King Kong
Directed by:
John GuillerminCinematography:
Richard H. KlineComposer:
John BarryCast:
Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Charles Grodin, Jack O'Halloran, John Randolph, Rene Auberjonois, Julius Harris, Dennis Fimple, Ed Lauter, Jorge Moreno, John Lone (more)Plots(1)
Primate palaeontologist Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges) sneaks aboard an expedition to the uncharted Skull Island, warning the ruthless oil executive Fred Wilson (Charles Grodin) against exploiting its resources with an ominous message about "the roar of the greatest beast" from previous doomed explorers. En route they rescue aspiring actress Dwan (Jessica Lange), the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Upon disembarking on the island they discover a strange primitive world of mystery and danger, where the natives live within the confines of a vast wall to protect them from the giant ape god, Kong. Dwan is abducted and offered as a sacrifice to the savage beast, before the crew rescue her and capture Kong to take him to New York. Wilson views him as a profitable Broadway attraction, but the ape has other ideas and escapes to rampage through the streets of the Big Apple. (StudioCanal UK)
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I used to watch it over and over again when I was a kid, and the huge walking ape really terrified me with its horrible roar. Now I saw it again after a long time and what scared me was Jessica Lange with her horrible screaming. It's not a bad version, but for being more than 40 years newer than the original, it really lags behind it by quite a bit.
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"King Kong" from 1976 is good, in the sense of being average. It is interesting in terms of acting, but gradually you realize that it is difficult to endure. The screenplay is often very weak and the film is unnecessarily stretched out, so the tension fades away. The finale is great, but it takes too long to get to it, and some scenes are completely unnecessary. The interesting charm that it had in my childhood is gone. Unfortunately, some films simply age.
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