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King Kong is a 1976 American monster adventure film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Guillermin. It is a modernized remake of the 1933 film about a giant ape that is captured and taken to New York City for exhibition.
Fay Wray has been mentioned in the Peanuts comic strip a couple of times, mostly involving characters Snoopy and Woodstock in reenacting the iconic scenes from King Kong. The first one was in a September 11, 1976 strip with Snoopy playing as King Kong while holding Woodstock as Ann Darrow (with a brief mention of her co-star Bruce Cabot); [24 ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:1976 films. It includes 1976 films that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Television films released in the year 1976
Highest-grossing films of 1976 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 Rocky: United Artists: $117,235,147 2 To Fly! IMAX Films $86,600,000 3 A Star Is Born: Warner Bros. $63,129,898 4 King Kong: Paramount: $52,614,445 5 Silver Streak: 20th Century Fox: $51,079,064 6 All the President's Men: Warner Bros. $51,048,435 7 The Omen: 20th Century Fox ...
The Hindi films King Kong (1962) and Tarzan and King Kong (1965), which feature the professional wrestler King Kong and have nothing to do with the famous movie monster, although the latter film features a normal-sized gorilla. The 1968 Italian film Kong Island (Eva, la Venere selvaggia, lit.
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Simultaneously, the actress made her first appearance on stage in the summer theater production Angel on My Shoulder (1980), [2] as well as making her debut on TV, starring in a remake of the Tennessee Williams' play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984), her only contribution to the medium over that period of time. [1]
Lange made her film debut in the 1976 King Kong, beating actresses Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn for the role of damsel-in-distress. [ citation needed ] Despite the film's success – it was the fifth-highest-grossing film of 1976 and received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects – it and Lange's performance were widely panned. [ 22 ]