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King Kong
King Kong
Original title: King Kong
USA 1976
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph, Rene Auberjonois, u.a.
Director: John Guillermin
A Dino de Laurentiis Production distributed by Tobis
Super-8 Sales: REVUE-Film; Nr. 8741 (1x 66m color / ton)
CONTENTS:
Entrepreneur Wilson (Charles Grodin) suspects a large oil deposit on an
undiscovered island in the South Pacific that is always surrounded by wafts of
fog. Having arrived at the destination, however, the speculations of the
paleontologist Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges) are confirmed. On the island, the
natives celebrate a strange ritual: they offer their jungle ruler, the giant
gorilla Kong, a girl for sacrifice. When the locals discover the intruders, they
kidnap Dawn (Jessica Lange in her film debut) from the ship in order to
sacrifice her, too. Jack is able to save the actress from the claws of the
colossus. But he has fallen hopelessly in love with the blonde. Wilson senses
big business. He has the gorilla captured in order to put on a spectacle with
him in New York. Arriving in town, Kong rushes to look for his beloved...
NOTES:
The tragic horror romance shines with effects that were rewarded with an
honorary Oscar. Only the much-touted mechanic-Kong turned out to be a flop.
The marvel of electronics was 13 meters high and weighed six tons. But despite
(or because of) 1500 meters of internal wiring, the hydraulic control failed.
So a man got into a costume, and things were looking good again. (Filmkritik).
The SUPER-8 Copy:
Acquisition of the marketing film 66m version. After the REVUE film Logo, only
the title follows, and the action begins there, with King Kong being presented
to the public in the Petrox Arena. King Kong breaks free, breaks a bit and
finally climbs the World Trade Center. Then he falls down and END. Little is
spoken, instead there is a lot of music and noise. The sound is loud and
powerful. You have to keep your hand on the volume control during the
projection, because some passages contain a lot of bass, especially in scenes
in which King Kong roars. The colors are very nice and the image sharpness is
good—the copy was made with bars.
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© Dino de Laurentiis / Paramount Pictures
