the protocols of zion is a 2005 documentary film by jewish filmmaker marc levin about a resurgence of antisemitism in the united states in the wake of the september 11 , 2001 attacks .

appearing on screen along with his subjects , levin engages in a free-for-all dialogue with arab americans , black nationalists , evangelists , white nationalists , kabbalist rabbis , holocaust survivors , and frank weltner , the founder of the jew watch web site .

levin 's film draws its inspiration from an encounter he had in a new york taxi not long after 9/11 , in which his driver , an egyptian immigrant , made the claim that the jews had been warned not to go to work at the world trade center on the day of the attack .

he then said that " it 's all written in the book , " referring to the protocols of the elders of zion , a 1903 book purporting to disclose the jews ' master plan to rule the world .

discredited as a hoax by the times of london in 1921 , the protocols provided a crucial influence on hitler 's world views , and had fuelled hatred , violence , and ultimately genocide attempts through the first half of the twentieth century .

ads for the film show two stacks of books , visibly entitled protocols of zion , with smoke billowing out of the top portion of the left-hand stack .

this looks much like actual pictures of the world trade center as the fire raged through it .

the movie was made in 2005 , four years after the wtc attack .

protocols of zion ( film )

marc levin speaks with malik zulu shabazz at hbo ' s screening of
protocols of zion .
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there are laughs in marc levin ' s
protocols of zion ,
which is quite an accomplishment for a film about the increasing anti - semitism around the world .
interesting theory . however , the dvd
the illuminati protocols of zion : the plot against israel by doc marquis is way more accurate .
the jewish journal of l . a . - ‘protocols’ exposes ugly legacy of lies
you can discuss the film with marc tonight at the walter reade theater at lincoln center at 6 : 30 . thinkfilm will release the film in new york and la friday , playing locally at the lincoln plaza cinemas and the angelika film center . and don ' t forget to share your thoughts on the protocols of zion filmmaker ' s blog .
protocols of zion
makes it case expertly and powerfully , but it does not propose a solution . the cumulative effect of the film ' s message is enormous sadness that hate is so strong and so resistant to reason .
every bit as disturbing and unruly as the subject itself , levin’s protocols of zion drives straight to the heart of the hate that animates all religious fanaticism and zealotry .
rambling and disjointed , protocols of zion starts out pretty interesting and then begins skidding all over the place , losing focus just as it should be building momentum .
the plot : the secret story of the protocols of the elders of zion by will eisner new york : w . w . norton , 2005 , $ 19 . 95 ( hardback )
in 1993 , a russian court ruled that the protocols of the elders of zion is an antisemitic forgery - -
the first such verdict in the land where the fraud originated 90 years ago .
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afterwards i related my version of the hbo screening to some of the crowd . one young man asked , “where’s the follow up headline , “shabazz reconsiders remarks after zion screening” he added , “you have to run with this so everywhere shabazz goes from now to the million more march he is asked , ”did you change you mind about no jews dying on 9 - 11 after seeing the film “protocols of zion ? ”
this is a frustrating documentary that could have been so much better . given the title , i had expected an in - depth look at the protocols of the elders of zion , a notorious forgery . . .
he went on to suggest that i had basically produced the jew hatred in the film that i had to ”go to a prison , a patterson street corner to get any resonance of the protocols of zion , any resonance and the resonance was really pathetic .
he insisted it was a totally inaccurate picture of what’s happening .
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* for anyone interested in the most contemporary and original expose of the protocols , i suggest will eisner’s , “the plot : the secret story of the protocols of the elders of zion . ” we filmed with eisner , considered to be the godfather of the graphic novel , while he was illustrating the book . he passed away last january . the scene didn’t make it into the final cut of the film but will hopefully be included in the dvd extras .
shtetl
: a film by marian marzynski come here to find out more about the film
shtetl
and about filmmaker marian marzynski and photographer slawomir grunberg . the script is available for downloading , along with articles and reviews of the documentary . additional information on special screenings of the film and how to order tapes is also available .
and of course there are some jews who are just uncomfortable that the film is out there . i guess that shouldn ' t be surprising since i included that right in the film when i was told to not even make the movie .
director marc levin has been making provocative documentaries and fictional features for more than two decades . his 1998 film slam
this rumor was supported by a widely - believed , and often debunked , idea of an international jewish conspiracy to rule the world stemming from a book called
the protocols of the elders of zion ,
which is still widely available for purchase online and in bookstores .
the protocols
supposedly describe a meeting during which a group of jewish elders discuss their plans for world domination . it turns out the book was originally written as anti - semitic propaganda by the secret police in 19th century czarist russia . yet
the protocols
are still widely believed in many parts of the world and this country . levin ' s new film attempts to explore why .
despite all the evidence , millions around the world continue to blame the jews for 9 / 11 . this belief is a modern - day incarnation of the infamous “the protocols of the elders of zion , ” the century - old forgery that some people claimed to be the jews’ master plan to rule the world . filmmaker marc levin sets out to understand why “the protocols of the elders of zion” has been revived , and to challenge one of the most persistent , insidious conspiracy theories of all time . in the course of his explosive journey , levin finds himself delving into the heart of hate , facing those who would traffic in bigotry , all in the name of god .
hello blogosphere : controversy ! that ' s where we start . when i began the film “protocols of zion” i knew i was heading into explosive terrain . the film is provocative . i want all kinds of people to see it and discuss it . so i wasn ' t totally surprised when lloyd grove did a piece this tuesday ( sept . 27th ) in his lowdown column in the ny daily news headlined , “zion ' guest list may be inviting trouble . ” grove broke the story that we had invited malik zulu shabazz , chairman of the new black panther party and co - convener of the upcoming million more march , to the hbo premiere screening and that shabazz had accepted the invitation and was coming .
“orthodox jews hobnobbing with members of the nation of islam ? palestinian activists breaking bread with israelis ? could these be images straight out of eden ? far from it . the scene instead was a wine - and - cheese reception held last week at hbo ' s new york headquarters in connection the upcoming documentary
protocols of zion .
at a volatile juncture in world events , protocols of zion is the personal odyssey of veteran filmmaker marc levin ( “slam” ) . as a jew and a new yorker living and working not far from the site of the world trade center , levin grapples with one of the central issues facing the world today : religious intolerance and hate .
despite all the evidence , millions around the world continue to blame the jews for 9 / 11 . this belief is a modern - day incarnation of the infamous
the protocols of the elders of zion ,
the century - old forgery that some people claimed to be the jews ' master plan to rule the world . filmmaker marc levin sets out to understand why
the protocols of the elders of zion
has been revived , and to challenge one of the most persistent , insidious conspiracy theories of all time . in the course of his explosive journey , levin finds himself delving into the heart of hate , facing those who would traffic in bigotry , all in the name of god . at a volatile juncture in world events , protocols of zion is the personal odyssey of veteran filmmaker marc levin (
slam
) . as a jew and a new yorker living and working not far from the site of the world trade center , levin grapples with one of the central issues facing the world today : religious intolerance and hate .
, which followed the clinton presidential campaign , has inspired several more recent political documentaries over the last decade . his new film
offers a variety of substantive links for learning more about anti - semitism . for example it connects to : the german information center for the study of racism ; manifestations of antisemitism around the world , a report by the israeli government ; and
the protocols of the elders of zion ,
the notorious anti - semitic forgery , with articles and analysis .
after the infamous 9 / 11 attacks of 2001 , there came a virulent resurgence of antisemitism reemerging in america convinced that the jews were responsible for the terrorism . feeding this is the repeatedly debunked book libel , protocols of the elders of zion and its disguised adaptations . director marc levin goes on a journey to interview the promoters of this kind of hate in all its forms .
ultimately , it seems clear that russian tsarist secret police in france put together these strands and others to create the first version of the protocols . a russian forger , mathieu golovinski , apparently had a prominent hand in the creation , a recent finding that is heavily emphasized by eisner . golovinski may have been responsible for adding the venue of the protocols - - a jewish graveyard where the elders of zion are described as holding their conspiratorial meetings .
levin’s filmmaking journey takes place against an increasingly volatile backdrop : u . s . troops march on iraq , arab television stations broadcast a dramatization of “the protocols of the elders of zion , ” malaysian prime minister mahathir claims the jews rule the world by proxy , mel gibson releases “the passion of the christ” and violence reignites between the palestinians and the israelis .
the only civilized response to this display of abject ignorance , hatred and bigotry is one of anguished despair , but levin ' s film enlightens as much as it enrages .
at the same time i certainly felt some solidarity with the purported goals of the million more march , especially after the katrina disaster . i have spent a good part of the last two decades making films about the war at home , the drug war , the gang wars , the prison wars , the race war… . so i was curious to see for myself what mr . shabazz had to say and how he would react to my film , “protocols of zion . ”
in the last few days we have seen a new wave of talk of conspiracy , jews , zionists , and israel . first the president of iran publicly exhorts his followers , saying that israel , “must be wiped off the map . ” that same evening iranian tv runs a special documentary on “the protocols of the elders of zion” claiming it reveals the true zionist plot for world domination .
the same week , iran ' s president was refusing to back down from his call to fellow muslims to
wipe israel off the map .
meanwhile in egypt , tv viewers had just spent ramadan enjoying a new drama series based on
the protocols of the elders of zion ,
the notorious anti - semitic hoax .
levin ' s film is most effective as it objectively documents the history of international anti - semitism , but loses ground whenever it reverts back to anecdotal coverage of the subject .
marc levin ' s documentary film is not directly centered on the protocols , but it keeps circling back to what is undeniably one of the most important documents in the long history of anti - semitism . the film begins at the site of the world trade center destroyed on sept . 11 , 2001 , where black street activists are angrily telling passersby that jews were secretly warned away from the buildings . ( this false theory , including the assertion that 4 , 000 jews would have died had they not been warned , is immensely popular both abroad and , in america , among many black extremists . ) levin , who with his father is an on - air presence in the film , follows the threads of that conspiracy theory and others that inevitably lead back to the protocols . in fact , some of the most compelling footage - - clips that are scattered throughout the film - - comes from
knight without a horse ,
a lurid , 30 - part series based on the protocols that was aired on egyptian television in 2002 .
no matter how well levin had made this film , there will still be those who will accept the protocols and other bogus documents as fact . still , it ' s reassuring to know that somebody has the courage to challenge the lies and to examine why they ' ve been so s
as for the abundant evidence that the “the protocols of the elders of zion” is not only a fraud but a plagiarized forgery i suggest the doubters simply consult the historic record . as far back as 1921 , philip graves of the london times revealed the protocols to be a fraud , showing it to be based on a french satire aimed at napoleon iii . the 1864 book by maurice joly ' s was
les dialogues aux enfers
or “the dialogue in hell between montesquieu and machiavelli , ” in a series of side - by - side extracts printed in the times , graves demonstrated that the forgers took long portions of the original text and simply replaced
france
with
zion
and
the emperor
with
we the jews .
propelled by the racist tract , which has revived for a new generation that is looking for someone to blame , levin takes to the streets in protocols of zion , engaging in a free - for - all dialogue with arab - americans , black nationalists , christian evangelicals , aryan skinheads , kabbalist rabbis , holocaust deniers and survivors , and parading peaceniks .
the associated press ' s initial report on the trailer – an amateurish , practically unwatchable production called the innocence of muslims – identified a mysterious character ,
sam bacile
, as its producer . bacile told the associated press that he was a jewish israeli real estate developer living in california . he said that he raised $ 5m for the production of the film from
100 jewish donors
, an unusual claim echoing protocols of the elders of zion - style fantasies . unfortunately , the extensive history of israeli and ultra - zionist funding and promotion of islamophobic propaganda in the united states provided bacile ' s remarkable statement with the ring of truth .
in a work completed in the last month of his life , cartoonist will eisner , famed as
the father of graphic novels ,
attempts to untangle the extremely complex story of the protocols . initially published in russia in the first few years of the 20th century , the protocols ( of which there are a great many versions ) is a fictitious account of a jewish plot to conquer the world . it claims to quote secret speeches given by an anonymous jewish leader at 24 meetings of the so - called elders of zion . the basic idea is that the jews , using masonic lodges , the power of gold , subversion of public opinion and morals , and the ideologies of both capitalism and communism , are engaged in a centuries - old plot to destroy christianity .
but it’s not a picture of the umbrella man on the grassy knoll or the cartoon - like general from the pentagon calling someone at the cia who calls the cops in dallas . or the protocols with 12 elders of zion in a graveyard or cave somewhere deliberating , “monday we start the bank run , tuesday the depression , wednesday the assassination , thursday the coup and friday the war . . . ”
last night we had a preview screening at lincoln center with a panel moderated by richard pena , the director of the film society of lincoln center . the panelists were alan brinkley , professor of american history at columbia university , stuart klawans , film critic for the nation , and martin peretz , editor in chief of the new republic . i joined the panel and quickly realized it was something of a critical gang bang – one after another came the litany of criticism and complaints – no intellectual rigor – scattershot – too personal and in your face – but then martin peretz went for the jugular intimating that the film was not good for jews .
i give this dvd . . - 1 star . . no information about the protocals of zion . its all about alan levin . he isnt going to say its all true is he ? . . crapp dvd . .
now come two american jews who are not scholars , but artists , men who apparently each felt they had to react to the noxious poison . in highly individual ways , each man uses his craft to take on the myth that has fueled anti - semitism more than any other for 100 years - - the protocols of the elders of zion , a book purporting to be a verbatim record of jewish leaders plotting to take over the world .
the majority of revolutions , coups d ' etat , and wars which have occurred in the world [ in the past ] , those that are occurring , and those that will occur , are almost entirely the handiwork of the jews . they [ the jews ] turned to [ these methods ] in order to implement the injunctions of the fabricated torah , the talmud , and the ' protocols [ of the elders of zion ' ] , all of which command the destruction of all non - jews in order to achieve their goal - namely , world domination .
documentary in which political filmmaker marc levin examines the rise of anti - semitism in the usa following the terrorist attacks of 11 september 2001 . the belief that jewish people were somehow responsible for 9 / 11 has its roots in the infamous publication ' protocols of the elders of zion ' , a century - old russian forgery that some people claimed to be the jews ' master plan to rule the world . levin sets out to understand why this racist tract has been revived , and to challenge one of the most persistent , insidious conspiracy theories of all time .
a powerful , must - see documentary that shines a new light on an old tragedy .
- - indiewire
a valuable and frightening survey of contemporary anti - semitism .
- - new york post
ghoulishly funny and smartly sobering .
- - newsday
a compelling case that authenticates our greatest fears .
- - san francisco examiner
protocols of zion makes its case expertly and powerfully .
- - the new york times
the story eisner tells , which ends with the seemingly irrepressible protocols resurfacing repeatedly in the contemporary world , is byzantine in its complexity and occasionally makes educated guesses about matters that cannot be known . it can be a fascinating tale , but it more than once suffers from the blizzard of exhaustive and confusing detail that eisner felt compelled to include . one example is the 17 pages of side - by - side comparisons of the texts of the protocols and joly ' s book .
protocols ultimately lacks the focus and the scope to have much effect beyond causing us to shake our heads in dismay at the usual suspects : ignorance and those who would exploit it .
in 1935 there was actually a trial in switzerland where two swiss nazis were charged with circulating the protocols . they claimed they were real . the judge ruled against them and said :
abraham foxman , national director of the anti - defamation league , speaks to reporters at adl ' s office in new york after he saw the mel gibson ' s film
the passion of the christ
for the second time , feb . 25 , 2004 . he said he was still worried about reactions to the film when it comes out in places like argentina and europe , where there ' s been less debate about its content .
another guest chimed in “you couldn’t have asked for more . your film just got one of the most vicious anti - semites to rethink one of his most inflammatory accusations . this is a significant retreat and you guys should be all over it . ”
near the dawn of the 20th century , underlings of czar nicholas ii created a book called the protocols of the elders of zion , which purported to be the outline of a master plan created by powerful jews determined to rule the world . first published in 1903 , the essay was a hoax ( and was revealed as such for the first time in 1921 by the london times ) , but that hasn ' t prevented it from having a long and troubling life as a widely distributed cornerstone of anti - semitic hate literature ; it ' s still in print around the world , and was adapted for egyptian television in the new millennium . when filmmaker marc levin was confronted with another widely disseminated bit of anti - jewish propaganda ( the false assertion that no jews died in the world trade center attacks of september 11 , 2001 ) , he developed a new curiosity about the protocols and other
factual
sources of anti - semitic hatred , and set out to find out more about anti - jewish propaganda . the result was protocols of zion , a documentary which offers a surprising ( and surprisingly witty ) look at figures from the hate movement in america in elsewhere , ranging from leader of the neo - nazi national alliance ( who also sells aryan wear footwear ) to an anti - semitic media analyst who announces that rupert murdoch is actually a jew . the film also examines henry ford ' s well - documented hatred of jews , anti - semitism among radical african - americans , and the memories of levin ' s father , a self - described
all - american jew .
the next day in washington , d . c . vice president dick cheney’s chief of staff , lewis “scooter” libby , is indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice in the cia leak case . shortly after , the web is full of new postings claiming libby was the leader of the real “elders of zion , ” the jewish neo - con conspiracy that controls us foreign policy .
i didn ' t really give it much thought until he called me a few days later and gave me some of the names he was in touch with . he told me malik shabazz was interested in seeing the film .
in 1929 even henri ford , who popularized the protocols in the united states , was forced to admit they were not real and he apologized for publishing them in his newspaper , the dearborn independent .
“the question - and - answer session was more contentious , with the
questions
running more toward rambling rants . one questioner went on at great length about how jews are not the only semites and how arabs and africans are excluded by the term
antisemitism
; another was incensed by the presence of kahanist extremists in the film , and a third , a member of the nation of islam smelling a new conspiracy in hbo ' s promotion of the film , demanded to know how much the cable channel had paid for
protocols .
images of a
jerry springer
- esque chair - throwing brawl may have danced through some onlookers ' minds , but cooler heads prevailed . and the forces of peace , triumphant for the day , then moved on to the coffee and cake . ”
i bought this video for my local high school video library , to introduce the students to the fraud of the
protocols
. i assumed from the title it would expose
the protocols
for being the forgery and fraud that it is , and this video just does not do that . it was disjointed , and confusing , jumping from just a tiny bit of protocol history , to 9 - 11 , to mel gibson ' s
passion of the christ
, to the israel / palestine conflict , to anti - semitic hate groups , to a scene with prisoners . some scenes had me curious if this was pro or anti
protocls
. it just does not make the connection of the
protocols
to modern day anti - judaism . it would have been much better to stay with its title , the history of the protocols , and the fact that it has been proven more than once as a forgery and a fraud .
it ' s probably useful for the world to know the extreme lengths to which bigotry is willing to travel ; protocols may not be the best - made documentary , but it definitely fills in those blanks .
that the assault was pre - planned , allegedly by of one of the jihadist groups that emerged since the nato - led overthrow of libya ' s gaddafi regime . so even though the deadly scene in benghazi may not have resulted directly from the angry reaction to the islamophobic video , the violence has helped realize the apocalyptic visions of the film ' s backers .
that ' s the rumor i heard only days after 9 - 11 and it was really the inciting incident for the film . i was ready to take up shabazz ' s dare and set the record straight : hundreds of jews died on 9 - 11 !
eisner ' s graphic novel attempts to tell the story of how the protocols was actually written , a story that is largely known but to which certain new revelations have recently been added . in 1921 , a british journalist established that the protocols was largely plagiarized from an 1864 political satire by maurice joly aimed at french dictator napoleon iii from a liberal point of view . joly ' s book , dialogue in hell between machiavelli and montesquieu , never mentioned jews at all . joly himself also plagiarized from popular fiction of his day to enliven his own book .
i read the book and watched the dvd by marc levin ( called protocols of zion ) . i thought both were worth my time . the dvd provides clear evidence of what some in our world believe and shows the passions that are yoked to those convictions . there are people who will immediately discount and reject levin ' s presentation , but , taken at face value , it clearly presents a collection of straight forward experiences and , honestly , saddens me . we are a deeply torn humanity . as a researcher , protocols was a book i needed to go through . while presenting itself as
jewish ,
i ' m amazed by the similarities i find , in outlook and method , with any number of anti - democratic totalitarian systems , with american progressivism , statist secular socialism , and even with islamic political fundamentalism . one could replace many jewish references with some other entity and recognize historic examples of what the protocols convey , likely because the book presents the workings of evil . evil finds its home in the human heart , in the human condition . thus , no single people group escapes its touch and the protocols can apply to many throughout history . assume it was not of jewish authorship and origination . the author would need to be intimate with the workings of evil him or her self to create the work . we meet ourselves . i realize the book ' s fame is anchored to some islamic promotion , yet the concept of
freedom
found on pages 51 , 65 , and 97 ( in my copy ) , for example , is a similar concept , a similar view of freedom , as that found in islam ( freedom according to shariah , harmony , and as outlined by islamic thinkers like seyyid qutb ) . so , before one throws stones , one should examine his or her own system and see how protocols speaks to it . not everyone needs to read the protocols , and those who do should , perhaps , labor to see its wider implications .
with another us election approaching , and the egyptian government suddenly under the control of the muslim brotherhood , klein and sadek joined nakoula in preparing what would be their greatest propaganda stunt to date : the innocence of muslims . as soon as the film appeared on youtube , sadek promoted it on his website , transforming the obscure clip into a viral source of outrage in the middle east . and like clockwork , on september 11 , crowds of muslim protesters stormed the walls of the us embassy in cairo , demanding retribution for the insult to the prophet muhammad . the demonstrations ricocheted into libya , where the deadly attack that may have been only peripherally related to the film occurred .
through these q & as ; , have you noticed that people in the audience have preconceived ideas that they stick to or does the film actually change the way they think about these issues ? my line now is ,
it ' s not about conversion ; it ' s conversation .
first of all , most people who see the movie have never heard of
the protocols of zion .
unlike a lot of people i spoke to , they ' re not experts in the field of hatred . so they ' ve never even heard of the thing . some had heard the rumors post - 9 / 11 , but it ' s an eye - opener . i guess the biggest thing is some people leave saying ,
oh my god , this is frightening and depressing .
and others say ,
i ' ve actually been inspired . i want to get involved . i want to know what i can do .
i think those are the biggest divergent reactions .
according to an actor in the film , the all - volunteer cast was deceived into believing they were acting in a benign biblical epic about
how things were 2 , 000 years ago
. the script was titled desert warrior , and its contents made no mention of muhammad – his name was dubbed into the film during post - production . on the set , a gray - haired egyptian man who identified himself only as
sam
( nakoula ) chatted aimlessly in arabic with a group of friends while posing as the director . a casting notice for desert warrior listed the film ' s real director as
alan roberts
. this could likewise be a pseudonym , although there is a veteran hollywood hand responsible for such masterpieces as the happy hooker goes hollywood and the sexpert who goes by the same name .
it comes from all directions and now with this blog we enter the wild world of the web . hopefully , i can give you some sense of what the journey is like over the next few months . the film opens on oct . 21 in new york and la and then rolls out across the us and canada .
produced and promoted by a strange collection of rightwing christian evangelicals and exiled egyptian copts , the trailer was created with the intention of both destabilizing post - mubarak egypt and roiling the us presidential election . as a consultant for the film named steve klein said :
we went into this knowing this was probably going to happen .
much of this documentary , however , is anything but amusing . the film takes as its symbolic subject
the protocols of the elders of zion ,
a document first distributed a century ago , purporting to reveal a secret jewish plan to rule the world . ( it was exposed as a forgery in the 1920 ' s , but you can buy it in paperback on amazon . com . ) as a parallel , mr . levin addresses a more recent example of anti - semitic propaganda : the widespread assertion that no jews died in the sept . 11 world trade center attack because they had been warned to stay home that day . in the united states , mr . levin talks to sidewalk preachers and opinionated young people who use coined words like jewmerica . he interviews the creator of the web site jew watch and the publisher of the arab voice . he shows scenes from anti - semitic mini - series broadcast in egypt . he throws in a 2003 speech by the former prime minister of malaysia in which he stated that
jews rule the world by proxy .
uncomfortable just because it brings attention to the existence of
the protocols
? exactly . my kids had never heard of the book . most of my friends hadn ' t . i think there are some people who say it ' s better not to even mention this thing . better to just bury it or burn it , and i obviously feel differently .
“ok . , so far we’re talking . and the protocols pamphlet ? “i have no idea , ” said mr . shabazz , “whether it is true or false . ” eric toure muhammad , executive director of the black african holocaust council , also voiced his suspicions , “i have no proof , ” he said , “that it’s a fabrication . i’m not here to say that i believe in it . however , it is uncanny how so many similarities in terms of what we see in the world today fit those protocols . ” o . k . , less constructive .
afterwards david d ' arcy of npr moderated a panel discussion with rabbi abraham cooper , ( simon wiesenthal center ) david van biema , ( time magazine editor of religious affairs ) , and mehdi elieffi , ( arab american community leader ) and then there was a spirited but civil and thoughtful q & a . ; mr . shabazz raised questions about who the real semites were and the treatment of the palestinians . mr . muhammad asked about hbo ' s involvement in the production and my attempts to interview minister farrakahn . he also felt that the film did not necessarily disprove the protocols . the exchanges were intense , heartfelt and respectful .
the protocols was obviously a very personal project for levin , his chance to get at the eternal question : why always the jews ? it was inspired by a single conversation the filmmaker had with an arab cabdriver who was convinced that israel was behind the 9 - 11 attacks . how did the cab driver know this ? because he had read it in the book
the protocols of the elders of zion .
the century - old book purports to be the minutes of a secret meeting of jewish leaders in which they lay out their plans for world domination . in fact , it ' s a fraud ; most of the book was plagiarized from earlier works of fiction . mainstream western society declared it out - of - bounds over 80 years ago . yet as levin documents the book remains remarkably popular both on the fringes of american society and throughout the arab and muslim worlds . levin tries to get to the bottom of this by interviewing neo - nazis , palestinians , radical black activists , conspiracy theorists , christian evangelical leaders and various jews . the most fascinating and disturbing bits are clips from arab tv shows which dramatize the protocols as if they were historical fact . he never quite gets to the bottom of it - - he ' s not exactly the most probing of interviewers - - but the results are never less than fascinating . he deserves enormous credit for his bravery in talking to many of these people as well as his willingness to explore the
don ' t go there
areas of jewish conspiracy myths . watch it with some friends then go to a coffee shop and have a good discussion .
one of the most interesting ones i did last week in chicago . as part of their film festival , they have an outreach program , 500 inner city kids from the top public high schools in chicago . that was wild , to see people really get involved and asking themselves tough questions and struggling with their stereotypes . it ' s been fascinating .
then one of the other men he came with , eric ture muhammad , approached and shook my hand and said ,
i came up all the way from alabama with mixed emotions . but the moment i saw that picture of che guevera in your father ' s home my heart opened . the father son story in the film spoke to me and reminded me of my relationship with my father , stokley carmichael .
( one of the original black panthers of the sixties who popularized the slogan , “black power . ” )
“i hope that one day there will come a time when no one will any longer comprehend how in the year 1935 almost a dozen fully sensible and reasonable men could for fourteen days torment their brains before a court of berne over the authenticity or lack of authenticity of these so - called protocols . . . that , for all the harm they have already caused and may yet cause , are nothing but ridiculous nonsense . ”
excuse me marty , i wanted to do a gonzo film without talking heads , experts , academics , and pundits like you . if it bothers you , well it bothers me that you didn’t bother to check out my body of work with street gangs , mobsters , cia operators , anti abortion terrorists , prisoners , drug dealers , religious zealots , and extremists of all stripes . then you might have had a better understanding of my approach .
so what really was the impetus for making this film now ? the inciting incident was an encounter with a new york city taxi driver who was an egyptian immigrant who believed in
the protocols
and told me about the rumor about no jews dying on 9 / 11 . then i saw the two television series that were being shown [ during the islamic holiday ] ramadan , first the egyptian one and then the diaspora , the syrian / lebanese one , which you see clips from in the film . i read that tens of millions of muslims were watching this 40 nights in a row and not looking at it as just a miniseries but as actual history – a 40 hour miniseries ; it was unbelievable . i was like ,
tens of millions of people are watching this stuff , and they think it ' s history . exactly who are we hiding this book from ? ourselves .
and that ' s kind of where it started . i said , alright , i ' m going to jump into the middle , and take it to the streets just to find out , just to start to see what ' s happening . obviously with the iraq invasion and [ the release of ] the passion of the christ , the intifada in israel , just the whole world situation kind of escalated as i started making it , and it kind of just grew .
m father was the last thing we added to the film . it was some of the earliest stuff i shot , and i really shot it more just to get grounded and really to have for my children and my sisters and their families , to capture my father when he ' s still on the top of his game . but it wasn ' t in the first cut . when we showed that cut , the reaction from the small group of people we screened it to , they were numb . it was just an overdose of hate . they said ,
you need some other emotions in this film .
so that weekend my editor ken eluto came in and played around with some of the footage of my father that we had shot . when i came in on monday , he said take a look at this , and it was surprising . i see what people are saying : the love of family , and father and son , a whole other feeling
you ' ve been doing events like the one at lincoln center tonight ) around the country for a few weeks . what kind of reaction have you been receiving ? it ' s sensational . in terms of the q & a ; , it ' s so interesting . this is a film that obviously leaves people wanting to ask questions and discuss these things which is really the purpose . you need to talk about it .
how did you first hear of
the protocols
? i read
the protocols
back in the ' 70s . i was just curious about history and conspiracies . i grew - up in the ' 60s so the kennedy assassination and other conspiracies interested me . when somebody said to me ,
hey do you want to read the mother of all conspiracies ?
and i said ,
what ' s that ?
the jewish conspiracy . check this out .
and i read it like it was an artifact of an age long gone . it read like a superhero comic , a kind of byzantine comic book . and if anyone had told me in the mid - 70s that this thing was going to come back and be in any way relevant or referred to in the 21st century , i would have thought they were out of their minds .
maybe we can show the film in baghdad , marty , to the anti - american islamic extremists and street people we’ve empowered . if only you neo - cons had listened to the wisdom of the street instead of the slick hustlers who took our tax dollars and promised a quick and easy victory . now look at the mess we ' re in and ask yourself ,
who is really giving us jews a bad name ?
the leader of the jdo did show up at the screening the next evening at the jewish historical society . surprisingly , he said he liked the film . but when he went into his harangue about why i shouldn’t meet with jew haters like shabazz , the audience quickly tired of the bombast and asked him to ask a question and sit down . he was harmless , more buffoon than brown shirt . he huffed and he puffed and he blew himself down .
well , and the ironic thing is that someone who believes in
the protocols
might say that the fact that the jewish community doesn ' t want this discussed is because maybe marc levin doesn ' t know that there really is a conspiracy and the community is trying to keep it quiet . i agree . that is another side of the coin . it ' s not totally surprising though . i understand that the jewish establishment is powerful and makes a lot of films . there are plenty of other people to do the history of anti - semitism or the true deconstruction of
the protocols
– the actual history of the document – or to do a study on religious hate and talk to professors and scientists . there are a lot of people who can make those films , and they are being made , and i think that ' s good . i ' m all for it . but there aren ' t a lot of people who are equipped to have this kind of dialogue that i was prepared for because of my experience . so i thought it was a strength to be a maverick and i still do . and not an institutional representative because i ' m just here as a filmmaker .
what was your process like making this film . was it the same as on your previous documentaries ? you obviously couldn ' t have everything planned out because you don ' t know what people are going to say to you ; the movie is sort of a diary of your investigation . so did you just have the idea and then let it flow wherever it took you ? and since you obviously spent a couple years shooting , how did you know when you were done ? i would say that this is the most free - flowing of my films . each film is a little different , but certainly because i was doing it myself , and it was independent , this is in many ways the most jazz - like and organic film i ' ve made . but there was , you know , an outline which was basically start with the rumor that had hit the streets [ that no jews died on 9 / 11 ] ; talk to the people who were promoting it , believing it , proselytizing it , spreading the book and tying it to 9 / 11 ; and somehow factor in some of the back story – it ' s hard to understand any of this unless you do understand the deicide charge that for 2000 years jews were seen as christ killers , so the passion worked into that ; acknowledge that the middle east conflict has only inflamed all sides ; and somehow finish up on the third anniversary of 9 / 11 with the names of hundreds of jews that were killed .
i don’t know what kind of evidence they are looking for . when we were shooting the film we went to the medical examiners office to find out how many jews died on 9 - 11 . we were told that the ny medical examiner does not identify deceased by their religion . but as the lead investigator shiya ribowski passionately pointed out , “hundreds of jews died on 9 - 11 . i know i identified their remains . i worked with their families and attended their funerals . ”
i was under no illusion that he was going to have a conversion experience . he wasn ' t invited to be on the panel . he and his associates were simply invited to see the film and then join in the question and answer session after the panel discussion . my simple hope was that because the million more march was 3 weeks away , this might be an opportune moment to modify the tone of some of the exchanges between the more militant african american community and the jews .
when we started organizing this event , i was asked to invite people who were in the film . there is a scene we shot in trenton state prison with a group of inmates . some of them were members of the nation of islam . obviously they were not able to come , although we are trying to arrange a screening in this maximum security prison . they work with a community activist , emmanuel avraham , who runs the life skills program , which helps ex - cons and gang members re - enter society . they asked him if they could invite some members of the nationalist movement to the screening . he relayed the request and i said ok .
a documentary about the rise of anti - semitism in the usa after the terrorist attacks of september 11 , 2001 .
cbsn : on assignment
ep . 2 : guns of chicago ; enemy of the state ; muslims love me
while you state the case and present evidence that
the protocols
is a forgery and jews did die on 9 / 11 , the majority of what you see and hear in the film is , in fact , people who believe the rumors and the likelihood of this jewish conspiracy . do you worry that maybe people will miss what is actually your point ? for me , it is always most powerful when people reveal themselves . you don ' t have an expert telling you ,
this is why nazis do this .
you see and you judge for yourself . so in terms of the personal journey of the film , i wanted to look into their eyes . i want to try to figure out where is this coming from . i ' ve heard this 100 times , but let me try to get a little deeper . and also , i want to arm myself . intelligence – think about it , in terms of our greatest failure in this so - called war on terror : we have no idea what these people think . we have no idea how to get inside their heads . that ' s the biggest failure there is . and so the most frustrating thing for me about this process has been the ongoing problem with so many in the jewish community who basically feel ,
let ' s not talk about it . why the hell do you let any of these people talk . it ' s best just left buried and undiscussed .
and in that sense they don ' t even want people to see the movie .


destroy all monsters ( 怪獣総進撃 kaijū sōshingeki ) is a 1968 japanese science fiction film directed by ishirō honda .

the film is ninth entry in the original godzilla series and stars akira kubo , jun tazaki , yukiko kobayashi and yoshio tsuchiya .

the film story features aliens known as kilaaks , who have released the giant monsters from monsterland and have planted mind-control devices on the monsters to control them .

the monsters are eventually freed from the mind control , which leads the aliens to release king ghidorah from space to challenge them .

the film was written by honda and takeshi kimura who introduced the concept of monster island into the godzilla film series .

the film featured some complete new costumes for monsters such as godzilla and some that were altered since their appearance in previous films .

the film was not as successful in the box office in japan as previous godzilla films with critics from variety and monthly film bulletin praising the final monster fight , but finding the rest of the film making ( direction , sets , acting ) to be of low quality .

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destroy all monsters was intended to be the last godzilla movie , but due to its success toho decided to continue producing more films . however , the next film , all monsters attack , was comprised primarily of stock footage from previous films due to the massive budget required for destroy all monsters .
thirty years before tristar’s godzilla remake , the king of the monsters attacked new york city in destroy all monsters . © 1968 toho co . , ltd .
like many of the installments of the later half of the showa series , destroy all monsters is a mixed bag .
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destroy all monsters was intended to be the last godzilla movie , but due to its success toho decided to continue producing more films . however , the next film , all monsters attack , was comprised primarily of stock footage from previous films due to the massive budget required for destroy all monsters . [ citation needed ]
“destroy all monsters represents a high water mark in the godzilla series for its sheer spectacle… it’s godzilla movie heaven . ” – urltoken
female aliens take control of earth ' s monsters and begin using them to destroy the human race .
: number of monsters destroyed , despite the film ' s title ( unless they translated it wrong , and it was supposed to be
destroy all , monsters !
or maybe the yodaesque
destroy , all monsters !
, i guess either one could be quotes from the kilaak queen to her clawed minions ) .
this toho monster film is very good . the all star cast of monsters is great but baragon and varan have little or no screen time . the newer version has an all new dubbing and digital recording which makes this serious film funny . if you love godzilla and other toho monsters then check destroy all monsters out today !
gareth edwards stated that if the 2014 american godzilla film was successful enough to spawn a sequel , he would do a destroy all monsters - type sequel .
ape - like aliens build a robotic godzilla to destroy japan , and the true godzilla may not be powerful enough to destroy it .
scifi japan : destroy all monsters was previously released on vhs and dvd by adv films . it has been reported that adv co - founder matt greenfield still held the rights to destroy all monsters and those rights would not expire for several years . was greenfield involved in the process of media blasters getting the film ?
media blasters hopes their destroy all monsters discs will include the long - unheard us dubbing , never before released on home video . © 1968 toho co . , ltd .
destroy all monsters had a budget of roughly ¥200 , 000 , 000 and received an attendance of 2 , 580 , 000 on its original august 1 , 1968 japanese release .
play as never before seen new monsters - as well as all classic favorites from the toho lineage .
destroy all monsters— featuring eleven toho daikaiju stars— is one of two classic godzilla movies coming to dvd and blu - ray from media blasters . © 1968 toho co . , ltd .
scifi japan : both movies have english dubs prepared by toho for international export , but destroy all monsters also has a second english dub commissioned by distributor american international pictures for the film’s original us release . the aip version is generally considered by fans to be the superior dub , so is there any chance that it can be included on the upcoming destroy all monsters discs ?
in the movie monsters vs . aliens , the evil alien galaxar commands his army to
destroy all monsters .
if one listens to the commentary , the creators say that the line was put in as tribute to the toho movie . they also called it the greatest movie of all time .
invisible man appears • warning from space • invisible man vs . human fly • whale god • daimajin • return of daimajin • daimajin strikes again • yokai monsters : one hundred monsters • yokai monsters : spook warfare • yokai monsters : along with ghosts
aliens have released all the giant monsters from their imprisonment on monster land and are using them to destroy all major cities on the planet . it is up to the daring crew of the super rocket ship x - 2 to infiltrate the aliens ' headquarters before the earth monsters and king ghidrah annihilate the planet .
in closing , destroy all monsters isn ' t the great film that people often claim it to be . it is similar to invasion of astro - monster ( 1965 ) in plot and tone , but that film is far superior in acting and pacing . still , the final fight in destroy all monsters is worth it , and the destruction scenes with our favorite monsters are great . with a better script and better pacing , the film could have been unstoppable .
destroy all monsters was previously issued on vhs and dvd in america by the now - defunct label , adv films . debuting before toho began releasing the godzilla movies on dvd in japan , the adv disc was a completely bare bones release lacking even such basic features as menus or chapter stops . for several years unhappy godzilla fans have repeatedly requested that destroy all monsters be given a proper presentation in north america .
before there was wrestlemania , there was destroy all monsters , in which godzilla ( in his ninth film ) is joined by a cast of toho giant monster all - stars to save the earth from evil alien invaders . unfortunately , the film ( originally titled kaiju soshingeki , literally
attack of the marching monsters
) features too little of the monsters and too much human . . . read more
a two - pronged assault can be effective here . be sure to destroy the armories !
aliens have released all the giant monsters from their imprisonment on monster land and are using them to destroy all major cities on the planet . it is up to the daring crew of the super rocket ship x - 2 to infiltrate the aliens ' headquarters before the earth monsters and king ghidrah annihilate the planet . written by todd a . bobenrieth
title drop :
destroy all monster girls
is one of the many sentences that appear on screen whenever a stage or a new life starts .
improbably female cast : it ' s called
destroy all monster girls
for a reason . the professor is the only important male character of note .
american international pictures released destroy all monsters theatrically in north america in 1969 . the americanization was handled by titan productions , formerly titra studios . there were some minor alterations done to prepare the film for u . s . release :
so is destroy all monsters a worthwhile buy ? for we giant monster fans it sure is , but for introducing anyone over , say , 12 years old or new to showa era japanese giant monster films , probably not . it does offer ample space for smart ass remarks and making your own commentary track though , which gives the film tremendous replay value . sometimes , as destroy all monsters proves for both film and fan , it sucks to get old .
destroy all monsters takes place in the then - near future at the end of the 20th century ( specifically said to be 1999 in both english dubs ) , even though it was made in 1968 and all other movies in the showa series are set in the year they were made .
the exit that appears after rescuing all the neighbors . or after all the neighbors get killed , whatever comes first .
you can never suffer enough for all the lives you ' ve ruined , arcturus .
i made you into a monster , kerrigan .
you made us all into monsters .
deleted : shot of minilla frenzying amid the monsters ' attack on king ghidorah .
edited into godzilla , king of the monsters ( 1998 ) . see more »
firstly though , destroy all monsters has some definite differences from the other godzilla films that came before , or would come after . honda bear - hugs the
science fiction
angle of the special effects films like the mysterians and battle in outer space and gorath , so all of the established mysticism of the monsters is stripped away and never , ever mentioned . godzilla , rodan , ghidorah , even mothra , are just really big radioactive animals who can be controlled and corralled via physical barriers , not gods or physical manifestations of man ' s hubris in the face of atomic weapons . sadly , destroy all monsters suffers for this omission .
this is a list of references for destroy all monsters . these citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based . these references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers , which look like this : [ 1 ]
time travelers use godzilla in their scheme to destroy japan to prevent the country ' s future economic reign .
mutants have a lust for power that comes before all other concerns , all working for their own , sinister agenda : to destroy everything in their path . only because of their similar goal do these demons occasionally team up . the mutants seek to increase their own power by collecting power surges , and if unchecked , could destroy human civilization .
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single bored / you ' re gonna die ( cherry red ) 1979 written by ron asheton - niagara destroy all monsters came from detroit and is was on and off active between 1973 - 1985 . they recorded their first single
bored / you ' re gonna die
in 1978 . ron asheton played earlier in the stooges , michael davis in mc5 . destroy all monsters on this one : niagara ( vocals ) ron asheton ( guitar ) michael davis ( bass ) rob king ( drums )
according to joseph , the eclectic style that destroy all monsters embraced in the mid - 1970s was at its core an “assemblage - aesthetic . ” by paraphrasing and appropriating musical tropes from the previous decade , now tinged with an air of free improvisation and punk irreverence , the artists sought to slowly , methodically dismantle rock - and - roll architecture . as hoff noted , this act of dismantling was a sort of cure - all for the “cultural hangover” of the 1960s — joseph called it an “aftermath moment” — that allowed destroy all monsters to reinvigorate counter - culture music after - the - fact .
the monsters in in revolt . and the world is on the brink of destruction ! !
an anti - rock band founded in direct reaction to the pretensions and complacency of 1970s pop music , the detroit - based noise deconstructionists destroy all monsters earned their greatest attention at the peak of the punk era , thanks to a lineup that included alumni of the mc5 and the stooges .
love godzilla , love other monsters , love aliens , love destruction , love this movie . destroy all monsters takes us into the future where all monsters are now confined to monster island . all goes well until a race of alien metal people kidnap the monsters . then , they brainwash them and set them to attack the major cities of the world . after so many godzilla island adventures , it was so good to see the cities having their asses whooped . great designs and model work left for a series of inventive attacks . by the end it all descends into a chaotic ( and very unfair ) fight . however , their were some genuine moments of panic . there was a moment between anguilas and king ghiddorah which left me almost covering my eyes . the sheer intensity , and likable monsters made it an engaging affair . we ' re left to deliberate how creatures instinctively know who their enemies are . this is a greatest hits for all fans of the genre .
destroy all monsters ( 1968 ) is universally considered a strong fan favorite of the entire godzilla series ! it’s an all - star monster rally of epic proportions featuring toho’s greatest and wildest mammoth monsters in the ultimate , all - out rubber suit rumble ! see godzilla , mothra , rodan , king ghidorah , anguirus , minya , spiega , baragon , gorosaurus , manda and varan in all their titanic glory ! the film was directed by the famed ishiro honda , director of the original 1954 film and the last entry to feature the dream team of special effects supervisor eiji tsuburaya , music composer akira ifukube and producer tomoyuki tanaka .
- like isolated island where the monsters are kept contained by nifty magnetic walls and such . on the island and in the surrounding waters the monsters are free to roam around belching and eating coconuts .
this film is one of only two films where mothra appears without her shobijin . the only other was godzilla , mothra and king ghidorah : giant monsters all - out attack .
this film is one of only two films where mothra appears without her shobijin . the only other is godzilla , mothra and king ghidorah : giant monsters all - out attack .
charge of the monsters , known famously as destroy all monsters , is the ninth godzilla film , and arguably one of the most well known . this film was meant to be the all - out finisher , the one where we stare at the screen and cheer it on , and feel sad when it ' s over ( before toho decided to make the rather infamous all monsters attack ( 1969 ) the following year ) . as a godzilla fan , this movie holds a a special place in my heart . now that i ' m revisiting it , i have an opportunity to comment on how it functions as both a godzilla movie and a science fiction story .
destroy all monsters ( 1968 ) is universally considered a strong fan favorite of the entire godzilla series ! it ' s an all - star monster rally of epic proportions featuring toho ' s greatest and wildest mammoth monsters in the ultimate , all - out rubber suit rumble ! see godzilla , mothra , rodan , king ghidorah , anguirus , minya , spiega , baragon , gorosaurus , manda and varan in all their titanic glory ! the film was directed by the famed ishiro honda , director of the original 1954 film and the last entry to feature the dream team of special effects supervisor eiji tsuburaya , music composer akira ifukube and producer tomoyuki tanaka .
as a result , with a focus on emotional character drama set in a world of believable mega monsters , edwards appears poised to succeed where emmerich fell short - presenting a film experience that could win - over critics , casual moviegoers and godzilla die - hards alike . so , what would the director like to do in a potential sequel ? a destroy all monsters - inspired multi - creature movie certainly sounds cool :
scifi japan : during the anime convention naka - kon this past february , a media blasters rep revealed that the company was negotiating for destroy all monsters . clearly this had been in the works for some time , but how long did it take for media blasters and toho to make the deal for this film ?
godzilla : destroy all monsters melee ( also known informally as g : damm ) is the first game in the atari godzilla trilogy , produced by pipeworks software and released for the nintendo gamecube on october 8 , 2002 . the plot involves an alien race known as the vortaak invading the earth and assuming control of the planet ' s giant monsters , sending them to attack cities across the globe . one monster breaks free from the vortaak ' s control , and battles the other monsters in order to drive off the vortaak .
destroy all monsters is a 2018 american - british science - fiction monster horror film produced by legendary pictures and warner bros . pictures . it is a sequel to the 2014 film , godzilla and is the second in the trilogy . this film takes place two decades after the events of the first film . the second installment is the first toho film to be almost considered a
horror film
due to the main antagonist ' s involvement . destroy all monsters is the also the first in the franchise to feature godzilla ' s most famous foes as well as retell the origins of
xilliens
and expand the world of gojira .
eventually all the main bosses except for serpantina and the pirate captain follow suit .
as well , we see that the gas is covering the entire island . all the monsters are affected , falling over unconscious . rodan even topples off his perch and onto angilius ! that was funny . this gas must be very strong to affect the nervous systems of monsters this large .
aip ( american international pictures , inc . ) submitted the movie to the us copyright office on may 20th , 1982 under the registration number v1908p198 . it used the title destroy all monsters and was done in a huge batch that contained 376 other films . on february 13th , 1989 , a new registration was submitted by orion pictures , noted as the legal successor to aip , and toho using the registration number v2438p072 . by august 22nd , 1996 , toho appeared to have sole ownership of the us rights , as they submitted it under the registration number pa0000785448 while using the titles destroy all monsters and kaijusoshingeki with no spaces in the romaji title .
destroy all monsters was the last showa godzilla film to be released on home video in the united states . adv released the film ' s international dub on vhs and dvd in 1999 , coincidentally the year in which the english - dubbed version of the film is said to take place . in 2011 , media blasters released destroy all monsters on dvd and blu - ray with both english dubs and the japanese language track , but toho forced the company to pull the discs from circulation after about a month due to rights issues with the special features . [ 4 ] media blasters reissued the film in 2014 without the titan dub or any of the special features .
godzilla : unleashed is a video game developed by pipeworks and published by atari for the nintendo wii and sony playstation 2 . it is the third and final entry in pipeworks ' trilogy of godzilla video games , after godzilla : destroy all monsters melee and godzilla : save the earth . it was released on december 5 , 2007 .
all - star monster - fest isn ' t nearly as fun as i remembered .
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( new york city ) amid a flurry of escalating internet rumors , media blasters inc . and their tokyo shock label are proud to announce and confirm the acquisition of two vintage toho produced godzilla classics - destroy all monsters and godzilla vs . megalon ! for the first time , both films will be re - mastered in high definition and released on dvd and blu - ray ! destroy all monsters will receive a worthy deluxe treatment to provide fans with a noticeable upgrade from its previous dvd incarnation . godzilla vs . megalon marks the first time that this long sought after title will be officially released uncut and widescreen on dvd and blu - ray . both films will feature exciting extras !
godzilla : destroy all monsters melee ( also known informally as g : damm ) is an xbox version of the first game in the atari godzilla trilogy , produced by pipeworks software and released on april 16 , 2003 , are having previously been released for the nintendo gamecube . the plot involves an alien race known as the vortaak invading the earth and assuming control of the planet ' s giant monsters , sending them to attack cities across the globe . one monster breaks free from the vortaak ' s control , and battles the other monsters in order to drive off the vortaak .
a fortnight later , on 1 june , the party’s official mouthpiece newspaper urged the masses to “clear away the evil habits of the old society” by launching an all - out assault on “monsters and demons” .
with the three new g ' s on the block , they could be incorporated , along with monsters that have yet to be in the atari trilogy . maybe the skull crawlers or the new 2019 desgins of the monsters etc .
we ' re never once told how the hell we managed to
collect
all the monsters on this island . certainly nothing we have seen in the past films has suggested that humans have any means of doing this . perhaps they used some of the captured technology from planet x ( who after all controlled the monsters with
magnetic waves
during their aborted invasion ) . if not , perhaps they just built a scale model of tokyo on the island and waited for the monsters to be naturally attracted to it .
carl morano joined media blasters , inc . in 2001 and is the managing director for both the parent company and its fever dreams , llc division which handles film production and distribution ( flesh for the beast , tokyo gore police , death kappa ) . he was directly involved in media blasters’ efforts to acquire destroy all monsters and godzilla vs megalon from toho .
in many ways , this aesthetic framework can be applied to kelley’s overall artistic practice , a point recognized by joseph as he argued that the musical experiments of destroy all monsters laid the groundwork for kelley’s own understanding of postmodernism . indeed , we should remember the artistic environment kelley found himself working within during the mid - 1970s as a new student at calarts .
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and that ' s all she wrote , folks . the end , bye - bye .
walls with archers and a big rock are really all you need to defend yourself here .
, causing climate shifts and earthquakes . simultaneously , the monsters of earth begin to attack cities across the globe as a result of crystals growing on the ground . factions form among the monsters of earth as well as the monsters attacking them , totaling four monster factions . choices within the story affect later events , including the relationships between the factions . the
destroy - all - monsters
will be a very different film to godzilla 2014 . it is more like
the godfather part ii
to the series and it is possibly more involving and emotional . destroy - all - monsters will of course take heavy inspirations from famous films like
the empire strikes back
and
the godfather part ii
. the new film is said to be reminiscent that of a horror film but will retain the same themes of godzilla movies from the decades including a new one which revolves around
death
and will be much darker due to x . i . l . l . i . e . n ' s involvement in the film and the disappearances of many characters in the previous film .
in every rampage game , ralph , along with george and lizzie , are typically mutated into monsters through experiments conducted at scumlabs ( or any other science - related quandary ) . these experiments go horribly wrong and transform them into giant monsters . this is the generic origin for most monsters that appear in the rampage franchise . however it differs slightly in each game :
when i was a kid the tv listings for the coming week were printed in the sunday newspaper . that morning , before even reading the comics i ' d check to see what films of monsters and mayhem would be featured on channel 56 ' s
creature double feature
. i was happy to see any godzilla movie among their offerings , but never as happy as when i saw the three greatest words in the history of being a 10 year old boy : destroy . all . monsters .
i will fuck you all up if you don ' t hand over your planet .
carl morano : that’s being discussed right now . toho has final approval on all the contents .
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along with invasion of astro - monster and godzilla vs . megalon ( which take place in the unspecified years 196x and 197x , respectively ) , destroy all monsters is one of the few showa godzilla movies not to be set in the year of its release . instead , it takes place at the end of the 20th century , specifically said to be 1999 in the english dubs .
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for a while i was raging about the complacent way the monsters went back to their island preserve . then i remembered that the kilaak implants were still in the monsters , that ' s how they got them to go back to monsterland so peacefully .
dikötter believes the nightmarish upheaval also served to destroy any remaining faith the chinese people had in their great teacher . “even before mao died , people buried maoism . ”
even as a second single ,
meet the creeper ,
was being readied for release , destroy all monsters was coming apart ; tensions within the group had come to a head when niagara left longtime boyfriend loren to hook up with asheton , and soon loren , as well as the miller brothers , left the band over creative differences . in response , loren issued a 1979 live ep , the days of diamonds ; a year later , he , the millers , and drummer rob king formed xanadu , recording an ep , black - out in the city , co - produced by kelley and shaw . meanwhile , the remaining members of destroy all monsters carried on until 1985 before finally disbanding . in the wake of a 1994 box set , the original lineup occasionally re - formed to play live and record new material . a concert set , live in tokyo & osaka , appeared in 2008 . the discovery of a cache of unreleased destroy all monsters recordings led to the release of 2014 ' s hot box , which featured rare and little - heard performances from both editions of the group . while destroy all monsters were inactive in 2015 , niagara could say she had an album in the charts - - one of her paintings was used as the cover artwork for kid rock ' s album first kiss . jim shaw was also getting attention for his visual art in 2015 , with a major retrospective of his work ,
jim shaw : the end is near ,
receiving positive reviews after opening at the new museum in new york city . ~ jason ankeny , rovi
carl morano : we had just started talking to toho about destroy all monsters when the mb rep spoke to a fan and implied that it was a done deal . the person who leaked the information had no clear knowledge of how far advanced we were in our negotiations . the assumption by fans is that if you send toho an email , the deal is done before they can even respond .
these alien monsters do the bidding of vorticia , the queen of the vortaak . their primary goal is to conquer earth by collecting all of the power surges to support their masters ' invasion . they are willing to destroy both humans and kaiju from the other factions alike to achieve their goals , and with the support of the vortaak military they are prepared to crush any resistance from the planet .
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let me throw out a quick plot synopsis for those who ' ve read this far and have never seen destroy all monsters . in the future 1999 all of the earth ' s giant monsters are collected and placed in a special enclosure called monsterland in the bonin islands chain out in the pacific ocean . the united nations maintains an underground laboratory at monsterland where scientists study the behavior of the creatures gathered there . an alien race from the asteroid belt between jupiter and mars invades and frees the monsters from their special enclosure then lets them loose on all of earth ' s cities ( shades of the plot of planet x ! ) . it ' s up to the inhabitants of the united nations moon base , and their amazing space ship moonlight sy - 3 , under the command of intrepid captain yamabe to determine what the aliens want , and carry out an attack to stop them . meanwhile the aliens use the monsters to crush any opposition to their plans to set up a homeland on earth .
in the year 1999 mankind has consolidated all of earth ' s monsters to the bonin islands , known as monsterland . when all contact is lost with monsterland the giants appear around the globe and lay waste to major cities in various countries . the alien kilaaks take responsibility and vow to conquer earth with the monster army . capt . yamabe spearheads the war against the kilaaks and gains control of earth ' s monsters for a climactic final battle on mt . fuji .
carl morano : the contracts were just signed last week . all the rumors and leaks broke before we had a deal for destroy all monsters . a deal is not done until a contract is signed and that only happened last week . first there are negotiations and then verbal agreement until paperwork is generated . nothing is definite until the contract is reviewed , revised a few times and signed . luckily it worked out but the leaks and rumors were not based on reality at the time , just wishful thinking .
ralph ' s origin is in fact asymmetrical to his origin in rampage ( 1986 ) . this time he is a scientist working at a scumlabs facility until an explosion occurred , mutating him into a giant sized werewolf . ralph , george , and lizzie , mutated by the blast , travel the world to destroy all of scumlab ' s bases and all of the scumlabs employees .
for the majority of percy jackson : sea of monsters , the titular character spends his time moping over the uncertainty of his heroism .
plunger detonator : four of them are hidden in the regular stages and , if pressed , destroy the boulders that block the entrances of the optional stages on the world map .
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named after a cult - favorite japanese monster movie , destroy all monsters was formed in 1973 by art students niagara ( a former model ) , jim shaw , mike kelley , and cary loren ; influenced by everything from underground comix to film noir to psychedelia , the highly visual group was experimental and abrasive , with niagara ' s betty boop - vocals and squealing violin cresting atop waves of trance - like sonic dementia .
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the original incarnation of destroy all monsters never widely released any official recordings , and by 1976 both shaw and kelley had exited to continue their graphic art careers , both later gaining considerable renown as underground talents . niagara and loren continued on , recruiting brothers larry and ben miller ( space guitar and saxophone , respectively ) ; within six months , former stooges guitarist ron asheton and onetime mc5 bassist michael davis had also signed on , pointing the group ' s sound in a more dynamic and energetic direction . upon releasing their first - ever single , 1978 ' s
bored ,
destroy all monsters became darlings of the british music press , based largely upon the connection to the stooges ' legacy ;
bored
was soon set for u . k . release on the cherry red label , which licensed the record before ever even hearing it .
stevenson and yoshida debate whether this is a deliberate attempt at jamming the satellites or not . what nobody bothers to ask is ,
are all the monsters still on the island ?
. this seems like the logical first question to ask .
1 . home video labels such as sony pictures , classic media , and the british film institute have used a core group of film historians and writers— primarily contributors to scifi japan— to provide extra content for a number of godzilla and toho fx / daikaiju dvds . despite rumors to the contrary , to date no one from this group has been asked to work for media blasters on either destroy all monsters or godzilla vs megalon .
- a brilliant gdf scientist and the world ' s leading expert on giant monsters , dr . shiragami makes some
fascinating
discoveries regarding the properties of the crystal formations and the alien radiation they produce . admiral gyozen orders him to try to create a bio - agent to destroy the monsters , but gyozen ridicules him , calling his project
bio - lattes .
shiragami ' s experiments with anti - monster mutagens eventually give rise to the creation of
, who reveal that they are in control of the monsters . their leader demands that the human race surrender , or face total annihilation .
, making it one of the oldest monsters here . this is the last time that varan will ever been seen in a toho movie .
in the crestwood house monster series book on godzilla at my school ' s library . plenty of pictures from it , most notably of the big all - out battle at the end of the movie , were shown throughout the book ( a big group shot of all the monsters here was on the inside cover ) and the section on it gave a general description of the plot , although the latter didn ' t register much with me at the same time since i was much more enthralled with those photos . not only was my mouth watering at the sight of all these monsters but i wanted to see the individual movies where godzilla originally fought all of them . at that time , i just assumed that there were entire movies where godzilla took on each of the monsters featured here , like gorosaurus , baragon , manda , and , since i hadn ' t yet seen
on may 27th , the new york - based home video and theatrical distributor media blasters announced that they have acquired north american rights from toho co . for the godzilla movies destroy all monsters ( 怪獣総進撃 , kaiju soshingeki , 1968 ) and godzilla vs megalon ( ゴジラ対メガロ , gojira tai megaro , 1973 ) . both films will be released on region 1 dvd and blu - ray through the company’s live - action asian cinema division , tokyo shock .
for the ten - year - old living inside us all , it is entertainment of the most awesome sort .
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aliens from planet x request the use of godzilla and rodan to fight off king ghidorah , but have a better use for the three monsters .
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so the army opens up , raining missiles down on the four monsters . hmmm . . . knowing the terrible accuracy of the army in these movies , the fact that they are shooting into the center of the city is scary . indeed , we see nearly all the missiles miss the targets and hit buildings and roadways . in the end , the army ' s response probably causes just as much damage as the monsters themselves . but it ' s ok , right , because all the people are in shelters ?
the kilaaks are okay ; their leader does well with what she ' s given . they have nothing on the xiliens though . see , the thing in invasion of astro - monster ( 1965 ) is that while godzilla himself was not the main focus , it was an engaging science fiction story . destroy all monsters is very similar in plot and tone , but the non - monster scenes are boring and fail to capture the viewer ' s interest .
this film has the greatest number of monsters to appear in one godzilla movie in the showa series , and the second greatest number out of all the films , only surpassed in 2004 by godzilla : final wars . while the film stars many familiar faces from the godzilla series , such as mothra , rodan , king ghidorah , minilla , kumonga , anguirus , and of course godzilla himself , the film also incorporates several other monsters that had previously starred in their own films in separate continuities . these monsters are baragon , manda , varan , and gorosaurus .
destroy all monsters has received acclaim among godzilla fans . the new york times did not review the film upon release , but film critic howard thompson gave it a positive review on a re - release at a children ' s matinee with the bugs bunny short , napoleon bunny - part , in december of 1970 . he commented that
the feature wasn ' t bad at all of this type . the trick photography and especially the blended sweep and skill of the miniature settings provided the visual splash . the human beings , with good dubbed english voices , were a personable lot as they wrestled with some outer space culprits who had rounded up japan ' s favorite monsters and turned them against the planet earth .
, by the united nations science committee , in the ogasawara island chain . a special control center is constructed underneath the island to ensure the monsters stay secure , and serve as a research facility to study them . when communications with monster island are suddenly and mysteriously severed , and all of the monsters begin attacking world capitals , dr . yoshida of the unsc orders captain yamabe and the crew of his spaceship ,
this film has the greatest number of monsters to appear in one godzilla movie of the showa series , and the second greatest number out of all the films , only surpassed in 2004 by godzilla : final wars . while the film stars many familiar faces from the godzilla series , such as mothra , rodan , king ghidorah , minilla , kumonga , anguirus , and of course godzilla himself , the film also incorporates several other monsters that had previously appeared in toho ' s non - godzilla films . these monsters are baragon , manda , varan , and gorosaurus .
however , mao’s decision to launch the “revolution” in may 1966 is now widely interpreted as an attempt to destroy his enemies by unleashing the people on the party and urging them to purify its ranks .
carl morano : we expect to carry over all the extras from the japanese release pending toho approval , of course .
now that it ' s a million - billion years since i was a jelly - sandwich - faced 10 year old , how do i feel about destroy all monsters ? well , i still think it ' s a fun 89 minutes or so , but being older and more experienced with toho ' s special effects films and giant monster films i can see where ishiro honda really tried to straddle the boundaries of both film types and never really managed to bridge them .
we don ' t come to these films for the plots , mostly , it ' s the crazy monster fights and the goofy dialogue that keep us , and destroy all monsters , doesn ' t disappoint in this regard , really . it ' s just hard to care about the alien motivation because there isn ' t really any . but who cares , right ? godzilla smashes up the un in new york city ( sadly he doesn ' t go any further than that ) , rodan wipes out moscow , mothra derails trains in china , gorosaurus smashes through the arc de triomphe , and they finally all turn their attention to the tokyo shoreline district . the film culminates with the most hilariously one - sided monster gang fight ever where king ghidorah appears , lands , and gets beaten to death by all of the other monsters in the space of 4 minutes .
the 1968 manga adaptation of destroy all monsters includes several significant differences from the film , most notably baragon , manda and varan directly taking part in the final battle against king ghidorah . the fire dragon is also more true to its title , assuming the full - fledged appearance of a dragon made of flames , despite still being a kilaak ufo within . baragon takes the place of gorosaurus during the attack on paris , while manda ' s rampage in london is also shown .
scifi japan : in the past , toho has had concerns about “reverse importing” by japanese fans when godzilla movies were released on dvd in america first . since destroy all monsters and godzilla vs megalon are not yet available on blu - ray in japan , will that have any impact on how media blasters handles these films ? for example , would you be prevented from using the hd restorations of the godzilla movies that toho and nihon eiga satellite broadcasting collaborated on back in 2008 ?
: ghidorah is a space monster . the monsters from earth cannot win . i will get in touch with you , when you feel like giving up .
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i never called him brother . all i ever wanted was a brother , but i was too caught up in myself .
the player plays as a one of several giant monsters . via punches , kicks , and limb attacks , each monster can attack others and also use their surroundings . ( missile and
freeze
tanks ) and the monster hedorah ( which slows a monster ' s energy regeneration ability ) are also present and sporadically attack all monsters . extras include bonus orbs , which can provide a finishing move or summon a monster for an airstrike . extra features include choice of , a
destruction
mode ( in which players compete to destroy buildings in a city ) and
melee
mode ( in which up to four players can compete simultaneously ) .
i ' ll wait until later to describe all the monsters present , as they show up elsewhere for monster munching . however , the coolest bit here is seeing rodan snatching a dolphin out of the water for a snack . i could spend a month trying to explain just how much energy in the form of food that a monster the size of rodan would have to consume ( not to mention all the other monsters ) . they would have to eat like my friend joyce to maintain their size and output . but then again , it ' s just a movie .
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this time , the previous licensing history was not an issue at all . so any confusion must have been luckily cleared up .
her vengeance fufilled , all that remained for kerrigan was to send the swarm against its true enemy , amon . [ 157 ]
sadly , there are major disappointments with the monsters . baragon and varan do nothing during the film ; it felt like they were thrown in just to say they had more monsters . they didn ' t fight at all , they had no destruction scenes ; it was just sad for fans of those monsters . baragon at least got to appear in another film after this , while varan was never seen again outside of stock footage in gfw ( 2004 ) . also , and i don ' t know if this was the fault of the dub , but gorosaurus was called
baragon
in his paris scene , an infamous error .
player reactions to the game are much more positive , however , with the reader reviews averaging a seven . fans praised the huge roster of monsters , including classic monsters like biollante and godzilla 1954 , as well as the inclusion of a custom mode , allowing players to tweak the gameplay to their liking . not all godzilla fans were happy however , with some citing similar criticisms to those in reviews , and there were also several fan complaints due to the exclusion of hedorah and the new monsters . there were also a few complaints regarding the inability to toggle the arenas ' crystal infestations , thus allowing players to fight in normal cities .
destroy all monsters was first formed in 1973 by artists mike kelley , jim shaw , lynn rovner , and cary loren , then students at the university of michigan . following several decades of obscurity , the project has recently gone through something of a resurgence , as a younger generation takes notes of the work . this process was partly jumpstarted by writer byron coley and musician thurston moore , whose ecstatic peace and father yod labels co - released the group’s early years , 1973 - 76 , as a 3xcd boxset in 1994 .