King Kong (1976 film)

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American film adventure film fantasy film film monster film remake film

King Kong (1976 film) is a modernized remake of the classic giant-ape adventure, notable for its updated special effects, contemporary setting, and romanticized take on the iconic monster story.

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instanceOf American film ⓘ
adventure film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
monster film ⓘ
remake film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
basedOn film King Kong (1933) ⓘ
surface form: King Kong (1933 film)
cinematographyBy Richard H. Kline ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Guillermin ⓘ
distributedBy Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Ralph E. Winters ⓘ
featuresCharacter Dwan ⓘ
Fred Wilson ⓘ
Jack Prescott ⓘ
King Kong ⓘ
followedBy King Kong Lives ⓘ
hasGenre disaster film ⓘ
romantic fantasy ⓘ
musicBy John Barry ⓘ
narrativeFocus giant ape captured and brought to New York City ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
notableFor contemporary setting ⓘ
romanticized portrayal of King Kong ⓘ
updated special effects ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Tom Savini ⓘ
surface form: Rick Baker

Will Shephard ⓘ
producer Dino De Laurentiis ⓘ
productionCompany Dino De Laurentiis Corporation ⓘ
Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1976-12-17 ⓘ
releaseYear 1976 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 134 ⓘ
screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr. ⓘ
setInLocation New York City ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Skull Island ⓘ
setInPeriod 1970s ⓘ
specialEffectsBy Carlo Rambaldi ⓘ
Rick Baker ⓘ
starring Charles Grodin ⓘ
Jeff Bridges ⓘ
Jessica Lange ⓘ
John Randolph ⓘ
Rene Auberjonois ⓘ
title King Kong (1976 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: King Kong

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Fred Wilson → appearsIn → King Kong (1976 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: Fred Wilson (King Kong 1976)
Jack Prescott → appearsIn → King Kong (1976 film) ⓘ
Jack Prescott → createdFor → King Kong (1976 film) ⓘ
Jack Prescott → firstAppearance → King Kong (1976 film) ⓘ
film King Kong (1933) → inspiredRemake → King Kong (1976 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: King Kong (1933 film)
King Kong franchise → notableReboot → King Kong (1976 film) ⓘ
Carlo Rambaldi → notableWork → King Kong (1976 film) ⓘ
Dino De Laurentiis → notableWork → King Kong (1976 film) ⓘ
Jessica Lange → notableWork → King Kong (1976 film) ⓘ
King Kong franchise → notableWork → King Kong (1976 film) ⓘ
Rick Baker → notableWork → King Kong (1976 film) ⓘ
King Kong (1976 film) → title → King Kong (1976 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Kong
Carlo Rambaldi → workedOn → King Kong (1976 film) ⓘ