Overview:
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.| Status: | Released (1933-03-15) |
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| Awards: | 3 wins & 8 nominations |
| Screen: | James Ashmore Creelman, Ruth Rose, Merian C. Cooper |
| Productions: | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 3243: Robert Armstrong - Carl Denham
- 3242: Fay Wray - Ann Darrow
- 3244: Bruce Cabot - Jack Driscoll
- 3245: Frank Reicher - Captain Englehorn
- 1128885: Victor Wong - Ship's Cook Charlie
- 3262: James Flavin - Mate Briggs
- 3246: Sam Hardy - Charles Weston
Crews
- 3249: Max Steiner - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 3251: J.O. Taylor - Director of Photography - Camera
- 3253: Kenneth Peach - Director of Photography - Camera
- 3241: Ruth Rose - Screenplay - Writing
- 3252: Vernon L. Walker - Director of Photography - Camera
- 3487: Walter Daniels - Producer - Production
- 3239: Ernest B. Schoedsack - Director - Directing
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In watching this movie, and I'm talking about actually scrutinizing it intently, I was shocked at the amount and the extremity of the violence that was in the picture. Natives were being bitten, swallowed and purposely stepped upon by Kong. The sailors were chased, trampled and eaten ....
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Shown recently by the BBC and wow, how fantastically this has stood the test of time. I can see why there have been so many remakes of this iconic tale of ambition, power and true love but none that shine a candle to this - even after over 80 years. Robert Armstrong and Fay Wray do t ....
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So this is the bar, and this is the reason that people don't like any of the remakes... except the 2005 remake, people don't like that because it stinks. But this shot for the moon. It promised the audience a giant ape, it gave the audience a giant ape... and a sort of love story ....
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