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King Kong (DVD)

King Kong is a 2005 epic adventure monster film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson. It is the eighth entry in the King Kong franchise and the second remake of the 1933 film of the same title, following the 1976 film. The film stars Andy Serkis, Naomi Watts, Jack Black, and Adrien Brody. Set in 1933, it follows the story of an ambitious filmmaker who coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island. There, they encounter prehistoric creatures and a legendary giant gorilla known as Kong, whom they capture and take to New York City.

Development for the film began in early 1995, when Jackson was offered by Universal Pictures to direct the remake of the original 1933 film, but stalled the project in early 1997, as several ape and giant monster-related films were under production that time and Jackson planned to direct The Lord of the Rings film series. As the first two films in the trilogy became commercially successful, Universal approached Jackson in early 2003, expressing his interest to restart development on the project, which he eventually agreed. Filming for King Kong took place in New Zealand from September 2004 to March 2005. It is currently one of the most expensive films ever produced as its budget climbed from an initial $150 million to a then-record-breaking $207 million.

King Kong was premiered at New York City on December 5, 2005, and was theatrically released in Germany and United States on December 14. The film garnered mostly positive reviews from critics, and eventually appeared in several top ten lists for 2005; it received praise for the special effects, performances, sense of spectacle and comparison to the 1933 original, though some criticisms were focused on its 3-hour long run time. It was a commercial success, grossing over $562 million and became the fourth-highest-grossing film in Universal Pictures history at that time and the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2005. It also generated $100 million in DVD sales upon its home video release in March 2006. It won three Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects. A tie-in video game was released alongside the film, which also became a commercial and critical success.

A sequel to the film titled Skull Island was conceptualised in 2013, with Jackson producing the film and Adam Wingard set to direct. However, the project was abandoned after Warner Bros. Pictures acquired the rights and ultimately rebooted the franchise with the 2017 film Kong: Skull Island as a part of Legendary s MonsterVerse. Wingard would later direct the 2021 film Godzilla vs. Kong.

Condition

New

Age Group

Adult

Format

DVD

Publisher

Paramount

Published Date

2017

Brand

Paramount – Uni Dist Corp

Rating MPA

Pg

Recording Studio

Paramount

Amazon ASIN

B06XXP572D

UPC / EAN

032429276315

Year

2005

ReleaseDate

2005-12-14

RuntimeMins

187

RuntimeStr

3h 7min

Awards

Won 3 Oscars, 46 wins & 104 nominations total

Directors

Peter Jackson

Writers

Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson

Stars

Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody

Produced by

Jan Blenkin, Philippa Boyens, Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson, Eileen Moran, Fran Walsh, Annette Wullems

Music by

James Newton Howard

Cinematography by

Andrew Lesnie

Film Editing by

Jamie Selkirk

Casting By

Victoria Burrows, Barbara Harris, Daniel Hubbard, John Hubbard, Liz Mullane

Production Design by

Grant Major

Art Direction by

Joe Bleakley, Simon Bright, Dan Hennah

Set Decoration by

Simon Bright, Greg Cockerill, Dan Hennah

Costume Design by

Terry Ryan

Makeup Department

Gino Acevedo, Michael Ashton, Vinnie Ashton, Hayley Atherton, Saul Barnes, Michal Bigger, Hayden Bloomfield, Corinne Bossu, Steven Boyle, Shiree Collier, Margiana Cullinan, Susan Durno, Rick Findlater, Ryk Fortuna, Sheree Gillespie, Susie Glass, Trish Glover, Megan Gordevich, Louise Harris, Elizabeth Hilton, Steve Hopgood, Gareth J. Jensen, Frankie Karena, Erin Kelly, Peter Swords King, Edyta Koscielecki, Davina Lamont, Natasha Lees, Georgia Lockhart-Adams, Samantha Lyttle, Catherine Maguire, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Amy McLellan, Amy McLennan, Kelly Mitchell, Melisa Mitchell-Bridle, Angela Mooar, Les Nairn, Hayley Ness, Rose Parsons, Cristina Patterson, Frances Richardson, Jessica Rose, Allie Rutherford, Claire Rutledge, Gavin Skudder, Warren Dion Smith, Fiona Sole, Emily Sturrock, Richard Taylor, Dominie Till, Nancy Vincent, Deb Watson

Production Management

Pippa Anderson, Anne Bruning, Belindalee Hope, Emily Ireland, Miguel Ángel Poveda, John Shelby, Brigitte Yorke

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Marc Ashton, Sarah Bicknell, Del Chatterton, Randall William Cook, Carolynne Cunningham, Bryon Darling, Anna Groves, Zo Hartley, Darren Mackie, Richard Matthews, Robin Murphy, Dave Norris, Jacqui Pryor, Skot Thomas, Robbie Titchener, Stephanie Weststrate

Art Department

Daniel Aird, Christopher Aitken, Jacqui Allen, Ruben Allen, Glenn Altman, Frazer Anderson, Kevin Anderton, Karl Anton, Werner Anton, Dustin Archer, Stephen Archer, Hjalmar Arnold, Nick Ashby, Clare Ashton, Matt Austin, Simon Barker, Tim Barlowe, Timothy Barnett, Paul Bashford, Ian Batten, Robert Bavin, Keith Begley, Nicole Bell, Miriam Bellard, Stephen Belsten, Jeremy Bennett, Brett Blenkin, Jeremy Blincoe, Shaun Bolton, Garry Bonnar, Michael J. Bonnar, Eric Boyle, Kristie Breslin, John Brien, Jeffrey Brown, Hamish Bruce, Jack Budd, Adam Bulman, John Burke, Kevin Butson, Luke Butters, Pete Butters, Toby Buxton, Rory Byrne, Art Caddy, Marie Campbell, Howard Carr, Nash Carr, Ruth Carr, Juanita Carroll, Daniel Carswell, Paula Carswell, Tim Castelow, Tanea Chapman, Simon Chisnall, Gillian Christian, Stephanie Chung, Edward Clark, Chantal Clayton, Sol Clement, Andrew Clifton, Vanessa Cole, Steven Collie, Jody Conaglen, Matthew Coogan, Dave Cook, Iain Cooper, Buck Couchman, Zachary Cousins, Chris Covich, Christina Crawford, Stephen Crene, Victor Crooks, John Cruickshanks, Colin Davidson, Aaron Davies, Raweyn Davis, Michael Donohue, Daniel Dorman, Murray Douglas, Tony Drawbridge, Andrew Driver, John Duffy, Rei Duncan, Paul Earlshaw, Matthew Easton, Therese 'Bobo' Eberhard, W. Therese Eberhard, Adam Ellis, Ryan Esler, Eti Eves, Grant Fahey, Dylan Faint, Eli Faulkner, Richard Fennell, Tony Ferrier, Lio Fili, William Finch, Aaron Fitzpatrick, Paora Flavell, Peter Forde, Andrew Fraser, Roger Frater, Malcolm Frazer, Alistair Fyfe, Aaron Gardiner, Sam Genet, Reuben Gibbs, Chris Gifford, Stephen Gilbert, Trevor Gillan, Jacqueline Gilmore, Campbell Gledstone-Brown, Dean Gledstone-Brown, Royce Goddard, Stephen Goddard, Sean Golding, Jeanette Goode, Matthew Goodin, Te Ngaru Grant, Tane Griffin, David Hadley, Simon Hames, Victoria Hamilton, Jules Hancock, Lucas Hancock, Matthew Handscomb, Garrett Haney, Troy Hannett, Andrew Harding, Michael Harper, Murray Hartley, John Harvey, Leanne Harvey, Andrew Hastings, Timothy Hastings, Gareth Haughey, Nicole Hay, Paul Hay-Chapman, Mike Heffernan, Chris Hennah, Kurt Hobman, Ross Hoby, Jason Holland, Gregory Hooper, Andy Hope, Roger Houston, John Howe, Dale Hudson, David Hudson, Gus Hunter, Roland Hunter, Amos Kane Ibell, Peter Ingram, Barry Jack, Clinton James, Kim Jarrett, Tane Jarrett, Richard Jermyn, Ross Joblin, Murray Johnson, Sa Johnson, Stuart Johnson, Dean Johnston, Hal Jones, Nikki Jones, Andrew Kaye, Nicole Keating, John Keegan, Anthony Kelly, Hemi Kemp, Shane Kenneally, Warren Kennedy, Green Kim, Dan King, Gareth King, Justine King, Thomas Kipa, Mark Kitchin, Tony Kling, David Kolff, Mariana Bindia Kolff, Jeffrey Koning, Damian Kotsapas, Ionanis Kotsapis, Rob Kraamwinkle, Tony Kraamwinkle, David Lacey, Phil Lamberg, Sarah Larcombe, Brett Larsen, Nic Larsen, Alan Lee, Kathryn Lim, Tama Liumaihetau, Andrew Lloyd, Mark Locker, Greg Long, Pip Longson, Darryl Longstaffe, Dilvenis Lorente, Paul Lovato, Simon Lowe, Damian Lund, Patrick Mabey, Garry MacDonald, Travis MacKay, Peter Mackinnon, Michael MacPhail, Alastair Maher, James Manley, Finn Marsden, Jim Marsden, Tom Marsh, Simon Marshall, Blair Martin, Daniel Marwick, Brian Massey, James Matthews, William Maxwell, Tristan McCallum, Eileen McCann, Kelly McDonald, Alexander McDougall, Declan McEwery, Robert McGovern, Aaron McGuire, Markus McIntyre, Andy McLaren, Taupihu McLetchie, Bradley McMillan, William McPhedron, Chris Meder, Eliza Meldrum, Laurie Meleisea, Ian Miller, Ben Milsom, David Miskell, Derek Misseldine, Kenneth Mitchell, Vibol Moeung, Grace Mok, Mark Molnar, Daniel Moore, Dave Moore, James Moore, Reegan More, Bruce Morton, Johno Morton, Andrew Moyes, Rodney Muganza, Ed Mulholand, Alex Mulholland, Timothy Munro, Graham Neal, Keith Newdick, Kirk Nicholls, Daena Nichols, Reece Nicol, Paul Ny, Kelly O'Keeffe, Hamish Palmer, Phred Palmer, Matthew Panzera, Michael Paterson, Thomas Paton, Daniel Peta, Carole Pettitt, Raynia Pikari, Michael Plant, Ricky Plant, Taya Polkinghorne, Cedomir Popovich, Kerry Priston, Lawrence Pritchard, Hank Prujean, Jethro Pullyn, Paul Quested, David Radford, Paul Radford, Chris Ramsay, Michael Ranson, Tony Rapira, Chris Ratau, Barry Read, Campbell Read, Robert Reedy, Daniel Reeve, Nigel Regan, Jack Reid, Michiel Reunecamp, Amber Richards, Dave Richards, Andrew Richardson, Craig Richardson, Nick Riera, Michael Roberts, Quinn Roberts, Murray Robinson, Allan Rockell, Jonathan Rodgers, Jason Rogan, Lana Rosenberg-Smith, Anthony Russell, Gary Russell, Vicki Russell, Andy Rust, Bill Ryalls, Mike Ryan, Anna Saunt-Lord, Jolanda Schnitker, Gary Schott, Arnaud Schweitzer, Merlin Scott-Smith, Lance Setephano, Quinn Shaw-Williams, Sam Shepherd, Tui Simmonds, William Simpson, Marcus Simpson-Wild, Sione Sionetama, Donald Smith, Warren Dion Smith, Xerxes Smith, Murray Sparrow, Craig Spaulding, Melissa Spicer, Mark Stevens, Shanon Stevens, Alexander Still, Chris Streeter, Richard Sturkenboom, Nicholas Sutton, Dale Sweetman, Jon Tack, Samuel Tack, Quentin Tait, Zedric Tamati, Kathleen Tapsell, Winiata Tapsell, Brent Tasker, Lawrence Taula, Albert Taurerewa, Dylan Taylor, Richard Taylor, Rod Te Nada, Renee Te Pairi, Te Mata Te Rangi, Steven Templer, Lesley Earle Templeton, Tatiana Terezakis, John Ternent, Neil Testa, Miles Teves, Eric Thesen, Aaron Thomas, Philip Thomas, Wayne Thomas, Aron Thorpe, Dylan Todd, Jacob Townley, Barry Traynor, Marc Trunk, Stephen Tuiletfuga, Terrence Turner, Lisa Twort, Mark Unwin, Sjef Van Gaalen, Bodhi Vincent, Ra Vincent, Samuel Von Kersinberg, Hamish Wain, Axel Wakelin, Jim Walker, William Walker, Kirstine Wallis, Beau Walsh, Stuart Walter, Thomas Wang, Susan Ward, Graham Watkins, Bianca Watson, Edmund Wealthell, Anthony Weinberg, Nick Weir, Gillian West-Walker, Rob Westholm, Ben Whale, Adam Wheatley, Mark Whelehan, Michael White, Peter White, Kris Whitehead, James Wickison, Tim Wigmore, Prunella Wilde, Kevin Willcocks, Norman Willerton, Duane Williams, Joanna Williams, Mark Cameron Williams, Noel Williamson, Sandy Wilmar, Anthony Wilson, Elizabeth Wilson, Nick Wilson, William Wilson, Alan Wilton, Abi Wollcombe, Shane Wood, Brigitte Wuest, Alan Wyllie, Jacob Yocum, Daniel Birt, Genevieve Cooper, Nathan Gray, David Kolff, Darryl Longstaffe, Dallas Poll, Christian Rivers, Jeremy Shaw, Troy Stephens, Gillian West-Walker

Sound Department

Neil Aldridge, Ray Beentjes, John Boswell, Christopher Boyes, Brent Burge, Eddie Bydalek, Rick Canelli, Jason Canovas, Derek Casari, Hayden Collow, Matt Cuirc, Corrin Ellingford, Bruce Emery, David Farmer, Melanie Graham, Michael Hedges, Mike Hopkins, Tom Johnson, Brian Kahanek, Martin Kwok, Gilbert Lake, Matthew Lambourn, Robyn McFarlane, Polly McKinnon, Carolyn McLaughlin, Peter Mills, Magic A. Moreno, John Neill, Thomas J. O'Connell, Jordan O'Neill, Ferand Peek, Hammond Peek, Ken Saville, Michael Semanick, Abigail Sie, John Simpson, Nigel Stone, Matt Stutter, Craig Tomlinson, Ethan Van der Ryn, Chris Ward, Jenny T. Ward, Justin Webster, Dave Whitehead, Katy Wood, Vikram Biswas, Malcolm Cromie, Chris Hiles, Sam Spicer, Sreejesh

Special Effects by

Frazer Anderson, Ross Anderson, Matt Appleton, Rebecca Asquith, Robert Baldwin, Wendy Bambro-Tilyard, Jack Barber, Jeremy Barr, John Baster, Samantha-Kate Belcher, Jamie Beswarick, Shaun Bolton, David Booth, Greg Broadmore, Don Brooker, Dean Bushby, Karl Chisholm, Stephanie Chung, Dean Clarke, Ross Collinge, Nicole Cosgrove, Emma Cotsell, Stephen Crowe, Bryce Curtis, Geoff Curtis, Paul Davenport, Lawrence Decker, Jason Docherty, Joe Dunckley, Jon Ewen, Daniel Falconer, Doug Falconer, Alex Falkner, Rodney Ford, Oliver Gee, Rob Gillies, Simon Godsiff, Dave Goodin, Geoff Goss, Christian Gossett, David Griffiths, Emily Griffiths, Jonathan Roy Grindlay, Chris Guise, Scott Harens, Sven Harens, Ben Hawker, Luke Hawker, Keith Huggins, Bill Hunt, Gary Hunt, Iain Hutton, Brent Ingram, Steve Ingram, Dave Irons, Peder Kallin, Seth Kelly, Tom Lauten, Christopher Lawton, David Lenna, Darian Lumsden, Damian Lund, Warren Mahy, Ross Martindale, Mike McDonald, Phil McLaren, Bruce McNaught, Michael McNeal, Kevin McTurk, David Meng, Hector Morales, Tracey Morgan, Melanie Morris, Gayle Munro, Christian Pearce, Craig Poll, Tania Rodger, Ivan Rooda, Iwan Peter Scheer, Jeremy Shaw, Eden Small, Jonas Springborg, Richard Taylor, Rod Tervoort, Miles Teves, Bill Thomson, Paul Tobin, Greg Tozer, David Tremont, Steve Unwin, Paul Van Ommen, Matt Ward, Timothy Watson, Fraser Wilkinson, Ben Wood, Ben Wootten, Brigitte Wuest, Marco Wuest, Kate Wyatt, Petar Zivkovic

Visual Effects by

Holly Acton, Richard Addison-Wood, Malcolm Aitchison, Matt Aitken, Dan Akers, Belinda Allen, Stan Alley, Jon Allitt, Colin Alway, Stella Ampatzi, Svend Andersen, Glenn Anderson, Scott E. Anderson, Malcolm Angell, Hillary Yeo Tze Ann, Christine Arboit, Joe Ardent, Elisabeth Arko, Daniel Ashton, Alvise Avati, Jean-Luc Azzis, Sindharmawan Bachtiar, Michael Bain, Richard Bain, Michael Baltazar, Josh Bare, Jeff Barnes, Andy Barrios, Peter Baustaedter, Dugan Beach, Jamie Beard, Kelly Bechtle-Woods, Lyse Beck, Cory Bedwell, Joel Behrens, Adrian Bell, Paula Bell, Daniel Bennett, Glen Bennett, James Bennett, Jeremy Bennett, John R.A. Benson, Niki Bern, Teresa Berus, Hannah Bianchini, Erik Bierens, Kris Bieringa, John-Michael Bills, Graham Binding, Danielle Birch, Colette Birrell, Håkan Blomdahl, Jennifer Bloomfield, Martin Body, Jeremy Bolan, Anto Bond, Samati Boonchitsitsak, Nick Booth, Philip Borg, Jake Botting, Adam Bradley, Lee Bramwell, Bruce Branit, Michael Brazelton, Phil Brennan, Decharne Brian, Julian Bryant, Stephen A. Buckley, Danilo Buendia, Matthew Bullock, Joerg W. Bungert, Clare Burgess, Kate Burgess, Alex Burt, Greg Butler, Julian R. Butler, Andrew Calder, Sonia Calvert, Andrew Camenisch, Warwick Campbell, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, Dave Cardwell, Ean Carr, Steve Casa, Norman Cates, Tom Chamberlain, Tim Cheng, Evan Christie, Glen Christie, Kirsty Clark, Hannah Clarke, Heather Clarke, David Clayton, Simon Clutterbuck, David Cole, Buckley Collum, Rob Conn, Peter Connelly, Paul Conway, Josh Cooper, Shane Cooper, Michael Corcoran, Jessica Cowley, Christine Cram, Doug Cram, Jim Croasdale, Steve Cronin, Aaron Cubis, John Curtis, Marion Davey, Chris Davies, Mark Davies, Juliette Davis, Chris Davison, Mario de Dios, Paul Debevec, Matthew DeJohn, Peter Demarest, Graeme Demmocks, Robb Denovan, Richard Dexter, Marco Di Lucca, Nadia Diggins, Gareth Dinneen, Benoit Doidic, Jonny Doig, Eran Dolev, Hugo Dominguez, Tim Donlevy, Yann Doray, Rebecca Downes, Christina Drahos, Emanuel 'Emey' Druckmann, Brian Ducharme, Simeon Duncombe, Shawn Dunn, William Dwelly, Frank Dürschinger, William J. Earl, David Ebner, Areito Echevarria, Erich Eder, Oliver Exmundo, Luca Fascione, Ellie Faustino, Christine Feistl, Patrick Felgueras, Florian Fernandez, Brian Fisher, Paul Flanagan, Joel Fletcher, Kanen Flowers, Ben Forster, Fiona Foster, Angela Frame, Richard Frances-Moore, Zachary Franks, Rod Fransham, Aidan Fraser, Alex Funke, Jeanmarc Furio, Nick Gabchenko, Christopher Otto Gallagher, Stefan Galleithner, Vicki Galloway-Weimer, Eric Gambini, Jason Gandhi, Christoph Gaudl, Mark Gee, Chris George, Filippo Giansante, Bill Gilman, Kenneth Gimpelson, Moritz Glaesle, Julian Gnass, Peter Godden, Agnes Gould, David Gould, Justin Graham, Matt Greig, Paul Griffin, Jason Grindlay, Michael Grobe, David 'Rudy' Grossman, Bassim Haddad, Geoff Hadfield, Mikael Hakansson, Christian Haley, Anne Hall, Ben Hall, Keith Hamakawa, Jeff Hameluck, David Hampton, Joe Han, Bruce Harris, Todd Harvey, Dietrich Hasse, Christopher Hatala, Aron Hatfield, R.A. Haupt, Ed Hawkins, Tim Hawkins, Trevor Hazel, G.G. Heitmann Demers, Quentin Hema, Allen Hemberger, Sandro Henriques, Jayne Herrmann, Tim Hey, Martin Hill, Christian Hipp, Joseph Hoback, David Hochstadter, Nic Hodgkinson, Matt Holland, Matt Holmes, Tom Holzinger, Richard Hopkins, Traci Horie, Steven Hornby, Gray Horsfield, Kathryn Horton, Christopher Horvath, David Houghton-Williams, Sandy Houston, Victor Huang, Graham Hudson, Katherine Hurst, Steve Hutchins, Joe Jackman, James Jacobs, Mel James, Suzanne Jandu, Paul Jenness, Allan Torp Jensen, Mia Jewett, Lars Johansson, Jeff A. Johnson, Danny Jones, Dennis Jones, Les G. Jones, Kate Jorgensen, Simon Jung, Kory Juul, Sandip Kalsy, Patrick Kalyn, Miae Kang, Mel Kangleon, Matt Kasmir, Mike Kelly, Joe Ken, Tim Ketzer, Scott Kilburn, Ronny Kim, Oliver Kirchhoff, Balazs Kiss, Susie Kleis, Arek Komorowski, Sergei Koudriautsev, Alex Kramer, Lars Kramer, Dmitri Krasnokoutski, Derek Krauss, Jan Kruse, Martin Kumor, Andrew Kunzel, René Kuys, Suzanne Labrie, Laure Lacroix, Andrew Lambert, Cam Langs, Alexandra Lanzensberger, Michael Lanzensberger, Douglas Larmour, Mathias Larserud, Kimberly Lashbrook, Jessica Laszlo, Gary Laurie, Kim Lavery, Luisma Lavin, Jason Lazaroff, Jake Lee, Eric Leighton, Dan Lemmon, Iva Lenard, Michael Leonard, Phillip Leonhardt, Joe Letteri, Mark Tait Lewis, Staffan Linder, Randy Link, Florian Linner, Sophie Lodge, Thomas Loeder, Lance Lones, Jade Lorier, Ruth-Anne Loveridge, Robyn Luckham, David Luke, Lap Van Luu, Natalie MacDonald, Keith MacGowan, Tibor Madjar, Aron Makkai, Campbell March, Evans Mark, C.J. Markham, Nic Marrison, Ray Massa, Jean Matthews, Timothy McCallum, Steve McGee, Steve McGillen, Nathan McGuinness, Adam McInnes, Nick McKenzie, John P. McMullen, Chad Meire, Jennifer Giovanna Meire, Joel Meire, Matthias Menz, Andrea Merlo, Tom Mikota, Simon Millanta, Keith Miller, Mark Miller, Seth F. Miller, Derek Milner, Ben Milsom, Saki Mitchell, Kaori Miyazawa, Chad Moffitt, Dejan Momcilovic, James Moore, Richard Moore, Eileen Moran, Ben Morgan, Gwilym Morris, Phillip Moses, Chris Moss, Matt Mueller, Nicky Muir, Daryl Munton, Hiroaki Muramoto, Laura Murillo, George Murphy, Alfred Mürrle, Dylan Neill, Jeremy Nelligan, Kurt Nellis, Sergei Nevshupov, Natalia Nevshupova, Tim Nicholas, Carlos-Christian Nickel, Wolfgang Niedermeier, Stephen Nixon, Sverker Nordqvist, Alexander Nowotny, Murray Nuttall, Jane O'Callaghan, Cyndi Ochs, James Ogle, George Oliver, Tor-Bjorn Olsson, Desi Ortiz, David A. Ostler, David Owen, Scott Owen, Paul George Palop, Michael Pangrazio, Stephane Paris, JaeWook Park, Sujin Park, Helen Paul, Emily Pearce, Christine Penn, Mike Perry, Dana Peters, Eric Petey, Aaron Pfau, Lorenzo Pierfederici, Chris Pinto, Emrys Plaisted, Ed Plant, Darren Poe, Kelly Port, Glen Pratt, Steve Preeg, Martin Preston, Niklas Preston, Michael Prince, Henk Prins, Jean-Colas Prunier, Robin Prybil, Brett Purmal, Lucas Putnam, Philip Quaglino, Inge Rademeyer, Pascal Raimbault, Richard Raimbault, Troy Ramsey, Dane Rapaport, Jennah Rasmussen, Christine Raymond, Mathieu Raynault, Alireza Razmpoosh, Paul Redican, Richard R. Reed, Raine Reen, Stephan Remstedt, Marco Revelant, Eric Reynolds, Mark Richardson, Matthew Riordan, Anne Ritter, Christian Rivers, Sandra Roach, Becky Roberts, Loren Robinson, Troy Robinson, Ruben Rodas, Bernardo Rodriguez, Kevin Romond, Michael Root, Kenny Roy, Trina M. Roy, Frank Rueter, Katya Ruslanova, Bill Ryder, Mark Sagar, Karim Sahai, Eric Saindon, Christoph Salzmann, Brian Samuels, Mahria Sangster, Olivier Sarda, Michael Sarkis, Minoru Sasaki, Atsushi Sato, Jennifer Lee Scheer, Caterina Schiffers, David Schnee, Rolf Schneider, Florian Schroeder, Jason Schugardt, Junko Schugardt, Hamish Schumacher, Jens Schwarz, Brad Selkirk, Damon Selkirk, Adam Shand, Glen Sharah, Kevin L. Sherwood, Roger Shortt, Adam Sidwell, Martin Simcock, Zeb Simpson, Kawaldeep Singh, Cameron Smith, Hugh Smith, Cameron Smither, Ben Snow, Jason Snyman, Jed Soane, John Sore, Nic Spier, Brett Stapleton-French, Hilary Sperling Stauffer, Albrecht Steinmetz, Andy Stevens, Joe Woodward Stevenson, Sam Stewart, Tamara Stone, Paul Story, Ileana Stravoskiadi, Petra Stueben, Roxanne Sutherland-Valentine, Åsa Svedberg, John Swinnerton, Peter Syomka, Gaku Tada, Charles Tait, Mark Tait, Chu Tang, Eric Tang, Hanzhi Tang, Taisuke Tanimura, Sandy Taylor, Vincent Thomas, Ben Thompson, Gerald Thompson, Andrew Titcomb, Geoff Tobin, Syria Toliver, Ben Toogood, Alexis Torres, Greg Towner, Stefano Trivelli, Guerdon Trueblood, Denis Trutanic, Can Tuncer, Les Umberger, Jeff Unay, James Van Der Reyden, Phil Van Der Reyden, Brian Van't Hul, Trish Van't Hul, Kara Vandeleur, Jon Veal, Karla Ventocilla, Jenny Vial, Marco Vidaurre, Matt Villa, Andres Vitale, Steve Vojkovic, Michelle Waitzman, Don Waller, Matt Wallin, Mike Wallis, Nancey S. Wallis, Martin Walsh, David Weitzberg, O.D. Welch, Matt Welford, Craig Wentworth, R. Christopher White, Melissa Widup, Christian Wieser, Lisa Wildermoth, Guy Williams, Pete Williams, Tommy Williamson, Erik Winquist, Chris Winter, George Wong, Malcolm Wright, Klaus Wuchta, Billy Wychgel, Kwan Wayne Yu Yee, Dennis Yoo, Chris Young, Joyce Young, Marvyn Young, Johan Åberg, Steve Arguello, David Blythe, Mike Bozulich, Kristie Breslin, Jon R. Brown, Jeff Goldman, Phil Greig, Michael Kennen, Votch Levi, Michael Lori, Alastair Maher, Ed Mendez, Matthias Menz, Todd Napier, Toby Newell, Brian Openshaw, Dean Parks, Danny Torres, Leigh van der Byl

Stunts

Chris Anderson, Daniel Andrews, Sean Button, Ryan Carey, Justin B. Carter, Rodney Cook, Mana Hira Davis, Shane Dawson, Branko Dordevich, Steve Drage, Clint Elvy, Morgan Evans, Sebastian Foxx, Marcus Goldfinch, Winham Hammond, Baz Karbouris, Greg Lane, Thomas J. Larsen, Tony Marsh, Kirk Maxwell, Tim McLachlan, David J. Muzzerall, Jess Page, Steve Reinsfield, Markos Rounthwaite, Bronson Steel, Andrew Stehlin, Jason Tahu, Stuart Thorp, Mark Trotter, Min Windle, Tim Wong, Robert Young, Jonathan Costelloe, Peter Dillon, Amanda Foubister, Dayna Grant, Kirk Maxwell, Sharon Maxwell, Shane Rangi

Camera and Electrical Department

Taipua Adams, Steve Allanson, Dave Anderson, Matt Andrews, Mike Arthur, Kane Asher, Andrew Ayrton, Glen Ayrton, Alan Baird-Smith, Neil Benseman, Alexandra Bishop, Phil Blackburn, Richard Bluck, Darren Bradnock, Michael Braid, Shane Braid, David Brown, Chris Cavill, John Cavill, Chris Chandler, Giles Coburn, Olly Coleman, Jamie Couper, Brian Crump, Tim Dallas, Tammy Davis, Colin Deane, Rhys Duncan, Sally Eccleston, Richard Elworthy, John Enright, Craig Farrand, Ants Farrell, Samuel Fordham, Alan Fraser, Ian Freer, Reg Garside, John Graham, Huw Griffiths, Simon Harding, Dion Hartley, Grant Harvey, Frank Hruby, Will Hutchinson, Peter James, Mark Jefferies, Regan Jones, Ross Jones, Warren Jones, Tony Keddy, Sean Kelly, James Kennedy, Rob Kerr, Jo Kilgour, Mike Knudson, Peter Kruk, Christopher Kruszona, Brian Laird, Natacha Lee, Dana Little, Luke Macready, Keri Manuel, Iain Mathieson, Chris McAllister, Dean McCarroll, Cameron McLean, Steven McNicholl, Garth Michael, Tony Monk, Reuben Morrison, Chris Murphy, Paul Murphy, Paul Naylor, Mark Newnham, Jens Normann, David B. Nowell, Ryan O'Donnell, Luis Olivares, Chris Palmer, Matthew Parsons, Nick Payne, Warrick Peace, Nigel Percy, Dan Rabarts, Noor Razzak, Jay Rei, Nicholas Riini, Richard Riwaka, Jason Robertson, Alys Rowe, Gus Salla, David Sargison, Luke Saulbrey, Paul Sawtell, Damian Seagar, Matthew Sharp, Sam Sheppard, Marc Sim, Zeb Simpson, Michael Slater, Harry Slowery, Peter Smith, Philip A.T. Smith, Allen Solly, Byron Sparrow, Tim Stratton, Andrew Stroud, Blair Teesdale, Leon Thomas, Ben Thurston, Michael Toki, Edward Tyrie, Pierre Vinet, Michael Vivian, Angus Ward, Helen Ward, Andrew Warrington, Geoff Weir, Maia Whittet, Akakoa Williams, Danny Williams, Alan Wilson, Daniel Wilson, Hohepa Winiata, Jennie Winter, Scott Woolley, Kim Worthington, Luke Worthington, James Yuill, Ben Ruffell

Animation Department

Jamie Beard, Andy Cadzow, Kit Conners, Frédéric Côté, Kameron Gates, Cheryl Kerr, Nadine Lavoie, Joel Meire, Bill E. Miller, Jackey Mishra, Jakub Pistecky, Kristin Solid, Jon Turburfield, Ben Wiggs

Casting Department

Joel Champagne, Barbara Harris, Kelly Valentine Hendry, Julie Hutchinson, Miranda Rivers, Sarah Valentine

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Lucy Adams, Paul Booth, Chantelle Bowkett, Hamish Brown, Sam Brown, Tom Caddy, Susan Casey, Miriam Christie, Nancy Collini, Katrina Collins, Hillary Crawford, Sam Farquar, Carolyn M. Fenton, Zoe Fox, Lois Girdwood, Eliza Godman, Sally Gray, Michael Grealish, Tammy Green, Paul Hambleton, John Harding, Cilla Harnett, Emma Harre, Cathy Harris, Awanui Te Huia, Tamsyn Hunnewell, Vanessa Kirkham, Pauline Laws, Pip Lingard, Lachlan Mayclair, Moya McBrearty, Gareth McGhie, Rick McGill, Karen McGovern, Tracey McKay, Lucy McLay, Valerie Metin, Sophie Mills, Katherine Milne, Melissa Mundt, Anna Munro, Amanda Neale, Maja Neumann, Tira O'Daly, Erin O'Neill, Anita Oram, Alice Paton, Mirinda Penny, Andrea Plested, Lucy Reece, Julie Zavala Ron, Sheree Roud, Sandie Sixtus, Hannah St. John, Siosi Tamapoulu, Greta Tapper, Kate Trafford, Simon Ward, Lee Williams

Editorial Department

Niklas Aldergren, David Birrell, Nadia Diggins, Peter Doyle, Mark Hawthorne, David Hollingsworth, Shara Hudson, Henry Karjalainen, Damian McDonnell, James Meikle, Eszter Nagy, Jon Newell, Jabez Olssen, Simon Price, Lynne Reed, Rebecca Rowe, Vickie-Lynn Roy, Holger Spill, Lee Wimer, Jonathan Woodford-Robinson, Dan Dolan

Location Management

Carl Bellavia, Jared Connon, Mathew Gordon, Sam Rohn, Peter Tonks, Mark Waniga

Music Department

Nico Abondolo, Annica Ackerman, Mark Adams, Steve Amerson, Beth Anderson, Pete Anthony, Jeff Atmajian, Bruce Babcock, Chris Bacon, Rick Baptist, Jennifer Barnes, Joel Batson, Joan Beal, Mark Beasom, Samela A. Beasom, Steve Becknell, Frank Bennett, Becky Bentham, Chris Bleth, Bill Booth, Susan Boyd, Tom Boyd, Eric Bradley, Jacqueline Brand, Leanna Brand, Aleta Braxton, Tom Brown, Reid Bruton, Nathan Campbell, Darius Campo, Elin Carlson, Agostino Castagnola, Alvin Chea, Judy Chilnick, Heather Clark, Bryan Clements, Harvey Cohen, Kevin Connolly, Tony Cooke, Craig Copeland, Chris Cozens, Randy Crenshaw, Wade Culbreath, Douglas Davis, Tim Davis, Brad Dechter, Sandy DeCrescent, Brian Dembow, Marcia Dickstein, Tim Divers, George Doering, David Donaldson, Monique Donnelly, Carol Drake, David Duke, Bruce Dukov, Richard Duven, Marie Ebbing, Bill Edwards, Mark Eshelman, Pedro Eustache, Georg Faust, Malcolm Fife, Rob Frear, Gregory Geiger, Jody Golightly, Galina Golovin, Gregory Goodall, Agnes Gottschewski, Jenny Graham, Mark Graham, Richard Grant, Danny Greco, Fred Greene, Stephen Grimm, Debbie Hall, Trevor Handy, Tom Hardisty, Karen Harper, Walter S. Harrah, Scottie Haskell, Todd Hemmenway, Paul S. Henning, Amy Hershberger, Dan Higgins, James T. Hill, Jim Hoffman, Michael Hoffman, Steve Holtman, Scott Hosfeld, Greg Huckins, Jonathan A. Hughes, Christoph Igelbrink, Alex Iles, Joel Iwataki, Elissa Johnston, Bob Joyce, Alan Kaplan, Ron Kaufman, Ronn Kaufmann, Dan Kelley, Solene Kermarrec, Brian Kilgore, Jenny Kim, Paul Klintworth, Teri Koide, Chris Kollgaard, Armen Ksajikian, Jon Kull, Timothy Landauer, Tim Lauber, Songa Lee, Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Gayle Levant, Daniel Lewin, Jon Lewis, Bill Liston, Dane Little, Jason Lloyd, David Long, Greg Loskorn, Warren Luening, Martin Löhr, Jonathan Mack, Guy Maeda, Larry Mah, Sal Malaki, Andy Malloy, Peter Mandell, Olaf Maninger, Aaron Martin, Darrin McCann, Tonoccus McClain, Malcolm McNab, Martin Menking, Alan Meyerson, Adam Michalak, John W. Morgan, Yvonne S. Moriarty, Kristy Morrell, Tim Morrison, Diane Muller, Peter Myles, Blake Neely, Daniel Nielsen, Mike Nowak, Brian O'Connor, Grace Oh, David Olson, Robin Olson, Bobbi Page, Joel Peskin, Bryan Pezzone, Radu Pieptea, Plan 9, Conrad Pope, Cal Price, Ludwig Quandt, Leslie Reed, Bill Reichenbach, Diane Freiman Reynolds, John Reynolds, Emil Richards, Michele Richards, Cassandra Richburg, David Riniker, Rafael Rishik, Steven Roberts, Steve Roche, Janet Roddick, Nikolaus Romisch, Geri Rotella, Patrick Russ, Bob Sanders, James Sawyer, Dietmar Schwalke, Nigel Scott, Jim Self, Fletcher Sheridan, Howard Shore, David Shostac, Andrew Shulman, Kirsten Smith, Steven L. Smith, Tim Starnes, Tom Steel, Jonathon Stevens, Sally Stevens, Chet Swiatkowsky, Bill Talbott, Phillip A. Teele, George Thatcher, James Thatcher, Stuart Michael Thomas, Richard Todd, Doug Tornquist, Louise Di Tullio, Irina Voloshina, Giancarlo Vulcano, David Wailes, James Walker, Brad Warnaar, Dave Washburn, Knut Weber, Jim Weidman, David Weiss, Helen Werling, Mel Wesson, Gerald White, Don Williams, Mark Willsher, Phillip Yao, Kenneth Yerke, Ed Zajac, Joe Zimmerman, Jim Bruening, Paul S. Henning, The Hollywood Studio Symphony, Marika Rauscher, Steve Schaeffer

Script and Continuity Department

Aria Harrison, Veronique Lawrence, Merrin Ruck, Victoria Sullivan

Transportation Department

Collin Butrum, Clive Denham, Spencer Faulkner, Michael Fogerty, Helen Greenway, Daniel Hannah, Jenny Morgan, Jaffray Sinclair, Vaughn Williams

Additional Crew

Guy Adan, Judy Alley, Joel Anscombe-Smith, Gunner Ashford, Aimee Aspinall, Fiona Bartlett, Colette Birrell, Tanya Blumstein, Rachael Boggs, Melissa Booth, James Boyce, Amy Brennan, Bob Buck, Andy Buckley, Joanna Bunce, Victoria Burkhart, Al Cerullo, Rebecca Cheyne, Rachel Devenport, Matthew Dravitzki, Ruben Ferguson, Jo Foster, Samuel V. Franco, Kylie Gaudin, Reece Geraghty, Jessica A. Gihon, Piers Gilbertson, Melissa Goldstein, Thea Govorko, Jill Guice, Chris Guise, Simon Hawkings, Alana Henderson, Cale Hetariki, Elizabeth Himelstein, Tom Hobbs, Chris Hodgetts, Petrina Hodgson, Aaron Huriwaka, Linda Klein-Nixon, Karen Kong, Stephanie Kuttner, Caroline Lackey, Jamie Lawrence, Josie Leckie, Annaliese Levy, Lindsay Little, Brian Mahony, Karen March, Shona McCullagh, Jacob McIntyre, Clare McKee, Sarah Milnes, Manilo Miodino, Milano Miodino, Arwen Munro, Phil Nixey, Carter Nixon, Steve Old, Clare Olssen, Scott Owen, Gabe Page, Philippa Race, Bob Roath, Kristen Crabtree Roath, Jay Roberts, Tara Robinson, Peter Russell, Andrew Smith, Rod Smith, Nick Sorenson, Alfie Speight, Kat Stephens, Helene Takacs, Stuart Michael Thomas, Edith Thompson, Brenna Townshend, Natasha Turner, Michelle Twigden, Hansel Verkerk, Fabrizio Vidale, Angela Waller, Mac Warbrick, Andy Wickens, Jamie Wilson, Chris Winter, Philippa Wood, Ngaire Woods, Julie Adams, Ben Fransham, Toby Froud, Stephen Gledhill, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Julia Marie Newmann, Court Reinland, Chris Walker, Julia Walshaw

Thanks

Robert Armstrong, Jean-Pierre Bousquet, Peter Cobbin, Merian C. Cooper, David East, John Gibson, June Havoc, Lora Hirschberg, Ken Kamins, Richard Kelly, Graham Kennedy, Lenny Kornberg, John Kurlander, Rick McKay, Peter Nelson, Willis H. O'Brien, Victoria Riskin, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Sam Schwartz, Bryan Singer, Darryl Stack, Max Steiner, Philip Sumner, Pat Weber, David Woodcock, Fay Wray

Genres

Action, Adventure, Drama

Companies

Universal Pictures, WingNut Films, Big Primate Pictures

Countries

USA, New Zealand, Germany

Languages

English

ContentRating

PG-13

ImDbRating

7.2

ImDb Rating Votes

421569

Metacritic Rating

81

Short Description

King Kong is a 2005 epic adventure monster film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson. It is the eighth entry in the King Kong franchise and the second remake of the 1933 film of the same title, following the 1976 film. The film stars Andy Serkis, Naomi Watts, Jack Black, and Adrien Brody. Set in 1933, it follows the story of an ambitious filmmaker who coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island. There, they encounter prehistoric creatures and a legendary giant gorilla known as Kong, whom they capture and take to New York City.

Development for the film began in early 1995, when Jackson was offered by Universal Pictures to direct the remake of the original 1933 film, but stalled the project in early 1997, as several ape and giant monster-related films were under production that time and Jackson planned to direct The Lord of the Rings film series. As the first two films in the trilogy became commercially successful, Universal approached Jackson in early 2003, expressing his interest to restart development on the project, which he eventually agreed. Filming for King Kong took place in New Zealand from September 2004 to March 2005. It is currently one of the most expensive films ever produced as its budget climbed from an initial $150 million to a then-record-breaking $207 million.

King Kong was premiered at New York City on December 5, 2005, and was theatrically released in Germany and United States on December 14. The film garnered mostly positive reviews from critics, and eventually appeared in several top ten lists for 2005; it received praise for the special effects, performances, sense of spectacle and comparison to the 1933 original, though some criticisms were focused on its 3-hour long run time. It was a commercial success, grossing over $562 million and became the fourth-highest-grossing film in Universal Pictures history at that time and the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2005. It also generated $100 million in DVD sales upon its home video release in March 2006. It won three Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects. A tie-in video game was released alongside the film, which also became a commercial and critical success.

A sequel to the film titled Skull Island was conceptualised in 2013, with Jackson producing the film and Adam Wingard set to direct. However, the project was abandoned after Warner Bros. Pictures acquired the rights and ultimately rebooted the franchise with the 2017 film Kong: Skull Island as a part of Legendary s MonsterVerse. Wingard would later direct the 2021 film Godzilla vs. Kong.

Box Office Budget

$207,000,000 (estimated)

Box Office Opening Weekend USA

$50,130,145

Box Office Gross USA

$218,080,025

Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross

$556,906,378

Keywords

Gorilla,island,new york city,jungle,expedition