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05/13/2008 |
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(Press Release) |
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North American Godzilla
fans will be gathering July 4-6, 2008 at the Crowne Plaza O'Hare
International in Rosemont, IL for G-FEST XV. The
special guests for G-FEST XV are Haruo Nakajima, who portrayed
Godzilla from 1954 to 1972 and actor Don Frye from Godzilla:
Final Wars. Other featured guest is actor Robert Scott
Field of Godzilla
vs. King Ghidorah (1991).
G-FEST XV will be screening Godzilla
vs. Biollante (1989)
and Godzilla
Against Mechagodzilla (2002). As G-FEST falls
on Independence Day weekend, a mini film festival will be held
on Thursday, July 3 featuring Destroy
All Monsters, Matango (Attack
of the Mushroom People),
Godzilla vs.
Gigan and Yamato
Takeru (Orochi, The Eight-Headed Dragon). All
movies will be screened at the Pickwick Theater in Park Ridge. Godzilla
vs. Biollante is an exclusive screening for registered
G-FEST attendees.
G-FEST XV will also have a giant dealers room, model
instruction, video room, Godzilla video game tournaments, Godzilla Jeopardy, costume
parade & contest, art contest, video contests and more. A feature-length documentary, Monsterland, will
be filming at G-FEST by German filmmaker Jorg Buttgerheit.
Weekend admission tickets are $29.00 for adults, $10 for youth
(12 and under). Daily admission (at the door) is $20.00 for adults, $5.00 for youths. Children
5 and under are admitted FREE. For more information, log onto www.g-fan.com.
