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Godzilla (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 58 Fresh: 15  Rotten:43 Average Rating: 4.7/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 19 mins

Synopsis: Nuclear testing once again awakens the green behemoth. Godzilla demolishes large portions of New York. Nuclear testing once again awakens the green behemoth. Godzilla demolishes large portions of New York. [More]

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Maria Pitillo, Jean Reno, Hank Azaria

Director: Roland Emmerich
Producer: Kelly Van Horn, Peter Winther
Composer: David Arnold
Screenwriter: Dean Devlin

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 28, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Surround - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Volker Engel - Special Effects Supervisor
  • Bonus Featurette - 1. 10-minute best of Godzilla fight scenes
  • 2. 3 episodes of Godzilla Animated Series
  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Featurette
  • Music Video - 1. The Wallflowers - HEROES
  • Full-Motion Menus

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Biographies - 1. Roland Emmerich - Director
  • 2. Dean Devlin - Producer
  • Filmographies - 1. Cast & Crew
  • Stills/Photos - 1. GODZILLA TAKES NEW YORK: Before and After

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1/5

A great lumbering beast that has no personality, has size but no power.

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02/14/08
Rob Gonsalves
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Garth Franklin
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This is the view from the end of the world -- we look on the smoking ruin of Manhattan and shrug and eat our popcorn.

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01/17/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Godzilla ... is so poorly written and so un-original that it makes Independence Day sound like Shakespeare.

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12/06/04
Jeffrey Overstreet
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07/20/04
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Where's stock footage of Raymond Burr when you need it?

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07/19/04
Martin Scribbs
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If only one could fast-forward past the idiot characters to the parts where the creature nests in Madison Square Garden, crushes Fifth Avenue and chomps a taxicab.

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07/01/04
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
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06/19/04
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03/02/04
Dragan Antulov
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