
The towering new 4K restoration of the 1976 event movie reimagining of the classic monster story, King Kong.
Primate palaeontologist Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges) sneaks aboard an expedition to the uncharted Skull Island, warning the ruthless oil executive Fred Wilson (Charles Grodin) against exploiting its resources with an ominous message about "the roar of the greatest beast" from previous doomed explorers. En route they rescue aspiring actress Dwan (Jessica Lange), the sole survivor of a shipwreck.
Upon disembarking on the island they discover a strange primitive world of mystery and danger, where the natives live within the confines of a vast wall to protect them from the giant ape god, Kong. Dwan is abducted and offered as a sacrifice to the savage beast, before the crew rescue her and capture Kong to take him to New York. Wilson views him as a profitable Broadway attraction, but the ape has other ideas and escapes to rampage through the streets of the Big Apple.
Available on limited edition SteelBook featuring new artwork by Francesco Francavilla.
- Extended TV Cut (180mins approx)
- Deleted Scenes
- Interviews with: Barry Nolan, Bill Kronick, Scott Thaler and Jeffrey Chernov, David McGiffert and Brian E. Frankish, Jack O'Hallor, Steve Varner
- Original Trailer
- Audio Commentaries with Ray Morton, Rick Baker
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It's great to see this version of the classic movie to get a steelbook treatment
This is my favourite version of the King Kong story. Okay so the acting is way over the top, it's obvious that it's Rick Baker in a gorilla suit and some of the effects haven't aged well however the John Barry Score is Beautiful, the 4K transfer is glorious and the 3 hour TV version in SD is included. I made more of a connection to this Kong because of his eyes rather than Peter Jackson's dodgy CGI version so much so that I was in tears at the end. The new artwork is impressive on the steelbook, however I would have preferred the original movie poster as the free poster.
Really nice looking steelbook, had never seen this film before and I really enjoyed it the 4k restoration is really very good




