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*Criterion's 1987 LaserDisc release of ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|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 (1933 film)|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 the original ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'', ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters!'', ''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla|Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'', ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster|Godzilla vs. Monster Zero]]'', ''[[All Monsters Attack|Godzilla's Revenge]]'', 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, and the Japanese cut of the original ''Godzilla'' would ultimately not see a home video release in the West until nearly a decade later in [[2006]]. | *Criterion published an ad in the April [[1998]] issue of ''Image Previews'' for LaserDiscs of the original ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'', ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters!'', ''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla|Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'', ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster|Godzilla vs. Monster Zero]]'', ''[[All Monsters Attack|Godzilla's Revenge]]'', 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, and the Japanese cut of the original ''Godzilla'' would ultimately not see a home video release in the West until nearly a decade later in [[2006]]. | ||
*Criterion's ''Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975'' Blu-ray box set will contain the first-ever official release of the Japanese version of ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' in the West. | |||
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*[https://www.criterion.com Official site] | *[https://www.criterion.com Official site] | ||
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The Criterion Collection, often shortened to just 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 every entry in the Showa Godzilla series.
Selected Home Video Releases
- King Kong (1933) - LaserDisc (1987)
- Godzilla (1954) - DVD and Blu-ray (2012)
- The X from Outer Space (1967), Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968), The Living Skeleton (1968), and Genocide (1968) - DVD set titled Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku (2012)
- Jellyfish Eyes (2013) - DVD and Blu-ray (2015)
- Godzilla (1954) to Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) - Blu-ray set titled Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975 (2019)
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 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:
- Godzilla (1954) [Japanese and English]
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955) [Japanese]
- Rodan (1956) [Japanese]
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) [Japanese]
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) [Japanese]
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) [English]
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966) [English]
- The X from Outer Space (1967) [Japanese]
- Son of Godzilla (1967) [Japanese and English]
- Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) [Japanese]
- Destroy All Monsters (1968) [Japanese and English]
- All Monsters Attack (1969) [Japanese]
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) [English]
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) [English]
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) [English]
- Princess from the Moon (1987) [Japanese]
- Jellyfish Eyes (2013) [Japanese]
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
- Criterion's 1987 LaserDisc release of King Kong contains the first audio commentary for any film.[3]
- Criterion published an ad in the April 1998 issue of Image Previews for LaserDiscs of the original Godzilla, Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, Godzilla vs. Mothra, Godzilla vs. Monster Zero, Godzilla's Revenge, and Terror of Mechagodzilla.[4] The discs were ultimately never released, and the Japanese cut of the original Godzilla would ultimately not see a home video release in the West until nearly a decade later in 2006.
- Criterion's Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975 Blu-ray box set will contain the first-ever official release of the Japanese version of King Kong vs. Godzilla in the West.
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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