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King Kong / RKO Radio Pictures presents ; produced and directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack ; screenplay by James A. Creelman and Ruth Rose.
LIBRA BLU RAY PN1997 .K564 2010
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- King Kong (Fictitious character)--Drama.
- King Kong.
- Actresses--United States--Drama.
- Actresses.
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.).
- Action and adventure films.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Films for hard of hearing people.
- Horror films.
- King Kong (Fictitious character).
- Thrillers (Motion pictures).
- New York (State)--New York--Manhattan.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Horror films
- Fiction films
- Feature films
- Action and adventure films
- Drama
- Feature films.
- Horror films.
- Action and adventure films.
- Fiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (unpaged : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
- Place of Publication:
- [Burbank, CA] : Warner Home Video, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English or Spanish dialogue; optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- System Details:
- Blu-ray disc, Region A; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono; requires Blu-ray player.
- Summary:
- The original 1933 classic in glorious black and white, newly restored, and digitally remastered. A moviemaking expedition to a fantastic island is filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. A gaint simian becomes lovestruck with the film's blonde starlet. King Kong is captured and is brought to Manhattan, where he goes on a rampage, culminating in the fateful finale atop the Empire State Building where he cradles his beloved and swats at machine-gunning airplanes.
- Participant:
- Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot.
- Credits:
- Directors of photography, Eddie Linden, J.O. Taylor, Vernon Walker ; art directors, Carroll Clark, Al Herman ; editor, Ted Cheesman ; music, Max Steiner.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Based on a story by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1933.
- Accompanying booklet is bound into container.
- Special features: Commentary by visual effects veterans Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston ; interview excerpts with Merian C. Cooper and Fay Wray ; I'm King Kong: The exploits of Merian C. Cooper ; RKO Production 601: The making of King Kong ; test footage ; The lost spider pit sequence ; theatrical trailer.
- ISBN:
- 141987831X
- 9781419878312
- OCLC:
- 1021093867
- Publisher Number:
- 883929055609
- 1000088610 Warner Home Video
- 200003972 Warner Home Video disc
- 3000030310 Warner Home Video container.
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