King Kong

Resource Information

The work King Kong represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

King Kong

Statement of responsibility

Universal Pictures presents a WingNut Films production ; produced by Jan Blenkin, Carolynne Cunningham, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson ; screenplay, Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson ; directed by Peter Jackson

Contributor

• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• WingNut Films (Firm)
• Bell, Jamie, 1986-
• Black, Jack, 1969-
• Blenkin, Jan
• Boyens, Philippa
• Brody, Adrien
• Cunningham, Carolynne
• Hanks, Colin, 1977-
• Howard, James Newton
• Jackson, Peter, 1961-
• Kretschmann, Thomas, 1962-
• Letteri, Joe
• Serkis, Andy
• Taylor, Richard
• Walsh, Fran, 1959-
• Watts, Naomi, 1968-

Subject

• Action and adventure films
• Actresses -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Adventure -- Feature
• Adventure films
• DVDs
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• King Kong (Fictitious character) -- Drama
• King Kong films
• Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Drama
• Mystery -- Feature
• Mystery films
• Science fiction films
• Suspense films
• Thriller -- Feature
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)

Genre

• Action and adventure films
• Adventure
• Adventure films
• DVDs
• Drama
• Feature films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• King Kong films
• Mystery
• Mystery films
• Science fiction films
• Suspense films
• Thriller
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow is from the world of 1930s vaudeville, who is down on her luck. She meets Carl Denham, an over-ambitious filmmaker, who brings her on an exploratory expedition to Skull Island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape named Kong. Together, beauty and beast finally meet their fate in New York, where the filmmaker has taken and displayed the ape in the quest of finding his fame by using commercial exploitation which ultimately leads to catastrophe, including the man who falls in love with Ann and plays an unlikely hero by trying to save her from Kong and her destiny

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Andrew Lesnie ; editor, Jamie Selkirk ; music, James Newton Howard ; production designer, Grant Major ; senior visual effects supervisor, Joe Letteri ; special makeup, creatures, miniatures, Richard Taylor

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

• Disc 1 and 2: English, French or Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Disc 3: English dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1995.9.K55

LC item number

K564 2006

PerformerNote

Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis

Runtime

201

Target audience

general

Technique

live action