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King Kong
A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine to their female blonde star.
September 24, 1906 in Los Angeles, California, USA
May 22, 1887 in Prague, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], USA
17 June 1866, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
January 5, 1900 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
20 January 1895, Grange, Mississippi, USA
22 November 1885, Mexico
1 January 1902, Smith County, Texas, USA
August 19, 1899 in Birmingham, England, UK
26 January 1891, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
June 12, 1896 in Toledo, Ohio, USA
December 1, 1890 in Wichita, Kansas, USA
December 19, 1897 in Yugoslavia
February 5, 1897 in San Bernardino, California, USA
2 December 1875, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
3 December 1898, Brooklyn, New York, USA
14 May 1906, Portland, Maine, USA
24 October 1893, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
October 3, 1883 in Missouri, USA
9 October 1887, Oslo, Norway
March 3, 1900 in Wichita, Kansas, USA
October 30, 1902 in Pennsylvania, USA
6 November 1906, New Jersey, USA
January 12, 1893 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
October 10, 2012
Unfortunately, it was thought necessary to mitigate some of the predominant horror by introducing a human, all-too-human theme.
April 05, 2011
One of the best adventure horror films ever made, an icon of pop culture with truly erotic and emotionally touching scenes between Fay Wray and the massive gorrilla
August 09, 2011
...throbbing with metaphorical implications. The riveting, stop-motion battle between the great ape and a T. Rex is just a bonus.
October 09, 2013
It's unrivaled in its sheer cinematic quality, and one of a kind.
October 10, 2012
The grand-daddy of all monster movies.
July 02, 2007
Kong mystifies as well as it horrifies, and may open up a new medium for scaring babies via the screen.
October 05, 2013
Arguably the monster movie of all time, this abiding take on Beauty and the Beast has a mythic power that belies its years.
October 05, 2013
The story, like Frankenstein and Dracula, has taken on the significance of a modern folk tale, layered with obvious moralizing and as familiar as personal history.
July 02, 2007
Willis O'Brien did the stop-action animation for this 1933 feature, which is richer in character than most of the human cast.
June 24, 2006
The throbbing heart of the film lies in the creation of the semi-human simian himself, an immortal tribute to the Hollywood dream factory...
October 07, 2008
It might seem that any creature answering the description of Kong would be despicable and terrifying. Such is not the case. Kong is an exaggeration ad absurdum, too vast to be plausible. This makes his actions wholly enjoyable.
March 07, 2013
"King Kong," as spectacular a bolt of celluloid as has thrilled audiences in a couple of sophisticated seasons, is the product of a number of vivid imaginations.

