King Kong [videorecording] / RKO Radio Pictures presents ; produced and directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack ; screenplay by James A. Creelman and Ruth Rose.
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FilmPublisher number: T6010 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2006, 1933.Edition: Standard formatDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 104 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 079076525X
- 9780790765259
- King Kong (Motion picture : 1933).
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"How would you like to star opposite the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood?" Enticed by these words, brunette leading lady Fay Wray dyed her hair blonde and accepted the role of Ann Darrow in King Kong -- and stayed with the project even after learning that her "leading man" was a 50-foot ape. The film introduces us to flamboyant, foolhardy documentary filmmaker Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong), who sails off to parts unknown to film his latest epic with leading lady Darrow in tow. Disembarking at Skull Island, they stumble on a ceremony in which the native dancers circle around a terrified-looking young girl, chanting, "Kong! Kong!" The chief (Noble Johnson) and witch doctor (Steve Clemente) spot Denham and company and order them to leave. But upon seeing Ann, the chief offers to buy the "golden woman" to serve as the "bride of Kong." Denham refuses, and he and the others beat a hasty retreat to their ship. Late that night, a party of native warriors sneak on board the ship and kidnap Ann. They strap her to a huge sacrificial altar just outside the gate, then summon Kong, who winds up saving Ann instead of devouring her. Kong is eventually taken back to New York, where he breaks loose on the night of his Broadway premiere, thinking that his beloved Ann is being hurt by the reporters' flash bulbs. Now at large in New York, Kong searches high and low for Ann (in another long-censored scene, he plucks a woman from her high-rise apartment, then drops her to her death when he realizes she isn't the girl he's looking for). After proving his devotion by wrecking an elevated train, Kong winds up at the top of the Empire State Building, facing off against a fleet of World War I fighter planes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on a story by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1933.
Special features: Newly restored and digitally mastered; Commentary by visual effects veterans Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston, with interpolated interview excerpts of Merian C. Cooper and Fay Wray; Merian C. Cooper movies trailer gallery.
Title from container.
Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot.
A moviemaking expedition to a fantastic island is filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. A giant simian becomes lovestruck with the film's blonde starlet. King Kong is captured and is brought to Manhattan, where he goes on a rampage, culminating in the fateful finale atop the Empire State Building where he cradles his beloved and swats at machine-gunning airplanes.
Not rated.
DVD; Dolby Digital stereo.; region 1.
English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.