King Kong

King Kong

  • Director: Merian C. Cooper
  • Writer: James Ashmore Creelman,Ruth Rose,Merian C. Cooper
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: April 7, 1933
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: The Ape
  • "King Kong" is an action sci-fi movie produced by Raiden Hua Film Company . It is co-directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schödersack, starring Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong . The film was released on March 7, 1933. Released in the U.S. on Sunday.
    The film tells the story of King Kong, a giant orangutan who was caught by humans and sent to New York for an exhibition. In order to pursue his beloved blonde beauty, King Kong made a big fuss in New York   .

    Details

    • Release date April 7, 1933
    • Filming locations Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies RKO Radio Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $670,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $651

    Movie reviews

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    • By Antonette 2021-12-09 08:01:20

      King Kong

      I still don’t know how many special effects were made by the film crew at that time. It was indeed a visual feast to be able to watch such a film in 1933. The American market economy system regarded movies as commodities, but it was not a taste. Not advisable, because countless Hollywood filmmakers can think of ways to make commercial films bigger and stronger to satisfy the curiosity of the audience because they regard movies as commodities. Such an atmosphere is undoubtedly conducive to the...

    • By Imelda 2021-12-09 08:01:20

      Cultural Context &Subtext Narrative

      Please poke the original address: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_764ecb420100q5wi.html

      "World of Science Fiction" 2006 03 Issue Classic Sci-Fi Interpretation (10): The white shadow of the black "King Kong"

      plus some notes of my own. Please ignore the paragraphs in "()".



      The 1933 horror/disaster film "King Kong" caused a sensation in the world. It was not only a milestone in film history, but was listed as one of the 50 greatest films by the American Film...

    • By Lola 2021-12-09 08:01:20

      You said that the 1.0 pen core is inserted into the 0.5 hole, is it okay?

      The 1933 version of "King Kong" is surprisingly good to look at. Although in the movie "The Law of Cider House" I have seen the children's enthusiasm for watching "King Kong" every day before going to bed, I still did not expect a monster nearly 80 years ago. The film can be so exciting.

          Of course, the special effects of the movie at that time looked as childish as a child’s toy, but the extraordinary imagination and complete entertainment elements were impeccable, so that when...

    • By Rupert 2021-12-09 08:01:20

      A decent film

      Well-deserved movies. King Kong has been remade countless times. It can be traced back to 1933. I remember that it was introduced in a episode of the Central 6 program. It was said that horror movies became more popular when the economy was depressed. Is this a horror movie? Maybe it was that era.
           It's not as good as the King Kong shot in 2005. Although the special effects model is much better, the thickness of the plot is much worse.
           There are always incompatible primitive...

    • By Jackie 2021-12-09 08:01:20

      Discrimination and fear

      That era was considered okay, so it was smooth, but if we look at this movie from our current perspective. Still feel very rough.

      I'm not just talking about special effects, but the kind of white supremacy in Hollywood in the 1930s. Natives were set to be ignorant and fearful of giants, while "heroic" whites formed a team to fight against the "cruel". Giant gorilla. This also more or less highlighted the ideology of the mainstream society in the West at that time.

      Finally, the...

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    • By Eloisa 2022-03-28 09:01:03

      7.7 The 1933 version, for the time, the visuals were amazing, and the sound was pretty good. The heroine of this version is very...

    • By Isidro 2022-03-28 09:01:03

      The sound effect design is of historical significance. In other aspects, the plot is neat and neat. Several scenes are well designed, and it does not seem to be completely outdated...

    • By Alexanne 2022-03-27 09:01:06

      Buying a disk is not as clear as downloading it. The film is good, the imagination is...

    • By Gregory 2022-03-27 09:01:06

      The stop-motion animation technology in the 1930s was really amazing. Later, Peter Jackson's version can be said to be a very faithful remake of this film, from the big story line to some subtle little...

    • By Justen 2022-03-27 09:01:06

      Beauty killed the...

    Movie plot

    After getting a map, the director Carl Danham ( Robert Armstrong ) decided to make a new movie and capture the legendary "King Kong", but he was troubled by not finding a suitable heroine until He met Ann Darrow ( Fay Wray ), a beautiful girl who looked like a fairy .
    In order to complete the new movie, Carl led a fleet to the deserted Skull Island. Unexpectedly, when I was about to start shooting, I met the local indigenous people. The...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The roar of King Kong is a mixture of the roar of a lion and a tiger.
    After the heroine of the film, Fay Wray, finished filming at the end of the film, the producer hoped to add a shot of "King Kong" clutching the heroine to the highest point of the Empire State Building. Because Fay had other schedules in England, he made it. The film crew chose Pauline Wagner's substitute Pauline Wagner to put on a golden wig and re-shot the shot   ....
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    Creative background

    During the filming of "The Four Feathers" in 1929, Cooper studied the baboon tribes in Africa, and after seeing W. Douglas Burden 's "Komodo Dragon", Cooper created a description of Africa The outline of the script for the gorilla fighting the Komodo dragon, and then a gorilla and a woman exploring alone are identified as the master.
    Cooper recommended his idea to Paramount Pictures. At the beginning of the Great Depression, Paramount...
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    Shooting process

    Raiden Hua Film Company was cautious about the film at first, until after seeing Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot's audition and O'Brien's dinosaur model, it gave full recognition. Cooper stopped the shooting of "Creation", and the crew turned to " "King Kong" effect. Cooper asked the British best-selling author Edgar Wallace to take charge of the script and even the novel, hoping to advertise the film as a novel adapted from...
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    Evaluation action

    In the shots of director Merian C. Cooper, the film is full of infinite meaning. For an era where special effects do not yet exist, the film can be regarded as "Jurassic Park" in terms of technological innovation alone. Regardless of the commendable time-lapse imaging technology, such a tragic silver screen image of the great ape King Kong is enough to make the film one of the classics. ( Xinhua Net Review) 
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    Movie quotes

    • Carl Denham: Listen, there are dozens of girls in this town tonight that are in more danger than they'll ever see with me.

      Jack Driscoll: Yeah, but they know that kind of danger.

    • Carl Denham: Listen - I'm going out and make the greatest picture in the world. Something that nobody's ever seen or heard of. They'll have to think up a lot of new adjectives when I come back.

    • Ann Darrow: Don't you think the skipper's a sweet old lamb?

      Jack Driscoll: Ha ha ha! I'd hate to have him hear me say that!