KING KONG (1976) Gets New Collector’s Edition Blu-ray in May
Mike Sprague
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Scream Factory will unleash John Guillermin’s King Kong with Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange on Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on May 11th. Special features haven’t been announced yet but Scream Factory confirms the two-disc set will include the original theatrical cut and the extended TV version.
Check out the killer new cover art via Hugh Fleming below.
Guillermin (The Towering Inferno) directed the remake from a script by Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Flash Gordon). Dino De Laurentiis (Army of Darkness) produced. Bridges stars with Charles Grodin, and Lange in her debut. Carlo Rambaldi (E.T.) designed the Oscar-winning SFX with Rick Baker (American Werewolf in London).
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The Petrox company’s search for new oil reserves on a strange island unleashes a terror unseen by civilized man – King Kong! The timeless story of a beauty (Jessica Lange) and a beast comes to the screen in this ambitious production from Dino De Laurentiis. Charles Grodin is the scheming oil company shark out to exploit the giant beast to his fullest. And Jeff Bridges is the desperate hero, Jack Prescott, who attempts to wrest the beautiful heroine from King Kong’s grasp. New York City trembles with each echoing footstep of the towering ape set loose in the streets!
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