Release Year: 2005 Rating: PG-13 Duration: 187 minutes Director: Peter Jackson Producer: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Jan Blenkin Distributor: Universal Pictures Distribution
While filming on location at the mysterious Skull Island (near Sumatra) a group of filmmakers discover a giant gorilla named Kong, living in a massive jungle where creatures from prehistoric times have been protected and hidden for millions of years. As they search for the great ape, their quest puts them up against both Kong and his dinosaur enemies. Ultimately, it is the attention of a beautiful human woman (Naomi Watts) that soothes Kong long enough for him to be subdued and shipped back to New York, where his bleak future involves being put on display in front of humans... but how long can even the mightiest shackles of man hold back an ape 25 feet tall?
cast
Adrien Brody as Jack Driscoll Andy Serkis as King Kong/Lumpy the Cook Evan Parke as Hayes Jack Black as Carl Denham Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow Thomas Kretschmann as Captain Englehorn
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Captain Englehorn: That's the thing about cockroaches. No matter how many times you flushed them down the toilet, they always crawl back up the bowl.
Grab yourself a couple of big tubs of popcorn and get ready to have one heck of a good time at the movies, thanks to THE LORD OF THE RINGS' Peter Jackson. Remaking the 1933 classic film starring Fay Wray, Jackson's vision of KING KONG is both a loving tribute to the original as well as a great romance, blending equal measures of JURASSIC PARK and INDIANA JONES. What is absolutely certain is that a captivating Naomi Watts, as Ann Darrow, has great chemistry with her big, hairy costar. Andy Serkis, who should have won a supporting actor Oscar for his portrayal of Gollum in THE LORD OF THE RINGS, is responsible for Kong's mannerisms and motions. Watts and Serkis turn out to be a match made in heaven. And Jackson's film is one that will rightly appear on many best of the year lists, which isn't a place where you normally find such popcorn pictures.
