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G-Fest X (Page 3) |
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G-Fest X took place Friday, July 18 - Sunday, July 20, 2003, at the Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights, IL (just outside Chicago). The special guests were Noriaki Yuasa (director of the Showa Gamera series), Carl Craig (intrepid boy scout Jim Morgan in Gamera vs. Viras), and Robert Scott Field (Android M-11 in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah). The theatrical movie screenings included Battle In Outer Space, Gamera 3: Revenge Of Iris, and the North American premiere of Godzilla, Mothra, And King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.
DMI webmaster Philip (Zillamon51) and guest reviewer Jen were both in attendance. We created this page to give all of our visitors a look at the convention. We had a lot of fun, and hope to meet some of you there in the years ahead! |
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Saturday night was a very special event: The North American premiere of Godzilla, Mothra, And King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. Even though director Shusuke Kaneko was in the house, he chose to remain (mostly) incognito for the showing. The film was enthusiastically received by the audience. While many fans had seen the movie on video, just as many had not. Seeing a great movie like this on the big screen, in a theater with an appreciative audience, is a whole new experience. |
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Above: Fans line up outside of the Pickwick Theater on Saturday night for GMK. |
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Above: Inside the theater, J.D. Lees (red shirt) confers with Shusuke Kaneko (plaid shirt) before GMK. Sitting to the left of Kaneko (his right) are Japanese Giants editor Ed Godziszewski (black shirt) and Robert Scott Field. |
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Above: On Sunday morning, an autograph session was held with Noriaki Yuasa and Robert Scott Field. Carl Craig had a table in the dealer's room. He was available at various times throughout the weekend to autograph merchandise, sell photos, and display movie props from Gamera vs. Viras. He had some cool items, such as Jim Morgan's original camera, a ray gun signed by Noriyaki Yuasa and co-star Kojiro Hongo, the original script, and an album of photos and press clippings. Left: I present Mr. Yuasa with my region 2 Showa Gamera DVD Collection and Bandai Memorial Box for his signature. Right: Jen and Mr. Field. |
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Above: G-Fest wouldn't be complete without a trip to the Dealer's Room. Plenty of kaiju merchandise, including toys, models, videos, and all manner of trinkets can be found here. Bring lots of cash! |
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All Good Things.... |
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It's time to leave G-Fest until next year. Don't forget to say goodbye to the big Godzilla and Gamera models in the lobby (above). Hopefully, this familiar sight will be there to greet us again next year, and many more after that. See you there! |
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Text by: Philip (Zillamon51). Photos by: Philip and Jen.
G-Fest is an annual event held by Daikaiju Enterprises, LTD.; Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada.
All reviews, articles, and images on this site are Copyright (c) 2003 - 2004.
Please do not re-publish these reviews, articles, and / or images without the consent of the webmaster.
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