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| King Kong | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | King Kong |
| Director: | Peter Jackson |
| Writers: | Peter Jackson; Philippa Boyens; Fran Walsh |
| Producers: | Jan Blenkin; Carolynne Cunningham; Peter Jackson; Fran Walsh |
| Composer: | James Newton Howard |
| Cinematography: | Andrew Lesnie |
| Editors: | Jamie Selkirk |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Universal Pictures; WingNut Films |
| Released: | December 14th, 2005 |
| Rating: | PG-13 |
| Running time: | 187 min. (Theatrical cut) 201 min. (Extended cut) |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $207,000,000 [1] |
| Gross: | $550,517,357 [2] |
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Plot[]
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Naomi Watts | Ann Darrow |
| Jack Black | Carl Denham |
| Adrien Brody | Jack Driscoll |
| Thomas Kretschmann | Captain Englehorn |
| Colin Hanks | Preston |
| Andy Serkis | Kong/Lumpy |
| Evan Parke | Hayes |
| Jamie Bell | Jimmy |
| Lobo Chan | Choy |
| John Sumner | Herb |
| Craig Hall | Mike |
| Kyle Chandler | Bruce Baxter |
| Bill Johnson | Manny |
| Mark Hadow | Harry |
| Geraldine Brophy | Maude |
| David Denis | Taps |
| David Pittu | Weston |
| Pip Mushin | Zelman |
| Jim Knobeloch | Thuggish studio guy |
| Ric Herbert | Sleazy studio guy |
| Lee Donahue | Studio guy's assistant |
| Tom Hobbs | Young assistant |
| Tiriel Mora | Fruit vendor |
| Jed Brophy | Venture crew |
| Frank Edwards | Venture crew |
| Michael Lawrence | Venture crew |
| Crawford Thomson | Venture crew |
| Richard Kavanagh | Venture crew |
| Stephen Hall | Venture crew |
| William Wallace | Venture crew |
| Joe Folau | Venture crew |
| Tim Wong | Venture crew |
| Steve Reinsfield | Venture crew |
| John Wraight | Venture crew |
| Matthew Chamberlain | Venture crew |
| Lee Hartley | Venture crew, radio operator |
| Troy O'Kane | Venture crew |
| Louis Sutherland | Venture crew |
| Jason Whyte | Venture crew |
| Toa Waaka | Venture crew |
| John Clarke | Venture crew |
| Ray Woolf | Venture crew, helmsman |
| David Dengelo | Venture crew |
| Greg Smith | Venture crew |
| Chris Bailey | Venture crew |
| Peter McKenzie | Venture crew |
| Peter Ford | Venture crew |
| Tamihana Nuku | Venture crew |
| Russell Dubois | Venture crew |
| Todd Rippon | Venture crew |
| Eddie Campbell | Venture crewman |
| Philip Grieve | Laughing man |
| Vicky Haughton | Sharwoman |
| Jacinta Wawatai | Feral child |
| Terence Griffiths | Skull Islander |
| Stephen Buckley | Cab driver |
| Chic Littlewood | Old security guard |
| Rick Baker | Pilot |
| Jim Dietz | Pilot |
| Gene de Marco | Pilot |
| John Dybvig | Policeman |
| Tim Gordon | Hotel clerk |
| Lee McDonald | Chorus line tap dancer |
| Stig Eldred | Army commander |
| Billy Jackson | New York child |
| Katie Jackson | New York child |
| Tania Rodger | Hooverville mother |
| Samuel Taylor | Hooverville child |
| Bob Burns | New York stander |
| Kathy Burns | New York stander |
| Joe Gertler | New York stander |
| Jennifer Gertler | New York stander |
| Geoff Timblick | Pressman |
| Geoff Allen | Pressman |
| Belindalee Hope | Burlesque dancer |
| Crushanin Dixor-McIvor | Burlesque dancer |
| Jodie Taylor | Burlesque dancer |
| Hilton Denis | Vaudeville act |
| Geoff Dunstan | Vaudeville act |
| Daniel Tusia | Vaudeville act |
| Paul Wilson | Vaudeville act |
| Shannon Wilson | Vaudeville act |
| Jesse Rasmussen | Vaudeville act |
| Sosina Wogayehu | Vaudeville act |
| Peter Corrigan | Vaudeville act |
| Colin Boggars | Vaudeville act |
| Susan Eastwood | Vaudeville act |
| Caron Dallas | Vaudeville act |
| Matthew Dravitzki | Trampled theater-goer |
| Darryl John | Vaudeville act |
| Felicia O'Brien | Vaudeville act |
| Peter Jackson | Gunner |
| Rick Porras | Gunner |
| Frank Darabont | Gunner |
| Hamish Bruce | Gunner |
| Latham Gaines | Photographer |
| Julia Walshaw | Theater actor |
| Randall William Cook | Pilot |
| Luanne Gordon | Theater actor |
| Lorraine Ashbourne | Theater actor |
| Edwin Wright | Theater actor |
| Glen Drake | Theater actor |
| Lawrence Jarden | New York police chief |
| Ross Duncan | Audience member |
| Jim McLarty | Photographer |
| Matt Wilson | Photographer |
| Jarl Benzon | New Yorker |
| Lee Donoghue | Investment assistant |
| Matt Gillanders | Usher |
| Jan Gopperth | New York theater-goer |
| Ran Grumolis | New York theater-goer |
| Julie Holmes | Vaudeville extra |
| Nichola Jones | New York theater-goer |
| Camille Keenan | New Yorker |
| Eric Leighton | Soldier in truck |
| Sam Manzanza | Skull Island native |
| Michaela Morgan | Girl grabbed by Kong |
| Todd Morgan | Usher |
| Christian Rivers | Soldier in truck |
| Howard Shore | Orchestra pit conductor |
| Sam Shore | New Yorker |
| Eric Vespe | Passenger in rail car |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline for this film is, "The Eighth Wonder of the World".
- Production on King Kong began on September 6th, 2004. Principal filming concluded on March 22nd, 2005. Reshoots were done in August, 2005. [3]
- King Kong was released on DVD on March 28th, 2006 by Universal Pictures. The film was still being screened in select theaters even after the DVD release. It was released on Blu-ray on January 20th, 2009.
- The events from this film take place in the year 1933, the same year that the original King Kong was released.
- Andy Serkis, who was the human stand-in for Kong, also played the role of Gollum in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
- Peter Jackson makes a cameo appearance as a gunner. Other cameos include makeup artist Rick Baker, producer/director Frank Darabont and composer Howard Shore.
- In 2005, direct-to-video production company The Asylum released King of the Lost World to capitalize on the popularity of King Kong. The film blends elements of the Kong story trope with character archetypes from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World.