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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Ernest B. Schoedsack |
| Stars: |
Robert Armstrong |
| Actors: |
Steve Clemente |
| Genre: |
Horror/Suspense |
| Subgenre: |
Vintage · Recommended · New York City · Jungle · Monsters · Love Story · Dinosaurs · Essential Cinema · Classic · Science-Fiction |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: ARCHIVAL VERSION |
| UPC: |
053939560039 |
| Release Date: |
1933 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 40min |
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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, 5hr 9min Release Company: Warner Home Video (November 22, 2005) UPC: 053939724127 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: 60th Anniversary Boxed Set, 1hr 40min Release Company: Turner Home Entertainment (October 27, 1993) UPC: 053939525335 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
James Creelman |
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Professional Reviews
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(02/03/2002, p.7, Roger Ebert): "...KING KONG is more than a technical achievement. It is also a curiously touching fable....There is something ageless and primeval about KING KONG that still somehow works..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast."--Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) |
| More Information |
| Details: |
A masterpiece and one of the top moneymakers of the 1930s. Fortune-hunters travel to Skull Island in search of the fabled giant ape "King Kong." Enticing him with the lovely Fay Wray they capture him and bring him back to New York where he escapes and ransacks the city searching for her. |
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