King Kong

Movie • 1933

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Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.

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Roger Ebert

'King Kong' is the father of 'Jurassic Park,' the 'Alien' movies and countless other stories in which heroes are terrified by skillful special effects.

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USA Today

"King Kong” was a film that was way ahead of its time, and it remains one of the greatest films of all time. See it in a big theater with a big crowd. It’ll still blow you away.

usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/03/15/why-original-1933-king-kong-still-best-by-far/5052762002/

The Hollywood Reporter

It is a great piece of imagination, hatched in the brain of a showman for showmen, produced in grand style and good taste, and most capably acted and directed.

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Watch This Film

King Kong is the original film featuring the titular giant ape, which follows a film crew who travels to an uncharted island in the South Pacific to shoot a jungle film and leaves with an even bigger story.

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CULTURE CRYPT

Whether trashing train tracks or inspecting bloody wounds with incredulity, 'King Kong' is always focused on its star’s personal odyssey throughout the ever-escalating action.

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Common Sense Media

Frequent peril for the ever-screaming heroine. Considerable monster-on-monster fighting, not to mention human beings being stomped into the ground, flung to their deaths, trampled and even chewed by dinosaurs and other primordial creatures.

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IMDb

Absolute Perfection in a movie made up of absolute perfections.

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IMDb

KING KONG is more than a mere monster movie. Even though I love the stop-motion by Willis O'Brien, the adventure on Skull Island, and the eventual New York City rampage, there's more going on than special effects and thrills.

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