![]() Ann is whisked away to a hotel room on a high floor, but Kong, scaling the building, soon finds her. Kong, believing that the ensuing flash photography is an attack, breaks loose as the audience flees in horror. Shackled in chains, Kong is taken to New York City and presented to a Broadway theatre audience as "Kong, Eighth Wonder of the World!" Ann and Jack are brought on stage to join him, surrounded by a group of press photographers. Onshore, Denham, now determined to bring Kong back alive, renders him unconscious with a gas bomb. Kong, following, breaks open the gate and relentlessly rampages through the village. They run through the jungle and back to the village, where Denham, Englehorn, and the surviving crewmen are waiting. ![]() When Kong notices and starts pulling them back up, the two drop into the water below. While Kong is distracted killing a Pteranodon that tried to fly away with Ann, Jack reaches her and they climb down a vine dangling from a cliff ledge. Upon arriving in Kong's mountain lair, Ann is menaced by a snake-like Elasmosaurus, which Kong also kills. After Kong slays a Tyrannosaurus rex that tried to eat Ann, Jack continues to follow them while Denham returns to the village for more men. Soon after, the crew runs into an aggressive Brontosaurus and eventually Kong himself, leaving Jack and Denham as the only survivors. They encounter a living dinosaur, a charging Stegosaurus, which they manage to kill. Kong carries a terrified Ann away as Denham, Jack and some volunteers enter the jungle in hopes of rescuing her. That night, the natives kidnap Ann from the ship and take her through the gate and onto an altar, where she is offered to King Kong, a giant gorilla-like beast. When he sees the blonde-haired Ann, he offers to trade six of his tribal women for the "golden woman". The intruders are spotted and the native chief stops the ceremony. They witness a group of natives preparing to sacrifice a young woman termed the "bride of Kong". They encounter a native village, separated from the rest of the island by an enormous stone wall with a large wooden gate. He alludes to a mysterious entity named Kong, rumored to dwell on the island. Denham reveals to the crew that their destination is in fact Skull Island, an uncharted territory. The crew boards the Venture and sets off, during which the ship's first mate, Jack Driscoll, falls in love with Ann. ![]() Searching in the streets of New York City, he finds Ann Darrow and promises her the adventure of a lifetime. ![]() However, he is unable to secure an actress for a female role he has been reluctant to disclose. In New York Harbor, filmmaker Carl Denham, known for wildlife films in remote and exotic locations, charters Captain Englehorn's ship, the Venture, for his new project. ![]() A sequel, titled Son of Kong, was fast-tracked and released the same year, with several more films made in the following decades, including two remakes that were made in 19 respectively, and a cinematic universe (dubbed the MonsterVerse) featuring Kong starting with Kong: Skull Island in 2017. In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. It is ranked by Rotten Tomatoes as the greatest horror film of all time and the fifty-sixth greatest film of all time. King Kong opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to rave reviews. In the film, a giant ape dubbed Kong captured from Skull Island attempts to possess a beautiful young woman. The film stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it is the first film in the King Kong franchise. Schoedsack, with special effects by Willis H. King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure horror monster film directed and produced by Merian C. ![]()
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