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The film of King Kong from 2005 is directed by Peter Jackson and is a mixture of the genres action, drama and adventure. This version is a remake of the 1993 film of the same name and stars several famous actors such as Naomi Watts, Jack
Black and Adrien Brody.
King Kong had a record-breaking film budget of incredible 207 million dollars. Even though the film performed lower than expectations, King Kong had an income of approximately 550 million dollars.
The film has received many awards and among them are for Best Visual Effect, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing. Peter Jackson himself was nominated for the Best Director at Golden Globe Awards for his masterpiece. Just to be nominated in itself is a great honour, seeing that it’s extremely prestigious.

The story is set in the 1930s and is basically about a group of explorers and filmmakers who travel to the mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant Gorilla who immediately becomes fascinated with one of the main characters, namely Ann Darrow.

In New York around 1933, Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) has lost her job as an actress at a theatre. At the same time as this occurrence takes place, she meets the troubled and rather unwieldy filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black), who of course is seeking for a leading actress to star in his new motion picture. Even though Mr Denham knows his way around the art of persuasion, she says somewhat reluctant no to his offer. The restless filmmaker won’t take no for an answer. Ann signs on when she heard that her favourite playwright Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody) is the screenwriter.
Carl Denham is willing to do virtually anything to get what he wants, including guiding his crew to a mysterious and fairly frightening island where many savages and monsters inhabit.
With the police and creditors on his heels, Mr Denham barely escapes to sea on a ship along with his crew. Since there is a warrant for Carl’s arrest, the captain Englehorn (Thomas

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