| King Kong the Eighth Wonder
of the World King Kong 1933 version
Collector's Edition DVD set in Metal Box is an absolute Must Have for any
serious film buff's DVD
Collection!
Peter Jackson has done it again. And I’m not
talking about the 2005 King Kong remake, I’m talking
about the great DVD Collector's Edition DVD set of the original 1933
release.
This is something you'll hear more about if
you're smart enough to purchase this DVD collection. It seems
that 2005 is not the only time in history when, in this free country
of ours, the thought police - the elitist fascists that they are -
who think that Freedom means that the public is free to thing and
see and hear only what they (our benevolent betters) deem correct.
Well, it seems that when the film was re-released in 1939, they felt
that the US of A was too civilized to see some of the footage in the
original film, so they cut, what turns out to be some great scenes
from the film.
Luckily a copy of the 1933 film was found
in Brittan, untouched by our betters. And that is what you
will own when you purchase this DVD set; and you will if you have
any sense. The quality is incredible, the film is so enjoyable
and exciting. Personally it brings back memories of my first
viewings of the film, which was back in the 1950s (yes, I'm old).
Jackson has obviously had his hand in so much
more than just remaking the groundbreaking film. Yes. It
was groundbreaking. the documentaries included in the
collection pays tribute to the inventiveness of the filmmakers of 75
years ago. Those filmmakers, Cooper, Schoedsack, O'Biren,
Steiner, Spivack, to name a few, created the foundation for the
wonders that we see in modern movies.
RKO PRODUCTION 601: THE MAKING OF KONG,
EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD is an especially interesting
production. This section of Disc Two has the seven part
documentary as well as THE LOST SPIDER PIT SEQUENCE,
(in which you will happily learn that Peter Jackson, and the other
passionate filmmakers in his team, remade this lost sequence in the
exact method of the original film) and Creation Test Footage with
commentary by Ray Harryhwusen (Producer, Visual Effects, Director,
Actor, Special Effects, Writer and Cinematographer).
I'm King Kong! The exploits of
Merian C. Cooper is a bio of one of a most interesting man.
Yes, he is the man behind King Kong, but he was also a flying Ace in
World War I and II, a Hollywood Mogul, an adventurer and much more.
You will be amazed at what one man can accomplish, creatively and
otherwise, in his life, a man you probably never heard of.
Disc One has the wonderful movie, as well as a
commentary by visual effects veterans Ray Harryhausen and Ken
Folston. There are interpolated interview excerpts of Merian
Cooper and Fay Wray, and Movie Trailer Gallery of Mr. Cooper's
films.
The set also has a great reproduction of the
Grauman's Chinese Theatre booklet dated Friday Evening, March 24,
1933; a booklet of 5 King Kong movie posters, and an order form to
get a free 27" x 40" reproduction of THE original King Kong Movie
poster.
Movie lovers, this is a piece of movie history,
and a college course in filmmaking that you can own. You
should get it.
Joe De Matteo
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