Godzilla 2000 (1999)
"Gojira ni-sen mireniamu" (original title)

Godzilla saves Tokyo from a flying saucer that transforms into the beast Orga.

Director:

Takao Okawara

Writers:

Hiroshi Kashiwabara, Wataru Mimura,

Stars:

Takehiro Murata, Hiroshi Abe, Naomi Nishida

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Takehiro Murata	...	Prof. Yuji Shinoda
Hiroshi Abe	...	Mitsuo Katagiri
Naomi Nishida	...	Yuki Ichinose
Mayu Suzuki	...	Io Shinoda
Shirô Sano	...	Prof. Shiro Miyasaka
Takeshi Ôbayashi
Shirô Namiki
Sakae Kimura
Bengaru
Ken'ichi Nagira
Ken'ichi Ishii
Yoshimasa Kondô
Kôichi Ueda	...	Military Man
Yoshiyuki Omori
Masahiko Nishimura

Storyline

Godzilla returns in a brand-new movie that ignores all preceding movies except for the original with a brand new look and a powered up atomic ray. This time he battles a mysterious UFO that later transforms into a mysterious kaiju dubbed Orga. They meet up for the final showdown in the city of Shinjuku.

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Plot Keywords:

godzilla | ufo | orga | creature | monster | 

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Taglines:

Godzilla returns - destroying the city of Nemuro in Japan.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for monster violence and mild language

Details

Official Sites:

Toho Co.

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

18 August 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Godzilla 2000

Filming Locations:

Japan

Box Office

Budget:

JPY 1,000,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,407,720 (USA) (18 August 2000)

Gross:

$10,037,390 (USA) (8 December 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toho Pictures Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS (8 channels)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

On 15 July 1999, Toho broadcast two hours of the film's production on the Internet. The scene being prepared and filmed was where Godzilla smashes his way through Shinjuku (probably in the scene where he prepares to fight the Gigantic UFO). This was also the first time people got to see the new Godzilla suit, just a day before the press presented more official photos of it.

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Goofs

When Shinoda is reading the magazine article about Godzilla, we see a very blurry close-up picture of Godzilla's mouth with lights shining on it. This suggests that it's one of the pictures Yuki took in the tunnel when she was very close to Godzilla and the lights on Shinoda's car were shining on his face. However, the movie has already established that the film negatives were ruined by Godzilla's radiation.

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Quotes

Japanese Store Owner: [Seeing saucer flying overhead, In US version:] Gott Im Himmel!

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Crazy Credits

Godzilla's roar is heard right before the "A Tri-Star Release" credit at the end of the closing credits. (US version only)

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Connections

Spin-off Godzilla: Save the Earth (2004)

User Reviews

First G movie for 21st century

This is the first of the installment for Godzilla sporting its new looks for the 21st century. Toho after doing few good Mothra movies decided to get back to its Godzilla roots again. For some reason, the special effects weren't as good as the '90s G series on this movie. Orga floating on water looked like it was computer generated and didn't look real at all. Then the rampage and battle happened as it should in Godzilla movies, and things got better but.... I'm not sure how Toho pools their talent when making movies. Since this movie came on the heel of Gamera 1999 (Special effects director Shinji Higuchi on a loan to Daiei) with spectacular CGI effects, this movie should have or could have been just as good, but it wasn't. But it was the return of Godzilla and entertaining just for what it is.