King Kong (2005 film)
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King Kong is the 2005 Academy Award-winning remake of the original 1933 King Kong about a fictional giant ape called Kong. It was directed by Peter Jackson, produced by Jackson and Fran Walsh, written by Jackson, Walsh and Philippa Boyens, and its cast included Naomi Watts in the role of Ann Darrow, Jack Black as Carl Denham, Adrien Brody as Jack Driscoll, and through performance capture, Andy Serkis as Kong.
In 1933, Depression-era New York City, actress Ann Darrow has just lost her job at the local theater and is faced with dancing at the local burlesque show to survive. Meanwhile, film director Carl Denham faces the cancellation of his latest movie because of his unorthodox methods and approach to filmmaking. After Carl recruits Ann to replace his leading lady, who joins the film because of the presence of her favorite writer Jack Driscoll, they set sail to evade the police and journey to a remote Indian Ocean island known as Skull Island to find the legendary creature known as Kong.
The film was released on December 14, 2005, and received very positive reviews, though not as positive as the reviews given to the Lord of the Rings trilogy that the director Peter Jackson had previously worked on. The film made a modest opening of $50.1 million, and significantly underperformed expectations at the box office. With a huge marketing campaign and many commercial tie-ins, the release was all-encompassing for the movie market, and was seriously challenged only by its other major competitor, [[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]], However, the DVD set record sales, and the film appears to have strong enough sales to allow Jackson to make his extended edition of the movies.
Story
Carl Denham is a documentary filmmaker whose penchant for "safari films" does not go over well with his studio bosses who prefer to see him turn in a romance film for a change. When he discovers that they would rather sell his films off as stock footage than fund his latest movie, Denham steals the film and quickly organizes to leave for his next shoot immediately. Still in need of a leading lady, along the way he meets Ann Darrow, an unemployed vaudeville actress whose theatre was recently closed down due to lack of money. He convinces Ann to join him in his latest movie endeavour and boards a tramp steamer with her; Jack Driscoll — a hapless playwright who has written part of the screenplay - is tricked by Denham into joining the journey in order to finish the story. The ship leaves just in time for Denham to escape the police, who have been sent by Denham's angry studio bosses, and sets off on a voyage to what Ann and Jack believe to be Singapore. Along the way, Denham reveals they're actually heading for Skull Island, a place unknown to the outside world that Denham believes will make for some spectacular footage for his production. Although Captain Englehorn and the first mate, Ben Hayes, voice concerns and skepticism about their destination, they set out to find the island anyway. Meanwhile Ann, a fan of Jack's plays, begins to fall in love with the playwright. Eventually, Jack tells her that he's writing a stage comedy for her, and ends up kissing her. News that Denham is wanted for arrest puts an end to the search for the island, but the ship then stumbles into the island's location and becomes trapped on rocks. As the steamer's crew try to fix the ship, Denham, Ann, Jack and the film crew go ashore, where they are ambushed by a mob of angry natives. Denham's sound-recordist Mike and a sailor are killed, but Denham and the rest of the landing party are rescued by Captain Englehorn with his crew. They return to the boat and make preparations to leave, but a native slips on board and captures Ann. She is soon tied up and strapped to the superior posts of a thin wooden drawbridge that juts across to the other side of a massive wall which separates the natives from the rest of the island. The ship's crew arm themselves and attempt a rescue mission, but are too late as Carl watches Ann get taken away by a giant ape.
The crew discover that the ape, named "Kong" by the natives, lives in a massive jungle where prehistoric creatures have been protected and hidden for millions of years. After some discussion, the captain allows Denham and Jack to go look for her, with Hayes and 15 armed crewmen as bodyguards. Denham attempts to take advantage of the search, and brings along all his camera gear, remaining film crew, and even the actor. As they trek through the jungle, the group have a number of deadly encounters with the local fauna, escaping from a Brontosaurus stampede, and an attack by a pack of Venatosaurus. Four men are killed, including Denham's camera-assistant Herb. Meanwhile, in an attempt to keep Kong from possibly killing her, Ann desperately resorts to trying to entertain Kong by dancing and doing tricks, which actually succeeds in amusing Kong. But when Ann stops and defies him, Kong becomes angry and throws a tantrum, but fails to intimidate her. Kong then strangely leaves, so Ann takes the opportunity to escape. As the rescue party are crossing a log bridge, Kong arrives, killing Hayes and knocking the log with all the others down a ravine. Three crewmen are killed by the fall (including Choy, the only crew member other than Hayes, Jimmy, and Lumpy the cook to have his name spoken in the film), and the survivors find themselves trapped in a chasm with giant invertebrates, including bloodworm-like Carnictis (which kill Lumpy), weta-like Weta-Rexes, Arachno-Claws (that look like a cross between a spider and a scorpion), and endless other horrors. Most of the remaining crew are killed, but the survivors (reduced to four) are rescued by Captain Englehorn with another rescue party. Alone, Jack continues his determined search for Ann, whilst Denham (whose camera and footage were destroyed in the fall down the ravine) decides to capture Kong and bring him back to New York City.
Trying to find her way back, Ann runs into two scavenging Foetodons. Just before one comes close to killing her, a huge Vastatosaurus rex emerges and kills it, and then chases after Ann. She narrowly escapes the Vastatosaurus rex, but is cornered next to another one. Kong then returns and engages the two V-rexes — and then a third one that emerges — in a massive battle, with Ann thrown along all throughout, but saved by Kong from being killed. Eventually, Kong kills all three of the V-rexes. During the battle, Ann realizes that Kong is her only chance of surviving the island, and voluntarily lets Kong carry her with him afterwards. Kong returns to his lair atop a cliffside, where Ann observes him taking in a tranquil sunset. She goes into Kong's hand and soon falls asleep. Eventually, Jack finds Ann, and they escape while Kong is busy defending himself from an attack by giant bat-like creatures called Terapusmordax. Kong catches up to them, but Denham and the surviving crew members are waiting and attempt to capture Kong (against Ann's pleas), but Kong breaks free of the trap. At the last minute, Denham successfully captures Kong by smashing a bottle of chloroform across his face. He announces his plans to display Kong as, "The Eighth Wonder of the World".
Months later in New York City, Ann is an anonymous chorus line dancer (after refusing large sums to appear on stage with Kong), while the lovelorn Jack watches a comedy he wrote whose lead role was meant for her. Denham puts the subdued and shackled Kong on display on a Broadway stage in front of a large audience. However, angered by the fake "Ann" presented before him, and frightened and enraged by the commotion and press-flashbulbs, Kong breaks free from his chains, charges into the crowd, and runs amok in Times Square searching for Ann. Jack attempts to draw Kong away from crowded areas, and a hectic car chase through the streets ensues, which ends with Kong almost killing Jack. Ann then approaches Kong, calming him down. Carrying Ann with him, Kong wanders through the city, eventually into Central Park, where he slides around with her on a lake of ice, in a brief moment of happiness. Moments later, they are ambushed by the Army, who attack Kong with machine gun fire and artillery rounds. Reminiscent of his cliff-dwelling, Kong escapes to the Empire State Building, which he proceeds to climb, with one hand, holding Ann gently in the other. Kong and Ann take in the sunrise at the top of the building, until six biplanes (Curtis Helldivers) appear and attack Kong. Ann tries to stay with him, but Kong puts her down, climbing to the top of the skyscraper as the planes attack. Ann tries to climb higher to save him, waving and yelling at the biplanes to stop. Kong manages to destroy three of the planes, but is repeatedly machine-gunned. Mortally wounded, Kong eventually succumbs to his injuries as Ann cries, and falls to his death. Jack rushes to comfort Ann as she stands grief-stricken, and the film ends with Carl Denham reciting the story's signature quote, "It wasn't the airplanes, it was Beauty killed the Beast."''
Production
Peter Jackson was a nine-year-old in the New Zealand town of Pukerua Bay when he first saw the 1933 version of King Kong. He was in tears in front of the TV when Kong slipped off the Empire State Building. At age 12 he tried again, this time with his parents' super-8 camera and a model of Kong made of wire and rubber with his mother's fur coat for the hair. He developed a version in pre-production for eight months, but the studio cancelled it. This is most likely because of the release of Mighty Joe Young and Godzilla the same year. He then began work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy. No casting was ever done, but he had hoped to get either George Clooney or Robert DeNiro. With its overwhelming box office and critical success, his desire to make King Kong was realized, and he was paid $20 million USD to direct this film, the highest salary Hollywood ever paid a director.
The film's budget climbed from an initial $150 million US to a record-breaking $207 million, making it the second most-expensive film ever made in terms of current money spent (behind [[X-Men: The Last Stand]]) and the sixth-most expensive film adjusted for inflation. Universal Studios only agreed to such an outlay after seeing a screening of the unfinished film, to which executives responded enthusiastically. The production budget was approximately $187 million, and, in addition, it is estimated that marketing and promotion costs were about $20 million. Production had difficulties, such as Peter Jackson's decision to change composers from Howard Shore to James Newton Howard seven weeks before the film opened. Also, the film was originally set to be 135 minutes, but soon grew to 200, prompting Universal executives to fly to New Zealand to view a rough cut, but they liked it so their concerns were addressed. Other challenges include the rewriting of the script between 1996 and 2005, adding more character development to the 1933 story and acting as though the 1976 version never existed. The process began with a nine minute animatic created by Peter Jackson and shown to the writing team, causing Philippa Boyens to cry. Peter Jackson decided early on that he did not want Kong to act human, and so they studied hours of gorilla footage. Originally, the script began with a prologue of World War I that was later cut.
Peter Jackson has stated that the script significantly changed between the 1996 and 2005 drafts. In Jackson's original 1996 draft of the script, Ann was the daughter of famed English archaeologist Lord Linwood Darrow exploring ancient ruins in Sumatra. They would come into conflict with Denham during his filming, and they would uncover a hidden Kong statue and the map of Skull Island. This would indicate that the island natives were a cult religion that once thrived on the mainland of Asia, and all trace of the cult was wiped out, except for the few on the island. Instead of a playwright, Jack was the first mate and an ex-First World War fighter pilot still struggling with the loss of his best friend, who was killed in battle. Herb the camera-man was the only supporting character in the original draft who made it to the final version. Another difference was that Ann was actually caught in the Tyrannosaurus's jaws in the Kong/3 T-Rexes fight. According to the draft, Ann was wedged in the mouth and slashed by the teeth; after the fight, Kong got her out but by some reason Ann got a fever, which she recovered from. (It didn't say how Ann got it, but it was almost unmistakably an infection in one of her cuts.) Jackson's first rough draft was described as a "tongue-in-cheek comedic film with elements of Raiders of the Lost Ark and other films," according to Jackson himself. Originally, he wanted a comical "monkey-farce" to be released, but he credits Universal for pulling the plug, as he was able to rework things into what ended up on screen.
For the character of Kong, Andy Serkis, who modelled its movement, went to the London Zoo to watch the gorillas, but was unsatisfied. He ended up going to Rwanda to observe mountain gorillas in the wild, with a company called Rainbow Tours. Possibly as a result of this, Kong acts and moves very much like a real gorilla.
Apart from Kong, Skull Island is also inhabited by dinosaurs and other large fauna. However, though they may look similar, they are not the familiar species. Inspired by the works of Dougal Dixon, the designers have imagined what 65 million years or more of isolated evolution would have done to the dinosaurs. Naturally, the creatures are presented as more scientifically accurate than those portrayed in the 1933 version. The names of these and hundreds of other beasts are found in the book The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island. Here are the creatures seen in the film:
- Vastatasaurus-Rex, which greatly resembles its relative, the T-Rex, is seen in the famous "Kong vs. T-rex" scene in the film. This creature is on-screen for about 20 minutes.
- Foetadon is the reptile-like creature which chases Ann into a rotting log. Moments late, the foetadon is grabbed by a Vastatasaurus-Rex, pulled from the log, and eaten.
Deleted scenes
There are many deleted scenes known to exist in King Kong.- The film crew are on the shore, where Denham films another scene with Ann and tells her to scream. Kong's roar is then heard for the first time, as if responding from hearing her.
- The rescue party build a couple of rafts to cross the swamp, and are attacked by a Piranhadon. Denham tries to use a Tommy gun, but shoots very badly. One (or more) of the group is caught and killed by the creature.
- Kong tramples over one of the army trucks.
- Ann struggles against 2 armed soldiers restraining her, either before she reunites with Kong, or after Kong had died.
- It is shown how Kong was transported to New York on the Venture (this scene was featured at a convention in which Peter Jackson specially created a five-minute montage of outtakes from the film).
- Two armed soldiers shoot at Kong. (This is probably in the scene where the soldiers restrain Ann, and Kong steps on the army commander)
- Kong reacts as if threatened by a statue that resembles him.
- After the conversation with Hayes, Lumpy the cook, and Jimmy, Denham privately confides later on to Driscoll that the map came from the Norwegian captain. *Denham also reveals hearing of an ancient legend of "Kong", but declares that it had nothing to do with his interest in Skull Island.
- Herb the camera-assistant (who has an artificial leg) tells how he lost his leg on an earlier film shoot with Denham. This scene would explain Herb's waddling run, and being unable to climb, later in the film.
- The rescue party encounters two Ligocristus dinosaurs, and shoots them both.
- Kong, with Ann, is attacked by a pair of either Venatosaurs or juvenile V-rexes. Afterward, Kong eats the kills.
- Kong tramples the army commander (seen in the movie yelling the command, "Fire!").
Release
The marketing campaign for King Kong started in full swing on 28 June 2005, when the teaser trailer made its debut, first online at the official Volkswagen website at 8:45 p.m. EST, then 8:55 p.m. EST across media outlets owned by NBC-Universal, including NBC, Bravo!, CNBC and MSNBC. That trailer appeared in theatres attached to War of the Worlds, which opened on 29 June.In a unique co-promotion, New York State held a special King Kong lottery game in which tickets were sold for a one time drawing to be held on December 5, 2005 offered a grand prize of $50 million and several second prizes of $1 million.
Jackson also regularly published a series of 'Production Diaries', which chronicled the making of the film. The diaries started shortly after the DVD release of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film)|The Return of the King]] as a way to give Jackson's The Lord of the Rings fans a glimpse of his next project. These diaries are edited into broadband-friendly installments of three or four minutes each. They consist of features that would normally be seen in a making-of documentary: a tour of the set, a roving camera introducing key players behind the scene, a peek inside the sound booth during last-minute dubbing, or Andy Serkis doing his ape movements in a motion capture studio. The production diaries were released on DVD on December 13, 2005, one day before the U.S. release of the film. This was one of the first occasions in which material that would normally be considered supplementary to the DVD release of a film, was not only released separately, but done so in a prestige format; the Production Diaries came packaged in a box with a set of prints and a replica 1930s-era clipboard. It is also the first time such material was published prior to the release of the film.
Reception
With a rather modest $9.7 million box office on its opening day, King Kong failed to live up to its pre-release hype, and did not meet expectations of Universal Studios executives. It had an opening weekend of $50.1 million, good for most movies, but short of the inflated expectations caused by the movie's enormous budget and marketing campaign. It opened to over $15 million less than its only serious challenger in December, [[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]], did during its opening weekend one week earlier.As of May 11, 2006, the film has grossed $218.1 million in the United States (putting it in the top five grossing films of 2005 domestically and approximately an additional $331.1 million outside North America, leading to a worldwide total of $549.2 million. It is a general rule of thumb that a big-budget movie must earn at least twice its production and promotion budget to break even. In the case of King Kong, that would mean $600 million, considerably more than what it is expected to earn at the box office. Other factors affect a film's profitability besides box office, such as the King Kong DVD sales, which as of April 3rd sold more than 6.5 million DVDs, generating $100 million in the largest six-day performance in Universal Studios history. And as of June 25, 2006 King Kong has generated $38 million from DVD rental gross. Universal will earn a certain amount of revenue from home television rights, advertising tie-ins (such as Burger King's King Kong-themed commercials), and other sources; however, they will pay a certain amount of gross and net revenues to producers and members of the cast and crew. These figures, which, unlike box office revenue, are not a matter of public record, will ultimately determine King Kong's financial success or failure from Universal's point of view. Overall, Kong was a modest, but not a huge success.
Critical reaction
King Kong received a favourable critical response, garnering an 84% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The most common criticisms of the film were due to excessive length, over-use of slow motion, and several moments where the audience was aware of CGI effects. Positive critical reviews regarded it as one of the few good epics and all-round best movies of 2005. Roger Ebert gave the movie four stars, and listed it as the 8th best film of 2005. Similarly, King Kong has been included in many critics' Top Ten of 2005 lists. The film received four Academy Award nominations for Visual Effects, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, and Art Direction, winning all but the latter. Some had criticized the film for retaining pieces of racist stereotypes that were present in the original film, though it was not suggested Jackson intentionally made it so.Legacy
Peter Jackson has expressed his desire to remaster the film in 3-D at some point in the future. This has been officially disclaimed by Universal Studios, however, it is a fact that both Shrek and [[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]] had short 3D versions made for the Studio as theme park attractions. Jackson was seen shooting with a 3-D camera at times during the shoot of King Kong. The film is more than 90% CGI mastered, so converting the scene to 3D is largely a software exercise, with some creative work required for the closer shots of actors. All the face shots of Kong can be "3D-ised" from the original animation files. It is estimated that the conversion will cost about 10 million dollars, due to the great length of the movie (3 hours 8 minutes). Also, a novelization of the movie was written, and a multi-platform video game entitled Peter Jackson's King Kong was released and met with mixed reviews.Cast and Characters
- Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow
- Adrien Brody as Jack Driscoll
- Jack Black as Carl Denham
- Thomas Kretschmann as Captain Englehorn
- Evan Parke as Ben Hayes
- Andy Serkis as Lumpy the cook, and King Kong (motion capture and voice - using live digital morphing, referred to as a "Kongaliser")
- Colin Hanks as Preston
- Jamie Bell as Jimmy
- Lobo Chan as Choy
- Kyle Chandler as Bruce Baxter
- John Sumner as Herb the camera man
- Pip Mushin as Zelman
- Ric Herbert as Poehler (Sleazy Man)
- Jim Knobeloch as Farragher (Thuggish Man)
- David Pittu as Charles Weston
- Ray Woolf as Helmsman
- Chris A. Romero as Jeff
- Al Jolson performer of song that plays during the introduction of New York.
Cinematic and literary allusions
Jack Black and critics have noted Carl Denham's similarity to Orson Welles. Ann Darrow's vaudeville act looks like an imitation of Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp. The music upon the first sighting of dinosaurs is inspired by the music of the BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs. Kong's tender moments and behaviours were inspired by actual, documented (captive) gorillas, particularly Koko (gorilla). Driscoll's comedy-play performed at the end bears a striking resemblance to Brandon Thomas's 1892 farce Charley's Aunt. While openly referring to Heart of Darkness several times in the movie, there are also subtle references to Moby Dick. There is a Maori crew-member (Moby Dick's Queequeg is a South-Pacific Islander), while the characters of - and relation between - Ben Hayes and Jimmy might have some similarities to Queequeg and Ishmael. Other Moby Dick references are King Kong's slanted jaw, the resemblance of Carl Denham to a Captain Ahab figure, and the harpoon used during the scene in which they capture Kong.References to other versions of King Kong
In the 1933 original, the ship-cook's name was originally "Lumpy" in the script, and was changed to "Charlie" during production, possibly because a Chinese-American actor, Victor Wong, was cast in the part. But the theater programs at the film's premiere screenings at Grauman's Chinese Theater (and possibly other theaters) listed the character's name as "Lumpy" next to Victor Wong's name. (The 1933 film's DVD — in the keepsake tin — includes a reproduction of that Grauman's program.) Fay Wray, the original Ann Darrow, was asked by Peter Jackson to do a brief cameo and say the film's signature line, "It was beauty killed the beast." At first she flatly refused, but then seemed to consider the possibility, but passed away soon after. The line went back to the character of Carl Denham (played by Jack Black). Forbes Magazine asked a small sample of scientists who would win in a battle between King Kong and a Tyrannosaurus rex. The consensus named Kong as the probable victor. Cinematographer Andrew Lesnie suggested shooting the movie in black and white at one point during pre-production. An ad for Universal Pictures is visible while Kong is tearing up Times Square; in actuality, an ad for Columbia Pictures was in the same spot in the 1933 film, but the studio asked for a large amount of money for its use, so effects artists replaced it. In the scene where Jack Driscoll is searching for a place to sleep in the animal storage hold, a box behind him reads 'Sumatran Rat Monkey — Beware the bite!' - a reference to the creature that causes all the mayhem in Peter Jackson's film Braindead (and is also, according to the 1992 film, only found on Skull Island). The humorous line about the Abominable Snowman also makes practical sense for 1933: Bigfoot was still completely obscure, and the Loch Ness Monster was just starting to become world-famous that very year. The Snowman was the most widely-known cryptid at that time. (Not to mention that (a) Kong met and befriended the Yeti in [[Kong: The Animated Series]].) The Wilhelm scream is used (again) for the sailor knocked off the ledge during the Brontosaur stampede. Kong and Lumpy the Cook — both performed by Andy Serkis — share a single scene in the movie, and only one shot in that scene. Perhaps as an in-joke, that only shot that Serkis shares with "himself" has Lumpy shooting at Kong.
This version of the film is set in the original film's then-contemporary setting of 1933. The background under the main titles at the beginning and end of the movie is the same as the background of the 1933 RKO film. When Denham is considering who to play the part before meeting Ann, he suggests "Fay," but his assistant Preston replies, "She's doing a picture with RKO." Music from the 1933 original comes on, and Denham mutters, "Cooper, huh? I might have known." Fay Wray starred in the 1933 film, which was directed by Merian C. Cooper and released by RKO. The 2005 remake, in a different way, also quotes the fake "Arabian proverb" about "beauty and the beast" that Merian C. Cooper made up in his 1933 film. Kong's New York stage appearance looks very much like a re-enactment of the sacrifice scene of the 1933 film, including the posts the 'beauty' is tied to and the nearly identical performance and costumes of the dancers. In addition, the music played by the orchestra during that scene is identical in both films (as well as the main theme of the original film.) Both times Carl Denham assures his theater audience that everything is all right because Kong's "... chains are made of chromed steel." The line before Kong breaks his chains, "Let him roar. It makes a swell picture," is in both films, but is spoken by Denham in the remake.
The scene in which Kong breaks the V-Rex's jaws, and then plays with it, mimics a similar moment in the original 1933 film. After the crew captures Kong on the beach, Denham speaks the line: '"The whole world will pay to see this! We're millionaires, boys! I'll share it with all of you. In a few months, his name will be up in lights on Broadway! KONG, THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD!"' The same line is in the original 'Kong.' The Bruce Baxter character is based on the actor Bruce Cabot, who played Jack Driscoll in the original 1933 film. In an interview Peter Jackson did with Fay Wray when preparing for making the movie, she described Cabot as a vain ladies man, more interested in chasing women than acting. Actor Kyle Chandler portrays Bruce Baxter as both spitting image and parody of Cabot. Elevated subways are shown, but not attacked. Kong ignores them during his rampage through the city. The shots, lighting, and music emphasize the Empire State Building. In the finale atop the Empire State Building, Peter Jackson has a small role as one of the pilots who shoots down Kong. This is a reference to the original, in which Merian C. Cooper has a similar cameo as a pilot. Ernest B. Schoedsack also appeared with Cooper as his rear-gunner. In Jackson's film, Rick Baker, who played Kong (in a rubber suit) in the 1976 remake, also does a cameo with the biplanes.
DVD release
King Kong was released on DVD on March 28, 2006 in the United States. The three versions that came out were single disc fullscreen, single disc widescreen, and a 2-Disc Widescreen Special Edition. The second disc of the Special Edition contains the remainder of almost all the KongisKing.net production diaries not contained on the Peter Jackson's Production Diaries DVD set. The only missing episode is "13 Weeks To Go" which contained footage of Howard Shore recording the original score. It is still available on the website. On Tuesday, June 27, 2006, www.kongisking.net reported that Spanish DVD website Zonadvd officially confirmed the release date of an extended edition of King Kong on November 15, 2006. It was also said that three discs would be included in the set. Unseen features, including deleted scenes, commentaries, behind-the-scenes footage, and so on are sure to follow (these features were previously mentioned before). All DVD versions of the movie contain at least three known instances of DVD "watermarking" that are assumed to be anti-piracy measures. In Region 1, the letters "KKDD" appear for one frame on the character Bruce Baxter's (Kyle Chandler) arm at 00:30:29 and 2:01:33. Another is seen at 1:00:05 on the arm of an islander. Region 2 has the same instances, but the letters "KKID" are used instead. The third instance is at 01:30:05 on the bamboo stick King Kong is chewing on.
References
External links
- [Official website]
- [}}}] at Rotten Tomatoes
- [}}}] at Box Office Mojo
- [Kong is King.net] - fansite featuring behind-the-scenes footage
- The post production diaries can be found at [KongisKing.net]
- [Trailer(s) in HD]
- [Movie Review] Xdafied.com.au
- [The Original King Kong Script]
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