| Story |
Near the
dawn of the new century, humanity has managed to capture
the Earth's monsters and contain them on an island in
the Ogasawara chain. The measure is a success in safeguarding
the world's cities, while at the same time allowing scientists
to monitor the magnificent creatures. Unfortunately,
the island is attacked by an alien race called the Kilaakian,
who enslave the monsters and send them on an all out
attack against the nations of the world. Eventually,
mankind manages to gain control of the monsters themselves
after reverse engineering one of the Kilaak's devices. This prompts the aliens to to call forth King Ghidorah who
fights against Earth's monsters for the final time.
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| Background |
This script
was the precursor to what would eventually become Destroy
All Monsters (1968). Submitted on November 22nd,
1967, under the name All Monsters Attack Directive,
this early script had many of the same elements that
would be used in the eventual film. The largest difference
between the two, though, was the monster selection.
This first draft for the project included ten monsters
in total, most of which would appear in the final production
such as Godzilla, Mothra (Larva), King Ghidorah, Rodan,
Baragon, Varan, Kumonga and Manda. Two other monsters,
Ebirah and the giant walrus Maguma from Gorath
(1962), were also cited in this early script. The exact
roles of these two aren't known, except for the fact
that Maguma was originally envisioned as one of the
guardians of the Kilaak base with Baragon, who would
have been the ones to fend off the SDF.
The concept
was altered though, as the name was changed to All
Monsters Attack (the
Japanese title of Destroy
All Monsters) and the monsters were shifted
slightly as Ebirah and Maguma were removed while
Minilla and Anguirus were worked into the script.
As a fairly late addition, Gorosaurus would eventually
get added to the film as well for a total of 11 monsters
in the end, with his inclusion possibly being due
solely to the fact that the Baragon suit was unable
to be used for the majority of the filming.
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| Monsters |
Aliens, SDF, Misc |
| Godzilla,
Mothra, King
Ghidorah, Rodan,
Baragon, Varan,
Kumonga, Ebirah,
Manda, Maguma |
Kilaakian,
Moonlight
SY-3 |
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