King Kong (2005)
Set in the 1930s, this is the story of a young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow from the world of vaudeville who finds herself lost in depression-era New York and her luck changes when she meets an over-ambitious filmmaker Carl Denham who brings her on an exploratory expedition to a remote island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape Kong. The beauty and the beast finally meet their fate back in the city of New York where the filmmaker takes and displays the ape in quest of his fame by commercial exploitation which ultimately leads to catastrophe for everyone including a playwright Jack Driscoll who falls in love with Ann and plays an unlikely hero by trying to save her from Kong and her destiny.
Primary Title
- King Kong
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 31 December 2015
Release Year
- 2005
Start Time
- 19 : 00
Finish Time
- 22 : 30
Duration
- 210:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- Set in the 1930s, this is the story of a young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow from the world of vaudeville who finds herself lost in depression-era New York and her luck changes when she meets an over-ambitious filmmaker Carl Denham who brings her on an exploratory expedition to a remote island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape Kong. The beauty and the beast finally meet their fate back in the city of New York where the filmmaker takes and displays the ape in quest of his fame by commercial exploitation which ultimately leads to catastrophe for everyone including a playwright Jack Driscoll who falls in love with Ann and plays an unlikely hero by trying to save her from Kong and her destiny.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- King Kong (Fictitious character)--Drama
- Actresses--Drama
- Motion pictures--Production and direction--Drama
- Gorilla--Behavior--Drama
- Fantasy films
- Feature films--United States
- Feature films--Germany
- Feature films--New Zealand
- New York (N.Y.)--Drama
Genres
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
Contributors
- Peter Jackson (Director)
- Peter Jackson (Writer)
- Peter Jackson (Producer)
- Fran Walsh (Writer)
- Fran Walsh (Producer)
- Philippa Boyens (Writer)
- Naomi Watts (Actor)
- Jack Black (Actor)
- Adrien Brody (Actor)
- Andy Serkis (Actor)
- WingNut Films (Production Unit)
- Universal Pictures (Production Unit)
- Big Primate Pictures (Production Unit)
- MFPV Film (Production Unit)
- Thomas Kretschmann (Actor)
- Colin Hanks (Actor)
- Jamie Bell (Actor)
Subjects
- King Kong (Fictitious character)--Drama
- Actresses--Drama
- Motion pictures--Production and direction--Drama
- Gorilla--Behavior--Drama
- Fantasy films
- Feature films--United States
- Feature films--Germany
- Feature films--New Zealand
- New York (N.Y.)--Drama