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King Kong: Monster and Myth

King Kong: Monster and Myth

Laurent Herbiet

2024

  • Documentary
  • History
7.2

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.

Cast & crew

  • Laurent HerbietDirector
  • Elsa LepoivreSelf - Narrator (voice)
  • Ernest B. SchoedsackSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  • Merian C. CooperSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  • Emperor Haile Selassie I of EthiopiaSelf (archive footage)
  • Marguerite HarrisonSelf - Reporter (archive footage)
  • Ruth RoseSelf - Writer (archive footage)
  • Willis H. O'BrienSelf - Animator (archive footage)
  • Fay WraySelf - Actress (archive footage)

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