RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World' (2005) (V)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Writers:

Ron Magid (writer)
Phil Savenick (writer)

Genre:

Documentary

Cast

Rick Baker	...	Himself
Craig Barron	...	Himself
Rudy Behlmer	...	Himself
Dan Bennet	...	Additional Venture Crew
Graham Binding	...	Himself / Sailor #4 Eaten by Octopus
Shaun Bolton	...	Himself
Jon Burlingame	...	Himself
Bob Burns	...	Himself
Ben Burtt	...	Himself
Charles Chiodo	...	Himself
Edward Chiodo	...	Himself
Stephen Chiodo	...	Himself
Randall William Cook	...	Himself (as Randy Cook)
Richard Correll	...	Himself (as Rich Correll)
Mark Cotta Vaz	...	Himself
John Craney	...	Carl Denham
Joe Dante	...	Himself
Frank Darabont	...	Himself
James D'Arc	...	Himself
Wayne Dawson	...	Sailor #3 Eaten by Lizard
Sam Fontana	...	Narrator (voice)
James French	...	Sailor #1 Eaten by Spider
Alex Funke	...	Himself
Ray Harryhausen	...	Himself
John Harvey	...	Additional Venture Crew
Mike Hopkins	...	Himself
Bill Hunt	...	Himself
Peter Jackson	...	Himself
Harry Jay Knowles	...	Himself (as Harry Knowles)
John Landis	...	Himself
Scott MacQueen	...	Creation Narrator (voice)
Ron Magid	...	Himself
Kevin McTurk	...	Additional Venture Crew
Hector Morales	...	Sailor #2 Eaten by Crab
John Morgan	...	Himself
Michael Pangrazio	...	Himself
Michael Pellerin	...	Himself
Nigel Scott	...	Himself
Murray Spivack	...	Himself (archive footage)
Richard Taylor	...	Himself
Phil Tippett	...	Himself
Doug E. Turner	...	Himself (as Doug Turner)
Don Waller	...	Himself
Dave Whitehead	...	Himself (as David Whitehead)
Fay Wray	...	Herself

Runtime:

159 min

Country:

USA | New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Company:

Pellerin Multimedia Inc.

Trivia:

This feature-length documentary is featured on the Two Disc Special Edition and Two Disc Collector's Edition DVDs for King Kong (1933), released in 2005.

Movie Connections:

Features Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)

This is the King Kong documentary that you have been waiting for!

The special edition DVD of King Kong is a must have for any fan of this movie or of classic films in general.

The best part of that DVD (save for the movie itself) is the lengthy making of documentary that goes into considerable depth on every aspect of the making of the film from the conception and writing to the special effects and exhibition and everything in-between. A standout sequence is where Peter Jackson and an effects crew recreate for demonstration purposes some of the film's animation and special effects and even restore a lost sequence to the film. A must see for any stop-motion buff.

There are equally in depth segments on casting, music, writing and direction. This film is the best look the average person will ever get of the process of creating an epic film in the 1930's.