King Kong with Jeff Bridges: DVD Cover

    King Kong Director: John Guillermin Cast: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph

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    • DVD Release Date: 11/22/2005
    • Original Release: 1976
    • Rating: Rated PG
    • Sales Rank: 32,859

    Viewer Rating: (7 ratings)

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    Features

    Closed Caption; Theatrical trailer; Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs; Dolby Digital: English 5.1 Surround, English Dolby Surround, French mono; English subtitles

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    Scene Index

    Disc #1 -- King Kong
    1. Surabaya [5:31]
    2. Storm at Sea [2:20]
    3. Sailing Into History [2:10]
    4. Jack Prescott [3:10]
    5. A New Dwan [4:42]
    6. Into the Fog [2:32]
    7. Exploring the Island [3:44]
    8. Island Inhabitants [6:22]
    9. Petrox Game Plan [:23]
    10. Ceremonial Ritual [2:41]
    11. Kong [6:39]
    12. Pitching Camp [:10]
    13. Kong's Lair [6:04]
    14. Waterfall Shower [3:41]
    15. Bringing in the Big One [1:57]
    16. Perilous Crossing [3:53]
    17. Setting a Trap [4:06]
    18. Giant Snake [:44]
    19. Kong Attacks [5:31]
    20. A Kidnapped God [3:29]
    21. Soothing the Savage Beast [:38]
    22. King Kong World Debut [1:29]
    23. Subway Destroyed [4:03]
    24. Prescott Makes a Deal [3:11]
    25. World Trade Center [4:00]
    26. Helicopter Attack [3:12]
    27. Death of King Kong [4:04]
    28. End Credits [5:32]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Famed producer Dino De Laurentiis tries to steal the thunder from Jaws, then the top-grossing film of all-time, in this big budget remake of King Kong. (De Laurentiis related his tactics to Tom Snyder: "When Jaws dies, nobody cries. When Kong dies, they all cry.") Updated to the 1970s, the original Robert Armstrong character is now Fred Wilson (Charles Grodin), a big-shot oil magnate from Petrox Oil, looking for new petroleum deposits on a recently discovered Pacific island. Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges) is a counter-culture paleontologist, stowing away on Wilson's ship, who warns that they are headed for "Skull Island," where prehistoric monsters still live and roam free. Also along for the ride is Dwan (Jessica Lange, in her film debut), a down-on-her-luck starlet, shipwrecked in the ocean after the sinking of a yacht. She really becomes down-on-her-luck when the group lands on the island and a giant ape, Kong, takes a shine to her. Kong kidnaps her and Dwan takes umbrage when the ape tries to remove her clothes by shouting, "You male chauvinist ape!" But Prescott comes to her aid and rescues her from the gorilla's big mits. Wilson, seeing money to be made on Kong, locks him in the cargo hold of his ship and transports him to New York City. Once there, Kong manages to escape and wreak havoc upon the beleaguered town, before being compelled to climb up the World Trade Center for sanctuary. Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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    I didnt watch the endby Jay_Godzilla_fan

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    November 06, 2008: I was surprised for this being a 70's movie i was entertained and forgot i was even watching a movie about a giant monkey! it has the main bad guy from Iron man in it, he was way young here. there some wierd awkward/funny parts... like when kong is taking her cloths off? ha or he washs her off in a water fall and then starts to blow on her to dry her off... the scenes just dragged and made them seem silly. but i was expecting a horrible movie from what i read on these reviews. its really not that bad. if you do watch this movie, dont watch it comparing it to a movie mad 30 years after this one. just watch it for what this movie is. and teh Kong suit was better then the one in King kong vs Godzilla.

    This review was written about the DVD edition.

    A reviewerby Anonymous

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    May 21, 2007: Okay, maybe Fay Wray herself thought it should have never been made. "Of course she never thought Peter Jackson's should have been made either. He actually had the nerve to ask her to utter the fateful line, "Twas beauty killed the beast!" She immediately refused." Maybe it is cheesy, and maybe it does exist as a benchmark of cinematic excess! Peter Jackson should be ashamed of himself for bad-mouthing this film to the degree he did, then stealing the 'cloud veil over Skull Island' theme from it outright! Apparently he's forgotten, that despite its flaws, Dino's King Kong contains multiple moments of true cinematic brilliance. Not to mention it's done in just slightly over two hours, compared to Jackson's masturbatory three! It also sports a truly astounding musical score. Don't listen to the negative hype here, this film grabs you from the very beginning, and doesn't let go till Kong's tragic fall from the now deceased World Trade Center. From a standpoint of social commentary alone, this film's WTC local resonates even more powerfully now that it's gone. Never let it be said that King Kong '76 doesn't deserve its place as an effective bookmark in the King Kong saga.

    This review was written about the DVD edition.


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