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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.
Rankin/Bass Productions was an American production company, best known for its animated seasonal television specials.Television series and films pre-1974 are owned by NBCUniversal through DreamWorks Animation and post-September 1974 are owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment through Telepictures.
AKA Gojira no gyakushu (Godzilla's Counterattack); [3] shot in black and white/full screen; the first appearance of the monster Anguirus; a rushed sequel to the previous film, Godzilla; released in the U.S. as Gigantis the Fire Monster; [4] the series was put on hiatus after this film for seven years until 1962's King Kong vs. Godzilla. Half ...
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 ...
King Kong [196] King Kong: 2005 United States, New Zealand King Kong [197] King Kong Appears in Edo: 1938 Japan King Kong [198] King Kong Escapes: 1967 Japan, United States King Kong, Mechani-Kong, Gorosaurus [199] King Kong Lives: 1986 United States King Kong [200] [201] [202] King of the Lost World: 2005 United States Giant ape [203] King ...
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 ...
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.