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KING KONG VERSUS GODZILLA- T!The Japanese film industry has been making movies about Godzilla for years. Godzilla is a Mepopular monster in Japan. A great shaggy dino- hasaur beast that, in defeat after defeat over the re;years, has captured the hearts of the Japanese thlt;theatre going public. Much as King Kong has cap- netured the hearts of the American theatre going public.“King Kong versus Godzilla,” a Japanese screenwriter proclaimed one afternoon in Japanese. “It’s a natural. Make the film in Japanese, dub some prints in English and have the film distributed in both countries. It can’t lose.”But on the other hand, who should win? King Kong or Godzilla? The filmmakers studied the economics of the situation. America was certainly a more lucrative market, but the film would be Japanese with Japanese actors. It would get relatively more acceptance at home. After considerable thought, the filmmakers made their decision.In the film, Godzilla the dinosaur ravages his way toward Japan from the North. He demolishes lighthouses, smashes ships and carefully eludes the Japanese Airforce as he waddles ashore. King Kong meanwhile, wades ashore from the South, stepping on buildings, starting fires and ripping out high tension wires. Tokyo is threatened. , -Finally, the showdown comes on a rocky slope just north of Tokyo. Godzilla and King Kong wrestle around in the grass for awhile, King Kong throws a rock at Godzilla, GodpDa, throws King Kong at a rock and after about fifteen minutes of fur raising battle, it’s all over. King Kong lies motionless in a gully and Godzilla lets oufcan Earth shattering victory roar.“Cut!” the director cries.King Kong gets up, brushes himself off, andlopes painfully over to the director. Godzillacomes over too, puffing and sweating from theworkout.. “Okay,” the director says, ‘‘lets do the American version.”'
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Southampton Dans Papers Southampton Summer Day
Southampton, New York, US
Fri, Jul 16, 1965
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