I'm not sure Steve's analysis is dead on (and to nitpick here, Titanosaurus is simply an amphibious dinosaur, not an alien), but it was quite common for the Italians to mix monsters as Kirby put it just like the Germans were prone to do. And certainly the title of this movie was set up to take advantage of all the publicity from the 70s remake of King Kong at the time. Just as this Italian poster for Destroy All Monsters shows Kong and is translated as "The Eradication of King Kong" and certainly King Kong does not appear in the film.
http://marketplaceadvisor.channeladvisor.com/hi/6/5768/dam_italian.jpg ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] The wackiest Godzilla poster I have EVER seen! I'd say your analysis is dead on, Steve. But I sure would have been disappointed to see THAT poster and then go in and see a completely different monster that looked nothing like the poster. Shades of the Wasp Woman, when it comes to wild "creative license" that borders on flat-out lying. Kind of like making a yellowed lobby card look pure white through "creative lighting"! Bruce On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Steve E <[email protected]> wrote: I think you are correct Bruce that the Italians used creative license to make a creature in the movie look like Kong and named it Kong, but I believe the creature is not Godzilla but an alien called Titanosaurus. In the movie there is Godzilla and 2 evil creatures from another planet set on destroying Earth (Mechagodzilla & Titanosaurus). Maybe why the creature in the poster is destroying the Earth (I don't think Godzilla would). Titanosaurus I believe has been made to look more like Kong (note the spikey hair). Here is an image of Titanosaurus (on the right) (and Mechagodzillaon the left): http://www.spaziofilm.it/content/archivio/win.asp?id=6313&foto=5&tipologia=dvd Some reference info... I believe the Italian movie name (Distruggete Kong! La Terra รจ in pericolo!) translates to: Destroy Kong! The Earth is in danger! Here is a plot summary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073373/ Here is a trailer: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=21720905 Hope this is info of some use... Steve (50s) --- On Sat, 20/3/10, Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> Subject: [MOPO] The wackiest Godzilla poster I have EVER seen! To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, 20 March, 2010, 3:50 I was grading some Italian one-panels I have coming up for auction next week, and I hit on one of the wackiest posters I have ever seen! It is for Terror of Godzilla, and the Italian distributor apparently knew that "King Kong" movies sell far better than "Godzilla" movies in Italy, so they stuck a "Kong" in the Italian title, and then made Godzilla look like "Kongzilla", with a spiked head and scales! See a preview at http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/italian_1p_terror_of_godzilla_NZ00117_L.jpg Bruce Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
