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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 · Fantasy · Science-Fiction · Thriller |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: 3-Disc Deluxe Extended Edition Gift Set |
| UPC: |
025192026423 |
| Release Date: |
2005 |
| Running Time: |
3hr 8min |
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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 Includes LAND OF THE L, 3hr 8min Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (March 28, 2006) UPC: 025192026423 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Peter Jackson |
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Professional Reviews
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(09/08/2005, p.122, Peter Travers): "Jackson worked fresh magic at his Weta studios in his native New Zealand, where he had Kong do battle with prehistoric predators on Skull Island..." |
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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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