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King Kong Escapes

Original title: Kingu Kongu no gyakushû
  • 19671967
  • GG
  • 1h 36m
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King Kong Escapes (1967)
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Inspired by the Rankin/Bass cartoon, the evil Dr. Who captures King Kong to dig for Element X when his mechanical doppelganger, Mechani-Kong, is unable to do the task. Kong escapes and soon ... Read allInspired by the Rankin/Bass cartoon, the evil Dr. Who captures King Kong to dig for Element X when his mechanical doppelganger, Mechani-Kong, is unable to do the task. Kong escapes and soon confronts his mechanical double.Inspired by the Rankin/Bass cartoon, the evil Dr. Who captures King Kong to dig for Element X when his mechanical doppelganger, Mechani-Kong, is unable to do the task. Kong escapes and soon confronts his mechanical double.
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    • Director
      • Ishirô Honda(english language version)
    • Writers
      • Takeshi Kimura
      • Edgar Wallace(Kingu Kongu Created By)
    • Stars
      • Rhodes Reason
      • Mie Hama
      • Linda Miller
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Ishirô Honda(english language version)
    • Writers
      • Takeshi Kimura
      • Edgar Wallace(Kingu Kongu Created By)
    • Stars
      • Rhodes Reason
      • Mie Hama
      • Linda Miller
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    • 71User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews

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    Rhodes Reason
    Rhodes Reason
    • Commander Carl Nelson
    Mie Hama
    Mie Hama
    • Madame Piranha (Madame X)
    Linda Miller
    • Lieutenant Susan Watson
    Akira Takarada
    Akira Takarada
    • Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
    Hideyo Amamoto
    Hideyo Amamoto
    • Dr. Who
    • (as Eisei Amamoto)
    Yoshifumi Tajima
    Yoshifumi Tajima
    • Henchman
    Sachio Sakai
    • Henchman
    Susumu Kurobe
    Susumu Kurobe
    • Henchman
    Nadao Kirino
    • Henchman
    Tôru Ibuki
    • Henchman
    Kazuo Suzuki
    Kazuo Suzuki
    • Henchman
    Ryûji Kita
    Ryûji Kita
    • SDF General
    Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
    • Soldier
    Ikio Sawamura
    Ikio Sawamura
    • Mondo Islander
    Tadashi Okabe
    • Soldier
    Osman Yusuf
    Osman Yusuf
    • Submariner
    Andrew Hughes
    Andrew Hughes
    • United Nations Reporter
    Shôichi Hirose
    Shôichi Hirose
    • Henchman
    • Director
      • Ishirô Honda(english language version)
    • Writers
      • Takeshi Kimura
      • Edgar Wallace(Kingu Kongu Created By)
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    • Trivia
      As a children's film, Toho pressured the filmmakers to show more gore in the monster fights. Children's media in Japan at the time was showing increasing amounts of violence, especially when compared to the rest of the world. Films from rival studios would should monsters frequently bleeding while popular superhero TV shows had the heroes routinely slice, decapitate, and overall mutilate their monsters opponents. However, effects director Tsuburaya felt that such violence was inappropriate to show on the big screen and when the studio wanted Gorosaurus to bleed profusely after Kong broke his jaw, Tsuburaya snapped back. "These movies are for kids," he said, "Why do you enjoy showing them blood?" The compromise was for Gorosaurus to foam at the mouth instead.
    • Goofs
      During some of the North Pole scenes, Dr. Hu's men cast shadows on the painting of the "distance" (mainly snow-capped mountains) on the studio set.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Lieutenant Susan Watson: Kong! Kong! King Kong!

      Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura: Don't call.

      Commander Carl Nelson: Yeah, let him go.

      Lieutenant Susan Watson: But he's going.

      Commander Carl Nelson: He's going home. I think he's had enough of what we call civilization.

    • Alternate versions
      The version of the film shown on television deleted Dr. Who's death scene due to its rather gruesome nature. However, it was restored in the DVD release.
    • Connections
      Featured in Enas Vengos gia oles tis douleies (1970)

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    7/10
    Great goofy fun
    There is nothing about this movie that can be taken seriously but unlike the ugly mess "King Kong Lives" this movie is bright, colorful fun that adults will enjoy as a comedy while the kids will get a blast out of the crazy mayhem.

    Just thinking about the plot makes me laugh and watching it is never dull, it has such a no holds barred silliness about it and the new DVD release is stunning. I had no idea just how impressive the look of the film was.

    The complaints about the film are rather misguided in many ways and there is some serious confusion about it. The female lead Linda Miller was dubbed by another actress, so the complaints about her performance are a bit moot (though the combination of nutty dialog and weird delivery actually help the film for most since it is so funny).

    Also this is not a sequel to King Kong Vs Godzilla, Kong in this film is a myth found to be real (and utilized to dig out a cavern for bizarre reasons that just get funnier the more you think about it).

    As a last note for anyone interested in King Kong in any of his incarnations seek out Ray Mortons book "King Kong The History of a Movie Icon" released recently. He actually set aside a chapter of the book detailing this film.
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    • Release date
      • June 19, 1968 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Japan
      • United States
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • King Kong Strikes Again
    • Production companies
      • Rankin/Bass Productions
      • Toho Company
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,180,000
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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