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King Kong (1976) -- A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.

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Director:
Writers:
Merian C. Cooper (idea) and
Edgar Wallace (idea) ...
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Release Date:
17 December 1976 (USA) more
Tagline:
The most exciting original motion picture event of all time.
Plot:
A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination more
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
King Kong: The Legend Reborn (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
134 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Finland:K-12 (cut) (1977) | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1998) | Argentina:13 | Iceland:L | Canada:14A (Ontario - 2005) | New Zealand:PG | Australia:M (cable rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Norway:11 | Norway:12 (original rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

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Carlo Rambaldi's life-size mechanical Kong was constructed after establishing the size of the hands in comparison to Jessica Lange, then scaling the body to the hands. A 40-foot Kong model was then constructed to create the rubber and horsehair skin for the mechanical Kong. more
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Continuity: After Kong has fallen and is dying on the ground, the close-ups of Kong's face show blood stained teeth. The long shots of Kong show white teeth. 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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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
'A' for effort, 9 September 1999
5/10
Author: Jamie Moffat (jamie_moffat@hotmail.com) from Melbourne, Australia

Though generally regarded as inferior to the 1933 classic - which it unquestionably is - this remake of "King Kong" can at least boast the virtue of trying to be different. No mere rehash of the older film, the story has been reinterpreted, and very occasionally the effort pays off.

I rather like the notion of the explorers arriving at Kong's island with no idea of what they are going to find. The discovery of the wall - telegraphed in the original, and thus less powerful - the natives, the overall look of the island works very well.

Sadly its downhill from there. The highly touted special effects are poor. Kong is so obviously a man in an ape suit that it seems astonishing that anyone was duped by tales of giant robots. (That much publicised automaton, when it briefly appears, is ragingly bogus.) Toning down Kong's ferocity was another huge mistake. In this version he is a cross eyed lover, with little menace. In the original he was a possessive and protective lover, with a real mean streak. It worked better. And Jessica Lange lacks Fay Wray's unique blend of innocence and sex appeal. She aims at ditziness, and is merely irritating. How you'll pray that Kong makes a meal of her!

Its hard to dismiss memories of the 1933 film when it was so much more engaging. But this isn't too bad in a kiddie matinee fashion.

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