This film doesn't have a single wasted frame. It is a textbook example of tight editing and pacing. Every once in a while a film comes along that expands the possibilities of the medium. Well, the original KING KONG is one of those seminal movies. It pushed the envelope in so many ways.

One of the all-time greats, great video Johnny!

@10knovideoisback19

Жыл бұрын

You comment a lot big fan of you l watch all of your videos

I heard a quote so true:"Stop-Motion looks fake, but feels real. CGI looks real, but feels fake." -Roger Ebert I’ve missed ya friend. Hope all is well.

@kwakaj14

2 жыл бұрын

love stop motion .

@hgwells1899

2 жыл бұрын

So true

@johntabler349

7 ай бұрын

That's a perfect quote

Even now that film is extraordinary. Think about how sound-on -film was only 5 years old. The film's musical scoring. The stop motion animation. The scene when Kong escapes in theater...it's gripping and the illusion is complete because it looks and feels so real. Of course many film buffs know it changed the life of a young man who saw it: Ray Harryhausen.

@davidlafleche828

2 жыл бұрын

By far, the best representation of Medusa ever seen was Harryhausen's. Eiji Tsubaraya loved King Kong, and it inspired him to do Japan's first monster movie (Gojira).

@dancalmpeaceful3903

2 жыл бұрын

Agree completely.

@liamh9814

2 жыл бұрын

About 45 years ago when I was a little lad, this film scared me witless. To this day it beats any remake hands down.

@anthonycrnkovich5241

Жыл бұрын

The original KING KONG is such a remarkable film on so many levels, even 90 years on it hasn't ceased to amaze. No remake will ever come close to matching it. The 1976 and 2005 versions did nothing to advance cinema the way the original pushed the envelope in 1933.

If you notice, there are 10 action scenes in the movie and that is impressive for a stop motion picture.

On the 50th anniversary of the films' release, a three-story tall, inflatable Kong was positioned on one side of the Empire State Building, about 2/3rds of the way up. It was there for several days. I saw it from a window of the place where I worked

A seminal moment in the history of film.Timeless & extraordinary. Fantastic SFX/ Stop motion. A must watch by all.

Welcome Baak.

Welcome back to youtube JonnyBaak, it's been a while.

KK is historically recognized as a groundbreaking film, an explosion of talented technical and artistic crews doing their best collaboration together; and as a postwar miracle that allowed economically depressed audiences an escape into a world of indulgent fantasy, sharing many parallels with 1977’s “Star Wars”. For its music score alone, at the advent of sound in film, it is shining and remarkable.

One of the greatest films ever.......Still love it to this day.

He returns Welcome back We missed you

Great to see you back Jonny , your expertise have been sorely missed!

I’m a HUGE King Kong fan and you did an excellent job in making this short documentary. You even showed many pictures that I’ve never seen before, and I saw a lot. Thank you for doing this. I always enjoyed your documentaries.

King Kong on thanksgiving the clean up hitter of that awesome thurs line up as a kid in the 70s

Back in the 1930's King Kong was as bigger a block buster as like Star Wars was in the 1970's

Still in my top five films of all time, a true classic. And Fay Wray was such a cutie!!

Welcome back we hope you and your family are well thank you for another great one sir

The first film to have a profound and lasting effect on me as a child. The definitive version and one that stands the test time. Will never be surpassed

A welcome return for one of KZread's finest reviewers. Btw I still never cared for the remake in 2005 but loved Kong Skull Island...just my opinion.

@Gerry1of1

2 жыл бұрын

What did you think of the 1976 re-make of Kong?

@paulhirst7602

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gerry1of1 I didn't think it was as unnecessarily bloated as Peter Jackson's effort. I liked Jeff Bridges and Charles Grodin but it was a pity there wasn't the odd dinosaur in there to spice things up...all we got was a giant rubber snake ? I guess De Laurentiis didn't have the budget available when making the film. I'd probably watch it over the 2005 version though as its simply not as long winded.

@madmanmark8387

2 жыл бұрын

The thing about the 2005 version is more of the dinosaur and other creatures on the island that were not in the original. I just wish Jack Black was not in that it made it less convincing.

@davidlafleche828

2 жыл бұрын

The 2005 remake was the best one. 1976 was awful. 1933, the acting was incredibly corny.

Johnny's baack!

Added this one to my King Kong playlist! Nice to see you back, Jonny... BAAK!

Very informative documentary, full of quirky and interesting behind the scenes stuff. Your commentary is delivered in a faltering style with un natural pauses which has an hypnotic and sleepy effect though.

Welcome back, wonderful documentary as always.

Growing up in the 1970's I would look forward to Thanksgiving not because of the food but to mainly watch it on TV WOR TV CHANNEL 9 In New York city. First would be this then I think son of Kong then Mighty Joe Young. The next day would be various Godzilla films.

Great to have you back. Always enjoy your very fine reviews.

Welcome back Jonathan! You have been missed. Best wishes 👍

I first saw it in the 70's on a 19 inch black and white tv, the way it was meant to be seen. Tne ones that did the stop motion did a great job, comparable to any of the 60's stop motion movies.

Welcome back! Great vid!

A GREAT LEAP forward in cinematography as well as inspirational...............

This fella does quality work.

Great to see you back!

Produced in 1933, this film truly was a milestone.....industry changing.....amazing in its scope. The musical score was brilliant. For the time, the special effects were nothing short of spectacular. IMO, no remake or sequel has ever surpassed it.

She was a true beauty, and she never lost it. In that 1977 interview, she was quite lovely and well spoken.

@johntabler349

7 ай бұрын

If I had to pick one actress as my favorite, Fay Wray just beats out Maureen O'Hara and Ivonne Decarlo

Nice vid mate! Glad to see you back!

Good to hear you back Jon! I have missed your videos.

Welcome back!

Welcome back! 🙂

I have the director's cut, but I think the final trim helps give Kong a more sympathetic place to stand. It was too brutal, all most Toxic Avenger brutal.

That is a fantastic video!! Thank you.

i still have my RKO Radio Pictures T-shirts, _and_ i used to work for two RKO Radio stations, one of which was right down the street from Gower and Melrose. [suddenly remembers] in the lobby of 5515 Melrose was a mural of the R.R.P. logo. ah, good times.

Jon! Welcome back!!

Good to watch a new video from you, and glad it was about King Kong.

Saw it first at 10 years old on channel 56 from Boston around 1970, and it's been a favorite ever since. I certainly wouldn't take anything away from Ray Harryhausen (Jason and the Argonauts, wow!), but Willis O'Brien's work is as good as anyone since.

Now I wonder what scenes were cut from the original movie. I’ve seen where when Kong crashes through the village he stomps on a native, squishing him into the mud. And other viewings cut that part out. I would like to see the entire uncut film, as it’s one of my all time favorite movies. A great movie to watch late at night with all the lights turned out.

@tiffanybiscuit7587

2 жыл бұрын

From the original film they removed the 'spider pit ' scene ( it showed the fate of those men who survived after kong threw them off the tree into the pit) as it apparently terrified the audience at the first screenings . Peter Jackson added the scene back into the remake . He also did a retrospective version of the 1933 film based on the models that still exist, you can find the remade scene on youtube. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hYOBrdChfpqnctY.html

" He imagined a giant ape on top of the Empire State Building." Not true, originally the Chrysler Building was to be used but the ESB was opened just before the films production and the script was changed.

Saw the uncensored version at Rivoli theater in 70s.

A timeless classic never surpassed. Long live Kong!

great to have you back jonny! the original kong and son of kong are two of my all time favorite films! please do one on son of kong? great stuff!

Kong's fur movements were a "mistake." When Willis touched the model his hair moved. However I've always thought it was the wind...and i still do :)

🎶Whatever happened to Fay Wray? That delicate, satin-draped frame...🎶

Lumineuse et magnifique fay wray a tourné dans ce chefs d oeuvres du cinéma personne ne l oubliera avec le roi Kong pour l éternité. Merci infiniment pour ce précieux document .

As a kid, this was my favorite movie. It came on only once a year on a local TV station ( channel 9 ) and would play 3 times on the weekend. My friends and myself would watch it all 3 times. Amazed..we would try and figure out how the film makers achieved it. Even with your fine explanation of the back story behind this.. it still is amazing that the visuals and story line captured the essence and visual of this film in 1933. With all the incredible special effects garnered in all our modern films, there is something honest and organic about King Kong that I have yet to see in these modern epics. It had a magical and mysterious quality and an extroardinary adventure tale that even today, captures the imagination. The film makers also paid close attention in developing the human characters and their interaction with each other that hightened the movie's effect. I liked Peter Jackson's interpertation of his King Kong ambition ( a brilliant film maker )...but it I felt it lacked the simplicity and lo fi visual effect that the original had and may have carried it a bit overboard ( but again, brilliant film making! ). Let's also mention the beautiful Fay Wray..eye candy...... It's been a few years, but I think it's time to watch King Kong again....Cheers and thanx for the video...

A lot of your movies are kind of off the radar but are always entertaining - love your channel.

@rogerrendzak8055

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't consider KING KONG, off the 'radar'!! Maybe Disney, though 🤔…………

Good to see you back Jonny

The idea that Cooper wanted a 'real gorilla' to fight a 'real Komodo dragon' is disgusting beyond belief.

WELCOME BACK, JONATHAN!!!

Great video I love King Kong

There you are! I was getting worried, considering recent events. Great video as ever, cheers mister.

Kong Island: someone, possibly long ago, built a huge wall to keep all those scary monsters back there in the deep jungle and make safe the peninsula where the villagers live. Dinosaurs..... a giant ape..... who knows what all else is back there? So why not? Let's build a giant ape size door in the wall. Makes perfect sense.

Great to see you back Jonny - take care mate.

Wonderful info . . . luv 'King Kong'.

A true classic, it is. Thanks Jonathon.

Great job, Jonny! Thanks so much!

SFX Trivia: In the scene where Kong is looking into an appartment building, during his rampage in NY City, he was projected onto a fresnel screen behind the model windows... The screen was mounted on a vibrating device. The constant, rapid motion would hide the surface texture of the screen which, if seen, would have ruined the necessary suspension of disbelief. A very clever solution indeed!

Jack Driscole was not the hero of Carl Denham's film, but the first mate of the ship they travel on. James Flavin plays the second mate and has a long career as an Irish character actor and policeman or detective. He in fact appears in MIGHTY JOE YOUNG in 1949

I love King Kong 1933. Good video!

KK. Jason and the Argonauts, Star Wars originals and Robocop

Hey, long time, no see. Great video, btw!

Hey Jonny, damn good to see you back with another great video review! Look forward to many more to come from you! BTW, I hope you're health is better!

Fascinating,. Cheers!

Wishing I could see the original uncut version...the one that had people screaming and leaving the theater.

Wallace actually Completed the 1st Draft but Cooper told him to Make Changes. He died before starting the 2nd draft.

When I was young in the 1970's, this movie was a traditional Thanksgiving Day broadcast in the NY area on WOR-TV channel 9. I never understood why, lol. They would also show Mighty Joe Young, and Son of Kong, and King Kong Joins the Rockettes. Okay, that last one is made up.

@madmanmark8387

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha we said almost the same exact thing.

@eduardo_corrochio

2 жыл бұрын

@@madmanmark8387 lol, that is so cool :) We even mentioned the same channel.

@OlympicLeprechaun

2 жыл бұрын

And there would be Godzilla films on the following Friday. And I also remember getting bombarded by ads from Lionel Playworld and Crazy Eddie.

@eduardo_corrochio

2 жыл бұрын

@@OlympicLeprechaun I hear his prices are insaaaaaaaaaaaaane :D

@davidlafleche828

2 жыл бұрын

Jerry Lewis wanted to do a sequel: "Court Jester Kong."

I think we can assume that the one-to-one scale bust of Kong wasn't anywhere near 40' tall, based on all of the photos. More like 15-20' (the latter being an "at most" figure). The salary of $50,000. for Max Steiner to write the score must be in TODAY's dollars, as that kind of sum at the time would've been way too high. OR...am I wrong about that?

Welcome back!!!! Great to see your videos again 😀😀😀!!!!

Missed your vids. I'd love if you could do one of my all time favorites..Phantom of the Paradise . A terrific B movie of the 70s

Interesting

Where have you been?

Kong left a trail of death and destruction..oh wait NYC looks like that normally.

As they said on Twister, "You're Back!" 😁

Is this picture pre code? Because Fay Wray gets a little "showy" in her Beauty and the Beast dress.

There is no "T" in Schoedsack.

Imagine a 1933 audience screening 'Kong: Skull Island'

@davidlafleche828

2 жыл бұрын

What would they have thought of Godzilla? Even better: Jaws?

Peter Jackson has the 18” tall wire figure in his moooovie collection, baby…

🇨🇦🥰🇨🇦

Floating dots not helping

Everything you need to know about Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)

The 33 version had terrible acting and terrible dialog. But it was a great movie. Jackson's remake in 2005 had good dialog and good acting but it didn't have the same impact as the original. And we won't even MENTION the 1976 version which was painful for me to watch.

@TPOrchestra

Жыл бұрын

Before its release, I suspected the '76 Kong would suck as soon as I heard Dino De Laurentiis was producing it. I remember the audience hooting at Charles Grodin's hammy performance. I hated the movie.

@johntabler349

7 ай бұрын

I'm going to respectfully disagree, the character and script drive the original, Peter Jackson doubled the run time without adding anything to the story, he turns Dehnam into a crook, Driscoll into a completely different character and Ann into a depressing unlikable woman who drags down the story art is of course subjective

The original King Kong looks horrible on Blu-ray. It’s not remastered and not extended. The recreated spider pit scene is missing. What a ripoff?!?!

Please don,t stretch original footage. It is disrespectful.

Nice video but the narration was horribly paced. No natural pauses whatsoever throughout making it robotic sounding, actually worse than robotic sounding. But I enjoyed the history lesson of KK but a lot of interesting factoids were not covered.

The Peter Jackson one was a pile of shit one of the handful of films I ever walked out of

A giant gorilla terrorizing New York City? Today it's called woke political correctness.

Don't 'need' to know anything about it. Might want to, but nope.

I highly doubt Cooper's friend, Douglas Burden, was the first human to encounter a Komodo dragon (on Komodo Island), but rather the first 'WHITE' man, to have. Love the story of King Kong, and the 'ORIGINAL' picture 😁!!! The '35 (even though Mr. Baak says '33) sequel "SON OF KONG" wasn't bad, but definitely wasn't the first film!!! The '76 version?? 😅😂🤣!!! On to the '05 version. Very watchble, and NOT BAD👍, but it's NOT, THE ORIGINAL 😉!!!! I believe, Fay Wrays' aunt and uncle had a 'summer' house, on the southern end of the island, I grew up on (and still reside). It's on, the South Jersey coast.

ATTENTION RICK BAKER and PETER JACKSON: Did you pay close attention to what the man said? It's what I always loved about the character. Most fans and filmmakers don't get it. Kong was not just an ape. He was a MONSTER! Peter Jackson sorely missed that point. He was NOT just some ordinary overgrown gorilla who eats berries and picks his butt. He's a unique, somewhat humanoid ape-monster that stands upright and shows humanistic expression. Rick Baker missed that point as well when he made the suit for the first remake. But at least when he wore that boring suit for the film the director ordered Rick to stand upright when he just wanted to play a typical hunched over on all fours gorilla.

King Kong and Annie Dawn Darrow should be together. All true King Kong fans ship them. Any fan that ships Annie with Jack is not a true Kong fan.

This has got 2 be the DUMBEST MOVIE EVER MADE !!!!! But, it's structure is very great, & of course stands up 2 the test of X. U just can't keep down the Kong.