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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Andaman Films, ARTE
Keywords
- cinema on cinema
- filmmaking
- cinema history
- old hollywood
- hollywood history
- usa cinema
- king kong
Links
Top Cast
Elsa Lepoivre as Self - Narrator (voice)
Ernest B. Schoedsack as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Merian C. Cooper as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia as Self (archive footage)
Marguerite Harrison as Self - Reporter (archive footage)
Ruth Rose as Self - Writer (archive footage)
Willis H. O'Brien as Self - Animator (archive footage)
Fay Wray as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Top Crew
Laurent Herbiet · Director, Writer
Dominique Bouilleret · Cinematographer
Erwan Le Gac · Editor
Franck Nakache · Editor
Philippe de Bourbon · Producer
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