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« on: May 15, 2003, 08:37:38 AM »
CHUD has the latest word on the next remake of King Kong .  The interested can find it here.

Personally, this is very good news.  I didn't think the first script was that good, and it's nice to know that the writers agree with me.  (All arrogance aside, of course.)  With any luck, what comes next is truer to the original.  Kong hasn't been in a good movie since the original; the ape deserves better.
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« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2003, 11:44:24 AM »
Just wondering if the original 1933 King Kong was out on DVD (cant find it) but during my search, I saw a 1976 version of King Kong starring.... Jeff Bridges! Even Jessica Lange was there for the party.

Anyione have any word on this one??
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« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2003, 11:52:58 AM »
Warner Brothers is currently putting together a special edition two disc set of the original.
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« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2003, 12:15:52 PM »
While it has its defenders, most find the 1976 Kong to be pretty bad.  No dinosaurs, lots of dubious "character" development, and an extreme length work against it.  Still, Rick Barker's Kong costume's pretty good, and Kong's New York visit is entertaining.  It's just getting there...

(Footnote - when making the movie, Dino DeLaurentis and the other produces made a big noise about the F/X, specifically the giant robot they were building to play Kong.  Designed by Carlo Rambaldi, the robot makes exactly one brief appearance in the film, right when Kong breaks free in New York.  You can't miss it when it happens; it looks nothing like Baker's Kong.

(The movie won an Oscar for its F/X, which, in retrospect, seems sad.)
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« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2003, 12:58:14 PM »
I´ve never seen the c1976 version.Is it any good?
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« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2003, 01:28:11 PM »
It was alright.  I saw it in the theater in '76.  As a 12 year old I liked it a lot, but it really hasn't held up since then.  The original is more fun.
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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2003, 01:49:29 PM »
There had better be dinosaures in it, as in enough to shake a stick at.

-the first rule of fat club-
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« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2003, 01:54:20 PM »
King Kong vs. Jurassic Park IV
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« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2003, 01:59:59 PM »
Who is hotter:Fay Wray or Jessica Lange?
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« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2003, 02:05:20 PM »
Incidentally, I just ordered QUEEN KONG on DVD. (Directed by Frank Agrama of DAWN OF THE MUMMY fame . . . I can't wait).
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« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2003, 02:07:04 PM »
Fay Wray.
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« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2003, 02:07:25 PM »
There´s a King Kong VS Godzilla fight at WWWF...
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« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2003, 02:39:25 PM »
Fay Wray cameos in the remake (the woman who screeeeeeeeams when Kong breaks free in New York), but I prefer Jessica--post-Kong. I think her Golden Globe was for just coming off as well as she did with the awful script she was given.

Script courtesy of Lorenzo Semple Jr., by the way. Semple's best known for the Adam West "Batman" series and that other horrific deLaurentiis' remake, "Flash Gordon." For those who haven't seen the remake yet, it was directed by John Guillermin, whose other credits include "The Towering Inferno" and Tanya Robert's "Sheena."

He also directed the jawdropper "King Kong Lives," which every bad-movie buff has to see at least once. Wowwww.

Thanks for the tip, Cullen. (I didn't think the old Jackson script was brilliant, either, but mentioned it way back then as a curiosity. Jack's "mid-air transfer" would've had enraged fans storming from the theater screaming for his blood.)
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« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2003, 12:14:22 PM »
Now is it just my faulty memory, or are there two endings to King Kong Vs. Godzilla, and if so, which ending is sold on Amazon??
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« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2003, 12:25:41 PM »
There were 2 endings, but I think that only the one where King Kong wins was released in the U.S. My guess is that's the version that's on Amazon.
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