Nomination Year: 2002

SYNOPSIS: Now if I could only conquer my nausea. Here goes. Once upon a time during the War, the Nazis captured Frankenstein's fake-looking heart and put it in a dish of hair gel, where it beat continuously, since Frankenstein can never die. They sealed the heart in a box and delivered it to a Japanese research lab, so that the Japs could study it and make incredible medical advances. Sadly, the lab was in Hiroshima. You can probably guess what happened next. Years later, a boy is discovered in the ruins, living on small animals. It turns out that the boy is Frankenstein, and has regenerated from the heart. Some well-meaning scientists take the boy in and feed him. The renewed protein supply causes him to grow and grow and grow. Frightened by reporters, he escapes. Enter Baragon. At first, Baragon's antics are blamed on Frankenstein, whom the world wants to destroy and the scientists want to save. Eventually, the two monsters fight to their mutual (apparent) destruction. There was absolutely no conquering of the world by anyone. Not even the suggestion of it.

Smithee Award Nominations

Stupidest-Looking Monster
David Letterman Conquers the World! As he escapes the facility, Frankenstein looks like nothing so much as a 60-foot David Letterman.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Worst Science
Matters of the Heart The sub captain who delivers the heart to the facility (we'll see him again later) hears the whole, sordid tale about where it's from and what they intend to do with it. "You're joking!" he exclaims at one point. Even he doesn't buy it.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Inane Dialogue
Yeah, in the Same Way Michael Jackson is "Clearly" Black Here the scientists hold a press conference, and speculate on the "Hiroshima Boy's" origins (they don't yet know it's Frankenstein). The speculators almost unanimously agree that he's "clearly Caucasian." Yeah, right. In the same way that Michael Jackson is "clearly" Black. Well, you know what they say: we all look alike.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Ishirô Honda	Arguably the father of Godzilla -- in a metaphorical sense. If there's a giant rubber Japanese monster hanging around, he's probably the guy pointing the camera at it.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Tadao Takashima	<Not Yet in Database>	Osamu Sakurai in King Kong vs. Godzilla, Dr. Kusumi in Son of Godzila, Chief Hosono in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II. I see a trend here...
Nick Adams	<Not Yet in Database>	Once the poor man's James Dean, he played Johnny Yuma on TV's The Rebel
Kumi Mizuno	<Not Yet in Database>
Yoshio Tsuchiya	<Not Yet in Database>	Had a part in The Seven Samurai
Koji Furuhata	<Not Yet in Database>
Kenji Sahara	<Not Yet in Database>	Minister Takayuki Segawa in a couple Godzilla vs. films.

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