You are totally correct Greg,
I have no idea what I typed into the Google translate this morning, but it
was way off.
Was just remembering some of the other wacky Italian posters that feature
King Kong (and some of the Gamera ones that show Godzilla) and trying to
post an example.
But "The Heirs of King Kong" is an even better example of the angle they
were trying to capitalize on (70s Kong remake) and a good excuse why no Kong
is in the movie - "yeah, see this is about his heirs, not Kong
himself...what's that, he's on the poster?...well that is just showing where
the heirs came from..."
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: "Sean Linkenback" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] The wackiest Godzilla poster I have EVER seen!
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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