King Kong [videorecording] / RKO Radio Pictures presents ; produced and directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack ; screenplay by James A. Creelman and Ruth Rose.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Warner Home Video,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (unpaged : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
Title from container. Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot. Based on a story by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper. Originally released as a motion picture in 1933. Special features: Commentary by visual effects veterans Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston ; interview excerpts with Merian C. Cooper and Fay Wray ; I'm King Kong: The exploits of Merian C. Cooper ; RKO Production 601: The making of King Kong ; test footage ; The lost spider pit sequence ; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
The original 1933 classic in glorious black and white, newly restored, and digitally remastered. A moviemaking expedition to a fantastic island is filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. A gaint 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.
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