135 mins |
Rated
PG (Low level violence)
The original 1976 Dino de Laurentiis Monster Adventure film, KING KONG, will be screening at The Vic on Saturday 1st February as part of The Vic Fun Flashbacks series presented by Mid Life Movie Crisis.
When a research ship is sent to explore an uncharted island thought to be rich in oil, paleontologist Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges) sneaks aboard, having heard strange rumors about the island. En route, the crew rescues Dwan (Jessica Lange in her film debut), the sole survivor of a mid-ocean shipwreck. When they arrive, they find the island's human inhabitants living in fear of a monster called Kong. The natives kidnap Dwan and sacrifice her to the beast. Dwan is eventually rescued, and Kong is captured for a gala exhibit in New York ... what could possibly go wrong?
Directed by John Guillermin. Starring Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin and Jessica Lange.
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The original 1976 Dino de Laurentiis Monster Adventure film, KING KONG, will be screening at The Vic on Saturday 1st February as part of The Vic Fun Flashbacks series presented by Mid Life Movie Crisis.
When a research ship is sent to explore an uncharted island thought to be rich in oil, paleontologist Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges) sneaks aboard, having heard strange rumors about the island. En route, the crew rescues Dwan (Jessica Lange in her film debut), the sole survivor of a mid-ocean shipwreck. When they arrive, they find the island's human inhabitants living in fear of a monster called Kong. The natives kidnap Dwan and sacrifice her to the beast. Dwan is eventually rescued, and Kong is captured for a gala exhibit in New York ... what could possibly go wrong?
Directed by John Guillermin. Starring Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin and Jessica Lange.