Overview:
An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.| Status: | Released (1976-09-08) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 3 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $52,614,445 |
| Screen: | James Ashmore Creelman, Ruth Rose, Merian C. Cooper |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures, The De Laurentiis Company |
| Production Countries: | Italy, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 41224: Jack O'Halloran - Joe Perko
Crews
- 6778: John Guillermin - Director - Directing
- 10931: Lorenzo Semple Jr. - Screenplay - Writing
- 58212: Christian Ferry - Executive Producer - Production
- 66742: Federico De Laurentiis - Executive Producer - Production
- 1762: Richard H. Kline - Director of Photography - Camera
- 2289: John Barry - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 10007: Ralph E. Winters - Editor - Editing
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I had first seen the outstanding original of 'King Kong', still transcendent and captivating in its then-prescient use of special effects wizardry, then Sir Peter Jackson's recent remake, which was still extremely impressive. I had only heard horrible things about the 70's version, b ....
Continue reading ->John Chard
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No, you're dead wrong. He was the terror, the mystery of their lives, and the magic. 1976 and I had already been spellbound and terrified by Jaws the year previously, I mean I was only 10 years old. Having been introduced by my film loving parents to the original King Kong from 19 ....
Continue reading ->JPV852
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A bit long but not terrible and had some adorably funny moments like seeing a man in an ape outfit tossing around a model train or hiding behind a building to avoid a helicopter. But seriously, the ape costume wasn't bad however his expressions were at times creepy, especially when l ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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OK, so it was always going to be very difficult to get anywhere near the 1933 version so I suppose the question here is - why bother? Well, they did - and what we have here is a bit of a shocker. The character names have been changed and the plot line updated to suggest this is more ....
Continue reading ->GenerationofSwine
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Usually I hate remakes... but I also used to not like DC. And then the heavily bashed New 52 came around, I was talking to a friend of mine, and the Flash in New 52 wasn't his Flash. He hated it out of principal. I think that is what happened here, because the '33 film reached for ....
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