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2005 film by Peter Jackson

In 1933, during the Great Depression, struggling New York City vaudeville performer Ann Darrow is hired by financially troubled filmmaker Carl Denham to star in a film with actor Bruce Baxter. Ann is hesitant to join the picture until she learns her favorite playwright, Jack Driscoll, is the screenwriter. Filming takes place on the SS Venture, under Captain Englehorn, and under Carl's pretense it will be sailing to Singapore. In truth, Carl intends to film the mysterious Skull Island. Captain Englehorn reconsiders the voyage, prompted by his crew's speculation of trouble ahead. During the voyage, Ann and Jack fall in love. The Venture receives a radio message informing Englehorn there is a warrant for Carl's arrest due to his defiance of the studio's orders to cease production, and instructing Englehorn to divert to Rangoon, but the ship becomes lost in fog and runs aground on Skull Island. Carl and his film crew, including cameraman Herb, assistant Preston, actor Bruce Baxter, and boom operator Mike, explore the island and are attacked by natives who kill Mike and a crewman. Englehorn rescues the film crew, but as they prepare to leave, a native sneaks onto the ship and abducts Ann. The natives offer Ann as a sacrifice to Kong, a 25 feet (8 m) ape. Jack notices Ann's disappearance, and the crew returns to the island, but Kong flees with Ann into the jungle. Carl catches a glimpse of Kong and becomes determined to film him. Ann wins Kong over with her juggling and dancing skills, and begins to grasp his intelligence and capacity for emotion. Englehorn organizes a rescue party, led by his first mate Hayes and Jack, and accompanied by Carl, Herb, Baxter and Preston. The party gets caught between a herd of Brontosaurus baxteri and a pack of Utahraptor like Venatosaurus saevidicus hunting them, with Herb and several other men killed in the resulting stampede. Baxter and others return to the ship. The remaining party members continue through the jungle when Kong attacks, making them fall into a ravine where Carl loses his camera. Kong rescues Ann from three Tyrannosaurus like Vastatosaurus rex, bringing her to his den in the mountains. The remaining rescue party are attacked by giant insects in the ravine, resulting in the death of Hayes and most of the rescue party, but Preston, Carl, Jack, and Hayes' apprentice Jimmy are rescued by Baxter and Englehorn. Jack searches for Ann alone, while Carl decides to capture Kong. Jack finds Kong's lair and accidentally awakens him, but escapes with Ann. They arrive at the wall with Kong pursuing them. As Ann begs the crew not to harm him, Kong kills several sailors, but is subdued when Carl knocks him out with chloroform. In New York City that winter, Carl presents "Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World" on Broadway, starring Baxter and an imprisoned Kong. Ann, who refused to take part in the performance, is played by an anonymous chorus girl. Agitated by the chorus girl not being Ann and flashes from cameras, Kong breaks free from the chains, wrecks the theater, and bursts out into the streets of New York in search of Ann, chasing Jack before encountering her again. The U. S. Army attacks, and Kong tries getting Ann and himself to safety by climbing to the top of the Empire State Building. Six United States Navy biplanes arrive; Kong downs three of them, but is mortally wounded from the planes' gunfire and falls from the building. As Jack reaches the top of the building to comfort and embrace Ann, civilians, policemen, and soldiers gather around the beast's corpse in the street, one bystander commenting the airplanes got him. Carl makes his way through the crowd, takes one last look at Kong, and says sadly, "It wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast," before he walks away.

Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow, a struggling vaudeville actress who is desperate for work. Carl first meets her when she tries to steal an apple from a fruit stand. Further into the voyage, she falls in love with Jack and forms a special relationship with Kong. Andy Serkis as Kong (motion capture), a 25 feet (8 m) tall prehistoric ape who resembles a mountain gorilla and is around 100–150 years old. He is the last of his species, Megaprimatus kong, and the possible descendant of both the Chororapithecus and the Gigantopithecus. Serkis also plays Lumpy, the ship's cook, barber, and surgeon. A brave sailor, he warns Denham about rumors he has heard about Skull Island and Kong. Adrien Brody as Jack Driscoll, a screenwriter who falls in love with Ann. He unwittingly becomes part of the voyage when, while delivering a script to Denham, he is deliberately delayed by the latter before he can get off the Venture. He is the only member of the crew who agrees with Ann that Kong should be left alone. Jack Black as Carl Denham, a film director who obtained the map to Skull Island. Due to his debts, Carl starts to lose his moral compass and obsesses over his film to the point that he disregards safety. Thomas Kretschmann as Captain Englehorn, the German captain of the Venture. Englehorn shows a dislike for Denham, presumably because of his obsessive nature. Colin Hanks as Preston, Denham's neurotic but honest personal assistant. Jamie Bell as Jimmy, a naive teenager who was found on the Venture, wild and abandoned. Evan Parke as Benjamin "Ben" Hayes, Englehorn's first mate and a mentor to Jimmy, who leads Ann's rescue mission because of his army training and combat experience gained during World War I.
Lobo Chan as Choy, Lumpy's best friend and a janitor on the Venture. Kyle Chandler as Bruce Baxter, an actor who specializes in adventure films. He abandons Ann's rescue mission but brings Englehorn to rescue the search party from the insect pit, and is given credit for rescuing Ann during the Broadway display of Kong. John Sumner as Herb, Denham's loyal cameraman. Craig Hall as Mike, Denham's soundman for the journey. William Johnson as Manny, an elderly vaudevillian actor and colleague of Darrow. Mark Hadlow as Harry, a struggling vaudevillian actor. Jed Brophy and Todd Rippon appeared in the film as crew members. In addition, director Jackson appears with makeup artist Rick Baker (who had portrayed Kong and designed makeup for the 1976 version) as the pilot and gunner on the airplane that kills the title character, his children appear as New York children, The Lord of the Rings co producer Rick Porras and The Shawshank Redemption director Frank Darabont appear as a gunners in the other airplanes, and Bob Burns and his wife appear as New York bystanders. Frequent Jackson collaborator Howard Shore makes a cameo appearance as the conductor of the New York theater from where Kong escapes. Shore was initially set to compose for the film before his exit. Watts, Black, and Brody were the first choices for their respective roles with no other actors considered. In preparation for her role, Watts met with the original Ann Darrow, Fay Wray. Jackson wanted Wray to make a cameo appearance and say the final line of dialogue, but she died during pre production at 96 years old. Black was cast as Carl Denham based on his performance in the 2000 film High Fidelity, which had impressed Jackson. For inspiration, Black studied P. T. Barnum and Orson Welles. "I didn't study [Welles] move for move. It was just to capture the spirit. Very reckless guy. I had tapes of him drunk off his ass." The native extras on Skull Island were portrayed by a mix of Asian, African, Maori and Polynesian actors sprayed with dark makeup to achieve a consistent pigmentation. King Kong eventually became his favorite film and was the primary inspiration for his decision to become a filmmaker as a teenager. and, in late 1995, Jackson initially turned down the King Kong offer, but he "quickly became disturbed by the fact that someone else would take it over," Jackson continued, "and make it into a terrible film; that haunted me and I eventually said yes to Universal." In late 1996, Jackson flew to production of the 1997 film Titanic in Mexico to discuss the part of Ann Darrow with Kate Winslet, with whom he previously worked with on his 1994 film Heavenly Creatures. Minnie Driver was also being reportedly considered. and the 2001 film Planet of the Apes. Universal abandoned King Kong in February 1997 which eventually rose to $175 million. Jackson made a deal with Universal whereby he would be paid a $20 million salary against 20% of the box office gross for directing, producing and co writing. He shared that fee with co writers Walsh (which also covered her producing credit) and Boyens. However, if King Kong were to go over its $175 million budget, the penalties would be covered by Jackson. Immediately after the completion of The Return of the King, Weta Workshop and Weta Digital, supervised by Taylor, Rivers, and Joe Letteri, started pre production on King Kong. Jackson also optioned Early Havoc, a memoir written by vaudeville performer June Havoc Over the course of filming the budget went from $175 million to $207 million over additional visual effects work needed, and Jackson extending the film's running time by thirty minutes. Jackson covered most of the $32 million surplus himself making it at one point the most expensive film yet made. Universal only agreed to such an outlay after seeing a screening of the unfinished film, to which executives responded enthusiastically. Marketing and promotion costs were an estimated $60 million. The film's length also grew; originally set to be 135 minutes, it soon grew to 200, prompting Universal executives to fly to New Zealand to view a rough cut, but they liked it so their concerns were addressed. Other difficulties included Peter Jackson's decision to change composers from Howard Shore to James Newton Howard seven weeks before the film opened.

Jackson saw King Kong as opportunity for technical innovations in motion capture, commissioning Christian Rivers of Weta Digital to supervise all aspects of Kong's performance. Jackson decided early on that he did not want Kong to behave like a human, and so he and his team studied hours of gorilla footage. Serkis was cast in the title role in April 2003 Serkis had to go through two hours of motion capture makeup every day, having 135 small markers attached to different spots on his face. Apart from Kong, Skull Island is inhabited by dinosaurs and other large fauna. Inspired by Dougal Dixon's works, the designers imagined what 65 million years or more of isolated evolution might have done to dinosaurs and the other creatures.

The original score was initially set to be composed by Howard Shore, who had written several cues for the film. Due to creative differences with Jackson, Shore opted out of the project in October 2005 and subsequently James Newton Howard replaced him. With scoring beginning by late October 2005, Howard had only five weeks to work on the film, as a result, he found the film "hardest to compose". Recording sessions took place at the Sony Scoring Stage, California and Todd AO, Los Angeles, consisting of 108 piece orchestra and 40 member choir, and a varied range of instruments used.

The marketing campaign started in full swing on June 27, 2005, when the teaser trailer made its debut, first online at the official Volkswagen website at 8:45 p. m. EDT, then 8:55 p. m. EDT across media outlets owned by NBCUniversal (the parent of Universal Studios), including NBC, Bravo!, CNBC, and MSNBC. That trailer appeared in theatres attached to War of the Worlds, which opened on June 29. A novelisation of the film and a prequel novel entitled King Kong: The Island of the Skull were also written. A multi platform video game, entitled Peter Jackson's King Kong, was released, which featured an alternate ending. There was also a hardback book entitled The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island, featuring artwork from Weta Workshop to describe the film's fictional wildlife. Jackson has expressed his desire to remaster the film in 3 D at some point in the future. Jackson was also seen shooting with a 3 D camera at times during the shoot of King Kong.

In North America, King Kong grossed $9.8 million during its Wednesday opening and $50.1 million over its first weekend for a five day total of $66.2 million from around 7,500 screens at 3,568 theaters. Some analysts considered these initial numbers disappointing, saying that studio executives had been expecting more. The film went on to gross $218.1 million in the North American market and ended up in the top five highest grossing films of the year there. The film grossed an additional $338.8 million at the box office in other regions for a worldwide total of $556.9 million, which not only ranked it in the top five highest grossing films of 2005 worldwide, but also helped the film bring back more than two and a half times its production budget. During its home video release, King Kong sold over $100 million worth of DVDs in the largest six day performance in Universal Studios history. King Kong sold more than 7.6 million DVDs, accumulating nearly $194 million worth of sales numbers in the North American market alone. As of June 25, 2006, King Kong has generated almost $38 million from DVD rental gross. In February 2006, TNT/TBS and ABC paid Universal Studios $26.5 million for the television rights to the film.

King Kong received acclaim from critics. On aggregate review site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 84% based on 268 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Featuring state of the art special effects, terrific performances, and a majestic sense of spectacle, Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong is a potent epic that's faithful to the spirit of the 1933 original." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 81 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. It was placed on the 'top ten' lists of several critics, with Roger Ebert giving it four stars, and listed it as 2005's eighth best film. The film received four Academy Award nominations, for Visual Effects, Sound Mixing (Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek), Sound Editing, and Production Design, winning all but the last. Entertainment Weekly called the depiction of Kong the most convincing computer generated character in film in 2005. Some criticised the film for retaining racist stereotypes that had been present in the 1933 film, though it was not suggested that Jackson had done this intentionally. King Kong ranks 450th on Empire magazine's 2008 list of the 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. The Guardian reviewer Peter Bradshaw said that it "certainly equals, and even exceeds, anything Jackson did in Lord of the Rings." However, Charlie Brooker, also of The Guardian, gave a negative review in which he describes the film as "sixteen times more overblown and histrionic than necessary".

Award Subject Nominee Result Academy AwardsBest Art DirectionGrant Major, Dan Hennah, and Simon BrightBest Sound EditingMike Hopkins and Ethan Van der RynBest Sound MixingChristopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, and Hammond PeekBest Visual EffectsJoe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard TaylorAmerican Film InstituteTop Ten FilmsKing KongAmerican Society of Cinematographers AwardOutstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical ReleasesAndrew Lesnie ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Box Office Films James Newton Howard Art Directors GuildExcellence in Production Design for a Fantasy FilmGrant Major, Dan Hennah, Joe Bleakley, Simon Bright, Simon Harper, David A. Cook, and Jacqui AllenBritish Academy Film AwardsBest Special Visual EffectsJoe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard TaylorBest Production DesignGrant MajorBest SoundHammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Mike Hopkins, and Ethan Van der RynCritics Choice Awards Best Picture King Kong Best Director Peter JacksonChicago Film Critics Association AwardsBest DirectorPeter JacksonBest ActressNaomi WattsBest CinematographyAndrew LesnieBest Original ScoreJames Newton HowardCinema Audio SocietyOutstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion PictureChristopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond PeekDallas Fort Worth Film Critics AssociationBest PictureKing KongBest DirectorPeter JacksonEmpire AwardsBest Sci Fi/SuperheroKing KongBest DirectorPeter JacksonBest ActorAndy SerkisBest ActressNaomi WattsBest FilmKing KongGeorges AwardBest Blockbuster MovieGolden Globe AwardsBest DirectorPeter JacksonBest Original ScoreJames Newton HowardGolden Reel AwardsBest Sound Editing in Feature Film ForeignEthan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins, Brent Burge, David Farmer, Dave Whitehead, John Simpson, Hayden Collow, Melanie Graham, Matthew Lambourn, Justin Webster, Katy Wood, Peter Mills, Craig Tomlinson, Ray Beentjes, Jason Canovas, Martin Kwok, Polly McKinnon, Chris Ward, Jenny T. Ward, Robyn McFarlane, and Carolyn McLaughlinMatt StutterBest Sound Editing in Feature Film MusicJim Weidman and Peter MylesGolden Schmoes AwardsBest DVD/Blu Ray of the Year'Deluxe Edition'Favorite Movie of the YearKing KongBest Director of the YearPeter JacksonMost Overrated Movie of the YearKing KongBest Special Effects of the YearBest Actress of the YearNaomi WattsCoolest Character of the Year'Kong'Best Music in a MovieKing KongBest Trailer of the YearBest Action Sequence of the Year'Kong vs. T Rexes'Most Memorable Scene in a Movie'Kong on top of the Empire State Building'Hollywood Professional AssociationOutstanding Color Grading Feature Film in a DI ProcessDavid ColeOutstanding Compositing Feature FilmErik Winquist, Charles Tait, Johan Åberg, and G. G. Heitmann DemersInternational Cinephile SocietyBest ActressNaomi WattsBest Production DesignGrant MajorInternational Film Music Critics AssociationFilm Score of the YearJames Newton HowardBest Original Score for an Action/Adventure FilmJupiter AwardsBest International DirectorPeter JacksonBest International ActressNaomi WattsLas Vegas Film Critics SocietyBest CinematographyAndrew LesnieBest EditingJamie SelkirkBest Costume DesignTerry RyanBest Art DirectionSimon Bright and Dan HennahBest Visual EffectsKing KongBest PictureLondon Critics Circle Film AwardsFilm of the YearActress of the YearNaomi WattsDirector of the YearPeter JacksonMTV Russia Movie AwardsBest Foreign MovieKing KongMTV Movie & TV AwardsBest MovieBest FightKong vs the planesNational Board of ReviewSpecial Achievement AwardOnline Film Critics Society AwardsBest DirectorPeter JacksonBest ActressNaomi WattsBest Original ScoreJames Newton HowardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest ActressNaomi WattsBest Music, Original ScoreJames Newton HowardBest CinematographyAndrew LesnieBest Production DesignGrant Major, Joe Bleakley, Simon Bright, and Dan HennahBest Costume DesignTerry RyanBest Makeup and HairstylingGino Acevedo, Rick Findlater, Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Dominie TillBest Sound MixingChristopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, and Hammond PeekBest Sound Effects EditingMike Hopkins and Ethan Van der RynBest Visual EffectsJoe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard TaylorBest Titles SequenceKing KongBest Cinematic MomentT Rex FightBest Official Film WebsiteKing KongPhoenix Film Critics SocietyBest Production DesignGrant MajorBest Visual EffectsKing KongHuabiao AwardOutstanding Translated Foreign FilmRondo AwardBest FilmSan Diego Film Critics Society AwardsBest PictureSaturn Award Best DVD Special Edition Release "Deluxe Extended Edition" release. Best Fantasy Film King KongBest DirectorPeter JacksonBest WritingPhilippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, and Peter JacksonBest ActressNaomi WattsBest CostumeTerry RyanBest Make UpRichard Taylor, Gino Acevedo, Dominie Till, and Peter KingBest Special EffectsJoe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard TaylorScream AwardsBest RemakeKing KongScream QueenNaomi WattsBest Fantasy MovieKing KongBest F/XKing KongSoutheastern Film Critics AssociationBest PictureKing KongStinkers Bad Movie AwardsMost Intrusive Musical ScoreJames Newton HowardMost Overrated FilmKing KongSt. Louis Film Critics AssociationBest DirectorPeter JacksonBest Cinematography or Visual/Special EffectsJoe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard TaylorTeen Choice AwardsChoice Action AdventureKing KongChoice RumbleKing Kong vs. T RexChoice SleazebagJack BlackChoice Hissy FitKing KongToronto Film Critics AssociationSpecial CitationAndy SerkisVisual Effects SocietyOutstanding Visual Effects in anEffects Driven Motion PictureJoe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Christian Rivers, and Eric SaindonOutstanding Performance by an AnimatedCharacter in a Live Action Motion PictureAndy Serkis, Christian Rivers, Atsushi Sato, and Guy WilliamsOutstanding Created Environment in aLive Action Motion PictureDan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Matt Aitken, and Charles TaitOutstanding Compositing in a Motion PictureErik Winquist, Michaell Pangrazio, Steve Cronin, and Suzanne JanduWorld Soundtrack AwardsSoundtrack Composer of the YearJames Newton HowardBest Original Soundtrack of the YearVancouver Film Critics CircleBest ActressNaomi Watts

Jack Black and critics have noted Carl Denham's similarity to Orson Welles. When Driscoll is searching for a place to sleep in the animal storage hold, a box behind him reads Sumatran Rat Monkey – Beware the bite! This is a reference to the creature that causes mayhem in Jackson's 1992 film Braindead, itself a reference to the giant rat of Sumatra mentioned in Sherlock Holmes. In that film, the rat monkey is described as being found only on Skull Island. Jimmy reads part of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness while en route to Skull Island, at one point comparing their journey to that of the novella.

Fay Wray, the original Ann Darrow, was asked by Jackson to appear in a brief cameo role in which she would utter the film's final line: "It was beauty killed the beast." At first, she flatly refused, but then seemed to consider the possibility. However, she died shortly after her meeting with Jackson. and on November 3 in Australia. Twelve minutes were reinserted into the film, and an additional forty minutes included with the rest of the special features. The film was spread onto the first two discs with commentary by Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens, and some featurettes on discs one and two, whilst the main special features are on disc three. Another set was released, including a WETA figurine of a bullet ridden Kong scaling the Empire State Building, roaring at the Navy with Ann in hand. The extended film amounts to 200 total minutes. A special HD DVD version of King Kong was part of a promotional pack for the release of the external HD DVD Drive for the Xbox 360. The pack contained the HD DVD drive, the Universal Media Remote and King Kong on HD DVD. It was also available separately as a standard HD DVD. The film's theatrical and extended cuts were released together on Blu ray Disc on January 20, 2009. A re release of the Blu Ray with a new bonus disc containing nearly all of the extras from the 2 disc Special Edition DVD, the Deluxe Extended Edition 3 disc DVD, and the "Peter Jackson's Production Diaries" 2 disc DVD titled the "Ultimate Edition" was released on February 7, 2017. An Ultra HD Blu ray followed in July 2017.

In March 2021, Adam Wingard said in an interview that back in 2013, Peter Jackson had been interested in producing a sequel to the film, titled Skull Island, with Wingard as director and Simon Barrett writing it. Jackson had been impressed with Wingard's work in You're Next, and investigated a potential sequel. However, the King Kong rights had already been transferred to Warner Bros. by 2013, which complicated a sequel to a Universal produced movie. Wingard pivoted to offering a modern day sequel, but ultimately nothing came of the proposal. Wingard would later direct 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong and its sequel 2024's Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, other films set in the MonsterVerse.

The Universal Orlando Resort location Islands of Adventure features an attraction called "Skull Island: Reign of Kong" which is based on Peter Jackson's remake. While the King Kong part of the Universal Studios Hollywood resort was destroyed by a massive fire, a 3D short inspired by the film was eventually created in 2010, King Kong: 360 3 D, which is another attraction based on Peter Jackson's remake.