***EXTRA***King Kong 1976
One over-hyped movie that I skipped in 1976 was the remake of what had become one of my favorite films--KING KONG. This one received a ton of publicity regarding everything from robotic apes to its more-or-less newly discovered starlet, Jessica Lange. It also had this amazingly cool poster with Kong straddling the still-new Twin Towers in a scene nothing like anything found on-screen!
I pieced this one together from a two-page ad in TV GUIDE 35 years ago last week. The film was not well-received critically nor by fans of the classic version but it didn't do that badly. Jessica Lange has actually been in the news this week in 2011 for her break-up with Sam Shepherd.
I finally saw the picture when it aired on network TV a year or two later.
I bought the movie soundtrack which a great poster of Kong breaking down the gates of the massive wall that divided Skull Island. I also had a puzzle that was the movie poster as well as the scale model. I collected all those thing even though I found the film terribly disappointing. As fourteen year old I apparently had plenty of disposable income.
ReplyDeleteAlberto Ramirez Jr.
I SAW KING KONG 76 IN Nashville, TN. THE THEATER WAS JAMMED AND WE HAD TO SIT IN THE 1st OR 2ND ROW Our heads tilted Up THE ENTIRE FILM.
ReplyDeleteWORST SEATS EVER! Almost the worst movie I ever saw in a theater. Some kid cried at the end...Screaming Crying! Miserable. Bah!