This one is a little strange too. Seeing the CINERAMA logo on it would make you think that it is a CINERAMA film.
http://cineramahistory.com/notcinerama.htm --- On Sun, 21/3/10, Greg Pflugfelder <[email protected]> wrote: >From: Greg Pflugfelder <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MOPO] The wackiest Godzilla poster I have EVER seen! >To: [email protected] >Date: Sunday, 21 March, 2010, 9:53 > > >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 >> >> 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. >> >> > > 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. 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