FIRE-BREATHING FACTS ABOUT GODZILLA

FIRE-BREATHING FACTS ABOUT GODZILLA

TOKYO (Wireless Flash) -- Godzilla's latest movie, "Godzilla 2000," opens tomorrow (Aug. 18) and should scare up business with monster movie fans. Although Godzilla is fictional, many Japanese think the monster was inspired by a legendary creature named "Issie," a 90-foot-long eel supposedly discovered in a lake near Nagasaki three years after the atomic bomb was dropped. Other fire-breathing facts about the large lizard... -- In Japan, Godzilla is called "Gojira." -- The giant lizard's only lines of dialogue occurred in 1972's "Godzilla Vs. Gigan," where he lectures filmgoers to be nice to each other in a squeaky voice. -- Finally, here's an odd fact: "Odd Couple" star Tony Randall helped write the script for "Godzilla 1985."