King Kong

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Empire State Building e la cultura di massa	D
When one of the sailors is crushed by a falling brontosaurus, the scream sound effect used is one of [...]	D
In 1996, Universal (who were highly impressed with Sir Peter Jackson's abilities on their film Sospe [...]	D
28 copies of Darrow's petticoats (Americans/Canadians would call it a slip) were made. Some were cle [...]	D
In an early draft of the screenplay, Ann Darrow was the daughter of a famed archaeologist, and Jack [...]	D
At the time of its release, this was the 4th highest-grossing film in Universal's history.	D
The exterior of the fictional Alhambra Theater, where Kong is put on display, is modeled after the P [...]	D
Adrien Brody was the first and only choice for hero Jack Driscoll. While Brody was under the impress [...]	D
Sir Peter Jackson likes to shoot animatics in pre-viz for most of his big action sequences. Before t [...]	D
The tie-in video game for Xbox 360 (also released in 2005) is a situational adventure game paced in [...]	D
(At around twelve minutes) Fay Wray was in negotiations to appear in the film before she died. Sir P [...]	D
Jack Black and Colin Hanks both starred in Orange County (2002).	D
Michael Muhney auditioned for the role of Bruce Baxter.	D
(At around twenty-five minutes) One of the gas bombs from King Kong (1933) can be seen in the shot o [...]	D
Sir Peter Jackson had a birthday during the production of the film. To commemorate the occasion, the [...]	D
(At around one hour and thirty-five minutes) The log scene where King Kong lifts, rolls, and throws [...]	D
There were no gorillas in any zoo in New Zealand for the production team to study; the nearest is in [...]	D
The scene where Denham, Driscoll, and the crew fall into a pit filled with giant bugs is a reference [...]	D
The Tyrannosaurus (actually Vastatosaurus Rex, or V-Rex) has hands with three fingers, as an homage [...]	D
According to Sir Peter Jackson's autobiography, someone angrily asked Jackson why he was making a fi [...]	D
Shipped to cinemas in Europe under the name "Gipsy Camp". It came in two packs, reel 1, 3, 4a, 6, 8, [...]	D
Jack Black has claimed that he did not wear any makeup at all in the entire movie, after hearing a f [...]	D
The hand-cranked motion-picture camera carried around by Carl Denham is a genuine antique Bell & How [...]	D
(At around twenty-four minutes) When Adrien Brody is first taken to the animal cells on the boat to [...]	D
Vicky Haughton had to spend nearly six hours in make-up each morning for her role as the witch docto [...]	D
Pre-viz started without a finished script. The first thing the pre-viz artists began with then was t [...]	D
Shot over a period of 6 months.	D
Jamie Bell stayed in character throughout production, never lapsing out of his American accent.	D
Natalie Portman screentested for the role of Ann Darrow, but was deemed too young for the part.	D
Now Playing Podcast reviewed King Kong. This film received two "recommends" and one "not recommend".	D
Sylvester McCoy screentested for the role of Herb, the cameraman.	D
When planned to be released in 1998, Kate Winslet was the first choice for Ann Darrow.	D
Alex Norton was offered a role, but had to pass because the dates clashed with a television project.	D
Min Windle who played Ann Darrow's substitute in the theatre scene was also Naomi Watts' stunt doubl [...]	D
Naomi Watts: [starring in remakes] This is the fifth of seven remakes or adaptations of previously e [...]	D
This film held the record for being the most expensive ever made in the U.S., until it was topped by [...]	D
Sir Peter Jackson originally spent 9 months working on his first version of " King Kong" in 1996 bef [...]	D
Jack Black wore a wig in the film, because Sir Peter Jackson wasn't happy with the way his hair had [...]	D
One of the creatures made up for the film's universe is the Vultusaurus, a dinosaur that developed b [...]	D
King Kong's roar is a lion's roar played backwards at half speed.	D
At the time, this was the most expensive film ever made. Universal executives were placated at the e [...]	D
Bob Burns: (At around two hours and thirty minutes) Together with his wife, Kathy.	D
Naomi Watts: [female protagonist in her bare feet] Ann Darrow is barefoot for the entirety of her ti [...]	D
When the crew are tossed off their makeshift raft on Skull Island, the underwater scenes were not fi [...]	D
When Kong is outside in New York, over his shoulder is a billboard advertising Universal Pictures, t [...]	D
The fact is that the "Old Arabian Proverb" was dreamed up by none other than Merian C. Cooper himsel [...]	D
To research his role, Jack Black studied P.T. Barnum and Orson Welles.	D
Adrien Brody and Thomas Kretschmann starred together in "The Pianist" in 2002.	D
Sir Peter Jackson's love of King Kong (1933) is evidenced by his making Skull Island the provenance [...]	D
Universal, the studio behind this version, had held the UK video rights to the 1933 version, along w [...]	D
Over two million feet of film were shot, the equivalent of 370 hours of footage, 123 times more than [...]	D
Naomi Watts's longest Hollywood movie in terms of overall runtime.	D
During the middle of filming, New Zealand passed stringent anti-smoking laws which explains why in t [...]	D
WILHELM SCREAM: (At around one hour and twenty-four minutes) During the brontosaurus stampede, as a [...]	D
Several pieces of dialogue in the movie are taken from the original 1933 King Kong (1933): * When An [...]	D
Almost all of the exterior shots of New York City fail to depict the Chrysler building, which is ver [...]	D
King Kong is being described as twenty-five feet tall on his hind legs by the makers of this version [...]	D
Adrien Brody and Thomas Kretschmann previously appeared in Il pianista (2002).	D
The three V-Rexes Kong fights are distinguishable by the configuration of their teeth. The first V-R [...]	D
The movie was shipped to theaters in the U.S. under the name "Tiny Dancer". For added security, the [...]	D
Howard Shore: (At around two hours and twenty minutes) The conductor seen in the theater where Kong [...]	D
The billboards that appear in Times Square are the same as the ones found in King Kong (1933).	D
Naomi Watts states that when she was offered the part in this film she contacted David Lynch for adv [...]	D
For the film's premiere in New York City (where else?), Sir Peter Jackson was given the keys to the [...]	D
Sir Peter Jackson first saw King Kong (1933) when he was just 9 years old. By the age of 12, he was [...]	D
The film is the second remake of King Kong (1933). The first was King Kong (1976).	D
The film holds an 84% critic approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while audience score is at 50%.	D
Andy Serkis essentially had to play King Kong twice. First, alongside Naomi Watts in a makeshift gor [...]	D
Fay Wray was asked by director Sir Peter Jackson to appear in a brief cameo role in which she would [...]	D
The Times Square set was built about twenty percent scaled down from the original. For this and most [...]	D
The two original models of Apatosaurus from King Kong (1933) were used for reference in creating a c [...]	D
Jamie Bell and Andy Serkis later worked with Sir Peter Jackson on Le avventure di Tintin - Il segret [...]	D
As there had been with Andy Serkis and his performance as Gollum in Il Signore degli Anelli - Le due [...]	D
The pages of script that Jack gave to Carl in the ship were actually part of Sir Peter Jackson's per [...]	D
(At around twenty-seven minutes) Jimmy Jamie Bell is seen reading "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conr [...]	D
While running through the various actresses who could be used in Denham's film, he mentions 'Fay', a [...]	D
Running at three hours and 21 minutes, this is the longest King Kong film.	D
(At around twelve minutes) In the dialogue near the beginning, when Carl Denham mentions that the ac [...]	D
(At around seven minutes) When the thuggish Studio Executive refuses to continue financing Denham's [...]	D
(At around one hour and fifty minutes) The giant worms that attack Lumpy in the insect pit were deri [...]	D
Contrary to rumor, Sir Peter Jackson did not lose weight because production of the movie turned out [...]	D
The digitally-rendered 1933 New York City is so detailed that it contained 90,000 separate buildings [...]	D
Kong makes his first visual appearance 71 minutes into the film.	D
During the scene where Kong causes the crew to fall into the log pit, both Kong and Lumpy are seen t [...]	D
Considering the film's running time, it could have possibly been longer. According to the book "The [...]	D
The main reason why Sir Peter Jackson set to remake the 1933 classic was because it was his favorite [...]	D
Andy Serkis, who played the title character King Kong, shares the same birthday with two others from [...]	D
The New York City set was only four blocks across and one story high, the rest was added digitally.	D
Sir Peter Jackson owns several props from the original King Kong (1933), and put some of the items f [...]	D
By comparing King Kong (1933), King Kong (1976), and King Kong (2005), Kong appears older film by fi [...]	D
Andy Serkis portrays two characters who die in the movie: first as Lumpy the cook and then near the [...]	D
Jacinta Wawatai's last film role as of 2021.	D
Sir Peter Jackson originally wanted to make this film immediately after Sospesi nel tempo (1996). Wh [...]	D
The final credits run longer than 10 minutes.	D
Although he is the title character of the movie, King Kong is not heard until 1 hour into the film, [...]	D
The film takes place in 1933. This was the year that King Kong (1933) was released.	D
Peter Jackson: A gunner in the airplanes. Jackson and makeup man Rick Baker shaved off their beards [...]	D
The movie contains approximately eight hundred miniature shots.	D
During the opening scenes of the film, there are shots of monkeys, a few chimpanzees, and an orangut [...]	D
This was one of the last films personally green-lit and approved by former Universal Studios Chairpe [...]	D
Kong kills forty-one people throughout the film, one more than in King Kong (1933).	D
All the New York City scenes (set in winter) were actually shot in New Zealand in a sweltering summe [...]	D
Naomi Watts had a horrific fall on the New Zealand set. She fell from a height into a ditch, to the [...]	D
On April Fools Day 2005, Sir Peter Jackson posted an elaborate practical joke, which he posted on a [...]	D
(At around one minute) At the beginning of the film, there is a shot of a restaurant in New York Cit [...]	D
After searching worldwide for the right boat to be the S.S. Venture, Sir Peter Jackson found and pur [...]	D
The role of "Jimmy", played by Jamie Bell, was created specifically for him.	D
Adrien Brody did all of his own stunt driving.	D
Rick Baker: The pilot of an airplane that is shooting at Kong on the Empire State Building. Baker de [...]	D
In the Broadway show, where Kong is the unwilling star, the "native dancers" are dressed in the same [...]	D
(At around two hours and thirty-five minutes) The ice skating scene in Central Park was not in the o [...]	D
Weta Workshops created eight variations of animal excrement, and even researched the manure of tiger [...]	D
Andy Serkis: [motion capture acting] Andy Serkis had 132 motion capture sensors attached to his face [...]	D
(At around one minute) In the beginning of the movie you see a worker on a steel part. Due to the ca [...]	D
(At around two hours and fifty-five minutes) Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, the producer [...]	D
The name of the ship "S.S. Venture", is the same as the one in Il mondo perduto - Jurassic Park (199 [...]	D
There are a few changes in this film from the 1933 version. Jack Driscoll is a famous playwright ins [...]	D
During production, Peter Jackson hosted a video production diary, made specifically for the fan webs [...]	D
The non-profit organization with which producer and performer Anthony Begonia volunteers was feature [...]	D
In the car, when Preston and Carl are discussing options to replace his departed leading lady (women [...]	D
Between sixty and seventy vintage cars were collected locally for use in the New York City scenes. T [...]	D
(At around sixty-two minutes) Captain Englehorn, played by Thomas Kretschmann, saves Carl Denham fro [...]	D
Sir Peter Jackson was paid $20 million to direct this film, the highest salary ever paid to a film d [...]	D
(At around one hour) As the Skull Island natives are attacking Ann, Jack, and Carl, look closely at [...]	D
Adrien Brody and Jack Black would later star in other action adventure films set in the jungle. Adri [...]	D
There was a book that came out along with the movie, called "A Natural History of Skull Island", whi [...]	D
Peter Jackson: [children] Jackson's children William Jackson and Katie Jackson appear during the fir [...]	D
Frank Darabont: A biplane gunner.	D
The "Scream Ann! Scream for your life!" clip, shown in trailers, never made it into the final cut.	D
For the New York City scenes, the few hundred extras used each had three different costumes that the [...]	D
Bobby Lee, John Cho, and Daniel Dae Kim all auditioned for a role in the film.	D
The color orange was deliberately kept off-set, and in the lighting effects, because it was found to [...]	D
The insects attacking Jack Driscoll at the canyon bottom are gigantic versions of the Weta, a specie [...]	D
Thomas Robins: Man entering the theater and removing his hat before the revelation of Kong. Previous [...]	D
Sir Ian McKellen turned down the role of Carl Denham, as he was doing a play in London.	D
Prior to the making of the movie Naomi Watts met the legendary Fay Wray who played Ann Darrow in the [...]	D
Besides studying wild gorillas in Rwanda in order to be able to mimic their movements and behavior, [...]	D
Andy Serkis was very adamant that King Kong should not be a carnivore since gorillas in real life ar [...]	D
The studio in Wellington, New Zealand was located very close to the local airport, so planes flying [...]	D
The 5th highest-grossing film of 2005.	D
Howard Shore had written and recorded much of the score for this film, but shortly before release, h [...]	D
The movie had the most number of visual effects shots - around 2,400. It surpasses the record set by [...]	D
(At around two hours and thirty-five minutes) One of the Times Square shop signs reads "Joseph Berli [...]	D
(At around nine minutes) When Carl Denham puts a glass up to the door of the screening room, to eave [...]	D
Kong has 41 mins. of screentime.	D
A new studio had to be built at the New Zealand Stone Street Studios just to accommodate the sheer s [...]	D
Carl Denham is the film's real antagonist.	D
(At around 42 minutes) When the radio operator aboard the S.S. Venture receives a radiogram via Mors [...]	D
Several of the Skull Island natives were played by Sudanese actors who did not speak English, and th [...]	D
The make-up artists initially tried old-age stipple (applications of liquid latex to create natural [...]	D
The very first scene shot was the one where Ann arrives at the docks to board the ship. Embarrassing [...]	D
Sir Peter Jackson cast Jack Black after seeing his performance in Alta fedeltÃ (2000).	D
On top of its $562 million box-office gross, the film generated another $100 million in DVD sales.	D
Andrew Lesnie at one point, suggested shooting the film in black-and-white.	D
Even though Captain Englehorn gave orders to turn the ship, he is the one who actually finds the isl [...]	D
Kyle Chandler would again appear alongside King Kong years later in Godzilla vs. Kong (2021).	D
As a personal favor for Sir Peter Jackson, Bryan Singer, who was in Australia working on Superman Re [...]	D
At the very end of the closing credits, the movie is dedicated to "The original explorers of Skull I [...]	D
Sir Peter Jackson has expressed a desire to remaster the film into 3-D at some point in the future.	D
It took 18 months to craft the CGI version of the Empire State Building. The real thing was built in [...]	D
Sir Peter Jackson originally wanted either Robert De Niro or George Clooney to play the role of Carl [...]	D
First King Kong film and first monster film overall since the 1976 remake to depict a tribe of nativ [...]	D

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