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King Kong (HD-DVD)

Naomi Watts (actor), Adrien Brody (actor) and Peter Jackson (director)

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Review

Rolling Stone, 09/08/2005, p.122, "Jackson worked fresh magic at his Weta studios in his native New Zealand, where he had Kong do battle with prehistoric predators on Skull Island..."

Los Angeles Times, 12/12/2005, p.E1, "[A] witty comment on the darkness at the heart of adventure stories, a bazillion-dollar spectacle that reserves the right to question the morality of spectacles, and, mostly, a tender love story about a melancholy girl and her tragically misunderstood monkey."

New York Times, 12/14/2005, p.E1, "[Jackson] succeeds through a combination of modesty and reckless glee, topping himself at every turn and reveling in his own showmanship."

Entertainment Weekly, 12/30/2005, p.114, Included in Entertainment Weekly's Top Ten Films Of The Year -- "[I]t has a marvelous fairy-tale kinetic grandeur....KING KONG attains a primal-pop romantic glory..."

Entertainment Weekly, 10/16/2005, p.58-59, "[T]he movie seals Jackson's reputation: He's the most gifted big-picture artist working today....What resonates is the story, which is a very human tale of compassion, greed, loss, bravery, creativity, foolishness, and love." -- Grade: A

USA Today, 12/13/2005, p.1D, "Jackson is a visionary filmmaker who is not only a technical wizard but also a master storyteller."

Widescreen Review, 06/01/2006, p.68, "[The] picture does a great job of creating the period of the storytelling....The fantastic mix is energetic and invigorating."

Sight and Sound, 02/01/2006, p.66-67, "Once in the lost world, Jackson reproduces the breathless pacing of the 1933 film, tipping from one huge set-piece to the next..."

Uncut, 05/01/2006, p.150, 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's made with love, care, and tremendous intelligence….This is still a moving love story at heart..."

Title Note

Theatrical Release: December 14, 2005

Release Note

HD DVD Features:

Snap Case
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish
Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Interactive Features:
Picture in Picture - Access interactive bonus features, including cast interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, throughout the film, all without interruption to the movie experience.
Text/Photo Galleries:
The Art Galleries - Explore the fascinating production of this unforgettable film through conceptual artist renderings.

HD DVD Features:

Snap Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish
Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional
Interactive Features:
Picture in Picture - Access interactive bonus features, including cast interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, throughout the film, all without interruption to the movie experience.
Text/Photo Galleries:
The Art Galleries - Explore the fascinating production of this unforgettable film through conceptual artist renderings.

Product Notes

Despite his origins as a low-budget filmmaker with a taste for the unsavory side of life, Peter Jackson has turned into an "event" filmmaker--someone who can conjure up a movie on a scale unlike anything we've seen before. KING KONG is his sprawling, epic remake of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1933 movie of the same name, and it is as big as the gorilla that runs riot through Jackson's rendering of Depression-era New York. Keeping the simple yet effective plot intact--a film crew travels to the mysterious Skull Island, picks up Kong, and brings him back to New York City--Jackson expands on this basic premise by drawing on the jaw-dropping talents of his special effects team to satisfy his thirst for the grand spectacle.

The movie posits Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow, the starry-eyed blonde beauty whom Kong falls for; Jack Black as Carl Denham, a low-rent Orson Welles look-alike who drags the crew to the island to make his movie; and Adrian Brody as Jack Driscoll, a hack playwright who battles Kong both physically and for Darrow's heart. As the men struggle against Kong and the lumbering dinosaurs of Skull Island, Andy Serkis, who made the character of Gollum so believable in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, steps in to form the facial features of the mighty gorilla, lending a real emotional sucker-punch to the scenes between Darrow and Kong. But it's the final third of the movie where Jackson really delivers; his 1930s New York is stunning, and when Kong breaks free from his shackles and stampedes on a lovelorn trek through the city, then iconically climbs the Empire State Building with his sweetheart, it's impossible to not be swept away by the sheer beauty and sadness of the moment. While its three-hour length may prove daunting to some, the payoff in Jackson's KING KONG is ultimately worth it, proving once again that he is a director of breathtaking vision.

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