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GODZILLA FINAL WARS (Japan, 2004)
New York Premiere

GODZILLA FINAL WARS © 2004 Toho Pictures, Inc. Godzilla ®, its related characters and the character designs TM & © 2004 Toho Co., Ltd.  All rights reserved.

120 minutes, 35mm, in Japanese with English subtitles
Directed by: Ryuhei Kitamura
Starring: Masahiro Mitsuoka, Don Frye, Kazuki Kitamura

Showtimes: 6/18, 6:45pm and 6/21, 9:00pm at the Anthology - SOLD OUT!!!


2005 is Godzilla's 50th Birthday, and Toho is celebrating by releasing the 28th, and final, movie in the series, GODZILLA FINAL WARS. A take-no-prisoners assault on the senses, it manages to include every single Godzilla foe in one movie, and it's bursting at the seams with aliens, space ships, gargantuan Godzilla battles, superhuman soldiers, Ultimate Fighter Don Frye spitting one-liners, and a much anticipated scene where the Japanese Godzilla beats his 2000 American counterpart to a pulp.

We've been proud to host the New York premieres of director Ryuhei Kitamura's previous films (VERSUS and AZUMI) and fans are going to go nuts for his
over-the-top, final entry in the Godzilla series. But be warned, Kitamura doesn't want to make a film geek movie that will appeal to the Big G's hardcore fans who can trade monster trivia all day long. His favorite Godzilla movies are the off-their-rocker 1970's installments, and he brings the surreal, destructive anarchy of those flicks up to date, throws them in a blender, and sets it on "funky." The movie kicks off with Godzilla being trapped under ice in the South Pole. Pollution has resulted in a global monster epidemic. Superhuman soldiers are bred to cope with these colossal threats, but when aliens from old Toho flick, MONSTER ZERO, show up on earth and use mind control to try to turn the planet into their own personal pantry, these supersoldiers need help from the world's most famous lizard with a bad attitude. Mayhem ensues. Lots of mayhem, as Godzilla takes on pretty much every monster he's ever faced, Rodan attacks New York , and there's even an appearance by Minilla, Godzilla's son.

Don't think about it too hard, just sit back, grab some shrimp chips, and watch the ultimate giant monster movie unfold in all its lunatic glory.