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|    Re: 'Godzilla' To Get Star On Fame Walk    |
|    21 Oct 04 05:35:20    |
      From: desslok@gamilon.ga              Its about time                     On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:19:50 -0400, "Carlito Carribean Cool" wrote:              >TOKYO (AP) - Godzilla, the fire-breathing movie monster born in a nuclear       >accident, is joining Hollywood royalty with a star on the Walk of Fame.       >       >A ceremony will honor the giant lizard in front of Hollywood Boulevard's       >famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Nov. 29, the world premiere of "Godzilla       >Final Wars," Toho Pictures Inc. President Shogo Tomiyama said Wednesday.       >       >The movie, the 28th in the series, will mark 50 years since the genetically       >altered dinosaur emerged from the sea.       >       >Featuring a showdown with 10 monsters, old and new, bashing through tiny       >sets of Paris, New York, Shanghai and Sydney, it will be the last time       >Godzilla - played by an actor in a rubber suit - stomps through miniaturized       >sets before retiring.       >       >"This movie will surprise and delight everyone, from longtime fans to       >first-time viewers," Tomiyama told a news conference.       >       >Known in Japan as "Gojira," from a combination of the words for gorilla and       >whale, the monster first appeared in director Ishiro Honda's 1954       >black-and-white classic.       >       >It was roused from its undersea lair by a hydrogen bomb test - a story line       >that reflected fears of a nuclear holocaust after the United States tested       >an H-bomb at Bikini atoll in the early 1950s.       >       >The actor in the rubber suit will be on hand for next month's ceremony,       >Tomiyama said.       >       >       >10/20/04 14:49 EDT       >       >              Leader Desslok              I hate the Star Force              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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