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|title=<center>Godzilla! (high-quality release)</center> | |title=<center>Godzilla! (high-quality release)</center> | ||
|image=Cozz_18.png | |image=Cozz_18.png | ||
|imagecaption=The current quality of the film. | |imagecaption=The current quality of the film. | ||
|status=<span style="color: | |status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|datefound=17 Feb '18 | |||
|foundby=GenoCuddy | |||
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''Godzilla!'', Often called ''Cozzilla'', for its director Luigi Cozzi, is a 1977 | ''Godzilla!'', Often called ''Cozzilla'', for its director Luigi Cozzi, is a 1977 colourized version of the 1954 film ''Gojira'', only available for homeownership through TV recordings and bootleg DVDs. No known versions include the ending, although it has surfaced on YouTube, and the "full" version that surfaced online in 2014 was a very low-quality recording that had the text from the end of the reel included in the movie, as it hadn't been run properly. | ||
There are | There are rumours that a '''high-quality 8mm print''' surfaced in recent years, but it was never released, and the movie has never had a proper home media release. An old introduction used on TV shows some very high-quality footage, where the colours are actually quite distinct, while most versions of the movie available are quite faded and poorly aged. | ||
The movie spliced in footage from other sources, which is fairly effective at some points but makes it look messy at others. Most of the footage is from ''The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms'' and ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters''. There is also at least one scene from 1955's ''Godzilla Raids Again'', as well as footage from the wars (which does result in actual human death on screen). The base movie does seem to be from ''King of the Monsters'', although there is added footage from ''Gojira''.<ref>[http://exploderbutton.com/exploder/is-humanity-saved-to-cozzilla-an-ending/ September 6, 2013, An article about the ending of the movie.]</ref> | The movie spliced in footage from other sources, which is fairly effective at some points but makes it look messy at others. Most of the footage is from ''The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms'' and ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters''. There is also at least one scene from 1955's ''Godzilla Raids Again'', as well as footage from the wars (which does result in actual human death on screen). The base movie does seem to be from ''King of the Monsters'', although there is added footage from ''Gojira''.<ref>[http://exploderbutton.com/exploder/is-humanity-saved-to-cozzilla-an-ending/ September 6, 2013, An article about the ending of the movie.]</ref> | ||
It is unlikely the movie will ever receive a restored release, since Toho studios have never mentioned it at any point, and it's unknown if the current owners will release it. It is also notable that side B of the original soundtrack to the movie hasn't been released on CD, although it does appear on a rare EP. | It is unlikely the movie will ever receive a restored release, since Toho studios have never mentioned it at any point, and it's unknown if the current owners will release it. It is also notable that side B of the original soundtrack to the movie hasn't been released on CD, although it does appear on a rare EP. | ||
==Findings== | |||
On February 17th, 2018, user "GenoCuddy" uploaded a high-quality restoration of the film to archive.org. He was given a 35mm print of the film to work with and he almost lost all of his work do to his computer dying but luckily he did save an earlier attempt on a DVD. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{Video|perrow =1 | |||
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|id1 =CozzillaRestoredGenoCuddy | |||
|description1 =The full restoration. | |||
}} | |||
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px> | <gallery mode=packed heights=175px> | ||
File:COZZILLA.jpg|A promo poster for the movie. | File:COZZILLA.jpg|A promo poster for the movie. | ||
File:Cozz_20.png|Another example of the low quality of film. | File:Cozz_20.png|Another example of the low quality of the film. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Found media]] | ||
Revision as of 21:37, 10 September 2019
Godzilla!, Often called Cozzilla, for its director Luigi Cozzi, is a 1977 colourized version of the 1954 film Gojira, only available for homeownership through TV recordings and bootleg DVDs. No known versions include the ending, although it has surfaced on YouTube, and the "full" version that surfaced online in 2014 was a very low-quality recording that had the text from the end of the reel included in the movie, as it hadn't been run properly.
There are rumours that a high-quality 8mm print surfaced in recent years, but it was never released, and the movie has never had a proper home media release. An old introduction used on TV shows some very high-quality footage, where the colours are actually quite distinct, while most versions of the movie available are quite faded and poorly aged.
The movie spliced in footage from other sources, which is fairly effective at some points but makes it look messy at others. Most of the footage is from The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms and Godzilla, King of the Monsters. There is also at least one scene from 1955's Godzilla Raids Again, as well as footage from the wars (which does result in actual human death on screen). The base movie does seem to be from King of the Monsters, although there is added footage from Gojira.[1]
It is unlikely the movie will ever receive a restored release, since Toho studios have never mentioned it at any point, and it's unknown if the current owners will release it. It is also notable that side B of the original soundtrack to the movie hasn't been released on CD, although it does appear on a rare EP.
Findings
On February 17th, 2018, user "GenoCuddy" uploaded a high-quality restoration of the film to archive.org. He was given a 35mm print of the film to work with and he almost lost all of his work do to his computer dying but luckily he did save an earlier attempt on a DVD.