Cozzilla - Restored!!

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Maritonic wrote:
goji1986 wrote:
Maritonic wrote:I'm unsure if this has been asked before, forgive me if it has, but would/could you sell DVD copies of this? Any sort of plan? I know that it wouldn't be official, but I know sometimes fans do this (such as one fan who was passionate about The Last Shark and released his own restoration on DVD).

If he did, not only would that be highly illegal, but the mere discussion of it on these forums would not be permitted. You're better off just downloading the movie from the site he's provided and finding your own means of burning if that's how you wish to preserve it.
I wasn't *entirely* clear in my wording, my apologies. I wasn't really asking for myself, I just wasn't sure if there was any intention of doing so. As I said, there was that fan restoration of The Last Shark that comes to mind when I think of this, so I wasn't sure if something similar could be done here. Sorry about the lack of clarity there.

This looks really awesome, from what little I've seen of the restoration.
As much as I would love to release a pristine DVD/Blu of this, the licensing would be a nightmare. Toho has a very heavy legal foot and have showed no interest in preserving this film, there is also footage from other films that were thrown in, The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms and a French film called The Train. I suppose the analogous to this would be The Man Who Saved The World, known better as the Turkish Star Wars, a film that no matter how much fans beckon for it, the rights issues will be hectic to say the least. I remain optimistic, and not to be a narcissist, but at this point I feel my restoration will be the best we will ever see of this particular title.

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Maritonic wrote:I wasn't *entirely* clear in my wording, my apologies. I wasn't really asking for myself, I just wasn't sure if there was any intention of doing so. As I said, there was that fan restoration of The Last Shark that comes to mind when I think of this, so I wasn't sure if something similar could be done here. Sorry about the lack of clarity there.
I know the person responsible for that release, and he went through the actual rights holder in order to be able to release it on home video. It wasn't really a "fan restoration", since he was given film elements to work with from the rights holder, had them scanned, and then released it on his Retrovision label; which was an officially licensed product.
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Goji wrote:
Maritonic wrote:I wasn't *entirely* clear in my wording, my apologies. I wasn't really asking for myself, I just wasn't sure if there was any intention of doing so. As I said, there was that fan restoration of The Last Shark that comes to mind when I think of this, so I wasn't sure if something similar could be done here. Sorry about the lack of clarity there.
I know the person responsible for that release, and he went through the actual rights holder in order to be able to release it on home video. It wasn't really a "fan restoration", since he was given film elements to work with from the rights holder, had them scanned, and then released it on his Retrovision label; which was an officially licensed product.
Good old Brannon Carty, had on my podcast a few years back, we talked about the Turkish Star Wars.

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Goji wrote:
Maritonic wrote:I wasn't *entirely* clear in my wording, my apologies. I wasn't really asking for myself, I just wasn't sure if there was any intention of doing so. As I said, there was that fan restoration of The Last Shark that comes to mind when I think of this, so I wasn't sure if something similar could be done here. Sorry about the lack of clarity there.
I know the person responsible for that release, and he went through the actual rights holder in order to be able to release it on home video. It wasn't really a "fan restoration", since he was given film elements to work with from the rights holder, had them scanned, and then released it on his Retrovision label; which was an officially licensed product.
Ahh, I stand corrected then. Really came across like a fan restoration, in the best way possible of course.
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Oh wow, nice! I just recently learned this existed in the 3rd volume of The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies. Excellent job!

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I pulled the first two attempts from Archive.org, I am working closely with a friend to create a better version, it will be released through his Cinemageddon account and possibly elsewhere, I am looking to film an intro which will be tacked on to the restoration, please be patient during this process, thank you.

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Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

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Awesome, great work. Will there be subtitles?

Thank you again for your hard work!!

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Kore321 wrote:Awesome, great work. Will there be subtitles?

Thank you again for your hard work!!
I have a friend who is helping me with that, thanks for the kind words.

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You know, I once friended Luigi Cozzi on Facebook. We never spoke though, and it was on an old account.
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Snake wrote:You know, I once friended Luigi Cozzi on Facebook. We never spoke though, and it was on an old account.
We rarely speak but he's in support of my efforts as far as I know.
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Well everyone, here is the sad story, my computer bit the bullet last week and I wound up losing everything on my hard drive including the new Cozzilla restoration that was in progress, luckily though I had saved one of my attempts on a DVD so I present to you my ultimate Cozzilla restoration, here is the file, ripped from DVD, this is all that survives of my efforts, thank you for the kind comments and support.
https://archive.org/details/CozzillaRestoredGenoCuddy
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GenoCuddy wrote:
Kore321 wrote:Awesome, great work. Will there be subtitles?

Thank you again for your hard work!!
I have a friend who is helping me with that, thanks for the kind words.
There already are subtitles that were included with the original version of this before you changed the frame rate as I've seen the original version that you got your copy from.

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G-MAN wrote:
GenoCuddy wrote:
Kore321 wrote:Awesome, great work. Will there be subtitles?

Thank you again for your hard work!!
I have a friend who is helping me with that, thanks for the kind words.
There already are subtitles that were included with the original version of this before you changed the frame rate as I've seen the original version that you got your copy from.
Alright, I've had it with you attacking me and telling me I intentionally changed the FPS, you are just being an asshole now, and you are incorrect about the copy I got having subs, show me proof bro, would love to see it, btw, I know where you got it, Ed Glaser. I trusted him with the file and he leaked it out without my permission. I am sick of replying to you, and your salacious attacks, I sent you a civil message about this, but you chose to ignore it, instead choosing to keep up with your unwarranted attacks against me, you are nothing more than a mere troll, looking to get some kicks, I am no longer feeding your ego and am blocking you on this site.

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