Scream Factory: King Kong Collector's Edition Detailed
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Posted March 26, 2021 04:32 PM by Webmaster
Scram Factory has detailed its upcoming Collector's Edition of John Guillermin's King Kong (1976), starring Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, Rene Auberjonois, and Jack O'Halloran. The release will be available for purchase on May 11.
Synopsis: The Petrox company's search for new oil reserves on a strange island unleashes a terror unseen by civilized manKING KONG! The timeless story of a "beauty" (Jessica Lange, making her feature-film debut) and a "beast" comes to the screen in this ambitious production from Dino De Laurentiis. Charles Grodin is the scheming oil company shark out to exploit the giant beast to his fullest. And Jeff Bridges is the desperate hero, Jack Prescott, who attempts to wrest the beautiful heroine from King Kong's grasp. New York City trembles with each echoing footstep of the towering ape set loose in the streets!
SPECIAL FEATURES AND TECHNICAL SPECS:
DISC ONE: THEATRICAL VERSION
Synopsis: The Petrox company's search for new oil reserves on a strange island unleashes a terror unseen by civilized manKING KONG! The timeless story of a "beauty" (Jessica Lange, making her feature-film debut) and a "beast" comes to the screen in this ambitious production from Dino De Laurentiis. Charles Grodin is the scheming oil company shark out to exploit the giant beast to his fullest. And Jeff Bridges is the desperate hero, Jack Prescott, who attempts to wrest the beautiful heroine from King Kong's grasp. New York City trembles with each echoing footstep of the towering ape set loose in the streets!
SPECIAL FEATURES AND TECHNICAL SPECS:
DISC ONE: THEATRICAL VERSION
- NEW Audio Commentary with film historian Ray Morton (author of KING KONG THE HISTORY OF A MOVIE ICON)
- NEW Audio interview with special makeup effects wizard Rick Baker
- NEWSomething's Haywire an interview with actor Jack O'Halloran
- NEW On the Top of the World an interview with assistant director David McGiffert and production manager Brian Frankish
- NEW Maybe in their Wildest Dreams an interview with sculptor Jack Varner
- NEW There's A Fog Bank Out There an interview with second unit director William Kronick
- NEW From Space to Apes an interview with photographic effects assistant Barry Nolan
- NEW When the Monkey Dies, Everybody Cries an interview with production assistants Jeffrey Chernov and Scott Thaler
- Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 and NEW restored theatrical DTS-HD 2.0 stereo track
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spots
- Radio Spots
- Still Galleries posters, lobby cards, behind-the-scenes photos
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
- NEW 2K scan of the additional TV footage from the internegative
- KING KONG panel discussion from the Aero Theater (2016)
