King Kong: Monster and Myth (2024)

11/19/2024 (FR) • 1h 1m

Documentary, History

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Elsa Lepoivre

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Merian C. Cooper

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Marguerite Harrison

Self - Reporter (archive footage)

Ruth Rose

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Willis H. O'Brien

Self - Animator (archive footage)

Fay Wray

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Billy Crystal

Self - Actor (archive footage)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

cinema on cinema

filmmaking

cinema history

old hollywood

hollywood history

usa cinema

king kong

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