A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.
- Won 3 Oscars
- 46 wins & 104 nominations total
David Dennis
- Taps
- (as David Denis)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIt took 18 months to craft the CGI version of the Empire State Building. The real thing was built in 14 months.
- GoofsThe way Kong shakes and throws Ann around while carrying her would almost certainly snap her neck or spine.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Carl Denham: It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits are set against an art deco backdrop rather than the traditional black screen. The backdrop is an exact replica, in Technicolor, of the same backdrop that was used for the opening credits in the 1933 version of "King Kong".
- Alternate versionsOn November 14, 2006, an extended edition DVD was released with 13 minutes of additional scenes edited back into the film. Denham's party is attacked both by a Ceratops immediately upon entering the jungle to rescue Ann and by a giant fish while on rafts on a river, after which they kill a giant bird while firing blindly into the jungle (the longest addition by far). Baxter's rescue of the party is extended and finishes with Jimmy's farewell to Hayes. Kong's pursuit of the party on Skull Island and his pursuit of Driscoll in NYC are slightly extended, and there are two brief additional encounters between Kong and the military in NYC. A complete breakdown is at http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=3550.
- ConnectionsEdited into It's All Gone King Kong (2005)
- SoundtracksI'm Sitting on Top of the World
Written by Ray Henderson, Joe Young, Sam Lewis (as Sam M. Lewis)
Performed by Al Jolson
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Wow. By Far the Best Movie of 2005
War of the Worlds is my personal favorite movie of 2005, but King Kong was way better. I'm trying to decide how to begin.
The movie focuses on 2 main character developments: the relationship between Ann and Kong and Carl Denham's growing obsession, both handled spectacularly, convincingly, and unrushed. The graphics, editing, and visuals were second to none at the time of release. King Kong grabbed your attention with the slowly building mystery and suspense before making you not want to look away at the coolest dinosaurs since Jurassic Park.
But it's not perfect. There were times I had to suspend my disbelief, but those moments were few and far between. And this is just to me personally, but the 70-80 minutes that didn't take place on Skull Island I found kind of less interesting, but the movie was just as good. Note: The dinosaurs in King Kong look more like the ones in the movie '65' (2023) instead of the classic design in Jurassic Park. It doesn't look bad or make the movie any worse, but it is something to look out for.
You will have to dedicate a section of your day to watch King Kong, but it is so worth it.
The movie focuses on 2 main character developments: the relationship between Ann and Kong and Carl Denham's growing obsession, both handled spectacularly, convincingly, and unrushed. The graphics, editing, and visuals were second to none at the time of release. King Kong grabbed your attention with the slowly building mystery and suspense before making you not want to look away at the coolest dinosaurs since Jurassic Park.
But it's not perfect. There were times I had to suspend my disbelief, but those moments were few and far between. And this is just to me personally, but the 70-80 minutes that didn't take place on Skull Island I found kind of less interesting, but the movie was just as good. Note: The dinosaurs in King Kong look more like the ones in the movie '65' (2023) instead of the classic design in Jurassic Park. It doesn't look bad or make the movie any worse, but it is something to look out for.
You will have to dedicate a section of your day to watch King Kong, but it is so worth it.
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- chukkacabra
- Jan 29, 2024
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Peter Jackson's King Kong
- Filming locations
- Shelly Bay, Wellington, New Zealand(Skull Island)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $207,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $218,080,025
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $50,130,145
- Dec 18, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $556,906,378
- Runtime3 hours 7 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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