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King Kong (1933) (Blu-ray)
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DVD Details
- Commentary
- Theatrical Trailers
- Subtitles in French & Spanish
- Rated: Not Rated
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 11, 2006
- Originally Released: 1933
- Label: Turner Home Ent
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot & Fay Wray | |
| Performer: | Frank Reicher, Sam Hardy, Noble Johnson, James Flavin, Victor Long & Everett Brown | |
| Directed by | Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack | |
| Edited by | Ted Cheesman | |
| Screenwriting by | Ruth Rose & James Creelman | |
| Composition by | Max Steiner | |
| Cinematography by | Vernon Walker, Edward Linden & J.O. Taylor | |
| Art Direction by | Van Nest Polglase | |
| Produced by | Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Shoedsack |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast."
Entertainment Reviews:
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[I]t's still the quintessential pulp saga, capable of popping eyeballs 70-odd years later without the help of computers.
Movieline's Hollywood Life
It might seem that any creature answering the description of Kong would be despicable and terrifying. Such is not the case. Kong is an exaggeration ad absurdum, too vast to be plausible. This makes his actions wholly enjoyable.
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TIME Magazine
It's a really iconic amazing movie.
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Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)
Rating: 5/5 --
Probably the most perfect popcorn movie movie ever made by a Hollywood studio.
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Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- [T]he joy is seeing the 1933 original, complete with Max Steiner's classic score and once-censored scenes...
Rolling Stone
...The grand-daddy of all monster movies...
Total Film
[The] black-and-white granddaddy of beast-on-the-loose movies....The movie looks improved over earlier video and TV copies, and still packs a wallop...
Entertainment Weekly
Description by OLDIES.com:
Ranks 43rd on the American Film Institute's list of Top-100 American Movies. King Kong teems with memorable moments: a moviemaking expedition on a fantastic isle filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures; the giant simian's lovestruck obsession with the film shoot's blonde starlet (Fay Wray); Kong's capture; his Manhattan rampage; and the fateful finale atop the Empire State Building, where Kong cradles his palm-sized beloved and swats at machine-gunning airplanes.
Product Description:
A masterpiece and one of the top moneymakers of the 1930s. Fortune-hunters travel to Skull Island in search of the fabled giant ape "King Kong." Enticing him with the lovely Fay Wray they capture him and bring him back to New York where he escapes and ransacks the city searching for her.
Description by Warner Home Video:
King Kong
Seeking a backer for his movie, Merian C. Cooper approached a top Hollywood mogul. "You know what a 50-foot gorilla would see in a five-foot girl'" the mogul asked. "His breakfast!" The studio chief wasn't buying but the public was. King Kong saved RKO from bankruptcy and became an all-time classic, ranking 43rd on the American Film Institute's list of Top-100 American Movies.
King Kong teems with memorable moments: a moviemaking expedition on a fantastic isle filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures; the giant simian's lovestruck obsession with the film shoot's blonde starlet (scream queen Fay Wray); Kong's capture; his Manhattan rampage; and the fateful finale atop the Empire State Building, where Kong cradles his palm-sized beloved and swats at machine-gunning airplanes. "It was beauty killed the beast." But in these and other great scenes, Kong lives forever.
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They don't get any better
Movie Lover: John Walter from
Middle Village, NY US -- November, 2, 2009
I have watched this film more times than any other film, hands down. This restored and remastered edition is perfect. Bear in mind that King Kong was released in 1933 and the effects become even more outstanding. Fay Wray was the world's champion screamer. Robert Armstrong is that would-be great who, but for the fact that the chains aren't quite strong enough, was on his way to being a millionaire. Bruce Cabot was a perfect hero, shy at times, bold and brave at others. But the real hero of this film is the Eighth Wonder of the World, the mighty King Kong. Superb is too mild a word of praise for this masterpiece.
The best film
Movie Lover: from
N.Y. -- June, 17, 2008
I've seen this and others like it there's no other film that can stand up to it no remakes, this is one film that was made with heart.
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