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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.
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] and in an August 29, 1976 Sunday strip format where Snoopy is dreaming that his nose is the Empire State Building and Woodstock, as King Kong, is climbing atop of it in ...
While modeling, Lange was discovered by Hollywood producer Dino De Laurentiis, who was looking to cast an ingenue for his remake of King Kong. 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 ...
Lange's acting debut was in the monster movie King Kong (1976), [1] for which she received her first Golden Globe Award, [5] [6] which was followed by a role in the musical All That Jazz (1979), her second role in the 1970s.
King Kong is a 2005 epic adventure monster film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson.It is the ninth entry in the King Kong franchise and the second remake of the 1933 film of the same title, the first being the 1976 remake.
Queen Kong is a 1976 British-West German adventure comedy film parodying King Kong. The film was never released theatrically in the United Kingdom, due to legal action by Dino De Laurentiis, producer of the 1976 King Kong remake and RKO, the copyright holder of King Kong at the time. [1] It got a limited release in Italy and Germany.
He was meant to direct Midway (1976) but was replaced by Jack Smight. His next job came from Dino De Laurentis who was looking for a director for his remake of King Kong (1976). He had been turned down by Steven Spielberg, Miloš Forman, Roman Polanski and Sydney Pollack before going with Guillermin. "To me John Guillermin is a talent guy ...
Jack Driscoll (credited as John Driscoll in the 1933 film) is a fictional character in the King Kong franchise.In the original 1933 film he was the first mate of the ship named the Venture, while in its 2005 remake he was a playwright (the less faithful 1976 remake had an analogous character named Jack Prescott, played by Jeff Bridges).