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King Kong Classic 4 DVD Collector's Box Set containing: King Kong (1933) digitally remastered edition King Kong (2005) theatrical trailer King Kong (1933) colourised version It Was Beauty Killed the Beast - documentary King Kong Vs. Godzilla King Kong Escapes
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Rediscover the classic King Kong and share in a piece of history that will entertain you for many years to come.
Disc One: King Kong (1933) Experience the excitement and the terror felt by movie-going audiences when R.K.O. released the original monster classic starring Fay Wray. Running Time: 1 hr 36 mins
Disc Two: Featuring the colourised version of the 1933 King Kong and the 25 minute documentary It Was Beauty Killed the Beast. Running Time: 2 hours
Disc Three: King Kong Vs. Godzilla (1963) The two mightiest monsters of all time in the most colossal conflict the screen has ever known. Running Time: 1 hr 27 mins
Disc Four: King Kong Escapes (1968) The fate of the world hangs in the balance as King Kong fights the King Kong robot! Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Some people complain about the packaging, I liked it, there's a bit of thought gone into making a fold out Empire State Building case to hold these 4 discs. It's not particularly sturdy but it's not designed to be left open.
There's enough been written about the original movie over the years, it's been one of my favourite movies for ages, I still love the stop-motion effects after all these years. The Kong v Tyrannosaurus scene is a good precursor of the Godzilla movie.
The black and white King Kong disc runs for just under 1hr 36 mins, the colourised version is slightly longer 1hr 40 mins, the scenes where Kong eats his way through the natives looks great in colour, as does the train scene. Years later Godzilla had a similar dislike for that form of transport.
Like a previous reviewer I bought this set mainly for the 2 Toho movies. King Kong vs Godzilla is a classic monster romp with two prehistoric enemies ape & dinosaur return to their stomping ground Japan to battle it out. Godzilla following his natural homing instincts whilst Kong is taken there courtesy of a pharmaceutical company as a marketing gimmick. It is cheesy but it is good fun and the fight between our two titans is unintentionally hilarious, not forgetting Kong fighting a large Octopus as it attacks a village.
King Kong Escapes is a camp classic, international criminal Dr Who is hired by an unnanmed Asian country to help mine Element X from the North Pole. At first using his robot Kong then when that succumbs to the radiation he captures the original Kong. The climactic fight between robot and ape on top of Tokyo Tower is terrific. Female lead Linda Miller was a model living in Japan at the time, she looks great but apparently her voice was dubbed which is odd as it sort of grates after a while. Maybe her own voice would have been better after all?
For the price I paid I have no complaints, this is a great collection, as for comments that it is not complete, it is never touted as the complete Kong collection. Son of Kong would have been a nice addition but I'm more than happy with this gem.
Just one minor niggle, it's odd that the 2 Toho discs are wrongly named, King Kong Escapes has King Kong Vs Godzilla on it and vice versa. Other than that, spot on.
There's enough been written about the original movie over the years, it's been one of my favourite movies for ages, I still love the stop-motion effects after all these years. The Kong v Tyrannosaurus scene is a good precursor of the Godzilla movie.
The black and white King Kong disc runs for just under 1hr 36 mins, the colourised version is slightly longer 1hr 40 mins, the scenes where Kong eats his way through the natives looks great in colour, as does the train scene. Years later Godzilla had a similar dislike for that form of transport.
Like a previous reviewer I bought this set mainly for the 2 Toho movies. King Kong vs Godzilla is a classic monster romp with two prehistoric enemies ape & dinosaur return to their stomping ground Japan to battle it out. Godzilla following his natural homing instincts whilst Kong is taken there courtesy of a pharmaceutical company as a marketing gimmick. It is cheesy but it is good fun and the fight between our two titans is unintentionally hilarious, not forgetting Kong fighting a large Octopus as it attacks a village.
King Kong Escapes is a camp classic, international criminal Dr Who is hired by an unnanmed Asian country to help mine Element X from the North Pole. At first using his robot Kong then when that succumbs to the radiation he captures the original Kong. The climactic fight between robot and ape on top of Tokyo Tower is terrific. Female lead Linda Miller was a model living in Japan at the time, she looks great but apparently her voice was dubbed which is odd as it sort of grates after a while. Maybe her own voice would have been better after all?
For the price I paid I have no complaints, this is a great collection, as for comments that it is not complete, it is never touted as the complete Kong collection. Son of Kong would have been a nice addition but I'm more than happy with this gem.
Just one minor niggle, it's odd that the 2 Toho discs are wrongly named, King Kong Escapes has King Kong Vs Godzilla on it and vice versa. Other than that, spot on.
46 of 50 people found the following review helpful
I can't help shake the feeling we're getting the raw end of the deal this side of the Atlantic when it comes to King Kong. Over in the US the original King Kong has been finally released to DVD with a multitude of brand new extras, documentaries, recreated lost sequences - plus it's original sequel (Son of Kong) and belated follow-up from the same production team (Mighty Joe Young). The spectacular collectors set even includes a reproduction of the original programme from the film's premiere in 1933.
Here in the UK we get a rather shabbily designed box set with two of the fun but practically unrelated 1960s TOHO produced man-in-a-gorilla-suit Kong movies from Japan and - horror of horrors - the colourised version of the original film. We also get a 12 year old documentary which first saw the light of day on the 80th anniversary VHS release.
Yup, bit of a raw deal...
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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The colorized version of the original 1933 "King Kong" is the "Turner-version", which means that the colors are rather rudimentary. Its running time is longer than that of the original b/w version, but there are no scenes missing in the latter, it's just that it has been converted to European PAL system (25 frames/sec instead of 24).
The two Japanese pictures are fun, the English dubbing is not half bad, and they are "Americanized" versions anyway with English-speaking scenes inserted.
The labels on the disks of the two Japanese movies have been switched (at least on my copies), on the one labeled "King Kong Escapes" there is "King Kong vs. Godzilla" and vice versa.
The two Japanese pictures are fun, the English dubbing is not half bad, and they are "Americanized" versions anyway with English-speaking scenes inserted.
The labels on the disks of the two Japanese movies have been switched (at least on my copies), on the one labeled "King Kong Escapes" there is "King Kong vs. Godzilla" and vice versa.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
King Kong 4 disc collection DVD
I'd never seen the colour version of King Kong so that prompted me to buy this dvd set and personally I thought the colourised version of King Kong looked pretty good, but still... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Sticky paw
King Kong Collection.
A MUST for All Kong fans, forget all the films
that came after 1932 the Original is the BEST
and the one & Only. Read more
that came after 1932 the Original is the BEST
and the one & Only. Read more
Published 5 months ago by T. Gussmann
cop out collection
could have be so much more, the packaging is great, if only the same could be said for the movie choice, somehow you just end feeling let down. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Simeon
The King Kong Collection : King Kong (Black & White) [1933] / King...
I am a little disappointed in this item. I love the original movie but I wish that rather than the other movies they had in place of them movies like the Son of Kong etc. Read more
Published 12 months ago by T. Forster
A LITTLE LET DOWN
Firstly if this was a decent version of the original King Kong I would be giving it 5 stars. It is a classic film and whilst I'm not a complete Kong fanatic still have to respect... Read more
Published 15 months ago by 747Rick
WRONG BUT STILL COOL
As much as i luv it i have 2 admit this box set does NOT contain all the kong films...there are 2 missing... Read more
Published 17 months ago by ben
Got my dress wrong?
Reviews for the colorized version of King Kong (1933), seem to be unanimously scathing. Whilst not a fan of old, sorry, 'classic' films being generally mucked about, I'm not above... Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2010 by Allan Broadfield
A BEEFED- UP, BOX-SET BONANZA!
FIRSTLY.....the ULTIMATE 'KING KONG' sets are the 4-disc WARNER US release, [which covers the RKO KONG and off-shoots brilliantly], followed by the 3-disc 2005 version, which... Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2008 by R. Smith
You have got to be kidding...
I am writeing this review about the set itself and not the films included in it.
This DVD set is appauling, the black & white version is bad quality, they all sound like... Read more
This DVD set is appauling, the black & white version is bad quality, they all sound like... Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2006
"They colored my dress wrong"
Gaaah!
Is this a good deal for the Brits? _I_ don't think so.
I've got the Universal release from 2001 and it doesn't sound as though what's on off is... Read more
Is this a good deal for the Brits? _I_ don't think so.
I've got the Universal release from 2001 and it doesn't sound as though what's on off is... Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2005 by C G Lawley
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