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King Kong

6.3/ 10

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1976

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134 min

Runtime

Adventure
Fantasy
Horror

Overview

An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.

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indigenous
giant snake
remake
giant animal
world trade center
manhattan, new york city
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indian ocean
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Reviews(5)

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talisencrw

January 16, 2016

7
7/10

I had first seen the outstanding original of 'King Kong', still transcendent and captivating in its then-prescient use of special effects wizardry, then Sir Peter Jackson's recent remake, which was still extremely impressive. I had only heard horrible things about the 70's version, but I have come t

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John Chard

John Chard

June 12, 2019

5
5/10

No, you're dead wrong. He was the terror, the mystery of their lives, and the magic. 1976 and I had already been spellbound and terrified by Jaws the year previously, I mean I was only 10 years old. Having been introduced by my film loving parents to the original King Kong from 1933, as soon as t

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JPV852

JPV852

May 7, 2021

6
6/10

A bit long but not terrible and had some adorably funny moments like seeing a man in an ape outfit tossing around a model train or hiding behind a building to avoid a helicopter. But seriously, the ape costume wasn't bad however his expressions were at times creepy, especially when looking at Dwan.

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

November 4, 2022

5
5/10

OK, so it was always going to be very difficult to get anywhere near the 1933 version so I suppose the question here is - why bother? Well, they did - and what we have here is a bit of a shocker. The character names have been changed and the plot line updated to suggest this is more about oil explor

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GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

January 10, 2023

10
10/10

Usually I hate remakes... but I also used to not like DC. And then the heavily bashed New 52 came around, I was talking to a friend of mine, and the Flash in New 52 wasn't his Flash. He hated it out of principal. I think that is what happened here, because the '33 film reached for the stars. The

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