King Kong: Monster and Myth (2024)

7.2/10 61 min Documentary History

Overview

In 1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, two audacious and visionary directors, dared to create a motion picture that eclipsed everything seen until then: when King Kong was released, it was celebrated as an artistic and technical revolution and became the first myth created by the young cinematic art.

Cast

Elsa Lepoivre

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Merian C. Cooper

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

Self (archive footage)

Ruth Rose

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Willis H. O'Brien

Self - Animator (archive footage)

Fay Wray

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Billy Crystal

Self - Actor (archive footage)

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