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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Criterion's 1987 LaserDisc release of ''King Kong'' contains the first audio commentary for any film.<ref name="Crooked Scoreboard">[http://crookedscoreboard.com/the-unbearable-sadness-of-the-audio-commentary-track/ The Unbearable Sadness of the Audio Commentary Track]</ref>
*Criterion's 1987 LaserDisc release of ''King Kong'' contains the first audio commentary for any film.<ref name="Crooked Scoreboard">[http://crookedscoreboard.com/the-unbearable-sadness-of-the-audio-commentary-track/ The Unbearable Sadness of the Audio Commentary Track]</ref>
*Criterion published an ad in the April 1998 issue of ''Image Previews'' for LaserDiscs of ''[[Godzilla (1954)|Godzilla]]'' (1954); ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters''; ''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'', ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'', ''[[All Monsters Attack]]'', and ''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''.</ref><ref name="FB">[https://www.facebook.com/mcandmmtfcoih/photos/a.527644127357018/1037571869697572/?type=3&permPage=1&ifg=1EventBrite July 21, 2016 post by Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men - The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda on Facebook]</ref> The discs were ultimately never released.
*Criterion published an ad in the April 1998 issue of ''Image Previews'' for LaserDiscs of ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954); ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters''; ''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'', ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'', ''[[All Monsters Attack]]'', and ''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''.<ref name="FB">[https://www.facebook.com/mcandmmtfcoih/photos/a.527644127357018/1037571869697572/?type=3&permPage=1&ifg=1EventBrite July 21, 2016 post by Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men - The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda on Facebook]</ref> The discs were ultimately never released.
 
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[https://www.criterion.com Official site]
*[https://www.criterion.com Official site]

Revision as of 03:22, 17 July 2019

The Criterion Collection, often shortened to Criterion, is an American home video distribution company specializing in prestige releases of significant films past and present. Founded in 1984, its innovations include letterboxing widescreen films, audio commentaries, and special features in general. Despite the genre's often dim reputation in the West, Criterion has licensed many kaiju films, including nearly every entry in the Showa Godzilla series.

Selected Home Video Releases

The Criterion Channel

Criterion also operates a streaming service in the U.S. and Canada called The Criterion Channel, which it launched in 2019. Previously, select Criterion titles were only available on Hulu, then FilmStruck.

The following kaiju films are available to stream on The Criterion Channel. All Toho films except Godzilla use Toho's 2008 HD transfers, while titles dubbed into English twice use their international export dubs:

Revival Screenings

In 2019, Criterion business partner Janus Films began facilitating revival screenings of the Godzilla films it owned the rights to, including Godzilla vs. Gigan and Godzilla vs. Hedorah, both currently unavailable on The Criterion Channel.[1][2]

Trivia

External Links

References

This is a list of references for The Criterion Collection. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

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