King Kong (1933)
Country: US
Technical: bw 100m
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack
Cast: Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot
Synopsis:
An enterprising film-maker takes an unemployed actress off on a voyage to do location shooting somewhere in the western Pacific, where they stumble upon a cult devoted to a giant ape.
Review:
The first great monster movie, this was a breakthrough in stop-motion and matte techniques and a real hit for Warner Bros. Now, inevitably, the animatronics seem coarse and the differences in scale can grate, but nothing has diminished the energy of the storytelling or the full-throated contribution of Fay Wray.
Country: US
Technical: bw 100m
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack
Cast: Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot
Synopsis:
An enterprising film-maker takes an unemployed actress off on a voyage to do location shooting somewhere in the western Pacific, where they stumble upon a cult devoted to a giant ape.
Review:
The first great monster movie, this was a breakthrough in stop-motion and matte techniques and a real hit for Warner Bros. Now, inevitably, the animatronics seem coarse and the differences in scale can grate, but nothing has diminished the energy of the storytelling or the full-throated contribution of Fay Wray.
Country: US
Technical: bw 100m
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack
Cast: Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot
Synopsis:
An enterprising film-maker takes an unemployed actress off on a voyage to do location shooting somewhere in the western Pacific, where they stumble upon a cult devoted to a giant ape.
Review:
The first great monster movie, this was a breakthrough in stop-motion and matte techniques and a real hit for Warner Bros. Now, inevitably, the animatronics seem coarse and the differences in scale can grate, but nothing has diminished the energy of the storytelling or the full-throated contribution of Fay Wray.