A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.
- Won 3 Oscars
- 46 wins & 104 nominations total
David Dennis
- Taps
- (as David Denis)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIt took 18 months to craft the CGI version of the Empire State Building. The real thing was built in 14 months.
- GoofsThe way Kong shakes and throws Ann around while carrying her would almost certainly snap her neck or spine.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Carl Denham: It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits are set against an art deco backdrop rather than the traditional black screen. The backdrop is an exact replica, in Technicolor, of the same backdrop that was used for the opening credits in the 1933 version of "King Kong".
- Alternate versionsOn November 14, 2006, an extended edition DVD was released with 13 minutes of additional scenes edited back into the film. Denham's party is attacked both by a Ceratops immediately upon entering the jungle to rescue Ann and by a giant fish while on rafts on a river, after which they kill a giant bird while firing blindly into the jungle (the longest addition by far). Baxter's rescue of the party is extended and finishes with Jimmy's farewell to Hayes. Kong's pursuit of the party on Skull Island and his pursuit of Driscoll in NYC are slightly extended, and there are two brief additional encounters between Kong and the military in NYC. A complete breakdown is at http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=3550.
- ConnectionsEdited into It's All Gone King Kong (2005)
- SoundtracksI'm Sitting on Top of the World
Written by Ray Henderson, Joe Young, Sam Lewis (as Sam M. Lewis)
Performed by Al Jolson
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Great Effects / Predictabley Long Peter Jackson Movie
I really enjoyed this movie. Everyone from Naomi Watts to Jack Black did a great job in this film. Kong looked amazing, and all the special effects on were amazing as well. Although I expected this to be a wild, action filled, Hollywood graphics movie, it did end up having great development / chemistry of the less hairy actors.
Overall this movie is a must see, I mean, its King Kong but here are some of the draw backs...
-Movie is predictable, obviously -Inconsistent Time frame (one thing takes 1 hour, equal event takes 10 Seconds) -Small Plot Holes
but my biggest pet peeve is that Peter Jackson makes these movies so darn long that I will never watch it ever again. To watch this movie again you must put aside an additional 3 Hours for a movie I have already seen.
So I say watch it but don't buy it. How many 3 hour sessions do you have for Kong?
Overall this movie is a must see, I mean, its King Kong but here are some of the draw backs...
-Movie is predictable, obviously -Inconsistent Time frame (one thing takes 1 hour, equal event takes 10 Seconds) -Small Plot Holes
but my biggest pet peeve is that Peter Jackson makes these movies so darn long that I will never watch it ever again. To watch this movie again you must put aside an additional 3 Hours for a movie I have already seen.
So I say watch it but don't buy it. How many 3 hour sessions do you have for Kong?
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- danieljamesb
- Apr 9, 2006
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Peter Jackson's King Kong
- Filming locations
- Shelly Bay, Wellington, New Zealand(Skull Island)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $207,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $218,080,025
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $50,130,145
- Dec 18, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $556,906,378
- Runtime3 hours 7 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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