Summary
Young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow is from the world of 1930s vaudeville, who is down 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 commercial 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.Additional Information
| Subjects |
King Kong
-- (Fictitious character)
-- Drama.
Actresses -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama. Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Drama. Monster films. Horror films. Action and adventure films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Universal City, CA :Universal Studios Home Entertainment,2016 |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Contributors |
Jackson, Peter,
1961- film director, screenwriter. Blenkin, Jan, film producer. Walsh, Fran, 1959- screenwriter. Boyens, Philippa, screenwriter. Watts, Naomi, 1968- actor. Black, Jack, 1969- actor. Brody, Adrien, actor. Kretschmann, Thomas, 1962- actor. Hanks, Colin, 1977- actor. Serkis, Andy, actor. Parke, Evan, 1968- actor. Bell, Jamie, 1986- actor. Howard, James Newton, composer. Steiner, Max, 1888-1971, composer. Universal Pictures (Firm), presenter. WingNut Films (Firm), production company. Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis, Evan Parke, Jamie Bell. |
| Other Contributors |
Directors of photography, Andrew Lesnie, Derek Whipple ; art directors, Simon Bright, Dan Hennah ; editor, Jamie Selkirk ; music, James Newton Howard ; original [1933] score, Max Steiner ; costume designer, Terry Ryan ; production designer, Grant Major ; visual effects supervisors, Scott E. Anderson, Joe Letteri, George Murphy, Ben Snow, Marc Varisco ; based on a story by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for frightening adventure violence and some disturbing images. |
| Language |
English French Spanish In English, with optional English SDH, French, or Spanish subtitles. |
| Notes |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (3 hr., 8 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |