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  • Actors: Peter Jackson, Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 5 Dec 2005
  • Run Time: 232 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000BHLP56
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,289 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Who better to bring the grand-scale King Kong myth to the screen once again than the director responsible for creating the vast and magical world of the 'Lord Of The Rings' trilogy? In this behind-the-scenes documentary, Academy Award-winner Peter Jackson invites viewers inside the production process for his epic undertaking, 2005's 'King Kong'. Set in the 1930s, the film took over six months to shoot, involving many elaborate sets and exotic locales. Luckily for fans, Jackson and members of the all-star cast documented their experiences of filming the movie through 54 individual video diaries that were shot at various points during production, offering viewers an inside peek at how the epic tale evolved from scratch through completion. Available here for the first time (to coincide with the film's much-awaited release), the insightful diaries have been gathered in one place for 'King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries', the perfect companion to the film itself.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Exhaustive, but not the eighth wonder of the DVD world..., 6 Dec 2005
By Mr. Jd Ware "wolvie-ware" (London) - See all my reviews
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As seen on another website, these production diaries on the shoot of the new Peter Jackson King Kong movie are now available on DVD, however, now that you actually have to pay to view these things, a little more added content would have been much appreciated.

But I'm not knocking the actual documentary, which runs for well over 3 and a half hours. For anyone who is interested in how they make a modern day blockbuster, then this is it. Even if you don't like King Kong, or have no intention of seeing the film, if you are interested in how to make a movie, then this is indispensible.

It covers every aspect - from lighting and camera techniques to catering, make up and conceptual art. It gives a chance to see what people on a film set do - and not just the actors and directors, but everuybody right down to the person who makes the tea.

And it is done in a fast paced, humorous way. Not once did I get bored watching these production diaries, and for fans of the film, its great to see the actors filming their scenes, and messing around behind the scenes. Jack Black and Andy Serkis especially are very funny to watch.

However, I felt short changed in the fact that there isn't much from the actul finished film. OK, they couldn't have put completed film shots in the production diaries as they were filmed during the making of the film, but this DVD has come out after the film is virtually finished. Couldn't the DVD of had some bonus film footage?

The best part of the DVD is the anatomy of a scene section, where Peter Jackson talks us through one of the main action scenes in the film - and we even get to see a portion of that scene, which is fantastic and so more of that would have been great.

While this DVD is fun, interesting and very informative (thanks to continual input from Peter Jackson) it didn't whet my appetite to see the film. But I do feel like I know what it was like to make the film behind the scenes.

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10 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Peter Jackson puts Film School in a Box, 16 Oct 2005
An idea that started with the LOTR trilogy and their extended DVD edition is given full swing this time around as director Peter Jackson gives humble insight into the making of a major motion picture.
These diaries have run alongside production of his latest feature 'King Kong' on website KongisKing.net - allowing anyone interested in any aspect of the filmaking process to see how it's done, with inspirational, educational and often downright funny episodic entries. Now this DVD will be the only place to see them.....
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4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A special feature disk too far?, 11 Feb 2006
By R. Jones "rebeld0g" (UK) - See all my reviews
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The King Kong film is amazing. DVDs are amazing because of the special features. So, it stands to reason that a 2-disk DVD set containing nothing but King Kong behind-the-scenes special features should be something utterly outstanding. Right?

Wrong! This is basically special feature overkill, and it gets very dull very fast. Perhaps only the hardest of die-hard movie "behind-the-scenes" fanatics should buy this. For the rest of us, it's just way too much.

And, what's worse, we're betrayed by the lack of actual King Kong stuff! No CGI scenes, in fact hardly any ape at all.

Not good.

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