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- 1976
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 14 m
- 1976
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 14 m
Summary A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.
Directed By: John Guillermin
- 1976
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 14 m
- 1976
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 14 m
King Kong
61
6.8
Where to Watch
Summary A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.
Directed By: John Guillermin
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
61
45% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
61
45% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The special effects are marvelous, the good-humored script is comic-bookish without being excessively campy, and there are two excellent performances.
The movie is a romantic adventure fantasy--colossal, silly, touching, a marvelous Classics Comics movie (and for the whole family).
Faithful in substantial degree not only to the letter but also the spirit of the 1933 classic for RKO, this $22 million-plus version neatly balances superb special effects with solid dramatic credibility.
The updated King Kong doesn't really believe in itself; it snickers, straightens its face, roars and tramples, snickers again. Behind the bigness lurks a conventionality of spirit.It does have a certain thunderous fun from time to time, but that's not the stuff that dreams are made on. [20 Dec 1976, p.102]
It's a series of big, foolish but entertaining spectacle scenes.
Without a doubt, De Laurentiis' remake of Cooper and Schoedsack's classic is the biggest con job ever pulled on the unsuspecting American public.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
6.8
64% Positive
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14 Ratings
27% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
9% Negative
2 Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
6.8
64% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
27% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
9% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
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Production Company
Dino De Laurentiis Company
Release Date Dec 17, 1976
Duration 2 h 14 m
Rating PG
Tagline The most exciting original motion picture event of all time is also one of the great love stories of our time.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
