| Uniform Title |
King Kong (Motion picture : 1933) |
| Title |
King Kong. |
| Published |
Neutral Bay, NSW : Distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment Australia, [2010] |
| ©1933 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (100 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Warner : VT6010. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1933. |
| From a story by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper. |
| 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. |
| Credits |
Directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. |
| Performers |
Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot. |
| Summary |
A moviemaking expedition goes to a fantastic island 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. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 ; Region 4 ; 4:3, Full frame 1.33:1. |
| Language note |
In English. Subtitles in English, Czech, Hungarian, Polish. English for the hearing impaired. |
| Subjects |
King Kong (Fictitious character) Drama |
| Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Drama |
| Actresses -- Drama |
| Human-animal relationships -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama |
| Genre |
Action and adventure films |
| Horror films |
| King Kong films |
| Monster films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Cooper, Merian C. director, producer. |
| Schoedsack, Ernest B., 1893-1979 director, producer. |
| Wray, Fay, 1907-2004 actor. |
| Armstrong, Robert, 1890-1973 actor. |
| Cabot, Bruce, 1904-1972 actor. |
| Series |
Classic collection |
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