King Kong

United States of America, 1933

Film
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Adventurous filmmaker, Carl Denham, sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to displayed on Broadway as Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.

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Credits

producer

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Merian C. Cooper

Walter Daniels

visual effects

Willis H. O'Brien

Duration

01:44:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
1933 1933

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-244

Language

English

Subject categories

Adventure

Drama

Horror

Science Fiction

TMDB-Movie

244

Wikidata

Q309048

Collected

820 times

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