كنگ كونگ
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| شخصية في King Kong | |
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King Kong featured in a promotional image from the 1933 film
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| أول ظهور | King Kong (1933) |
| ابتدعها |
Edgar Wallace Merian C. Cooper |
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| Binomial nomenclature |
Megaprimatus Kong Titanus Kong (MonsterVerse) |
| معلومات | |
| أسماء بديلة | Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World Kong, the 8th Wonder of the World The King of the Apes The God of Skull Island The King of the Jungle Titanus Kong |
| الفصيلة | Giant gorilla |
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King Kong is a giant movie monster, resembling an enormous gorilla, that has appeared in various media since 1933. Kong has been dubbed the Eighth Wonder of the World, a phrase commonly used within the films. The character first appeared in the novelization of the 1933 film King Kong from RKO Pictures, with the film premiering a little over two months later. The film received universal acclaim upon its initial release and re-releases. A sequel quickly followed that same year with The Son of Kong, featuring Little Kong. In the 1960s, Toho produced King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962), pitting a larger Kong against Toho's own Godzilla, and King Kong Escapes (1967), based on The King Kong Show (1966–1969) from Rankin/Bass Productions. In 1976, Dino De Laurentiis produced a modern remake of the original film directed by John Guillermin. A sequel, King Kong Lives, followed a decade later featuring a Lady Kong. Another remake of the original, this time set in 1933, was released in 2005 from filmmaker Peter Jackson.
The most recent film, Kong: Skull Island (2017), set in 1973, is part of Legendary Entertainment's MonsterVerse, which began with Legendary's reboot of Godzilla in 2014. A crossover sequel, Godzilla vs. Kong, once again pitting the characters against one another, is currently planned for 2020.
The character of King Kong has become one of the world's most famous movie icons, having inspired a number of sequels, remakes, spin-offs, imitators, parodies, cartoons, books, comics, video games, theme park rides, and a stage play. His role in the different narratives varies, ranging from a rampaging monster to a tragic antihero.
Overview
The King Kong character was conceived and created by American filmmaker Merian C. Cooper. In the original film, the character's name is Kong, a name given to him by the inhabitants of the fictional "Skull Island" in the Indian Ocean, where Kong lives along with other oversized animals, such as plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and various dinosaurs. An American film crew, led by Carl Denham, captures Kong and takes him to New York City to be exhibited as the "Eighth Wonder of the World".
Kong escapes and climbs the Empire State Building, only to fall from the skyscraper after being attacked by airplanes with guns. Denham comments "it wasn't the airplanes, It was beauty killed the beast", for he climbs the building in the first place only in an attempt to protect Ann Darrow, an actress originally offered up to Kong on Skull Island as a sacrifice (in the 1976 remake, her character is named "Dwan").
A pseudo-documentary about Skull Island that appears on the DVD for the 2005 remake (originally seen on the Sci-Fi Channel at the time of its theatrical release) gives Kong's scientific name as Megaprimatus kong ("Megaprimatus", deriving from the prefix "mega-" and the Latin words "primate" and "primatus", means "big primate" or "big supreme being") and states that his species may be related to Gigantopithecus, though that genus of giant ape is more closely related to orangutans than to gorillas.
Conception and creation
King Kong (Toho)
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The two depictions of Kong in the Toho films
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| أول ظهور | King Kong vs. Godzilla |
| آخر ظهور | King Kong Escapes |
| ابتدعها | Merian C. Cooper |
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| الكنية | Kong |
In the 1960s, Japanese studio Toho licensed the character from RKO and produced two films that featured the character, King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) and King Kong Escapes (1967). Toho's interpretation differed greatly from the original in size and abilities.
Appearances
- Films
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
- King Kong Escapes (1967)
- TV series
- The King Kong Show (1966/1969)
- Kong: The Animated Series (2000/2006)
- Kong: King of the Apes (2016/2018)
Appearances
Cultural impact
نطقب:In popular culture
References
Citations
- ^ Lambie, Ryan (March 10, 2017). "The Struggles of King Kong '76". Den of Geek. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ^ Trumbore, Dave (September 19, 2017). Transformers': Peter Cullen and Frank Welker on the Evolution of Optimus Prime and Megatron". Collider. Archived from the original on January 30, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- ^ Sullivan, Kevin (May 11, 2016). "Toby Kebbell clears up Kong: Skull Island rumors". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- ^ "Kong: Skull Island (2017) End Credits". Legendary Pictures. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- ^ Boland, Michaela (February 9, 2009). ". Variety. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island, p. 210
المصادر
- Affeldt, Stefanie (2015). ". In Wulf D. Hund, Charles W. Mills, Silvia Sebastiani (eds.). . Racism Analysis Yearbook 6. Berlin: Lit Verlag. ISBN .CS1 maint: uses editors parameter (link)
- Goldner, Orville; Turner, George E. (1975). The Making of King Kong: The Story Behind a Film Classic. A. S Barnes and Co.
- Morton, Ray (2005). King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon. Applause Theater and Cinema Books. ISBN .
- Ryfle, Steve (1998). . ECW Press. ISBN .
- Van Hise, James (1993). Hot Blooded Dinosaur Movies. Pioneer Books.
- Vaz, Mark Cotta (2005). . Villard. ISBN .
وصلات خارجية
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- The 1933 film at the Internet Movie Database
- Official King Kong (2005) movie website
- The 2005 remake at the Internet Movie Database
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