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   Leader Desslok to In The Face Of People Who Don't Wan   
   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.   
   >   
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   >10/20/04 14:49 EDT   
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