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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)

When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.
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The latest MonsterVerse film is the highly anticipated Godzilla vs. Kong. Directed by Adam Wingard and written by Eric Pearson and Max Borenstein, the movie follows the two most dominant alpha monsters on the planet as they clash with one another. Who will come out on top? Who will bow to the other? Or, is there something looming behind the shadows that's bigger than both of them?

Both Godzilla and Kong are two of the most massive franchises in the world - with a total of 48 movies combined, the two drive the monster genre. Historically, the two have only met once prior to this movie. In 1962, King Kong vs. Godzilla released to the world and offered one of the most iconic moments in cinematic history:

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Cinema has come quite a long way, right?

The amount of times I've watched this video since it appeared on my Twitter is, well, a lot. Fortunately, the visual effects and action-packed fight scenes were much better in the modern rendition.

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When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.

Rating:NR
Genre:Action, Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
Directed By:Thomas Montgomery, Ishirō Honda
Written By:Paul Mason, Bruce Howard, Shinichi Sekizawa
In Theaters:6/26/1963
Box Office:$2,700,000
Runtime:96 minutes
Studio:Universal International Pictures, Ryder Sound Services, Inc., TOHO, Tokyo Laboratory

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Thomas Montgomery, Ishirō Honda

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Michael Keith

Eric Carter

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Harry Holcombe

Dr. Arnold Johnson

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James Yagi

Yutaka Omura

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Tadao Takashima

Osamu Sakurai

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Kenji Sahara

Kazuo Fujita (as Keji Sahaka)

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Ichirō Arishima

Mr. Tako (as Ichiro Arishima)

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George Takei

Osamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited)

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Les Tremayne

Mr. Tako / Dr. Shigesawa / Dr. Akira Makino / General Masami Shinzo / Commander Roberts / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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Byron Morrow

Newscaster (uncredited)

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Mie Hama

Fumiko Sakurai (uncredited)

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Akiko Wakabayashi

Tamiye (uncredited)

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