Co-Presented by the Japanese Arts Foundation
June 7th-13th
Series Passes and 24-hour Marathon Tickets Now on Sale
Individual Tickets on Sale for Music Box Members Monday, 5/6 at Noon | General Public Wednesday, 5/8 at Noon
The Music Box is partnering with the Japanese Arts Foundation to throw Godzilla a birthday party June 7 -13, and you're invited! Come celebrate 70 years of everyone's favorite kaiju with film screenings, special guests, unique preshows, a 24-hour Showa-era marathon, and more!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, 6/7 - Opening Night!
7:00pm - SHIN GODZILLA and GODZILLA MINUS ONE Double Feature with a panel discussion, Godzilla, the Atomic Age Anti-hero, led by Saira Chambers, Japanese Culture Center/Japanese Arts Foundation, Dr Yuki Miyamoto, DePaul Humanities Center, and more experts in the field TBA
Saturday, 6/8
12:00pm - A complete 24-hour marathon of all 15 Showa Era-Godzilla Movies with vendors, food, and more! Marathon pass must be purchased separately from Series pass.
Sunday, 6/9
5:00pm - A rare I.B. Technicolor 35mm print screening of GODZILLA (1998)
8:00pm - GODZILLA 2000 on 35mm
Monday, 6/10 - Kid's Day
4:30pm - GODZILLA VS. GIGAN
7:00pm - DESTROY ALL MONSTERS introduced by Svengoolie!
9:20pm - GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE
***Svengoolie in the Music Box Lounge 5:30pm-7:30pm signing autographs***
Tuesday, 6/11
4:45pm - GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER
7:00pm - GODZILLA (1954) on 35mm with a Post-Film Discussion by Film Historian David Kalat, author of A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla
9:30pm - THE RETURN OF GODZILLA introduced by David Kalat!
Wednesday, 6/12 - Mothra Day
4:30pm - MOTHRA on 35mm
7:00pm - MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA introduced by Field Museum Insects Collections Assistant, Jim Louderman
9:20pm - GODZILLA, MOTHRA AND KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK on 35mm
***Jim Louderman in the Music Box Lounge 6pm-9:45pm with live insects and more!***
Thursday, 6/13
4:45pm - GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA
7:00pm - GODZILLA (2014) - Tenth Anniversary Screening on 35mm
9:50pm - GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH
Series Pricing
Series Pass (Grants Access to All Individual Screenings in the Series | Does not include 24-hour Marathon) - $100 General Admission/ $80 Music Box Members
Opening Night Double Feature - $20 General Admission / $18 Music Box Members
24-Hour Marathon (Not included in Series Pass) - $35 General Admission / $30 Music Box Members
Individual Screenings - $12 General Admission / $10 Music Box Members
Individual Screenings with Guests - $13 General Admission / $11 Music Box Members
Coming up in this Series
Destroy All Monsters
Opens June 8
The original Godzilla team of director Ishiro Honda, special-effects supervisor Eiji Tsuburaya, and composer Akira Ifukube reunited for this kaiju ext... Read more
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Opens June 8
After laying waste to an alien civilization on Venus, the three-headed, lightning-emitting space monster Ghidorah brings its insatiable thirst for des... Read more
Godzilla (1954)
Opens June 8
GODZILLA (a.k.a. Gojira) is the roaring granddaddy of all monster movies. It’s also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama, made in Japan at a time... Read more
Godzilla (1998)
Opens June 9
Following the French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, an unknown creature is spotted passing westward through the Panama Canal. Scientist Niko... Read more
Godzilla (2014)
Opens June 13
The world's most revered monster is reborn as visionary new director Gareth Edwards (Monsters) unleashes the epic action adventure GODZILLA. Starring... Read more
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Opens June 12
After nearly half a century of peace, Godzilla is a distant memory for most of Japan. The serenity is broken, though, when a US nuclear submarine is a... Read more
Godzilla 2000
Opens June 9
A self-proclaimed group called the Godzilla Prediction Network (GPN) is actively tracking Godzilla as he makes landfall. Besides trying to study the m... Read more
Godzilla: The Complete Showa-Era Marathon
Opens June 8
Join the Music Box on Saturday, 6/8 for an exclusive 24-hour marathon screening of all 15 Showa-Era Godzilla titles! There will be vendors, exclusive... Read more
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Opens June 10
Godzilla cells left from his attack in the mid-1980's create a miniature arms race to secure them, involving Japan, US interests and Saradia. Eventual... Read more
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Opens June 8
An alien invasion prompts a tag-team battle between Godzilla and Anguirus, the planet protectors, and King Ghidorah and the new monster Gigan, a cybor... Read more
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Opens June 8
Intended to address the crisis levels of pollution in postwar Japan, Godzilla vs. Hedorah finds the King of the Monsters fighting an alien life form t... Read more
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Opens June 8
Godzilla’s evil twin Mechagodzilla first reared its head in this Jun Fukuda–directed film. A robot designed by aliens to conquer Earth, the enduringly... Read more
Mothra
Opens June 12
Following reports of human life on Infant Island, the supposedly deserted site of atomic bomb tests, an international expedition to the heavily-radiat... Read more
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Opens June 8
Godzilla faces off against the benevolent insect monster-god Mothra in this clash of the titans, a crossover battle between two of Toho Studios’ most... Read more
The Return of Godzilla
Opens June 10
Three decades have passed since Godzilla, a monster spawned by postwar H-bomb tests, turned Japan's capital city into a radioactive wasteland. Its wra... Read more
Shin Godzilla + Godzilla Minus One
Opens June 7
SHIN GODZILLA Synopsis:It’s a peaceful day in Japan when a strange fountain of water erupts in the bay, causing panic to spread among government offic... Read more