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King Kong (1933)

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NOTE: This commentary is only available on the November 2005 "Special Edition" DVDs. A different commentary track (the first commentary track ever released) was available on the Criterion Collection King Kong laserdisc.

Commentaries on this DVD:

Commentary 1: Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston with interview excerpts with Merian C. Cooper and Fay Wray Rating:6.7/10 (6 votes) [graph]Login to vote or review
Reviewed by mikl on January 31st, 2006:Find all reviews by mikl
Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston dominates this commentary. It's great to hear old Harryhausen speak, but they don't come up with that much information that you can't find in the documentaries. There's a lot of "this is a great scene" and talking about the impact of the movie etc. which is of course ok, but it's pretty much covered in the docs.

There are a few excerpts from an interview with Merian C. Cooper which is kind of cool. He talks about how they did some of the scenes and tells fun tales from making the movie. It's very fun to listen to, but the clips are few and far between.

Fay Wray says very little, I think that she says two sentences during the whole movie and they are like "We were very good friends" and "this is a remarkable movie". To bad, and I guess it's only included because they had the clips lying around and had some space to fill.

The track is recommendable mostly if you are a Harryhausen or King Kong nut.
   
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