King Kong (1976 movie)
Appearance
King Kong | |
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Directed by | John Guillermin |
Screenplay by | Lorenzo Semple Jr. |
Based on | |
Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
Starring | Jeff Bridges Charles Grodin Jessica Lange |
Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
Edited by | Ralph E. Winters |
Music by | John Barry |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $24 million[1][2] |
Box office | $90.6 million[3][2] |
King Kong is a 1976 Italian-American horror-adventure fantasy monster remake of the original King Kong of 1933. produced by Paramount Pictures and Dino De Laurentiis Productions. It was directed by John Guillermin. It stars Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange and Rick Baker/Peter Cullen as Kong. The movie features the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center which the 12-meter ape Kong climbs.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "King Kong (1976)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Knoedelseder Jr., William K. (August 30, 1987). "De Laurentiis Producer's Picture Darkens". Los Angeles Times. p. 1.
- ↑ "King Kong, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
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- 1976 movies
- English-language movies
- 1976 horror movies
- 1976 adventure movies
- 1970s American adventure movies
- American horror movies
- American monster movies
- American movie remakes
- Italian horror movies
- Italian adventure movies
- 1970s English-language movies
- Movies set in the 1970s
- Giant gorilla movies
- Jungle movies
- Movies about indigenous peoples
- Movies set in Asia
- Movies set in New York City
- King Kong
- Movies directed by John Guillermin