Full theater list for Rialto’s Godzilla re-release

Last Updated on July 22, 2021

GODZILLA is coming, in both his original and rebooted form. To coincide with Warner Bros’ big-budget remake, Rialto Pictures is re-releasing the 1954 B&W classic. We only had a small list of theaters when the news came in earlier this year, but now we’ve got the entire group to share – the great news is that this big mother is invading a ton of cities!

GODZILLA was originally released here in 1956 as Godzilla: King of the Monsters, an atrociously cut, dubbed and re-edited version that inserted American actor Raymond Burr into the action; only an hour was used of the original’s 98 minute running time. Burr does not appear in the original, uncut version, which has an all-Japanese cast including Kurosawa regular Takashi Shimura, who the very same year appeared as leader of the Seven Samurai.

As directed by Ishirô Honda, with special effects by the legendary Eiji Tsuburaya, GODZILLA: THE JAPANESE ORIGINAL is much darker in tone than the dumbed-down U.S. release version, which entirely eliminated the original’s underlying theme: in the Japanese version, the monster is clearly a metaphor for the nuclear menace and the film itself a cry for world peace and disarmament. The American version also cut out all of the original’s astonishing Strangelove-like black humor.

::    April 18 – 24    NEW YORK,  NY    Film Forum
::    May 1    SAVANNAH,  GA    Savannah Film Festival
::    May 2    HOLLYWOOD,  CA    American Cinematheque – Egyptian Theatre
::    May 2 – 4 & 6    SILVER SPRING,  MD    AFI Silver
::    May 2 – 5    PORTLAND,  OR    Hollywood Theatre
::    May 2 – 8    SEATTLE,  WA    SIFF Cinema Uptown
::    May 2 – 8    SOMERVILLE,  MA    Somerville Theatre
::    May 4    ASHBURN,  VA    Alamo Drafthouse One Loudoun
::    May 4    LOS ANGELES,  CA    Landmark Theatres – Regent Theatre
::    May 5 – 8    EDGEWOOD,  PA    Pittsburgh Filmmakers – Regent Square
::    May 5 & 8    KALAMAZOO,  MI    Alamo Drafthouse Kalamazoo
::    May 8    AMBLER,  PA    The Ambler Theater
::    May 8    KANSAS CITY,  MO    Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet
::    May 9 – 11    NASHVILLE,  TN    The Belcourt
::    May 9 – 15    CHICAGO,  IL    Music Box Theatre
::    May 9 – 15    DALLAS,  TX    Angelika Dallas
::    May 9 – 15    DENVER,  CO    Denver Film Society
::    May 9 – 15    SANTA FE,  NM    Jean Cocteau Cinema
::    May 9 – 15    ALBANY,  NY    The Madison Theater
::    May 9 – 15    SAN FRANCISCO,  CA    Sundance Cinemas Kabuki
::    May 9 – 15    FORT COLLINS,  CO    Lyric Cinema Cafe
::    May 9 – 15    ALBANY,  NY    The Madison Theater
::    May 9 – 15    MENTOR,  OH    Atlas Cinemas Great Lakes Stadium 16
::    May 11 – 12    MAYFIELD HEIGHTS,  OH    Atlas Cinemas Eastgate 10
::    May 11 & 13    LUBBOCK,  TX    Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock
::    May 12 – 13    WICHITA,  KS    Warren Theatres Old Town
::    May 12 – 14    HOLLYWOOD,  CA    ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood
::    May 12 – 14    EL SEGUNDO,  CA    ArcLight Cinemas Beach Cities
::    May 12 – 14    PASADENA,  CA    ArcLight Cinemas Pasadena
::    May 12 – 14    SAN DIEGO,  CA    ArcLight Cinemas La Jolla
::    May 12 – 14    LOS ANGELES,  CA    ArcLight Cinemas Sherman Oaks
::    May 14    DOYLESTOWN,  PA    The County Theater
::    May 14    BETHLEHEM,  PA    ArtsQuest
::    May 15    BOISE,  ID    The Flicks
::    May 15    NEW BRAUNFELS,  TX    Alamo Drafthouse Marketplace
::    May 15    SAN ANTONIO,  TX    Alamo Drafthouse Park North
::    May 23 – 26    HOUSTON,  TX    The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
::    May 28    LEXINGTON,  KY    Kentucky Theatre
::    July 17    COLUMBUS,  OH    Wexner Center for the Arts
::    July 18    BERKELEY,  CA    Pacific Film Archive
::    August 10 & 12    ANN ARBOR,  MI    Michigan Theater