![]() The movie company is now a petroleum company searching for new reserves of gas, but instead they find a lost island with prehistoric creatures and a God the natives worship, Kong. Set in modern day, meaning 1976 (colossal mistake), the film follows basically the same story line, well sort of. As I settled into my seat with my brothers in the beautiful old Regent Theatre I was excited, but two hours later, I did not feel the same. The line around the block was indicative of the fact people were into the movie, people wanted to see the movie. The film was among the most anticipated of the year, standing alongside A Star is Born (1976) as one of the major Christmas releases. Journeyman director John Guillermin was given the task of directing the film, having proven himself with big effects projects on The Towering Inferno (1974) but I believe what they forgot was that the story needed a director who could explore the human element. The first remake came in 1976 from producer Dino De Laurentis, who spared no expense in “creating a love story for the ages” or so he hoped. From the great ape’s entrance, the race through the jungle, the war with not one, not two but three T-Rex creatures who want to tear Anne and Kong apart, to the poetic play on the pond in New York through to the daylight battle atop the Empire State Building, Jackson created a modern masterpiece that both paid respectful homage to the original while surpassing the effects. Jackson wisely set his film in the thirties, and recreated the New York of that era spectacularly, with several stunning set pieces that left audience members in absolute awe. ![]() The great classic film King Kong (1933) has been remade twice, once brilliantly in 2005 by Peter Jackson who gave audiences a three-hour adventure with magnificent visual effects and a poignant and heartbreaking Kong. ![]()
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