| Uniform Title |
King Kong (Motion picture : 1976) |
| Title |
King Kong. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, ©2022. |
| ©1976 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (129 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : D41505. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1976. |
| Based on the 1933 motion picture with screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman. |
| "Towering new restoration. The restored 1976 event movie reimagining of the classic monster movie, King Kong." -- Cover. |
| Special features: Deleted Scenes ; Audio Commentary with film historian Ray Morton ; Audio commentary with actor and makeup artist Rick Baker ; Original trailer. |
| Credits |
Directed by John Guillermin ; Screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr.. |
| Performers |
Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange. |
| Summary |
Not much has changed. The players have slightly different names and roles, such as an obnoxious oil executive in search of petroleum deposits, an anthropologist who is looking for Kong and a starlet looking for love and improved luck. The plot: a diverse group lands on an island in search of oil, and instead, finds King Kong. The finale in New York takes place not at the Empire State Building, but atop the World Trade Center, where Kong battles not only helicopters, but men armed with flamethrowers. A more developed romance as well as the relationship between the anthropomorphized Kong and the starlet. Dwan tries to save him and sheds tears when he dies. There's a well placed and much needed transition segue between the island and New York. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1. |
| Language note |
English, French, German. Subtitles: French, German. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Subjects |
Creelman, James Ashmore -- Film adaptations |
| King Kong -- Drama. |
| Actresses -- Drama |
| Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| New York (N.Y.) -- Drama |
| Genre |
Fantasy films |
| Action and adventure films |
| King Kong films |
| Monster films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Guillermin, John, 1925-2015 director. |
| Bridges, Jeff, 1949- actor. |
| Lange, Jessica actor. |
| Grodin, Charles actor. |
| Creelman, James Ashmore. King Kong Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Series |
Classics remastered |
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