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King Kong [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 26261 | Universal PicturesLanguage: English Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Pictures, c2006.Description: 1 videodisc (3 hr., 8 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1417027649
Uniform titles:
  • King Kong (Motion picture : 2005)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.A3 K564 2006
Production credits:
  • Directors of photography, Andrew Lesnie, Derek Whipple ; art directors, Simon Bright, Dan Hennah ; editor, Jamie Selkirk ; music, James Newton Howard ; original score, Max Steiner ; costume designer, Terry Ryan ; production designer, Grant Major ; visual effects supervisors, Scott E. Anderson, Joe Letteri, George Murphy, Ben Snow, Marc Varisco.
Cast: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis, Evan Parke, Jamie Bell.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 a remote island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape 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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
VID VID Chamberlin Free Public Library Video DVD KIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000401532

Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.

For private home use only.

Directors of photography, Andrew Lesnie, Derek Whipple ; art directors, Simon Bright, Dan Hennah ; editor, Jamie Selkirk ; music, James Newton Howard ; original score, Max Steiner ; costume designer, Terry Ryan ; production designer, Grant Major ; visual effects supervisors, Scott E. Anderson, Joe Letteri, George Murphy, Ben Snow, Marc Varisco.

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

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 a remote island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape 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.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for frightening adventure violence and some disturbing images.

DVD; region 1; NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation.

Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; dialogue in English (Dolby Digital 5.1) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.

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