King Kong: Monster and Myth
2024-11-19 | 61 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Elsa LepoivreSelf - Narrator (voice)
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Ernest B. SchoedsackSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Merian C. CooperSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Emperor Haile Selassie I of EthiopiaSelf (archive footage)
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Willis H. O'BrienSelf - Animator (archive footage)
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Fay WraySelf - Actress (archive footage)
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Billy CrystalSelf - Actor (archive footage)
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