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Gojira ni-sen mireniamu (1999)
Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production:
Running Times: 99 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Tohoscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Digital SDDS
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Toho Pictures Inc
Executive Producer: Shogo Tomiyama
US Version Producer: Michael Schlesinger (uncredited)
SCRIPT
Script: Hiroshi Kashiwabara, Wataru Mimura
US Version Script: Michael Schlesinger (uncredited)
DIRECTION
Director: Takao Okawara
Assistant Director: Toshimasa Miyamura
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Katsuhiro Kato
Colour: DeLuxe
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Yoshiyuki Okuhara
US Version Editor: Michael Mahoney
MUSIC
Music: Takayuki Hattori; Akira Ifukube (Godzilla's theme; cues from
Mosura tai Gojira (1964) and San Daikaiju: Chikyu Saidai no Kessen
(1964))
US Version Additional Music: J. Peter Robinson
Song: Princess Princess (Summer Vacation - uncredited)
SOUND
Sound: Teiichi Saitô
US Version Supervising Sound Editor: Darren Paskal
US Version ADR Recordist: Matt Hedges
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Kenji Suzuki
Godzilla Sketch Designer: Shinji Nishikawa
Character Designer: Hideo Okamoto
Godzilla Concept Maquette: Yuji Sakai
Godzilla Suit Designer: Shinichi Wakasa
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Producer: Toshihiro Ogawa
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Takeshi Shimizu
CASTING
Casting: Tadao Tanaka
US Version Voice Casting: Glen Chin
CAST
Takehiro Murata (Yuji Shinoda)
Hiroshi Abe (Mitsuo Katagiri)
Naomi Nishida (Yuki Ichinose)
Mayu Suzuki (Io Shinoda)
Takeshi Ôbayashi
Shirô Namiki
Sakae Kimura
Bengal
Kenichi Nagira
Kenichi Ishii
Yoshimasa Kondo
Kôichi Ueda (military man)
Yoshiyuki Omori
Masahiko Nishimura
Satomi Achiwa
Denden
Atsuko Kohata
Yutaka Matsushige
Dangerous
Shiro Sano (Shiro
Miyasaka)
Shelley Sweeney (reporter)
Daisuke Ishizuka
Toshihiko Sakakibara
Yoshikazu Ishii
Terumi Yoshida
Tsutomu Kitagawa (Gojira)
Makoto Itô (Oruga)
Ron Yuan (voice of Katagiri) PLOT SUMMARY
Shortly after the discovery of a 60
million year old rock, Godzilla reappears off the coast of Nemuro
and lays waste to the city. The rock turns out to house an ancient
UFO which is released after an encounter with Godzilla. The craft
then transforms into the monster Orga for the final showdown with
Godzilla. CAPSULE REVIEW
Following the travesty that was the Hollywood take on Godzilla
(1998), Toho relaunched the franchise and showed the upstart Americans
how it should be done. It's far from the best the series has to offer,
but compared to Emmerich's disastrous offering, it's a masterpiece.
It's deeply flawed - the budget was too low to accomodate the effects,
the ending is rather embarrassing and the monster rampages are looking
rather tired at times - but it looks great and there's still plenty
to enjoy here. AVAILABILITY
Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina
Video Distributor: LK-TEL
Hong Kong
DVD Distributor: Universe Laser & Video Co Ltd
Japan
Theatrical Distributor: Toho Company Ltd
South Korea
Theatrical Distributor: Kuk Dong
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia TriStar / Sony Pictures Entertainment
DVD Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (05667)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Argentina
Rating: Atp
Chile
Rating: TE
USA
Rating: PG (for monster violence and mild language) TIMELINE
1999
November
6: Japan – shown at the Tokyo International Film Festival
December
11: Japan – theatrical release
2000
August
12: South Korea – theatrical release
2000
August
18: USA – theatrical release
December
26: USA - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (05667))
2001
February
6: Argentina – video release
April
5: Argentina – theatrical release
August
10: Poland – theatrical release POSTER TAGS
Get ready to crumble.
This year forget the Y2K bug... Prepeare for the G2K bug... Coming
to theaters on Augest 18th
Witness! The New Godzilla Century! ALTERNATIVE TITLES
G2K: Godzilla 2000 - Canadian English
language title
Godzilla 2000 – US title
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Godzilla Millenium - English language title
Godzilla vs el calamar gigante – Mexican title
Gojira 2000 LINKS
SEQUEL TO
Gojira (1954)
SEQUELS
Gojira tai Megagirasu: Jii Shômetsu Sakusen (2000)
Gojira tai Mekagojira (2002)
Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidora: Daikaijû soukougeki (2001)
SEE ALSO
Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(1964)
Godzilla (1998)
Gojira: Kaiju dai-rantou (2002)
Independence Day (1996)
The Matrix (1999) REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Entertainment Weekly no.557 (1 September
2000) p.57 (USA)
review (by Owen Gleiberman)
Entertainment Weekly no.578 (19 January 2001) p.69
(USA)
review (Video: Men In Lizard Suits (B) by Brian M. Raftery)
KEYWORDS
aliens; giant monsters; godzilla; monsters; ufos
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