King Kong

Germany, New Zealand and United States of America, 2005

Film

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In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

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Credits

co-producer

Philippa Boyens

producer

Carolynne Cunningham

Fran Walsh

Jan Blenkin

Peter Jackson

visual effects

Jeremy Bennett

writer

Fran Walsh

Peter Jackson

Philippa Boyens

Duration

03:07:00

Production dates
2005

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-254

Language

English

Subject categories

Action

Adventure

Drama

TMDB-Movie

254

Wikidata

Q160215

Collected

397 times

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