: Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin
DIRECTION
Director: Roland Emmerich
2nd Unit Director: Josef Rusnak
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ueli Steiger
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Peter Joachim Krause
Spacecam Aerial Director of Photography: Hans Bjerno
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Peter Amundson, David Siegel
MUSIC
Music: David Arnold
SOUND
Sound Mixer: Jose Antonio Garcia
2nd Unit Sound Mixer: Doug Schulman
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Zoltan
Make Up: Katalin Elek
2nd Unit Make Up: Julie Pierce
Big Fin Productions Inc Make Up: Brian Furor, Lara Wagner
Key Hair: Patty Miller
Hair: Kathrine Gordon, Katherine Rees
Big Fin Productions Inc Hair: Debra Rego
Big Fin Productions Inc Assistant Hair: Chantal Boom'la,
Nancy Wilder
Costume Designer: Joseph Porro
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Mechanical Effects Shop: Mechanical Fx Warehouse
Mechanical Effects Supervisors: Clay Pinney, Hans Metz
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Volker Engel
Visual Effects: Centropolis Fx; Patrick
Tatopoulos Design
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Oliver Scholl
Supervising Art Director: William Ladd Skinner
Art Director: Robert Woodruff
LOCATIONS
Locations: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; Kauai, Hawaii,
USA; Kualoa Ranch, Oahu, Hawaii, USA; New York City, New
York, USA; Oregon, USA
Supervising Location Manager: Kenneth Fix
2nd Unit Location Manager: Jay Lee
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: R.A. Rondell
2nd Unit Stunt Coordinator: Troy Brown
Hawaii Stunt Coordinator: Colin C. L. Fong
CASTING
Casting Directors: April Webster, David Bloch
Extras Casting: Charlie Messenger
Big Fin Productions Inc Extras Casting: Margaret
Doversola
Casting Assistant: Randall Flinn
CAST
Matthew Broderick (Nick Tatopoulos)
Jean Reno (Philippe Roche)
Maria Pitillo (Audrey Timmonds)
Hank Azaria (Animal)
Kevin Dunn (Colonel Hicks)
Arabella Field (Lucy)
Michael Lerner (Mayor)
Philippe Bergeron (Jean Claude)
Vicki Lewis (Elsie Chapman)
Doug Savant (Sergeant O'Neal)
Harry Shearer (Charles Caiman)
Malolm Danare (Mendel Craven)
Jack Moore (Leonard)
Steve Gianelli (Jules)
Brian Farabaugh (Arthur)
Christian Aubert (Jean-Luc)
Robert Lesser (Murray)
Jonathan Dienst (field reporter 1)
Nancy Cartwright (Caiman's secretary)
Chris Ellis (General Anderson)
Lloyd Kino (tanker cook)
Nicholas J. Giangiulio (Ed)
Stephen Xavier Lee (Lt Anderson)
Lorry Goldman (Mayor's aide)
Richard Gant (Admiral Phelps)
Greg Callahan (Governor)
Derek Webster (Utah Captain)
Stuart Fratkin (Utah Ensign)
Frank Cilberg (Utah sailor 1)
Jason Edward Jones (Utah sailor 2)
Roger McIntyre (Utah sailor 3)
David Pressman (Anchorage Captain)
Robert Faltisco (Anchorage Ensign)
Chris Maleki (Anchorage Ensign 2)
Scott Lusby (Anchorage Ensign 3)
Lola Pashalinski (pharmacist)
Bodhi Elfman (Freddie)
Rich Battista (Jimmy)
Frank Bruynbroek (Jean-Pierre)
Francois Giroday (Jean-Philippe)
Lawton Paseka (officer)
Ben Bode (radio technician)
Daniel Pearce (radio technician 2)
Mark Fite (radio operator)
Eric Paskel (Rodgers)
Bill Hoag (NJ police officer)
Ed Wheeler (NY cop 1)
Madeline McFadde (reporter 1)
Ralph Manza (homeless guy 1)
Leonard Termo (homeless guy 2)
Lee Weaver (Bumlee Weaver)
Julian Phillips (reporter 2)
Clyde Kusatsu (tanker skipper)
Toshi Toda (tanker captain)
Masaya Kato (Japanese tanker)
Crew Member (crew member)
Stoney Westmoreland (tunnel guard)
Joshua Taylor (spotter)
Monte Russell (soldier on plane)
Glenn Morshower (Kyle Terrington)
Terence Winter (Apache pilot 1)
Kirk Geiger (Apache pilot 2)
Pat Mastroianni (Apache pilot 3)
Eric Saiet (Apache pilot 4)
Burt Bulos (Apache pilot 5)
Robert Floyd (Apache pilot 6)
Seth Peterson (Apache pilot 7)
Dwayne Swingler (Raven pilot 2)
Jamison Yang (F-18 pilot 1)
Nathan Anderson (F-18 pilot 2)
Mark Munafo (F-18 pilot 3)
Dwight Schmidt (F-18 pilot 4)
Leonard Williamson (kid)
Franklin Vranicar (Russian chopper pilot)
Mark Dicero (Russian chopper pilot 2)
Greg Mattson (Jamacian beach pilot)
Kevin Larosa (aerial coordinator)
Pat Magie (sea plane pilot)
Al Cerullo, Joe Brigham, Mark Ciccone, Carl Svenson, Eric
Pacheco, Jamie Lawrence (Huey pilots)
Lynn Harder (Mayor's pilot 1)
Joseph Filasky (Mayor's pilot 2)
Jonathan Baltzer (man 2)
Salvator Paul Piro (man 1)
Judy Reyes (woman 1)
James Black (soldier 3)
Gary Cruz (WFKK anchor)
Rob Fukuzaki (WPIX co-anchor)
Dale Harimoto (WKXI anchor)
Fred Sanders (scientist)
Lance Reddick (soldier on Manhattan Bridge)
Christopher Carruthers (radio technician)
Alex Dodd (sub-sailor)
Greg Collins (Humvee soldier)
Ken Lerner (teacher)
Raymond Ramos (reporter 5)
Benjamin V. Baird (reporter 6)
Joe Badalucco Jr (fork lift driver)
Gary Warner (gun technician 1)
Leif Riddell (man hole technician)
Craig Castaldo (radioman)
Lincoln Hiatt (news reporter)
Al Sapienza (taxi cab driver) PLOT SUMMARY
French nuclear testing
in the South Pacific results in a mutated lizard that
grows to incredible size and goes on the rampage. The
creature, dubbed Godzilla, eventually makes its way to
New York where it devestates the city. A young scientist
teams up with a TV journalist and a team of undercover
French agents to try to stop Godzilla - but then they
find something unexpected in Madison Square Gardens... CAPSULE REVIEW
An absolute travesty and
the very epitome of everything that was wrong with
mainstream Hollywood in the late twentieth century. The
admittedly impressive effects are allowed to dominate
everything, reducing characters to ciphers, plot to a
series of set pieces and entirely removing the need for
anything even remotely approaching decent acting. Noisy,
brainless and frankly insulting to anyone with half a
brain, this is not quite the worst film ever made but
certainly it's very close. Give me a man in a monster
suit stomping on toy cars any day. AVAILABILITY
Finland
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors
Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar Film GmbH
Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar Italia
Japan
Theatrical Distributor: Toho Company Ltd
Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar Films de España S.A.
UK
DVD Distributor: Columbia/Tristar (CDR 91739; includes - commentary
by the special effects supervisors; Godzilla Takes New York: before
and after shots; Heroes music video by The Wallflowers; stills gallery)
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Sony Pictures Entertainment /
TriStar Pictures
Laserdisc Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (23126)
DVD Distributor: Columbia/Tristar (23129; includes -
commentary by the special effects supervisors; Godzilla
Takes New York: before and after shots; Heroes music
video by The Wallflowers; stills gallery);
Columbia/Tristar (21739; includes - commentary by the
special effects supervisors; Godzilla Takes New York:
before and after shots; Heroes music video by The
Wallflowers; stills gallery)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: PG
Belgium
Rating: KT
Finland
Rating: K-12
France
Rating: U
Germany
Rating: 12
Hong Kong
Rating: IIA
Netherlands
Rating: 12
Norway
Rating: 15
Portugal
Rating: M/12
Singapore
Rating: PG
Spain
Rating: T
Sweden
Rating: 11
Switzerland
Rating: 12
UK
Rating: PG
USA
Rating: PG-13
AWARDS
1998
Annie Awards, USA
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Effects Animation
(Jerome Chen) - nominated
European Film
Awards
Audience Award: Best Director (Roland Emmerich) - winner
1999
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA
Saturn Award Best Special Effects (Volker Engel, Karen E.
Goulekas, Clay Pinney, Patrick Tatopoulos) - winner
Saturn Award Best Director (Roland Emmerich) - nominated
Saturn Award Best Fantasy Film - nominated
Blockbuster
Entertainment Awards, USA
Favorite Song from a Movie (Sean 'Puffy' Combs) -
nominated (for Come With Me)
Golden Screen,
Germany
Golden Screen - winner
Motion Picture
Sound Editors, USA
Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and
Foley - nominated
Razzie Awards,
USA
Worst Remake or Sequel - winner (tied with The Avengers
(1998) and Psycho (1998))
Worst Supporting Actress (Maria Pitillo) - winner
Worst Director (Roland Emmerich) - nominated
Worst Picture (Dean Devlin) - nominated
Worst Screenplay (Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich) -
nominated TIMELINE
1997
May
Day Unknown: USA - production begins
1998
April
Day Unknown: USA - production ends
May
18: USA - world premiere at Madison Square Garden, New
York
19: USA - theatrical release
20: Canada - theatrical release
26: Singapore - theatrical premiere
June
3: Australia - theatrical premiere
4: Singapore - theatrical release
11: Australia - theatrical release
18: Hong Kong, New Zealand, Russia - theatrical release
27: South Korea - theatrical release
July
3: South Africa - theatrical release
4: Indonesia - theatrical release
11: Japan - theatrical release
16: Argentina - theatrical release
17: Brazil, Estonia, Ireland, Mexico, Thailand, UK -
theatrical release
August
6: Israel - theatrical release
21: Iceland - theatrical release
27: Hungary - theatrical release
28: Poland, Spain - theatrical release
September
9: Switzerland (French speaking region) - theatrical
release
10: Germany, Slovenia - theatrical release
11: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Switzerland (German
speaking region) - theatrical release
16: France - theatrical release
17: Slovakia - theatrical release
18: Bulgaria, Norway - theatrical release
25: Portugal, Sweden - theatrical release
October
1: Netherlands - theatrical release
November
3: USA - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (23129)); USA -
laserdisc release (Columbia / Tristar (23126))
1999
March
16: USA - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (21739)); UK -
DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (CDR 91739))
2001
November
11: USA - television broadcast (on AMC) POSTER TAGS
Guess who's coming to town.
Size Does Matter
1998. The year of GODZILLA!
Something Big Is Happening LINKS
SEQUEL
Godzilla: The Series (1998)
REMAKE OF
Gojira (1954)
SEE ALSO
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1976)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Empire August 1998 p.33
(UK)
review (by Andrew Collins)
Empire February 1999
p.120 (UK)
review (by Adam Smith)
Empire June 1999 p.154
(UK)
review (by Ian Nathan)
Evening Standard Hot Tickets 9
July 1998 pp.2-3 (UK)
interview (Monster Munch by Lesley O'Toole)
Film Review August 1998
p.15 (UK)
review (by James Mottram)
Notícias Vídeo April
1999 p.16 (Portugal)
review (by José De Matos-Cruz)
Premiere vol.II no.10
(June 1998) pp.47-51 (USA)
article (In The Belly of the Beast by Tom Russo)
Total Film August 1998
p.83 (UK)
review (by Dean Evans)
NEWSPAPERS
A Capital, Guia TV 1
April 1999 (Portugal)
review (by Rui Brazune)
Correio da Manhã 25
September 1998 (Portugal)
review (by Vitoriano Rosa)
Diário de Notícias 26
May 1998 (Portugal)
review (by Nuno Henrique Luz)
Diário de Notícias 25
September 1998 (Portugal)
review (by Eurico De Barros)
Diário de Notícias, DNmais 26
September 1998 (Portugal)
review (by José De Matos-Cruz)
Expresso, Cartaz 26
September 1998 (Portugal)
review (by João Lopes)
Expresso, Cartaz 3
October 1998 (Portugal)
review (by Manuel Cintra Ferreira)
Svenska Dagbladet 25
September 1998 (Sweden)
review (Världsfeminismens King Kong anfaller by Jeanette
Gentele)
BOOKS
The Official Godzilla Compendium by
Marc Cerasini and J.D. Lees
production notes KEYWORDS
godzilla; monsters; new
york; remakes; blood samples; boats; bombs; brooklyn
bridge; chrysler building; fish; helicopters; lizards;
manhattan; mutations; nuclear testing; scientists;
radioactive contamination; journalists; secret agents;
ships; stadia; submarines; twist ending; worms
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