More correctly, the Italian title of Destroy All Monsters, "Gli Eredi
di King Kong," translates as The Heirs of King Kong.
But in general, I agree with you, Sean.
Greg Pflugfelder
Columbia U
Quoting Sean Linkenback <[email protected]>:
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
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