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King Kong opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to rave reviews. It is ranked by Rotten Tomatoes as the greatest horror film of all time and the fifty-sixth greatest film of all time.
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- Max Steiner
- Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
King Kong: Directed by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack. With Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher. A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.
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- Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
- 1933-04-07
Feb 3, 2002 · A movie director (Robert Armstrong) hires a ship, recruits his leading lady from off the streets of New York at the last moment, and sails for a mysterious Pacific island he heard about in Singapore. The island contains a legendary giant ape, which he hopes to use as the star of his movie.
Mar 15, 2020 · There’s not another note to be heard till the ship arrives at the island, where quiet musical menace slowly builds in intensity, then explodes when the crew stumbles upon a native tribe’s...
The giant gorilla known as Kong was the brainchild of American aviator and screenwriter Merian C. Cooper (1893-1973), conceived after a dream in which a giant gorilla was terrorizing New York City. Screenwriters Ruth Rose and James Ashmore Creelman wrote the original screenplay.
Mar 2, 2015 · Despite opening at an awkward time, in the midst of the financial collapse that led Franklin Roosevelt to declare an emergency bank holiday, the film performed the colossal feat of separating...
Mar 2, 2020 · 1933's "King Kong" returns to cinemas for the first time in 65 years. Courtesy of Fathom Events. It is one of the true icons of American cinema and the first special effects driven tentpole...
