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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Peter Jackson |
| Stars: |
Naomi Watts |
| Actors: |
Andy Serkis |
| Genre: |
Action/Adventure |
| Subgenre: |
Sci-Fi/Horror/Fantasy • New York City • Filmmakers • Actresses • Jungle • Based On A Novel • Dinosaurs • 1930s • Remake • Adventurers • Classic • Drama • Fantasy • Science Fiction • Theatrical Release • Thriller |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
HD DVD |
| UPC: |
025193002921 |
| Release Date: |
2005 |
| Running Time: |
3hr 7min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Special Edition Anamorphic Widescreen, 3hr 8min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (March 28, 2006)
UPC: 025192994524 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Peter Jackson |
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Professional Reviews
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(05/01/2006, p.150, Michael Bonner): 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's made with love, care, and tremendous intelligence?.This is still a moving love story at heart..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Despite his origins as a low-budget filmmaker with a taste for the unsavory side of life, Peter Jackson has turned into an "event" filmmaker--someone who can conjure up a movie on a scale unlike anything we've seen before. KING KONG is his sprawling, epic remake of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1933 movie of the same name, and it is as big as the gorilla that runs riot through Jackson's rendering of Depression-era New York. Keeping the simple yet effective plot intact--a film crew travels to the mysterious Skull Island, picks up Kong, and brings him back to New York City--Jackson expands on this basic premise by drawing on the jaw-dropping talents of his special effects team to satisfy his thirst for the grand spectacle. <br> <br> The movie posits Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow, the starry-eyed blonde beauty whom Kong falls for; Jack Black as Carl Denham, a low-rent Orson Welles look-alike who drags the crew to the island to make his movie; and Adrian Brody as Jack Driscoll, a hack playwright ... |
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