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Long rumored and now official, Criterion is bringing the 1954 classic Godzilla to Blu-ray on January 24, 2012.
The specs go like this:
– New high-definition digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
– Audio commentary by David Kalat (A Critical History and Filmography of Tohoâs Godzilla Series)
– New high-definition digital restoration of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Terry Morseâs 1956 reworking of the original, starring Raymond Burr
– Audio commentary for Godzilla, King of the Monsters by Kalat
New interviews with actor Akira Takarada (Hideto Ogata), Godzilla performer Haruo Nakajima, and effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai
– Interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube
– Featurette detailing Godzillaâs photographic effects
– New interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato
– The Unluckiest Dragon, an illustrated audio essay featuring historian Greg Pflugfelder describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo fukuryu maru, a real-life event that inspired Godzilla
– Theatrical trailers
– New and improved English subtitle translation
– PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic J. Hoberman
Amazing. Cannot wait!
Source: Ryan Turek, Managing Editor
