STUDIOCANAL ANNOUNCE SPECIAL 4K REISSUE OF JOHN GUILLERMIN’S KING KONG

STUDIOCANAL ANNOUNCE SPECIAL 4K REISSUE OF JOHN GUILLERMIN’S KING KONG

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STUDIOCANAL today announced the brand new 4K restoration of John Guillermin’s (The Towering Inferno, Death on the Nile) Academy Award® Winning remake of iconic Hollywood classic, KING KONG (1976). Starring Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski, Crazy Heart, True Grit) and Jessica Lange (Tootsie, American Horror Story), and produced by Hollywood legend Dino de Laurentiis (Flash Gordon, Nights of Cabiria, Barbarella), this retelling of the classic monster adventure film went on to jointly win the Academy Award® for Best Visual Effects (Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson and Frank Van der Veer), as well as receiving Academy Award® nominations for Best Cinematography (Richard H. Kline) and Best Sound (Harry W. Tetrick, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin and Jack Solomon). Jessica Lange was also honoured as Best new Actress for her role at the Golden Globes that same year.

Now restored in 4K for the first time, STUDIOCANAL will re-release the film across 4K UHD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital as well as a 4K UHD Steelbook from November 23.

New artworks have been created for the Home Entertainment releases by graphic designer Sophie Bland, and for the 4K UHD Steelbook release by Francesco Francavilla. The 4K UHD will include a limited-edition poster of Sophie Bland’s artwork.

SYNOPSIS

Fred Wilson (Charles Grodin), an employee of a large American oil company, has been charged with a mission to find new oil wells. With a chartered boat, he sets off on a journey to an uninhabited island in the South Pacific. On board is also a stowaway: the palaeontologist Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges) has smuggled himself onto the ship, as he hopes to examine a rare species of monkey on this island. On the way, after a violent storm, the expedition also takes on board the shipwrecked Dawn (Jessica Lange), who is floating in a lifeboat at sea. When the ship anchors off the island, however, it turns out not to be as uninhabited as everyone once thought. The natives of the island perform a strange ritual to worship a larger-than-life ape named “Kong”. As soon as they catch sight of the blonde Dawn, they decide they have found their perfect offering.

SPECIAL FEATURES

Extended TV broadcast cut (unrestored)

Audio commentary with film historian Ray Morton

Audio commentary with actor and makeup artist Rick Baker

Interview with Barry Nolan

Interview with Bill Kronick

Interview with Scott Thaler and Jeffrey Chernov

Interview with David McGiffert and Brian E. Frankish

Interview with Jack O’Halloran

Interview with Steve Varner

Deleted Scenes

Original Trailer