Product DescriptionSeeking a backer for his movie, Merian C. Cooper approached a top Hollywood mogul. "You know what a 50-foot gorilla would see in a five-foot girl?" the mogul asked. "His breakfast!" The studio chief wasn't buying but the public was. King Kong saved RKO from bankruptcy and became an all-time classic, ranking 43rd on the American Film Institute's list of Top-100 American Movies. King Kong teems with memorable moments: a moviemaking expedition on a fantastic isle filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures; the giant simian's lovestruck obsession with the film shoot's blonde starlet (scream queen Fay Wray); Kong's capture; his Manhattan rampage; and the fateful finale atop the Empire State Building, where Kong cradles his palm-sized beloved and swats at machine-gunning airplanes. "It was beauty killed the beast." But in these and other great scenes, Kong lives forever. - Actors: Robert Armstrong, Roscoe Ates, Reginald Barlow, Lynton Brent, Bruce Cabot
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, NTSC
- Language (Original Language): English
- Language (Subtitled): English
- Language (Subtitled): French
- Language (Subtitled): Spanish
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2006-03-28
- Running Time: 104 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 1933-04-07
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