KING KONG (1933)
Special Features: 90th Anniversary. April 26, 6:30 p.m. screening features intro by Montgomery College film professor David Rothman.
A blockbuster sensation upon release in 1933, KING KONG remains the greatest monster movie of them all, boasting groundbreaking special effects, a multi-layered and compelling story and Fay Wray's most iconic role, in which she originated the screen persona of the "scream queen." Explorer Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) and his crew journey to Skull Island in search of the biggest of game, the legendary giant ape Kong. Willis O'Brien's stop-motion animation of Kong and the other creatures inhabiting Skull Island still amazes today. #43 on AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies; #24 on AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions. DIR/PROD Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack; SCR James Ashmore Creelman, Ruth Rose, from a story by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. U.S., 1933, b&w, 100 min. NOT RATED
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 100 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, April 21, 2023
Genre: Adventure fantasy
