King Kong [1976]

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1976
Running Times: 134 mins
Format: Metrocolor
Ratio:
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: De Laurentiis / Paramount Pictures
Executive In Charge Of Production: Jack Grossberg
Executive Producers: Federico De Laurentiis, Christian Ferry
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
Production Manager: Terry Carr
Unit Production Manager [Hawaii]: Brian Frankish
Unit Production Manager [New York]: George Goodman
Production Coordinator: Lori Imbler

SCRIPT
Script: Lorenzo Semple Jr
Original 1933 Script: James Creelman, Ruth Rose
Story: Merian C. Cooper, Edgar Wallace

DIRECTION
Director: John Guillermin
2nd Unit Director: William Kronick
Assistant Directors: David McGiffert, Kurt Neumann
2nd Unit Assistant Director: Nate Haggard
2nd Assistant Director: Pat Kehoe

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Richard H. Kline
Camera Operator: Al Bettcher
2nd Unit Camera Operator: Owen Marsh [uncredited]
Assistant Camera: Robert Edesa
Gaffer: Ed Carlin
Key Grip: Robert Sordal
Stills: Elliott Marks
Still Cameras: Nikon

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Post-Production Supervisor: Phil Tucker
Editor: Ralph E. Winters
Assistant Editors: Robert Pergament, Margo Anderson

MUSIC
Music / Conductor: John Barry
Music Re-Recording: Aaron Rochin
Score Mixer: Dan Wallin

SOUND
Re-Recording Mixers: William McCaughey, Harry W. Tetrick
Mixer: Jack Solomon
Sound Effects Editor: James J. Klinger

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Del Acevedo
Hair: Jo McCarthy
Costume Designer: Moss Mabry
Gowns and Native Costumes: Anthea Sylbert
Wardrobe: Arny Lipin, G. Fern Weber
Lange's Jewelry: Bulgari

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Make Up Effects: Rick Baker, Rob Bottin [uncredited]
Ape Suit Designer: Rick Baker
Kong Sculptor: Don Chandler
Hair Design For Kong: Michaeldino

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Joe Day, Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson
Supervisor Of Photographic Effects: Frank Van Der Veer
Additional Photographical Effects: Harold E. Wellman
Photographic Effects Assistant: Barry Nolan
Matte Artist: Lou Lichtenfield
Miniature Co-Ordinator: Aldo Puccini
Kong Mechanical Co-Ordinator: Eddie Surkin
Titles: Pacific Title and Art Studio

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: Mario Chiari, Dale Hennesy
Art Directors: Archie J. Bacon, David A. Constable, Robert Gundlach
Set Decorator: John Franco Jr
Property Master: Jack Marino
Construction Co-Ordinator: Gary Martin
Set Painters: Robert Clark, Curtis 'Red' Hollingsworth
Illustrators: Mentor Huebner, David Negron
Greensman: Ken Richey

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Doris Grau
Assistant To The Producer: Fredric M. Sidewater
Messengers: Jeffrey Chernov, Michael Winter, Scott Thaler
Native Dance Choreographer: Claude Thompson
Production Accounting: Meryle Selinger
Production Auditor: Robert F. Kocourek
Production Secretary: Charlotte Dreiman
Publicity Co-Ordinator: Gordon Armstrong
Unit Publicist: Bruce Bahrenburg
Transportation Co-Ordinator: Joe Sawyers

LOCATIONS
Locations: Culver City, California, USA; Kauai, Hawaii, USA; New York City, New York, USA

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Bill Couch
Stunts: Lightning Bear [uncredited]

CASTING
Casting: Joyce Selznick, Joyce Selznick & Associates
Extras Casting: Sally Perle & Associates

CAST
Jeff Bridges [Jack Prescott]
Charles Grodin [Fred Wilson]
Jessica Lange [Dwan]
John Randolph [Captain Ross]
Rene Auberjonois [Bagley]
Julius Harris [Boan]
Jack O'Halloran [Joe Perko]
Dennis Fimple [Sunfish]
Ed Lauter [Carnahan]
Jorge Moreno [Garcia]
Mario Gallo [Timmons]
John Lone [Chinese cook]
Garry Walberg [army general]
John Agar [city official]
Keny Long [ape masked man]
Sid Conrad [Petrox chairman]
George Whiteman [army helicopter pilot]
Wayne Heffley [Air Force General]
Rick Baker [Kong - uncredited]
Todd Baker Shea Stadium spectator - uncredited]
Corbin Bernsen [reporter - uncredited]
S.C. Dacy [newspaper photographer - uncredited]
Kelly Nichols [uncredited]
Joe Piscopo [bit part - uncredited]

UK
Video Distributor: Thorn-EMI

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Video / Laserdisc Distributor: Paramount Home Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Paramount [LV 8872-2]
DVD Distributor: Paramount [088727]

Australia
Rating: PG

Finland
Rating: K-12

Norway
Rating: 11

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG

AWARDS

1977
Academy Awards, USA
Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects [Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, Frank Van der Veer] - winner
Best Cinematography [Richard H. Kline] - nominated
Best Sound [William L. McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Jack Solomon, Harry W. Tetrick] - nominated

British Academy Award, UK
Best Production Design / Art Direction [Mario Chiari / Dale Hennesy] - nominated

Golden Globes, USA
Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture: Female [Jessica Lange] - winner

1978
Golden Screen, Germany
Golden Screen - winner

1976
December
17: USA - theatrical release
25: Sweden - theatrical release

1977
December
16: Finland - theatrical release

1999
July
27: USA - DVD release [Paramount [088727]]

King Kong: The Legend Reborn - working title
King Kong und die Weisse Frau - German title

REMAKE OF
King Kong [1933]

SEQUEL
King Kong Lives [1986]

SEE ALSO
A*P*E [1976]
Beavis and Butt-head Do America [1996]
Deep Throat [1972]
Godzilla [1998]
Hsing hsing wang [1977]
King Kong
Sometimes They Come Back [1991]
Yeti: Il Gigante del 20. Secolo [1977]

MAGAZINES

Cinefantastique vol.5 no.4 [1977] pp.20-21 [USA]
illustrated credits, review [by Bill Kelley]

Halls of Horror 27 p.24 [UK]
note

BOOKS

Creature Features Strikes Again p.216
credits, review

giant apes, apes, animals, boats, jungles, stowaways, world trade center, zoologists, indonesia, islands, helicopters, new york, oil, remakes

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007