King Kong vs. Godzilla Turns 50!
June 16 - Bal Theatre
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San Leandro, CA, June 16, 2012 - The classic 1962 Toho film KING KONG VS. GODZILLA hits the ripe old age of 50 this year and Bay Area Film Events is planning a huge party at the Bal Theatre in San Leandro to commemorate this monstrous occasion!

Join Bay Area Film Events(BAFE)and your host, Creepy KOFY Movietime's Balrok, at the Bal Theatre for a fun evening of giant monster mashup celebrations! We start the evening off with the highest grossing - and arguably most famous - of all the Godzilla films, KING KONG VS. GODZILLA. To add more monster madness to the evening, our second feature is 2002's GODZILLA, MOTHRA, KING GHIDORAH GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK! So get ready for some monster mayhem as the historic Bal Theater is transformed into a giant monster battlefield!

BAFE will also be presenting a tribute to Toho Special Effects Designer Yasayuki Inoue. Mr. Inoue designed some of the most iconic images from Toho's classic films from 1954 through 1985. Discussing Mr. Inoue's work via live video conference from Japan will be Godzilla expert Ed Godziszewski. Also via video conference, Godzilla historian and author Steve Ryfle will discuss the history and relevance of Godzilla and his amazing gallery of foes.

But wait, there's more! Also on hand for the evening, live and in-person will be professional monster suit maker, SyFy Channel's "Monsterman" Cleve Hall!

We will also be having a charity art auction of paintings and drawings by local and some not so local artists, depicting their interpretations of the famous "Big Swing" still from KING KONG VS. GODZILLA, in which Kong is swinging Godzilla by the tail. You will definitely want to go home with one of these amazing original works of art. A perfect addition to any Godzilla fan's collection and all one of a kind!

We will also have rare clips, prizes, merchandise, displays and more!

It is an evening to celebrate everything Godzilla, with a certain giant ape crashing the party!!

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Bay Area Film Events

Bay Area Film Events screens the classic and cult films from yesterday and the limited release, independent and hard to see films of today. Anyone can screen a film, but BAFE makes it an event! Through the use of guests, displays, on-stage talent and multi-media support, BAFE presents movies as a complete show and not just a movie screening.

BAFE provides the live support, promotions and extra, added showmanship that will excite audiences and get them out of their living rooms and back in the theaters where movies were meant to be seen!

Through repeat business and new audiences from throughout the Bay Area, BAFE's goal is to keep the cinematic dreams alive for generations to come!

The Bal Theatre

The historic BAL Theatre is the East Bay's home for family entertainment, special events, live music, comedy, magic, documentaries, lectures, sci-fi & horror films, foreign films, independent films, Spanish and classic films, and so much more. Engage in Q&A sessions with special guests and experts from our films and enjoy some pre entertainment before our events. The Historic BAL Theatre is located at 14808 East 14th Street, San Leandro Ca 94578.

Balrok is the popular co-host of KOFY TV's Creepy KOFY Movietime, a late Saturday night haven for Bay Area fans of bad sci-fi and horror films, bad jokes, and some very bad girls… Balrok makes his cave available to his co-host No Name and a number of friends and guests who come in to watch some of the craziest films of all time!

Monsterman Cleve Hall

Cleve Hall has been in the prop design game since he was a teenager. Monsters are his specialty, which fits the personality of a man who dresses in all black and drives a hearse. Hall has created masterpieces for countless big budget flicks for Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, Warner Bros and Disney, including favorites HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, Syfy original movie SHARKTOPUS, ED WOOD and PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE. Hall has also lent his talent to numerous television programs including YO GABBA GABBA, for which he received an Emmy nomination. Additionally, he has worked with rock bands including KISS, creating Gene Simmons' Demon Armor, as well as Insane Clown Posse, Alice Cooper, Tenacious D and DEVO. Check out Cleve's work and information on his Monsterman TV series at http://www.syfy.com/monsterman

Kyle Yount

Kyle Yount began his kaiju love affair as the webmaster for Henshin! Online, a Japanese Fantasy website run by August Ragone, Bob Johnson and Keith Aiken. He also created a website called The Shrine of Gamera. In 2004, Kyle put on the "50 Years Of Godzilla Film Festival" in Portland, Oregon at the Hollywoood Theatre. Kyle has now turned his talents to hosting the very first podcast dedicated to "Godzilla and all his rubber suited foes" called Kaijucast. On the show he plays music, provides news, interviews guests, critiques films and discusses everything Godzilla and Godzilla related. Episodes can be downloaded from iTunes or direct at http://www.kaijucast.com

Ed Godziszewski

Ed Godziszewski has served as the editor and publisher of Japanese Giants magazine since 1977, and is the author of the acclaimed 1995 book The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Godzilla.

As a writer and researcher on Japanese special effects films, Ed has contributed to numerous publications including the Japanese Fantasy Film Journal, Retrovision, and G-Fan. In 1979, he authored the cover story (an overview of the Godzilla series) for the inaugural issue of Fangoria, and was one of the first American fans invited to tour both Toho Studios and Tsuburaya Productions in Japan. In the years since then, Ed has visited Japan numerous times and has met and interviewed many tokusatsu filmmakers. A Japanese documentary crew from NHK returned the favor by interviewing Ed in his home for a 1998 television special about Godzilla.

In 2004, Ed supplied materials and acted as a presenter at screenings of Japanese SF films for the American Cinematheque's "Godzilla 50th Anniversary Tribute" in Hollywood. In 2005 he provided the DVD commentary and two short documentaries for the British Film Institute release of GODZILLA (1954), and in 2006 he worked on Classic Media's Godzilla DVD collection. Ed also co-wrote and produced BRINGING GODZILLA DOWN TO SIZE: The Art of Japanese Special Effects, an original documentary about the creation and evolution of the Japanese FX film. BRINGING GODZILLA DOWN TO SIZE premiered at the American Cinematheque and was released on DVD by Classic Media in 2008.

In 2009, Ed co-produced the extra features for Sony's ICONS OF SCI
-FI: TOHO COLLECTION, a DVD set featuring the Ishiro Honda/Eiji Tsuburaya classics MOTHRA, THE H-MAN, and BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE.
Steve Ryfle is the author of the book Japan's Favorite Mon-Star (ECW Press, 1999), widely considered among the best English-language references on Godzilla. As a film journalist, Steve has written for the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Virginia Quarterly Review, Japanese Giants, Cinescape, Fangoria, Retrovision,Shock Cinema, blaxpoitation.com, Henshin! Online, Stomp Tokyo, E! Online, and Ifilm.com. He has been a contributing editor and columnist for Creative Screenwriting.

Steve Ryfle

Steve has been a guest speaker and presenter at Comic-Con, Anime Expo, G-Fest, and other venues and events, and he has been a guest on TV and radio programs including NPR's FRESH AIR and OFF-RAMP, INSIDE EDITION, and Animal Planet's ANIMAL ICONS. In 2004, he was an organizer and interviewer for the American Cinematheque's "Godzilla 50th Anniversary Tribute" in Hollywood, and Rialto Pictures used much of his material on the original GODZILLA in their press kit for the 50th anniversary US theatrical release of the film. The following year, the British Film Institute also turned to Steve for their publicity materials on the UK release of GODZILLA. Steve collaborated with Ed Godziszewski and Keith Aiken on the audio commentary for the BFI's GODZILLA DVD, and contributed audio commentaries and other supplemental material to Classic Media's Godzilla DVD collection.

For Classic Media, Steve also co-wrote and produced the documentary BRINGING GODZILLA DOWN TO SIZE (2008), which was shot in Japan and features exclusive interviews with filmmakers, special-effects artists, actors and monster stuntmen.

In 2009, Steve co-produced the extra features for Sony's ICONS OF SCI-FI: TOHO COLLECTION, a DVD set featuring the Ishiro Honda/Eiji Tsuburaya classics MOTHRA, THE H-MAN, and BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE.

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