A Monster of Creation's Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today!
Plot Summary
A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine to their female blonde star.
Run Time
100 min, 104 min (restored version)
Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Genre
Action, Adventure, Horror
Language
English
Keyword
Island, Gorilla, Love, New York, Blonde
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
Mono
Colour
Black and White
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Creature Film
Themes
Monkeys, Lost Worlds
Tones
Tense, Rousing, Ominous, Sweeping
Mood
Thrill Rides
Has Detailed Data (New)
1, 2, 3
Wikipedia Text
King Kong is a Pre-Code 1933 fantasy monster adventure film co-directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, and written by Ruth Rose and James Ashmore Creelman after a story by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. The film tells of a gigantic island-dwelling gorilla-like creature called Kong who dies in an attempt to possess a beautiful young woman. The film stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot, and opened in New York City on March 2, 1933 to good reviews. Kong is distinguished for its stop-motion animation by Willis O'Brien and its musical score by Max Steiner. The film has been released to video, DVD, and Blu-ray, and has been computer colorized. In 1991, the film was deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
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