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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Peter Jackson |
| Stars: |
Jack Black |
| 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 Version |
| UPC: |
025192041297 |
| 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: 3-Disc Deluxe Extended Version, 3hr 20min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (November 14, 2006)
UPC: 025193167927 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Philippa Boyens |
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Professional Reviews
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(10/16/2005, p.58-59, Lisa Schwarzbaum): "[T]he movie seals Jackson's reputation: He's the most gifted big-picture artist working today....What resonates is the story, which is a very human tale of compassion, greed, loss, bravery, creativity, foolishness, and love." -- Grade: A |
| 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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