What is "king kong"

U.S. film released 1933.

King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code disaster film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. The screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose was from an idea conceived by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. It stars Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot and Robert Armstrong, and opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to rave reviews. It has been ranked by Rotten Tomatoes as the greatest horror film of all time.

The film tells of a gigantic, prehistoric, island-dwelling ape called Kong who dies in an attempt to possess a beautiful young woman. King Kong is especially noted for its stop-motion animation by Willis O'Brien and a groundbreaking musical score by Max Steiner. 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 has been remade twice, in 1976 and 2005, while a reboot, Kong: Skull Island, is set for release in 2017.

King Kong is a 2005 epic adventure monster film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson. A remake of the 1933 film of the same name, the film stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, and, through motion capture, Andy Serkis as the title character. Set in 1933, King Kong tells the story of an overly ambitious filmmaker who coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to the mysterious Skull Island. There they encounter Kong, a legendary giant gorilla, whom they capture and display in New York City, with tragic results.

The film's budget climbed from an initial US$150 million to a then-record-breaking $207 million. It was released on December 14, 2005 in Germany and on December 16 in the United States, and made an opening of $50.1 million. While it performed lower than expected, King Kong made domestic and worldwide grosses that eventually added up to $550 million, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film in Universal Pictures history. It also generated $100 million in DVD sales upon its home video release. The film garnered positive reviews from critics and appeared on several "top ten" lists for 2005, who tended to praise it for its special effects, performances, sense of spectacle and comparison to the 1933 original, though some reviewers criticized it for its three-hour running time. It won three Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects.

King Kong is a 1976 American epic monster thriller film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Guillermin. It is a remake of the 1933 classic film of the same name, about a giant ape that is captured and imported to New York City for exhibition. Featuring special effects by Carlo Rambaldi, it stars Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange in her first film role.

The remake's screenplay was written by Lorenzo Semple Jr., based on the 1933 screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose, from the original idea by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace.

The film was the fifth highest grossing film of 1977 according to box office statistics compiled during its release by Variety, Box Office Mojo published a list indicating it was the 7th highest grossing film of 1976 in North America.

This film is the only King Kong adaptation to feature the World Trade Center towers rather than the Empire State Building.

King Kong is a fictional giant ape from Skull Island who has appeared in several works since 1933.

King Kong may also refer to:

Throughout the decades King Kong has been featured in numerous comic book publications from numerous publishers.

"King Kong" is the second single from the album Jibbs Featuring Jibbs by American hip hop artist Jibbs. The song features fellow hip hop artist Chamillionaire. It is written by Javon Campbell, Derryl Howard, Bradford Ray, Orlando Watson, and Maurice Wilson. The song failed to duplicate the success of "Chain Hang Low", peaking at number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 32 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts respectively.

"King Kong" is a single released by the eurodance group E-Rotic in 2001. In 2005 was covered by J-Pop girl group Hinoi Team, and again in 2006 by the Germany-based J-pop group Shanadoo.

Dennis Anthony Thomas (born c. 1964), better known as King Kong, is a Jamaican deejay/ singer best known for his work in the 1980s.

King Kong is the third studio album by American rapper Gorilla Zoe, released on June 14, 2011. The album debuted at #56 on the Billboard 200 with 10,300 copies in its first week out.

King Kong (born as Shankar) is an Indian film actor and comedian, who has appeared in Tamil language films in supporting roles. A clip from the film, Adhisaya Piravi (1990, directed by Dallas Raines of Los Angeles weather fame), which features King Kong dancing has become a viral internet video titled Little Superstar.

King Kong is a giant movie monster, resembling a colossal ape, that has appeared in various media since 1933. The character first appeared in the 1933 film King Kong, which received universal acclaim upon its initial release and re-releases. The film was remade in 1976 and once again in 2005. The character has become one of the world's most famous movie icons, having inspired countless sequels, remakes, spin-offs, imitators, parodies, cartoons, books, comics, video games, theme park rides, and even a stage play. His role in the different narratives varies, ranging from a rampaging monster to a tragic antihero.

King Kong, a rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, formed in early 1989 by Ethan Buckler, the original bassist in the band Slint. The band's first single, "Movie Star", features the entire Slint line-up, sometimes swapping instruments.

King Kong's core line-up for many years was the trio of Buckler on guitar and vocals, Willie McClean (bass), and Ray Rizzo (drums). Over the course of its existence King Kong has been joined by Todd Hildreth (keys), Suki Anderson (additional vocals), Amy Greenwood (additional vocals), Andy Hurt (percussion), and Dave Pajo (drums). There are many others too numerous to list, e.g., Rich Schuler (drums), Brian Hubbard (bass).

Their sound is a blend of rock n' roll, funk, and a lot of other elements found in music topped off by often humorous and indifferent lyrics.

After a four-year hiatus King Kong returned with "The Big Bang", another in a long line of concept albums. This one was concerned with space travel although an underlying theme of sexual intercourse could be deduced.

Drag City released "Buncha Beans" in March 2007.

King Kong's first music video, "60s Apartment Building Balcony," was released on YouTube on December 1, 2014. The director, Mary Yates, posted a comment to the video saying "stay tuned for more new videos by Ethan Buckler and King Kong." King Kong released their second music video on September 18, 2015, "Pawnshopolis."

King Kong (Band UK) is a Manchester band active from 1995 to 1997 consisting of Nicola Rushton (Vocals) Nicolas Gibson (Vocals) Timothy Jackson (Guitar) Christopher Chan - "Channy" (Bass) Damien Allen (Drums).

The band were linked with Pop Star Jason Orange during 1996 who mentored and assisted them after the split of Take That. Often King Kong gigs in the city would be followed by the local media who had a keen interest in Orange's next career move. The Manchester Evening News would report the fact that Orange was attending a King Kong gig rather than focusing on the band themselves, much to the annoyance of the musicians.

King Kong were musically different from their Manchester indie peers of the time, opting for a more rocky, funky sound driven by fluid basslines and heavy guitar hooks. The band's songs were written by Jackson and Chan, some formulating from extended jam sessions. The two had played together with Allen in numerous bands preceding King Kong.

They attracted a firm loyal support at local gigs, hosted a monthly gig at the Attic Club on Oxford Road, as well as playing Manchester's many other venues. They headlined "Rock on the Quays" - the opening celebrations of the building of the now famous Lowry centre and development.

The band recorded two self-financed EP's both containing four songs. But they were more notable for their energetic live shows, where the combination of the two singers styles and Rock fueled riffs would stand out from the "shoe-gazing" indie bands of the day.

The members split in 1997 with some of the musicians joining together again in various acts, however nothing has been heard since musically from Rushton or Gibson.

Jackson has been linked with Liam Frost & The Slowdown Family as a session guitarist, and even had a stint playing drums with HeadFunk who now go under the name of The Yellhounds.

It is believed that Allen and Chan still play together, although details are scarce.

Stand out tracks from the band were the anthemic "Bored and Crazy" which illuminated live shows with its Radiohead-esque chorus, "Invsible Tears", a beautiful guitar part with a haunting vocal provided and written by Rushton, and "Rollin'" a blues rock jam perfectly suited to Gibson's raw rocky vocals.

King Kong (1959) was a landmark South African jazz-influenced musical, billed at the time as an "all African jazz opera". Opening in Johannesburg on 2 February 1959 at Witwatersrand University Great Hall, the musical was an immediate success, with The Star newspaper calling it "the greatest thrill in 20 years of South African theatre-going". It "swept South Africa like a storm", touring the country for two years and playing to record-breaking multi-racial audiences, before being booked for a London production in 1961, by which time it had been seen by some 200,000 South Africans.

The music and some of the lyrics were written by Todd Matshikiza. The lyrics were by Pat Willams and the book by Harry Bloom. It was directed by Leon Gluckman with orchestration and arrangements by pianist Sol Klaaste, tenor saxophonist Mackay Davashe, alto saxophonist Kippie Moeketsi and composer Stanley Glasser. King Kong was choreographed by Arnold Dover.

The decor and costumes were designed by Arthur Goldreich, a Jewish communist architect and visual designer (who was later arrested during an apartheid clampdown).

King Kong had an all-black cast. The musical portrayed the life and times of a heavyweight boxer, Ezekiel Dlamini, known as "King Kong". Born in 1921, after a meteoric boxing rise, his life degenerated into drunkenness and gang violence. He knifed his girlfriend, asked for the death sentence during his trial and instead was sentenced to 14 years hard labour. He was found drowned in 1957 and it was believed his death was suicide. He was 36.

After being a hit in South Africa in 1959, the musical played at the Prince's Theatre in the West End of London in 1961. The liner notes for the London cast recording state: "No theatrical venture in South Africa has had he sensational success of King Kong. This musical, capturing the life, colour, and effervescence -- as well as the poignancy and sadness -- of township life, has come as a revelation to many South Africans that art does not recognize racial barriers. King Kong has played to capacity houses in every major city in the Union [of South Africa], and now, the first export of indigenous South African theatre, it will reveal to the rest of the world the peculiar flavour of township life, as well as the hitherto unrecognized talents of its people. The show, as recorded here, opened at the Princes Theatre, London, on February 23, 1961."

The song "Sad Times, Bad Times" was considered a reference at the time to the infamous South African Treason Trial in Pretoria, which had begun in 1956 and lasted for more than four years before it collapsed with all the accused acquitted. Among the defendants were Albert Luthuli (ANC president), secretary Walter Sisulu, Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela. According to John Matshikiza, King Kong′s first night was attended by Mandela, who at the interval congratulated Todd Matshikiza "on weaving a subtle message of support for the Treason Trial leaders into the opening anthem".

King Kong, is a musical with music by Marius de Vries, lyrics by Michael Mitnick and Craig Lucas, a book by Lucas and additional musical and lyrical contributions by 3D, Sarah McLachlan, Guy Garvey, Justice and The Avalanches. It is based on the 1933 film of the same name and is produced by Global Creatures, who partnered with animatronics workshop The Creature Technology Company who designed the six-metre animatronic silverback title character. Under the direction of Daniel Kramer, the musical is choreographed by John O’Connell.