"Now you see it. You're amazed. You can't believe it. Your eyes open wider. It's horrible, but you can't look away. There's no chance for you. No escape. You're helpless, helpless. There's just one chance, if you can scream. Throw your arms across your eyes and scream, scream for your life!" And scream Fay Wray does most famously in this monster classic, one of the greatest adventure films of all time, which even in an era of computer-generated wizardry remains a marvel of stop-motion animation. Robert Armstrong stars as famed adventurer Carl Denham, who is leading... a "crazy voyage" to a mysterious, uncharted island to photograph "something monstrous ... neither beast nor man." Also aboard is waif Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) and Bruce Cabot as big lug John Driscoll, the ship's first mate. King Kong's first half-hour is steady going, with engagingly corny dialogue ("Some big, hard-boiled egg gets a look at a pretty face and bang, he cracks up and goes sappy") and ominous portent that sets the stage for the horror to come. Once our heroes reach Skull Island, the movie comes to roaring, chest-thumping, T. rex-slamming, snake-throttling, pterodactyl-tearing, native-stomping life. King Kong was ranked by the American Film Institute as among the 50 best films of the 20th century. Kong making his last stand atop the Empire State Building is one of the movies' most indelible and iconic images. --Donald Liebenson [show more]
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Merian C. Cooper directs this classic monster movie about a magnificent beast who falls in love with a woman. Film-maker Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) and actress Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) arrive on the prehistoric Skull Island to shoot a film. While there, they encounter a giant ape known as King Kong, who is worshipped as a god by the island's native inhabitants. The mighty Kong shows his sensitive side by falling for Ann, and, after being transported to New York to be displayed on Broadway, rampages across the city in search of his new love with the military hot on his heels.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play. Merian C. Cooper directs this classic monster movie about a magnificent beast who falls in love with a woman. Film-maker Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) and actress Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) arrive on the prehistoric Skull Island to shoot a film. While there, they encounter a giant ape known as King Kong, who is worshipped as a god by the island's native inhabitants. The mighty Kong shows his sensitive side by falling for Ann, and, after being transported to New York to be displayed on Broadway, rampages across the city in search of his new love with the military hot on his heels. Actors: Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, Robert Armstrong, Frank Reicher, Lynton BrentDirectors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. SchoedsackWriters: James Ashmore Creelman, Ruth RoseProducers: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, James Ashmore CreelmanFormat: PAL, SubtitledLanguage: EnglishSubtitles: EnglishSubtitles For The Hearing Impaired: EnglishRegion: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1Number of discs: 1
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