King Kong (2005)

Director:

Peter Jackson

Writers (WGA):

Fran Walsh (screenplay) &
Philippa Boyens (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

14 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

The eighth wonder of the world.

Plot:

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with leading lady Ann Darrow.

Plot Keywords:

Fall From Height | Spear Through Chest | Token Black Guy | Broken Jaw | Times Square

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 41 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Aug. 2

2:30 PM

TNT

Cast

Naomi Watts	...	Ann Darrow
Jack Black	...	Carl Denham
Adrien Brody	...	Jack Driscoll
Thomas Kretschmann	...	Captain Englehorn
Colin Hanks	...	Preston
Andy Serkis	...	Kong / Lumpy
Evan Parke	...	Hayes
Jamie Bell	...	Jimmy
Lobo Chan	...	Choy
John Sumner	...	Herb
Craig Hall	...	Mike
Kyle Chandler	...	Bruce Baxter
Bill Johnson	...	Manny (as William Johnson)
Mark Hadlow	...	Harry
Geraldine Brophy	...	Maude

Also Known As:

King Kong (Germany)
Kong: The Eighth Wonder of the World (International: English title) (teaser title)
Peter Jackson's King Kong (USA) (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for frightening adventure violence and some disturbing images.

Runtime:

187 min | 201 min (extended edition)

Country:

New Zealand | USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES | Dolby Digital EX | SDDS

Certification:

Philippines:PG-13 | Sweden:11 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Japan:PG-12 | Brazil:14 (DVD rating) | France:U | Czech Republic:12 | South Africa:PG (13V - DVD Rating) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42322) | Denmark:11 | South Africa:PG (13V) | Australia:M | Hong Kong:IIA | Canada:14A | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Ireland:12A | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Iceland:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Netherlands:12 | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Brazil:12 | South Korea:15 | UK:12A (original rating) | Singapore:PG | Malaysia:U | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-15 (2005) (original rating) | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Finland:K-11 (2005) (re-rating on appeal) | New Zealand:M | Mexico:B | Argentina:13 | UK:12 (video rating) | Germany:12 | Finland:K-11 (2006) (extended edition)

Filming Locations:

Beach Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand

Company:

Big Primate Pictures

Trivia:

Cameo: [Bob Burns]together with his wife, Kathy.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Ann disarms Kong, she jumps onto the floor with her head up. When she jumps back up again, dirt is on her forehead. A few seconds later, her forehead is clean.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Manny: [practicing sneezes] That's a funny one. Isn't that funnier?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Joey: Joey and the Actors Studio (#2.20)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Aboriginal Sacrifice Dance

totally awesome!

I just arrived from the theater and still in shock with the new "King Kong" from Peter Jackson. It's a masterpiece. A jawbreaker. It's totally awesome! Never in my life I saw a blockbuster with so many layers of action, romance, adventure, love for the movie making and many others interpretations of a same theme. Jackson have a great sense as a director and never takes the easy way. The three hours passes by like a minute. Some of the scenes, specially in the third act, become instant classics of the movie history and will still forever in my mind. If I were Spielberg never do anything in this genre again. The moving pictures, the cinema as we know it, was just invented to Peter Jackson gave us this film. Ten!