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*Early drafts for the film featured gigantic monstrous plants as the antagonists, before [[Guilala]] was created to replace these abandoned creatures.<ref name="">[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%87%E5%AE%99%E5%A4%A7%E6%80%AA%E7%8D%A3%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A9#.E6.A6.82.E8.A6.81]</ref> | *Early drafts for the film featured gigantic monstrous plants as the antagonists, before [[Guilala]] was created to replace these abandoned creatures.<ref name="">[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%87%E5%AE%99%E5%A4%A7%E6%80%AA%E7%8D%A3%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A9#.E6.A6.82.E8.A6.81]</ref> | ||
*Special effects footage from this film was later re-used for the 1984 Japanese comedy ''Tora-san's Forbidden Love'', the thirty-fourth entry in the popular long-running ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series, and was likely done as a satirical dig at that same year's more obvious [[kaiju]] movie release, ''[[The Return of Godzilla]]''. | *Special effects footage from this film was later re-used for the 1984 Japanese comedy ''Tora-san's Forbidden Love'', the thirty-fourth entry in the popular long-running ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series, and was likely done as a satirical dig at that same year's more obvious [[kaiju]] movie release, ''[[The Return of Godzilla]]''. | ||
*In the 2017 Hulu produced documentary ''Too Funny To Fail'', which discusses the hopeful rise and disastrous fall of ''The Dana Carvey Show'', footage of Guilala rampaging threw the city while chasing after the fleeing human masses was briefly used to visually represent the public's negative reaction to the series' premier episode. | |||
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*[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1e1hyh_the-x-from-outer-space-1967-dub-comparison_shortfilms Comparison of the film's two English dubs] | *[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1e1hyh_the-x-from-outer-space-1967-dub-comparison_shortfilms Comparison of the film's two English dubs] |
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The X from Outer Space (宇宙大怪獣ギララ is a Uchū Daikaijū Girara, lit. Giant Space Monster Guilala)1967 tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Shochiku Company Ltd. It was released to Japanese theaters on March 25, 1967, and to American television syndication via American International Television in 1968.
Plot
The spaceship AAB Gamma is dispatched from Japan to land on Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. When the Gamma nears the red planet, it finds a mysterious UFO that begins to coat the Gamma with unusual spores. One of these spores is taken back to Earth, but begins to develop.
The spore grows into a giant lizard/chicken-like alien monster called Guilala that begins a rampage across Tokyo. It spits fireballs, feeds on nuclear fuel, turns into a giant energy ball when it wants to fly, and destroys airplanes and tanks along its rampage. The monster is finally defeated by jets dropping bombs, coating Guilala in a fictional substance known as "Guilalalium" that causes it to shrink back down to spore size. They promptly launch the spore back into space, where it will supposedly circle the sun in an endless orbit.
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu
- Written by Moriyoshi Ishida, Eibi Motomochi, and Kazui Nihonmatsu
- Produced by Wataru Nakajima
- Assistant Producing by Akihiko Shimada
- Music by Taku Izumi
- Cinematography by Shizuo Hirase and Chitora Ôkoshi
- Edited by Yoshi Sugihara
- Special Effects by Hiroshi Ikeda
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Eiji Okada as Doctor Kato
- Shun'ya Wazaki as Captain Sano
- Toshinari Kazusaki as Captain Sano
- Robert Sommer as Voice of Captain Sano
- Itoko Harada as Michiko
- Peggy Neal as Lisa
- Susan Spafford as Voice of Lisa
- Franz Gruber as Doctor Berman
- Mel Welles as Voice of Doctor Berman
- Mike Daneen as Doctor Stein
- Edward Mannix as Voice of Doctor Stein
- Shin'ichi Yanagisawa as Miyamoto
- Keisuke Sonoi as Doctor Shioda
- Hiroshi Fujioka as Moon station correspondent A
- Sônosuke Oda as Moon station correspondant B
- Ryûji Kita
- Takanobu Hozumi as FAFC Technical Officer
- Toshiyuki Watanabe
- Torahiko Hamada as Mister Kimura
- Kenji Sonoda
Appearances
Monsters
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Weapons, Vehicles, and Races
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Gallery
- Main article: The X from Outer Space/Gallery.
Soundtrack
- Main article: The X from Outer Space (Soundtrack).
Alternate Titles
- Giant Space Monster Guilala (Literal Japanese title)
- Guilala, the Space Monster (Guilala, O Monstro do Espaço; Brazil)
- Alert in Space (Uzbuna u Svemiru; Yugoslavia)
Video Releases
Orion Video VHS (1989)
- Audio: English (AIP-TV dub)
Criterion Collection DVD (2012)[1]
- Region: 1
- Discs: 4
- Audio: Japanese (2.0 Mono), English (2.0 Mono, international dub)
- Special Features: Essays on the films by Chuck Stephens
- Notes: Packaged with Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell, The Living Skeleton, and Genocide.
- Region: N/A
- Audio: Japanese (Mono), English
Videos
Trailers
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Miscellaneous
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Trivia
- Early drafts for the film featured gigantic monstrous plants as the antagonists, before Guilala was created to replace these abandoned creatures.[4]
- Special effects footage from this film was later re-used for the 1984 Japanese comedy Tora-san's Forbidden Love, the thirty-fourth entry in the popular long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series, and was likely done as a satirical dig at that same year's more obvious kaiju movie release, The Return of Godzilla.
- In the 2017 Hulu produced documentary Too Funny To Fail, which discusses the hopeful rise and disastrous fall of The Dana Carvey Show, footage of Guilala rampaging threw the city while chasing after the fleeing human masses was briefly used to visually represent the public's negative reaction to the series' premier episode.
External Links
References
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