OMGodzilla @ the Hirshhorn

Duck and cover during the Hirshhorn's annual SUMMER CAMP when the original beastie boy, Godzilla, returns! Experience this selective "career survey" of the large lizard with back story insights from film scholar David Wilt. Films are free and are screened in the Ring Auditorium.

To request accessibility services, please contact Kristy Maruca at Interpretive Programs with preferably 2 weeks notice: 202-633-2796 or marucak@si.edu

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, 1991
Thursday, June 11, 7 pm
The arrival of a UFO corresponds with an awakening of you-know-who from his oceanic lair. He's evolved from Godzillasaurus and revitalized by nuclear power that he sucked out of a 1970s Soviet sub. Don't ask how the winged, three-headed Elvis fits into the story. Skewed time travel, odd national politics, and plot hiccups may be a tad confusing, but the extreme monster-on-monster action is well worth it.

Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, 1966
Thursday, June 18, 7 pm
Ryota;s search for his lost-at-sea brother lands him washed up on a dangerous island inhabited by a giant crustacean, Ebriah, and a suspicious organization, the Red Bamboo. He enlists the help of Godzilla, who is sleeping of the traumatic battles with King Ghidorah, by awakening him with a lightning rod. Can the sea monster be dashed into subordinate claws? Can 'Zilla lick the 'Boo and make the giant lobster roll?

Godzilla 2000, 1999
Thursday, June 25, 7 pm
The Gangsta Lizard takes on the Godzilla Prediction Network and the Crisis Control Intelligence agency, neither of which, despite over fifty years of attacks have noted that standard artillery is useless. A new adversary joins the action when, inadvertently CCI awakens a long-dormant UFO. You may be able to guess who wins out but you will never guess why, in this dubbed masterpiece.