Talk:Gorgo (film)

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Just added a mention that the film was on an episode of Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

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The /Gorgo article needs the items at the beginning removed and put onto a disambiguation page, as three subjects are being conflated into one 82.38.222.109 21:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Is Gorgo a Kaiju? Should this movie be included in the list of Kaiju films? LightSpeed (talk) 17:48, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

I read that his mom was 60-meters tall and weighed 27,500 tons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.100.52 (talk) 20:06, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

???

Who ever wrote this description of the Gorgo film has never viewed it, it's completely inaccurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.63.2.124 (talk) 09:44, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

I had a go at improving the synopsis to reflect the action seen in the film. Anthony McKay (talk) 08:32, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Article needs to be Expanded

This article's production section could be expanded a bit more, also the article is missing information on the film's reception which should be added to the article.--Paleface Jack (talk) 23:25, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Miswording or Bad Info

"A snippet from the movie can also be seen in the Robin Williams movie, Flubber. The same scene also shows snippets from the original versions of The Blob and The Fly, along with episodes of Bill Nye the Science Guy and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."

This sentence is in the "Popular culture" section of the article. Checking the facts though, CSI came out in 2000, while Flubber came out in 1997. So scenes from CSI cannot be in Flubber. Just saying. I don't know if the person meant to write that it was shown on CSI, because if they did, they didn't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.115.78.31 (talk) 20:43, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

• It seems to be a case of miswording. According to IMDb here, a scene from the film appeared in the CSI episode Leapin' Lizards in 2007. (I know that technically IMDB isn't a reliable source, but in this case it seems plausible.) I can't find anything connecting Gorgo and Bill Nye, but I would hazard a guess that a clip from the film could well have been used in the programme. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 21:43, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
  • I tweaked that paragraph and added {{cn}} tags. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 21:48, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Clarification or "in the know" problem

In the section where it mentions MST3K, it says "but the rights expired" ... which leaves me mystified. Perhaps this could be clarified by the author. Hue White (talk) 16:20, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Proposed Further reading

I am the author, so I'm proposing this here per WP:COI:

• McKay, Anthony (October 2025). "Gorgo: Monster of the Kings". Little Shoppe of Horrors. No. 52. The Elmer Valo Appreciation Society. pp. 1–270.

This is the October 2025 book-length special issue (270 pages) devoted entirely to the 1961 film Gorgo, covering production history, effects work, and the Charlton comics. Little Shoppe of Horrors is a long-running, peer-edited horror film journal frequently cited in Wikipedia film articles. Would an uninvolved editor consider adding it under a new ==Further reading== section? Anthony McKay (talk) 08:47, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Proposed correction to Release section (Dec 1960 trade reports)

Disclosure: I am Anthony McKay, author of Little Shoppe of Horrors #52, currently cited in this article.

Please correct Release section to match trade sources and confirm infobox dates.

Proposed infobox line (keep refs outside template):

| released =

• 24 December 1960 (1960-12-24) (Japan)
• 10 February 1961 (1961-02-10) (Philadelphia)
• 27 October 1961 (1961-10-27) (London)

Proposed ==Release== text: Gorgo had its world premiere in Japan on 24 December 1960. On 16 December 1960 The Hollywood Reporter reported MGM would employ American-style saturation techniques for the Japanese release, then set for 3 January 1961, after twelve prints of the theatrical trailer had been sent to Tokyo the previous week and television trailers of varying content and length had been broadcast on 75% of stations across the country. By 22 December the release had been brought further forward to Saturday, 24 December, considered a "better playing time" due to exceptional exhibitor and public interest, making the screening in Japan the world premiere of Gorgo.

In the United States the film had its domestic debut at the Fox Theatre in Philadelphia on 10 February 1961. It premiered in the United Kingdom in London on 27 October 1961.

References for this request:

Anthony McKay (talk) 06:09, 9 July 2026 (UTC)