A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.
- Won 3 Oscars
- 46 wins & 104 nominations total
David Dennis
- Taps
- (as David Denis)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIt took 18 months to craft the CGI version of the Empire State Building. The real thing was built in 14 months.
- GoofsThe way Kong shakes and throws Ann around while carrying her would almost certainly snap her neck or spine.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Carl Denham: It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits are set against an art deco backdrop rather than the traditional black screen. The backdrop is an exact replica, in Technicolor, of the same backdrop that was used for the opening credits in the 1933 version of "King Kong".
- Alternate versionsOn November 14, 2006, an extended edition DVD was released with 13 minutes of additional scenes edited back into the film. Denham's party is attacked both by a Ceratops immediately upon entering the jungle to rescue Ann and by a giant fish while on rafts on a river, after which they kill a giant bird while firing blindly into the jungle (the longest addition by far). Baxter's rescue of the party is extended and finishes with Jimmy's farewell to Hayes. Kong's pursuit of the party on Skull Island and his pursuit of Driscoll in NYC are slightly extended, and there are two brief additional encounters between Kong and the military in NYC. A complete breakdown is at http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=3550.
- ConnectionsEdited into It's All Gone King Kong (2005)
- SoundtracksI'm Sitting on Top of the World
Written by Ray Henderson, Joe Young, Sam Lewis (as Sam M. Lewis)
Performed by Al Jolson
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
The Greatest Monster Movie of All-Time
King Kong is my favorite monster movie of all time and also my favorite remake ever. The 1933 King Kong is amazing, but Peter Jackson managed to an terrific reimagining of the giant ape and offered a ton of great action and effects.
King Kong is about Carl Denham (played by Jack Black) who is a greedy film maker that needs to finish a movie he is currently making and has to find a leading lady. He meets Ann Darrow, who he feels is the best option, and she hops on the ship with Carl's crew to set out to Skull Island, much to most of the crew's knowledge. They eventually get there, Ann gets captured by cannablistic natives, and they tie her on a sacrifice pole that takes her to a huge and monstrous gorilla. The gorilla captures her and runs off in the jungle. Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody) gathers the crew up for a search party, and Carl sees this as the perfect opportunity to get the best footage possible for his movie. They then journey through the jungle of Skull Island to rescue Ann from the beast and potentially capturing the beast and bringing him to civilization.
King Kong is 3 hours of awesomeness. It ran in a great and fast pace, it offered a ton of astounding action, had great acting from a great cast, and the design of Kong is by far my favorite and this all shows that Peter Jackson really took his time making this possible. He grew up with the original and wanted to recreate it the best way possible and he nailed it. The three hour run time honestly didn't bother me. Yes, there were some things that could of been trimmed or edited, but the stuff that has Kong on screen and the epic finale makes this movie worthwhile. And fun fact, this movie used to be my favorite film of all time back in the day, then my opinion of it decreased a little overtime. But after rewatching it, I can definitely say this film rules.
Overall, King Kong is a masterpiece from start to finish, and it is the best remake I've ever seen.
King Kong is about Carl Denham (played by Jack Black) who is a greedy film maker that needs to finish a movie he is currently making and has to find a leading lady. He meets Ann Darrow, who he feels is the best option, and she hops on the ship with Carl's crew to set out to Skull Island, much to most of the crew's knowledge. They eventually get there, Ann gets captured by cannablistic natives, and they tie her on a sacrifice pole that takes her to a huge and monstrous gorilla. The gorilla captures her and runs off in the jungle. Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody) gathers the crew up for a search party, and Carl sees this as the perfect opportunity to get the best footage possible for his movie. They then journey through the jungle of Skull Island to rescue Ann from the beast and potentially capturing the beast and bringing him to civilization.
King Kong is 3 hours of awesomeness. It ran in a great and fast pace, it offered a ton of astounding action, had great acting from a great cast, and the design of Kong is by far my favorite and this all shows that Peter Jackson really took his time making this possible. He grew up with the original and wanted to recreate it the best way possible and he nailed it. The three hour run time honestly didn't bother me. Yes, there were some things that could of been trimmed or edited, but the stuff that has Kong on screen and the epic finale makes this movie worthwhile. And fun fact, this movie used to be my favorite film of all time back in the day, then my opinion of it decreased a little overtime. But after rewatching it, I can definitely say this film rules.
Overall, King Kong is a masterpiece from start to finish, and it is the best remake I've ever seen.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Peter Jackson's King Kong
- Filming locations
- Shelly Bay, Wellington, New Zealand(Skull Island)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $207,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $218,080,025
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $50,130,145
- Dec 18, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $556,906,378
- Runtime3 hours 7 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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