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King Kong (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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| Part No: | B00003CXAW |
| Manufacturer: | Turner Home Ent |
| MFG Part: | TRNDT7322D |
| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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The story of a man a woman & a massive gorilla. Studio: Turner Hm Entertainm Release Date: 11/22/2005 Starring: Fay Wray Bruce Cabot Rating: Nr
"Now you see it. You're amazed. You can't believe it. Your eyes open wider. It's horrible, but you can't look away. There's no chance for you. No escape. You're helpless, helpless. There's just one chance, if you can scream. Throw your arms across your eyes and scream, scream for your life!" And scream Fay Wray does most famously in this monster classic, one of the greatest adventure films of all time, which even in an era of computer-generated wizardry remains a marvel of stop-motion animation. Robert Armstrong stars as famed adventurer Carl Denham, who is leading a "crazy voyage" to a mysterious, uncharted island to photograph "something monstrous ... neither beast nor man." Also aboard is waif Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) and Bruce Cabot as big lug John Driscoll, the ship's first mate. King Kong's first half-hour is steady going, with engagingly corny dialogue ("Some big, hard-boiled egg gets a look at a pretty face and bang, he cracks up and goes sappy") and ominous portent that sets the stage for the horror to come. Once our heroes reach Skull Island, the movie comes to roaring, chest-thumping, T. rex-slamming, snake-throttling, pterodactyl-tearing, native-stomping life. King Kong was ranked by the American Film Institute as among the 50 best films of the century. Kong making his last stand atop the Empire State Building is one of the movies' most indelible and iconic images. And this is the definitive video version: remastered from a pristine archival print, with previously censored scenes of Kong flossing with natives restored. Also restored is the curious scene in which Kong peels poor Fay's clothing like a banana and tickles her fancy. --Donald Liebenson
"Now you see it. You're amazed. You can't believe it. Your eyes open wider. It's horrible, but you can't look away. There's no chance for you. No escape. You're helpless, helpless. There's just one chance, if you can scream. Throw your arms across your eyes and scream, scream for your life!" And scream Fay Wray does most famously in this monster classic, one of the greatest adventure films of all time, which even in an era of computer-generated wizardry remains a marvel of stop-motion animation. Robert Armstrong stars as famed adventurer Carl Denham, who is leading a "crazy voyage" to a mysterious, uncharted island to photograph "something monstrous ... neither beast nor man." Also aboard is waif Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) and Bruce Cabot as big lug John Driscoll, the ship's first mate. King Kong's first half-hour is steady going, with engagingly corny dialogue ("Some big, hard-boiled egg gets a look at a pretty face and bang, he cracks up and goes sappy") and ominous portent that sets the stage for the horror to come. Once our heroes reach Skull Island, the movie comes to roaring, chest-thumping, T. rex-slamming, snake-throttling, pterodactyl-tearing, native-stomping life. King Kong was ranked by the American Film Institute as among the 50 best films of the 20th century. Kong making his last stand atop the Empire State Building is one of the movies' most indelible and iconic images. --Donald Liebenson DVD features
Not surprisingly, the eighth wonder of the world’s DVD treatment is nothing short of spectacular. The newly restored, digitally mastered print of the 1933 version of King Kong is sharp, well balanced, and given that this film is seventy years old, has very few scratches or blemishes. The restoration is nothing short of amazing. What may frustrate some is the audio. Though crystal clear, it is still in 2.0 Mono. The soundtrack on Kong is such an integral part of the film you really wished they could have pulled it out to at least 2.0 Surround; but this is a minor criticism. The bulk of the commentary track is by visual effects veterans Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston joyfully discussing the special effects of the film and discussing why King Kong is such a favorite and important film to the community of visual effects artists. Spliced between their commentaries are colorful and humorous anecdotes from director from Merian C. Cooper and Fay Wray. The two documentaries on disc two run over three and half hours long. I Am Kong! The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper is an engaging documentary on the renegade, Hemingway-like director. It is fascinating to learn that Cooper was every bit the adventurer that the fictional director Carl Denham in King Kong was in the film. RKO Production 601: The Making of Kong, Eighth Wonder of the World is a two and a half hour documentary broken into 7 parts: "The Origins of King Kong," "Willis O'Brien and Creation," "Cameras Roll on Kong," "The Eighth Wonder," "A Milestone in Visual Effects," "Passion, Sound and Fury," "The Mystery of the Lost Spider Pit Sequence," and "King Kong's Legacy." Also included is complete footage of the legendary "The Lost Spider Pit Sequence." Presenting the segments are various film historians and filmmakers including Rudy Behlmer, Cooper biographer Mark Cotta Vaz, the Chiodo Brothers (of Team America: World Police special effects fame), and directors John Landis and Peter Jackson. Here you will learn everything you would ever want to know about the making and importance of King Kong, including that the producer/director team of Cooper and Schoedsack played the pilots who shoot Kong off the Empire State Building. The highly anticipated, long-awaited release of King Kong will meet most viewers' expectations, and exceed everyone's else. --Rob Bracco
| King and his lady love. | 2009-01-05 | 4 / 5 |
| | King Kong starring Fay Wray is a classic film, I haven't seen this film in a few years but I like how scary this giant ape really is. This film is black and white and very old school when it comes to special effects but the story is great and how can you not love this love-sick gorilla? Check this monster-hit out soon, I also recommend this 2005 remake starring Naomi Watts. Enjoy! |
| The Two-Disc "King Kong" Is The Ultimate in Entertainment! | 2008-12-29 | 5 / 5 |
| Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack co-directed "King Kong" in 1933 and forged the first gargantuan beast on the rampage classic of the sound era. The success of their super-sized simian spectacle sired countless sequels, remakes, and imitations, notably "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" (1953), "Godzilla" (1954), and "Gorgo" (1961). "King Kong" qualified as a New Deal in film-making. Nobody had made a movie about mammoth monsters since Harry Hoyt's landmark silent epic "The Lost World" (1925), based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel about an expedition into an imaginary land of dinosaurs. Cooper and Schoedsack hired special effects technician O'Brien, who had pioneered the stop-motion behemoths for "The Lost World," to create their eponymous protagonist. During the 1930s and the 1940s, Hollywood filmmakers produced a number of movies about murderous apes. For example, Robert Florey helmed the risqué Edgar Allan Poe film "Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1932) about a mad scientist who wants to find a white woman as a bride for his ape.
"King Kong" opens at night in New York Harbor. Aboard the Venture, Captain Englehorn (Frank Reicher of "Topaze") warns Denham they must soon weigh anchor. "Insurance company found out we're carrying explosives the Marshal will be aboard tomorrow or the next day." Denham fears if word leaks about the cargo, they'll be tied up for months. "With enough ammunition to blow up the harbor," Englehorn complains, "What do you think the marshal will say to these new gas bombs of yours? Denham brags that he must have a starlet "because the public, bless them, must have a pretty face to look at." He complains, "Isn't there any romance and adventure in the world without having a flapper in it?" The critics have told Denham that a love interest will generate twice as many receipts. "Alright, the public wants a girl, and I'm going to give them what they want." Denham leaves the ship to search for a suitable woman for his film. He discovers a starving girl, Ann Darrow (Fay Wray), who once worked as an extra in movies. A Times Square fruit vendor accuses Ann of stealing an apple. Denham pays for the apple, dissuades the vendor from taking legal action, and buys Ann a meal at all-night diner.
As the Venture leaves New York, Ann approaches rough-hewn Jack Driscoll (Bruce Cabot of "Dodge City"), on deck where he clobbers her accidentally. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start. "I guess you don't think much of women on ship?" Ann says. "Women on ships," Jack shrugs, "No, they're a nuisance." Denham joins them on deck. Interestingly, Ann takes an interest in a little monkey called Iggy. She kneels to pet the spider monkey in what constitutes an ironic reversal on what happens to her when she encounters King Kong on Skull Island. Denham observes, "Beauty and the beast." Meanwhile, Jack denies his love for Ann his infatuation in front of Denham. "You think I'm going to fall for any dame?" Denham knows better. "Some big hard-boiled egg gets a look, he cracks up and goes sappy. You're a pretty tough guy but if beauty gets you, I'm going right into a theme song here." Denham outlines his picture. "The beast was a tough guy, too. He could beat the world, but when he saw beauty, she got him. He went soft. He forgot his wisdom and the little fellas licked him." The Venture enters a thick, eerie fog bank surrounding Skull Island. Denham and company enter a village in the middle of a ceremony. The natives argue that their ceremony has been spoiled because of the appearance of these intruders. The chieftain and his followers spot Ann with her blond hair and demand that the whites make a gift of her to them for Kong.
Safely back aboard the Venture, Denham and company relax. Later, they discover that the Skull Island natives sneaked aboard the Venture and abducted Ann so she can serve as their gift to King Kong. Englehorn arms the crew. The natives lash Ann to an altar. Forty-seven minutes into the film, we see King Kong's makes his initial appearance. He claims Ann as his prize and Denham and company pursue him.
Denham is reluctant to leave Skull Island without Kong. "We came here to get a moving picture and we found something worth more than all the movies in the world." No sooner do Jack and Ann appear than King Kong charges into sight. They shut and barricade the huge gates. Eventually, Kong breaks down the doors, chomps on three natives, knocks over a platform with warriors hurling spears at him, and crushes two natives under his foot. Denham resorts to a gas bomb to knock out Kong.
At this point, "King Kong" leaps forward to New York City as ushers lead patrons who paid $20 a ticket to get in and see the giant ape. Jack and Ann are backstage with Denham and the press and Kong secured to a huge platform with chrome steel chains. Denham unveils Kong to the packed house. "He was a king and a god in the world he knew but now he comes to civilization merely a captive, a show to gratify your curiosity." The photographers' flashbulbs set off King Kong. Kong breaks free of his restraints, stampedes out of the theater, grabs Ann and heads for the Empire State Building.
Four bi-planes equipped with multiple machine guns soar off to the Empire State Building. Kong sets Ann aside and slaps the air at the planes as the gunners pour hails of gunfire into his humongous hulk of a body to no apparent effect. Weakened by the loss of blood, King Kong loses his grip on the tower and plummets to the earth. Carl Denham makes his way through the crowd and gazes at the corpse of the gorilla. He provides a memorable eulogy for Kong's demise: "It was beauty killed the beast."
The second DVD in this two-disc collection contains a massive 2 hour and forty-eight minute documentary about the production of the original King Kong that Peter Jackson made as a documentary on the vintage filming techniques of Cooper and Shoedsack. This documentary is literally mind-blowing in its content. True "Kong" lovers will be overwhelmed by the surfeit of data that comes on the second disc. This is the collection to get if you fancy yourself a film scholar! |
| Kong is still the King | 2008-12-05 | 5 / 5 |
| The original, the one and only: King Kong. This film is a classic about a gigantic gorilla who is taken from his island home and esploited in New York City. Eventually though, the enraged ape escapes from his chains.
While rampaging in New York, destroying trains, vehicles, and everything else that dares to get in his way, he recaptures the blond bombshell Ann Darrow (Fay Wray). As he fights to protect the only living creature he loves, he is forced to climb the Empire State Building.
After climbing the gigantic structure, he must battle the powerful guns of biplanes that continue to assult the giant. Eventually, the planes wound the great beast. He holds his love one last time before he falls to his death.
And is that all?! Not by a long shot! You also get to see dinosaurs on Kong's home of Skull Island. Plus see the mighty Kong as he faces off agaginst a giant Tyrannosaurus Rex! King Kong truelly is the 8th Wonder of the World!
My addvice, buy this DVD! It's entertaining and fun! Buy now and enjoy a beloved classic! |
| King Kong (1933) - Still Modern Classic | 2008-07-25 | 4 / 5 |
| | Perhaps no other film have entered the common conscience of people throughout the world as this classic sci-fi horror from 1933. At the time, things like computer animation were unheard of and now, when many of us have "been everywhere seen everything", it gets quite hard to imagine how amazed must have been the viewers who saw the unprecendented special effects. The filmmakers had to work with the big model of Kong and the final stages of the movie, when the ape is brought to present his powers in front of the sensation-hungry American public, will forever stay in the film books. The modernized tale about beauty and the beast boasts surprisingly crisp dialogues, haunting music and -- besides granting King Kong flashes of personality -- all too well captures the human sense of adventure and lust for power and glory. The crucial part of transporting Kong through half the world is missing from the story, however, is never shown, which may inspire fault-finders. Nevermind. Indeed, King Kong has been bettered in many technical aspects, however, its being first monster hit of a monster movie will never-ever be taken away. That's why it belongs to history books. |
| Just what I expected, from ! | 2008-07-12 | 5 / 5 |
| | My mom had been looking for the Original King Kong and I told her I could find it on . has everything you could ask for. |
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