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Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
1 videodisc (3 hr., 8 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow is from the world of 1930s vaudeville and is down on her luck. She meets Carl Denham, an overly-ambitious filmmaker who brings her on an exploratory expedition to Skull Island. There she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with a giant ape named Kong. The filmmaker takes and displays the ape in New York in hopes of finding fame by using commercial exploitation, but this leads to catastrophe. Beauty and beast finally meet their fate, and so does the man who falls in love with Ann and plays an unlikely hero by trying to save her from Kong and her destiny.
Universal Pictures presents a WingNut Films production ; directed by Peter Jackson ; screenplay by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson ; produced by Jan Blenkin [and others].
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Based on a story by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace.
Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (anamorphic widescreen).
Special features: The Volkswagen Touareg & King Kong -- See more of NYC in 'Wish you were here.'
Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Jamie Bell, Evan Parke, Lobo Chan, Kyle Chandler, Andy Serkis.
English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. In English, with optional subtitles in French and Spanish.
Director of photography, Andrew Lesnie ; film editor, Jamie Selkirk with Jabez Olssen ; special makeup, creatures and miniatures, Richard Taylor ; music by James Newton Howard.
Academy Awards, 2005: Best Sound Editing (Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn), Best Sound Mixing (Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek), Best Visual Effects (Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor)
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