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King Kong Escapes (Japanese: キングコングの逆襲, Hepburn: Kingu Kongu no Gyakushū, lit. ' King Kong's Counterattack ' ) is a 1967 kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda , with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya .
In 1993, Toho had considered remaking King Kong vs. Godzilla, due to that film being their most successful Godzilla/Kong film to date. However, Toho concluded that re-acquiring the rights to King Kong would prove difficult and instead considered using the cyborg Mechani-Kong, seen in The King Kong Show and Toho's King Kong Escapes.
The same year of King Kong's release,Son of Kong, a sequel, was fast-tracked and released. [75] Later, in the 1960s, RKO licensed the King Kong character to Japanese studio Toho, which made two films, King Kong vs. Godzilla, [250] the third film in Toho's long-running Godzilla series, and King Kong Escapes. [251] Both were directed by Ishirō ...
The making of King Kong. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-904208-70-2 – via Internet Archive. contains information about, and stills from, this unfinished film; Peter Jackson, Michael Pellerin (producers) (2005). Willis O'Brien and Creation. RKO Production 601: The Making of Kong, The Eighth Wonder of the World (documentary). Warner ...
Wasei Kingu Kongu (和製キング・コング, lit. Japanese-made King Kong) is a lost 1933 Japanese black-and-white silent film directed by Torajiro Saito. [1] A silent, three-reel comedy short, it uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story [2] [3] and was produced by Shochiku Studios (which released the original 1933 film in Japan on behalf of RKO).
The franchise is centered on King Kong, a giant ape living on a primordial island inhabited by prehistoric creatures. Pages in category "King Kong (franchise) films" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
King Kong from King Kong Escapes. Due to copyright reasons the character was simply called "Gorilla". It was the same suit from the film, but looked slightly different due to repairs having been made to it for the show. 46. An evil version of Minilla, the son of Godzilla.
2005 – King Kong by Peter Jackson was released. March, 2006 - The Collapsing Bridge was no longer part of the Studio Tour due to mechanical problems. June 1, 2008 – The entire King Kong attraction was destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. Only the outer walls of the show building remained. A few days later, they had been demolished too.