King Kong Movie Review 1976

Oil company official travels to a remote island to discover it inhabited by a huge gorilla. The transplanted beast suffers unrequited love in classic fashion: monkey meets girl, monkey gets girl and brandishes her while atop the World Trade Center. An updated remake of the 1933 movie classic that also marks the screen debut of Lange. Impressive sets and a believable King Kong romp around New York City in this film. Watch for Joe Piscopo, and quickly for Corbin Bernsen as a reporter.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 135 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Fantasy, Special FX Wizards: Rick Baker, The Empire State Building, Top Grossing Films of 1976, Killer Apes and Monkeys, Monkeyshines

Screenplay

Lorenzo Semple

Cast

Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, Rene Auberjonois, John Randolph, Ed Lauter, Jack O'Halloran, Dennis Fimple, John Agar, Rick Baker, Joe Piscopo, Corbin Bernsen

Cinematography

Richard H. Kline

Director

John Guillermin

Music

John Barry

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1976: Visual FX.