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King Kong
An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
1976 · Directed by John Guillermin · 134 min · Adventure · Horror · 19 frames
Tagline
The most exciting original motion picture event of all time.
Crew
- Screenplay: Lorenzo Semple Jr., James Ashmore Creelman, Ruth Rose
- Cinematography: Richard H. Kline
- Edited by: Ralph E. Winters
- Music: John Barry
- Production design: Dale Hennesy, Mario Chiari
- Produced by: Dino De Laurentiis
Cast
- Jeff Bridges as Jack F. Prescott
- Jessica Lange as Dwan
- Charles Grodin as Fred S. Wilson
- John Randolph as Captain Ross
- René Auberjonois as Roy Bagley
- Julius Harris as Boan
- Jack O'Halloran as Joe Perko
- Ed Lauter as Carnahan
- John Agar as City Official
- Jorge Moreno as Garcia
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: The De Laurentiis Company
- Budget: $23,000,000
- Box office: $90,614,445
- Themes: indigenous, giant snake, remake, giant animal, world trade center, manhattan, new york city, giant ape, indian ocean, animal horror, king kong
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