King Kong Universal Pictures presents ; a Wingnut Films production ; directed by Peter Jackson ; produced by Jan Blennan, Carolyne Cunningham, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson ; screenplay by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson. Directors of photography, Andrew Lesnie, Derek Whipple ; ediotr, Jamie Selkirk ; music, James Newton Howard ; original score, Max Steiner ; costume designer, Terry Ryan ; production designer, grant Major ; visual effects supervisors, Scott E. Anderson [and others].
Copyright./ Participants: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrein Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis./ Audience: PG-13 (for frightening adventure violence and some disturbing images).
Summary:
Young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow is from the world of 1930s vaudeville, who is drawn on her luck. She meets Carl Denham, an over-ambitious filmmaker, who brings her on an exploratory expedition to a remote island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape Kong. Together, beauty and beast finally meet their fate in New York, where the filmmaker has taken and displayed the ape in the quest of finding his fame by using commerical exploitation which ultimately leads to catastrophe, including the man who falls in love with Ann and plays an unlikely hero by trying to save her from Kong and her destiny.
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