Godzilla 1985 Movie Review

Analog Jones and the Temple of Film: VHS Podcast

Is that Perry Mason in a Godzilla film? It sure is. This week the crew reviews the heavily edited Godzilla movie for American audiences!

Quick Facts
Directed by R. J. Kizer and Koji Hashimoto
Written by Shuichi Nagathara, Tony Randel, and Straw Weisman
Story by Tomoyuki Tanaka
Distributed by New World Pictures and Toho
Released on August 23, 1985 (US)
Running time of 87 minutes
Budget of $2 million ($5.7 million today)
Box Office of $4.12 million ($11.7 million today)
Rotten Tomatoes: 27% Tomatometer, 66% Audience score

Starring
Raymond Burr as Steve Martin
Ken Tanaka as Goro Maki
Keiju Kobayashi as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Yasuko Sawaguchi as Naoko Okumura
Yosuke Natsuki as Professor Makoto Hayashida

Trailers
Godzilla vs. Bambi
Teaser for Transylvania 6-5000 (after the credits)

VHS Description
“The best Godzilla in thirty years…hysterical fun.”
-Joel Siegel, Good Morning America

Just when you thought it was safe to return to Tokyo, the world’s favorite fire-breathing monster, Godzilla, has been reborn to once again wreak havoc upon a city still recovering from his last stroll downtown, way back in 1958.

Godzilla’s all-new adventure begins when strange atomic explosions near an uncharted island cause a passing ship to lose control. The crew is found in a horrible state of decay, and after amassing the evidence, the scientists conclude that the Big Guy is back, wants to feed off a nuclear power plant, and is making a beeline toward the business district.

The great RAYMOND BURR reprised his role as journalist Steve Martin, once again caught in Godzilla’s destructive path.

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