Friday night saw the final of our Gamera vs. Guiron shows at the Hollywood Theatre.  Despite Portland standard bad weather, A crowd of over 450 descended upon the theatre for a standing room only concert of live music, live sound effects and live dubbing paired with the 1969 Japanese monster movie epic.  Sadly, we had to turn some folks away but the energy of a sold out house made for a unique performance.

Thanks to an amazing cast and crew, this project has been a joy start to finish.  Even after seeing the film too many times to count, I was enthralled once again watching Pat Janowski and David Ian smash balloons together and carefully pad out footsteps to match the on-screen characters.  The chamber orchestra did an amazing job, there was a huge amount of music and matching timing was not always the easiest task.  The actors did a great job, lip syncing 80 minutes of movie to near perfection and bringing the absurd characters to life.

Congratulations and thanks to everyone who made this show a rollicking success.   DVDs from the performance will be available soon here at the website.  See you soon for more movies that go boom.

Pictures below by Ashley Mitchell, Filmusik photographer extraordinaire.

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