Story:
A film crew travels to an uncharted tropical island, in a hope to find the perfect location to shoot the ending of a movie. Upon arrival, it turns out that the island is full of giant prehistorical creatures, and the natives worship a 25 feet tall ape-like monster called Kong.
When the leading lady of the movie gets kidnapped, and given to Kong as a sacrifice, it’s up to the rest of the film crew to save her. However, Carl Denham, the producer of the movie has a crazy plan; capture Kong and take it to the civilised world for public exhibition.
King Kong explores the soul of a monster — making audiences scream and cry throughout the film — in large part due to Kong’s breakthrough special effects.
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Major accolades received by King Kong (1933)
- Featured in Roger Ebert’s Great Movies list.
- Included among the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die.
- Selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
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