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by **king_ghidorah** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:39 am

Gah! I can't wait to have this on blu ray!! One of the best giant monster movies ever. I want to watch it today, but I'm going to hold off until the blu ray is released even though that will be months from now at the earliest.

This fall should be great for kaiju fans...the Daimajin trilogy, Megalon and Gorgo. Gonna be awesome

by **king_ghidorah** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:46 am

Anyone have any news on this? After Kong, this is the best western kaiju film ever made

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Hopefully, Warner Bros. releases a double blu ray set of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms and Them someday. Then I think we'd be more or less set for western kaiju on blu ray.

by **Alpha OTS** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:17 pm

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by **John Schuermann** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 2:55 pm

Thought folks here might appreciate this, from DVD Savant (http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/archives/2012_10.html):

Breaking news: an authentic DVD Savant 'scoop'.

Robert Blair of VCI announced earlier in this year that his company had located original printing elements for the 1961 King Brothers giant monster movie Gorgo. VCI's previous DVD was the best transfer available but had a lot of room for improvement, as Gorgo in its original Technicolor prints is one of the most impressive monster shows ever filmed, with cinematography by Freddie Young of Lawrence of Arabia. The hopeful plan was that a deluxe Blu-ray disc release would be making its debut right about now. I asked Robert last night how things were coming along and received this welcome response:

"Hi Glenn, Gorgo has been rescheduled to March 5, 2013 for Blu-ray and DVD. We haven't said anything officially yet, however I don't mind if you want to have the honors. We found some additional film elements just recently that will make a much better HD master. The behind the scenes documentary that is being produced by Daniel Griffith has also been expanding as more and more fans continue to contribute items. We also located several original trailers and TV spots that will be included, plus a few surprises. So the release really should be the definitive version.

We still have Bird with the Crystal Plumage on tap for 2013, and we are still working on Blood and Black Lace, and have several classics on the way. Best regards, Bob Blair VCI Entertainment"

Mr. Blair's response is encouraging, to say the least... from my point of view March is just around the corner. Last May, friend Lee Kaplan told me that he had a brief 8mm movie clip taken behind the scenes of the production. I forwarded his contact info to VCI, so I hope that it and whatever else Mr. Blair has collected shows up as planned in the special extras. The idea of seeing and hearing Gorgo on a high-quality Blu-ray is the stuff of kid dreams. The last time for me was in 1976 at the Filmex film exposition. I was able to carefully roll through the last 35mm reel on a bench, marveling at the Technicolor images and noting editor Eric Boyd-Perkins' staccato cutting patterns: 2-frame white flashes, strings of six-frame cuts. Can't wait!

We now return you to the normal pace of living.... Thanks for reading, Glenn Erickson

by **armandv** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 3:28 pm

^This is great news! I have a DVD of Gorgo, but a Blu-ray with better elements would be fantastic.

I saw Gorgo during its first run in 1961 and it looked gorgeous on the big screen

by **GFan** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:47 am

by **MouthForWar** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:53 pm

Gorgo AND vintage Argento and Bava from VCI next year?!

I could just squeal!

by **king_ghidorah** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:13 pm

by **StevenScrivello** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:35 pm

by **Joseph Goodman** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:30 pm

I just hope that their definition of "restoration" doesn't mean DNR'ing it into mush. You just don't do that to films lensed by Freddie Young.

by **H-Man** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:04 pm

by **MouthForWar** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:01 am

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