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Triple Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) directs the dramatic adventure King Kong, bringing his sweeping cinematic vision to the iconic story of the gigantic ape captured in the wild and brought to civilization where he meets his tragic fate. Jackson assumes directing, producing and co-screenwriting duties and surrounds himself with a list of superlative filmmaking and acting talents. Jackson re-teams with longtime collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, co-writing the screenplay with three-time Oscar®-winning partner Walsh and their The Lord of the Rings co-writer, Academy Award® winner Boyens. Jan Blenkin, Carolynne Cunningham, Fran Walsh and Jackson produce the film under their WingNut Films banner.

Academy Award® nominee Naomi Watts (21 Grams) portrays Ann Darrow, an actress from the world of vaudeville who finds herself out of a job in Depression-era New York. Her luck changes when she meets Carl Denham, played by Jack Black (School of Rock). Denham is an entrepreneur, raconteur, adventurer and filmmaker who is struggling to make a name for himself in the entertainment industry. Bold, ebullient and charismatic, Denham has a natural sense of showmanship and an appetite for greatness, which ultimately leads to catastrophe. Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist) steps into the role of Jack Driscoll, a New York playwright, who becomes an unlikely hero in a romantic adventure story which will test his physical courage and his heart.

Andy Serkis (who performed the role of the CGI character Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy) provided both on-set performance reference and motion capture performance for the title character of King Kong. Serkis also appears onscreen playing Lumpy the cook, in service aboard the tramp steamer Venture, bound for Skull Island, under the command of Captain Englehorn, played by Thomas Kretschmann (U-571). Colin Hanks (Orange County) portrays a production assistant to filmmaker Carl Denham and Kyle Chandler (television's Early Edition), taking on the role of Bruce Baxter, a 1930's movie star cast opposite Ann Darrow in the film Denham is shooting.

Visual effects are again accomplished by New Zealand-based companies Weta Digital, under the direction of Oscar® winner Joe Letteri and Weta Workshop, under the direction of Oscar® winner Richard Taylor. Visual effects and miniatures will supplement practical locations in creating the primordial jungles of Skull Island and the bustling metropolis of '30s-period Manhattan. James Newton Howard (Batman Begins) will compose the original score for the film.

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DVD information

Release Date (USA):	2006-03-28
Rating (USA):	PG-13
Release Date (UK):	2006-04-10
Rating (UK) :	12
Director:	Peter Jackson
Producer:	Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
Studio:	Universal Pictures
Writer/s:	Merian Cooper and Edgar Wallace (story), Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philppa Boyens (screenplay)

Cast

Naomi Watts	Ann Darrow
Adrien Brody	Jack Driscoll
Jack Black	Carl Denham
Andy Serkis	King Kong/Lumpy the Cook
Kyle Chandler	Bruce Baxter
Lobo Chan	Choy
Jamie Bell	Jimmy
David Dengelo
Stephen Hall	Key Venture Crew
Colin Hanks	Preston
Richard Kavanagh	Key Venture Crew
Thomas Kretschmann	Captain Englehorn
Evan Parke	Hayes
John Sumner	Herb
Louis Sutherland	Key Venture Crew

DVD Features

Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
The Volkswagen Toureg & King Kong
Wish You Were Here
Introduction by Peter Jackson
Post-Production Diaries: Director Peter Jackson takes you on an unforgettable journey revealing virtually every aspect of post-production.
Nearly three hours of exclusive behind-the-scenes footage!
Kong's New York, 1933
Skull Island with Peter Jackson and his crew