King Kong [videorecording] / RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; producers, Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack ; story, Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace ; screen play by James Creelman and Ruth Rose ; directed by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack.
Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher, Sam Hardy, Noble Johnson, Steve Clemento, James Flavin. DVD release of the 1933 motion picture. Special features: Disc 1: original 1933 film classic in black and white, and special features: commentary by visual effects veterans Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston; interview excerpts of Merian C. Cooper and Fay Wray; trailer gallery. Disc 2 Special feataures: I'm King Kong! The exploits of Merian C Coooper profiles the original King Kong;s guiding hand; new 7-part documentary RKO Productions 601; the making of Kong, eighth wonder of the world, original test footage with Ray Harryhausen commentary.
Summary:
Carl Denham, a filmmaker and entrepreneur, leads an expedition to Skull Island, a place where time has stood still. The natives pay homage to the one whom they revere as "Kong," and who is, indeed, king of the island. Denham, together with his beautiful starlet, Ann Darrow, and the crew of the ship, investigate a strange ritual being performed on the island by its native population. When Ann finds herself captured by the natives to become the bride of the mysterious Kong, the ship's first mate, Jack Driscoll, who is in love with Ann, manages to rescue her from the clutches of Kong. Denham then arranges to capture the creature, whom he calls "King Kong" and takes him back to New York.
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