Many, many versions later...
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Some interesting bits on the uber ape movie and more
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HOMAGE Peter Jackson, obsessed with the movie even as a boy, has stayed close to the original classic
Like the original King Kong, the Empire State Building was also built during the Depression. The 102-storeyed building was completed in a phenomenal 410 days. After the razing of the World Trade Center, it is back to being the tallest building in NYC.
There was a 1976 version of King Kong in which Jessica Lange made her debut. The movie was initially panned by critics. But later reviews were more charitable towards the actors who hammed away gloriously.
The 1976 version had slimy oil tycoons instead of the film crew. The dinosaurs were done away with. In New York, Kong shimmied up the WTC instead of the Empire State Building.
There was a 1986 sequel that had a lady Kong romancing the King. It starred Linda Hamilton who powered her way through the first two Terminators.
The Japanese loved to pit Kong against Godzilla and routinely made films in which the two grappled.
Our own Dara Singh occasionally wrestled with an adversary called King Kong.
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