Possible spoilers.
Since I was a kid I always wanted to see this film. My chance finally came when it got released on DVD with KING KONG VS GODZILLA, due to all that hoopla over Peter Jackson's remake. Anyway, this film pays homage to the 1933 RKO classic. Such as the combat with Gorosaurus (a tribute to the T-Rex fight in the original), the battle with the Giant Sea Serpant, Ooumbihebi (an homage to the Elsamosaurus in the original), the hermit yelling out gibberish where the only word you can understand is "Kong" (an homage to the natives in the original) and the helicopters flying around Kong (a la airplanes) climbing the Tokyo Tower (a tribute to the Empire State Building). But here's what grates other Kong fans. Kong and the girl are being friends. WTF?! In the original Ann Darrow was always scared of Kong. With this film, I think this is where Dino Dellaurentis got his idea for his remake nine years later. Now Mechni-Kong or Mecha-Kong, he looked goofy but tough.
His roar sounds like Kong's except echoey. Kong being in the hands of evil villains, I think this is the idea that ended it up in Dino Dellaurentiis unmade sequel, KING KONG IN Africa, where Kong gets resurrected in Frankenstein-like manner, works with evil villains and eats up Dwan. Thank goodness this sequel never lived to see the light of day. The film is based on the 1966 cartoon by Rankin-Bass, called KING KONG. With this film a new policy was made: One monster should climb the building, not two.
Akria Ifukube's score is great.
Originally this (goofy-looking) Kong was supposed to fight Daidakoo the Giant Octopus in OPERATION ROBINSON CRUSOE.
Then the octopus was replaced with Ebirah and it changed to OPERATION ROBINSON CRUSOE: KING KONG VS EBIRAH. If this film was made the only scenes ever to pay homage to the original was Kong's fight with the giant condor (his fight with the pterodactyl). Luckily that film never got made and it ended up as GODZILLA VS THE SEA MONSTER in 1966. I was reading a book that dates from 1971 and it talked about the upcoming science fiction and horror movies. Some lived to see the light of day, such as the U.S.
release of GODZILLA'S REVENGE, FLESH GORDON, THE EXORCIST, the U.S. release of GODZILLA VS THE SMOG MONSTER, SINBAD GOES TO India (which was later known as THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD) and EARTHQUAKE. Others movies were left unmade such as Hammer's DINOSAUR GIRL, GAMERA VS LEOMAN, American International's G.O.O: GENETIC OCTOPODULAR OOZE, MONSTER FROM 1000 AD and Dracula VS THE TERROR FROM ATLANTIS.
I found one film that was coming out called KING KONG: FRANKENSTEIN'S SON.
What's this? When I read that title, what came to mind was that this title was given for the German release of the film. Well, that film was never made.
The film was released in Europe in the 60's. It was released in Poland in 1971, and in Sweeden in 1972. Back in Japan it got re-released in 1973. In 1976 it was re-released in European countries in 1976 due to all that hoopla over Dino Dellaurentiis' remake. This film is a must-see for all you Kong and kaiju fans. Fun for the family. Rated G, but contains some violence.
Since I was a kid I always wanted to see this film. My chance finally came when it got released on DVD with KING KONG VS GODZILLA, due to all that hoopla over Peter Jackson's remake. Anyway, this film pays homage to the 1933 RKO classic. Such as the combat with Gorosaurus (a tribute to the T-Rex fight in the original), the battle with the Giant Sea Serpant, Ooumbihebi (an homage to the Elsamosaurus in the original), the hermit yelling out gibberish where the only word you can understand is "Kong" (an homage to the natives in the original) and the helicopters flying around Kong (a la airplanes) climbing the Tokyo Tower (a tribute to the Empire State Building). But here's what grates other Kong fans. Kong and the girl are being friends. WTF?! In the original Ann Darrow was always scared of Kong. With this film, I think this is where Dino Dellaurentis got his idea for his remake nine years later. Now Mechni-Kong or Mecha-Kong, he looked goofy but tough.
His roar sounds like Kong's except echoey. Kong being in the hands of evil villains, I think this is the idea that ended it up in Dino Dellaurentiis unmade sequel, KING KONG IN Africa, where Kong gets resurrected in Frankenstein-like manner, works with evil villains and eats up Dwan. Thank goodness this sequel never lived to see the light of day. The film is based on the 1966 cartoon by Rankin-Bass, called KING KONG. With this film a new policy was made: One monster should climb the building, not two.
Akria Ifukube's score is great.
Originally this (goofy-looking) Kong was supposed to fight Daidakoo the Giant Octopus in OPERATION ROBINSON CRUSOE.
Then the octopus was replaced with Ebirah and it changed to OPERATION ROBINSON CRUSOE: KING KONG VS EBIRAH. If this film was made the only scenes ever to pay homage to the original was Kong's fight with the giant condor (his fight with the pterodactyl). Luckily that film never got made and it ended up as GODZILLA VS THE SEA MONSTER in 1966. I was reading a book that dates from 1971 and it talked about the upcoming science fiction and horror movies. Some lived to see the light of day, such as the U.S.
release of GODZILLA'S REVENGE, FLESH GORDON, THE EXORCIST, the U.S. release of GODZILLA VS THE SMOG MONSTER, SINBAD GOES TO India (which was later known as THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD) and EARTHQUAKE. Others movies were left unmade such as Hammer's DINOSAUR GIRL, GAMERA VS LEOMAN, American International's G.O.O: GENETIC OCTOPODULAR OOZE, MONSTER FROM 1000 AD and Dracula VS THE TERROR FROM ATLANTIS.
I found one film that was coming out called KING KONG: FRANKENSTEIN'S SON.
What's this? When I read that title, what came to mind was that this title was given for the German release of the film. Well, that film was never made.
The film was released in Europe in the 60's. It was released in Poland in 1971, and in Sweeden in 1972. Back in Japan it got re-released in 1973. In 1976 it was re-released in European countries in 1976 due to all that hoopla over Dino Dellaurentiis' remake. This film is a must-see for all you Kong and kaiju fans. Fun for the family. Rated G, but contains some violence.