Upcoming Non-UK Blu-ray Releases

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

On January 24th 2012, the Criterion Collection will release Godzilla on blu-ray (and dvd), featuring the original version and the 1956 U.S. version with Raymond Burr

DISC FEATURES

New high-definition digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition).
Audio commentary by David Kalat (A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series).
New high-definition digital restoration of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Terry Morse's 1956 reworking of the original, starring Raymond Burr.
Audio commentary for Godzilla, King of the Monsters by Kalat.
New interviews with actor Akira Takarada (Hideto Ogata), Godzilla performer Haruo Nakajima, and effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai.
Interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube.
Featurette detailing Godzilla's photographic effects.
New interview with Japanese film critic Tadao Sato.
The Unluckiest Dragon, an illustrated audio essay featuring historian Greg Pflugfelder describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo fukuryu maru, a real-life event that inspired Godzilla.
Theatrical trailers.
New and improved English subtitle translation.


PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic J. Hoberman