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'King Kong' trailer
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Jade Jaguar
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Re: \'King Kong\' trailer
There are plenty of dinosaurs in the 1933 original King Kong. We see at least one dino fight, and Kong saves Fay Wray from a pteradactyl. That's when he first meets her.
There are plenty of dinosaurs in the 1933 original King Kong. We see at least one dino fight, and Kong saves Fay Wray from a pteradactyl. That's when he first meets her.
Jade Jaguar
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Re: \'King Kong\' trailer
It's been a long time since I saw the B&W original, but to the best of my memory, Kong shakes men off of a tree trunk used to span a chasm, which they are trying to cross to escape him.
I still remember the first time I saw King Kong. It was considered rather violent, and not for kids, in its day. My parents wouldn't let me watch it. One night, I was staying at an older cousin's house, and all the adults were away. It came on TV, and I saw it for the first time. I actually had nightmares! It is a true classic. A few years back, they put the scene back in where Kong sticks his finger between Fay's legs, and sniffs it!
It's been a long time since I saw the B&W original, but to the best of my memory, Kong shakes men off of a tree trunk used to span a chasm, which they are trying to cross to escape him.
I still remember the first time I saw King Kong. It was considered rather violent, and not for kids, in its day. My parents wouldn't let me watch it. One night, I was staying at an older cousin's house, and all the adults were away. It came on TV, and I saw it for the first time. I actually had nightmares! It is a true classic. A few years back, they put the scene back in where Kong sticks his finger between Fay's legs, and sniffs it!
hypatia
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Re: \'King Kong\' trailer
Yea, I saw that version (I think Turner Classic Movies showed it maybe a few years ago or something).
TCM is currently running a "Cold War Sci-Fi classic movie" thing. "It Came from Outer Space" is showing now (here) and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" is coming up after it.
You wanna talk about naughty old movies, the Tarzan "throw off her dress and throw her into the water" scene is quite a classic. The movie was something like "Tarzan's Mate" or whatever.
Yea, I saw that version (I think Turner Classic Movies showed it maybe a few years ago or something).
TCM is currently running a "Cold War Sci-Fi classic movie" thing. "It Came from Outer Space" is showing now (here) and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" is coming up after it.
You wanna talk about naughty old movies, the Tarzan "throw off her dress and throw her into the water" scene is quite a classic.
The movie was something like "Tarzan's Mate" or whatever.
Jade Jaguar
Regular
Re: \'King Kong\' trailer
Jane did her nude swim in 1934's Tarzan and His Mate, the first sequel to the first Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film. That swim scene was deleted for many years, and recently restored. I have it on LD, and have watched it in slomo a few times. That scene is credited with bringing the Hays Office censors to life. So is Betty Boop's garter. In pre-code Hollywood, the original intention was to have Jane topless for most of the film! click the IMDb link below, and find the user comment by Ben Burgraff, to read the tale.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025862/
I think the King Kong finger sniffing scene was restored in the early 80's, or there abouts.
Jane did her nude swim in 1934's Tarzan and His Mate, the first sequel to the first Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film. That swim scene was deleted for many years, and recently restored. I have it on LD, and have watched it in slomo a few times. That scene is credited with bringing the Hays Office censors to life. So is Betty Boop's garter. In pre-code Hollywood, the original intention was to have Jane topless for most of the film! click the IMDb link below, and find the user comment by Ben Burgraff, to read the tale.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025862/
I think the King Kong finger sniffing scene was restored in the early 80's, or there abouts.
Jade Jaguar
Regular
Re: \'King Kong\' trailer
Gee, it has been a while since I saw King Kong. There is no other way to account for my not remembering right away that he had a fight with an allosaurus! I had to be reminded while checking the IMDb and Allmovie.com, trying, unsuccessfully, to find info on when and how much they restored to King Kong. I do remember they restored some scenes, besides the finger sniffing, which were considered too brutal, like natives getting killed, a fire truck getting squashed. I think some more things were cut, in the late 50's, or 60s, that were restored then too. Trivia: Joe Ross, who played officer Toody, in the early 60s sitcom Car 54, Where Are You? (with Fred Gwynne, aka Herman Munster) is the street car conductor who we see in the window of the lead car, running off the Kong-wrecked elevated tracks.
Gee, it has been a while since I saw King Kong. There is no other way to account for my not remembering right away that he had a fight with an allosaurus! I had to be reminded while checking the IMDb and Allmovie.com, trying, unsuccessfully, to find info on when and how much they restored to King Kong. I do remember they restored some scenes, besides the finger sniffing, which were considered too brutal, like natives getting killed, a fire truck getting squashed. I think some more things were cut, in the late 50's, or 60s, that were restored then too. Trivia: Joe Ross, who played officer Toody, in the early 60s sitcom Car 54, Where Are You? (with Fred Gwynne, aka Herman Munster) is the street car conductor who we see in the window of the lead car, running off the Kong-wrecked elevated tracks.
PillowRock
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Re: \'King Kong\' trailer
Is it a Hollywood CGI-fest?
Or is it a New Zealand CGI-fest?
I would expect Jackson to be using WETA again.
Is it a Hollywood CGI-fest?
Or is it a New Zealand CGI-fest?
I would expect Jackson to be using WETA again.
