This year marks the 70th anniversary of the release of Gojira, and Chicago (and numerous out cities, presumably) is paying due homage to The King of the Monsters. The city’s premiere art house venue, The Music Box Theatre, is running this bill in June (next month! Yikes!).
Hey Music Boxers,
This summer, we’re celebrating the 70th Birthday of one of cinema’s biggest icons, with GODZILLA VS MUSIC BOX!
From June 7th-13th, the Music Box & the Japanese Arts Foundation are celebrating 70 years of everyone’s favorite kaiju with film screenings, special guests, unique preshows, and much more.
Visit our website for the Full GODZILLA VS MUSIC BOX Schedule & Advance Tickets.
The festivities include:
*An Opening Night Double Feature of SHIN GODZILLA and GODZILLA MINUS ONE with a panel discussion, “Godzilla, the Atomic Age Anti-hero”, led by Saira Chambers (Japanese Culture Center/Japanese Arts Foundation), Dr Yuki Miyamoto (DePaul Humanities Center), and more experts in the field.
*A complete 24-hour marathon of all 15 Showa Era-Godzilla Movies
FILM SCHEDULE – Exact Showtimes to be announced
1. GODZILLA (1954, 96 mins, 35mm)
2. GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN (1955, 82 mins, DCP)
3. KING KONG VS. GODZILLA (1963, 91 mins, 35mm – English Dub Version)
4. MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA (1964, 89 mins, DCP)
5. GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER (1964, 93 mins, DCP)
6. INVASION OF ASTRO MONSTER (1965, 94 mins, DCP)
7. EBIRAH, HORROR OF THE DEEP (1966, 87 mins, DCP)
8. SON OF GODZILLA (1967, 86 mins, DCP)
9. DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968, 88 mins, DCP)
10. ALL MONSTERS ATTACK (1969, 69 mins, DCP)
11. GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH (1971, 85 mins, DCP)
12. GODZILLA VS. GIGAN (1972, 89 mins, DCP)
13. GODZILLA VS. MEGALON (1973, 81 mins, DCP)
14. GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA (1974, 84 mins, DCP)
15. TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA (1975, 83 mins, DCP)
*DESTROY ALL MONSTERS introduced by Svengoolie!
*GODZILLA (1954) on 35mm with a Post-Film Discussion by Film Historian David Kalat, author of A Critical History and Filmography of Toho’s Godzilla
*MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA introduced by Field Museum Insects Collections Assistant, Jim Louderman
*GODZILLA (2014) – Tenth Anniversary Screening on 35mm
*A rare I.B. Technicolor 35mm print screening of GODZILLA (1998)
All this, and much more! Don’t miss out on this giant event, Tickets & Series Passes are on sale now Get Your Tickets Today.
SERIES PRICING
Series Pass (Grants Access to All Screenings in the Series Except the 24-hour Showa Marathon) – $100 General Admission/ $80 Music Box Members
Opening Night Double Feature – $20 General Admission / $18 Music Box Members
24-Hour Marathon (Not included in Series Pass) – $35 General Admission / $30 Music Box Members
Individual Screenings – $12 General Admission / $10 Music Box Members
Individual Screenings with Guests – $13 General Admission / $11 Music Box Members
See you at the movies!
Further details can at found at the Music Box Theatre website. Chicago’s northwest suburbs will also be hosting, as it has for decades, the annual G-Fest. on July 12-14th. Check out G-Fan.com for more deets on that.
