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King Kong (1976) 5.7
A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla. Director:John Guillermin |
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| Jessica Lange | ... | ||
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An expedition of the "Petrox" company, is exploring in search of petrol. A strange island where they arrive is the home of a giant ape, King Kong, that is captured by the expedition in order to make money exhibiting it to the world. When in the U.S. the huge gorilla becomes restless, trying to return home... Written by <lcarvach@lascar.puc.cl>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
17 December 1976 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
King Kong: The Legend Reborn See more »Filming Locations:
Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$24,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$52,600,000 (USA)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Joe Perko: OK, Boan, how much you got here?
Boan: About eighteen hundred.
Joe Perko: Eighteen hundred? What's going on?
Boan: There's Bagley.
Joe Perko: Hey, Mr. Bagley! Something's haywire. They only loaded me enough pipe to push one test hole. Less than two thousand feet.
Roy Bagley: Yeah, that'll be enough.
Boan: Are you kidding? On Bagatan, we didn't come until we were past twenty-six thousand feet.
Roy Bagley: You take my word, fellas. This hole proves out within two thousand, or it's a write-off.
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Trivia
For the scene where Kong destroys an elevated train (the Astoria El in Queens, NY), special effects man Glen Robinson and his team constructed a large section of track, as well as several miniature subway cars complete with 70s-era graffiti. One of the cars was rigged with a wire that did most of the actual lifting in the shot where Kong picks it up and throws it into a building. Robinson's crew also rigged a series of big explosions designed to go off when the car hits the building. Rick Baker recalls the explosions as being so intense that on several occasions he became convinced that his suit had caught on fire, although, thankfully, that wasn't the case. To enhance the scene's realism, miniature people were placed on rods and moved in and out of the windows of miniature apartment buildings as Kong rampaged. See more »Goofs
Dwan's distant screams that the men hear prior to crossing the log sound exactly alike; obviously just the same scream played over and over. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Joe Perko: OK, Boan, how much you got here?
Boan: About eighteen hundred.
Joe Perko: Eighteen hundred? What's going on?
Boan: There's Bagley.
Joe Perko: Hey, Mr. Bagley! Something's haywire. They only loaded me enough pipe to push one test hole. Less than two thousand feet.
Roy Bagley: Yeah, that'll be enough.
Boan: Are you kidding? On Bagatan, we didn't come until we were past twenty-six thousand feet.
Roy Bagley: You take my word, fellas. This hole proves out within two thousand, or it's a write-off.
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Another poster called this Kong a guilty pleasure. I agree. It's flawed and the special effects are not very special by today's standards and there's a lot of silly stuff. I won't argue about any of that. It's all true. And so what? I LOVE THIS MOVIE! I love the flaws and the not-so-special effects and all of the silly stuff. I enjoyed Dwan's comment about telling Prescott's sign by his ears and all of her silly lines to Kong. Jessica Lange is beautiful, lovely, and wonderful. Jeff Bridges is excellent too and how can ya not hate Charles Grodin in this? He's the character I most love to hate! Great work! King Kong himself is always entertaining in this even if he is incredibly goofy at times depending on which special effect they used. The giant robot Kong just kills me! LOL! I loved it! When they use an actor in a costume it works better and dammit this Kong has got the most soulful eyes! My heart strings were tugged by this sweet and silly movie. POOR KONG! HE'S JUST LOOKIN' FOR LOVE! WHY CAN'T THEY JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE?! I guess if they did there'd be no movie. No this isn't a perfect movie but I agree with the poster who said this movie is an old friend. All of the flaws are part of it's charm and I've had a wonderful time with this Kong.