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Date: 1986 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: John Guillermin
Synopsis: Action fantasy adventure (a sequel to 'King Kong'). Ten years after the giant ape King Kong fell from the World Trade Center in New York, a team of scientists at the Atlanta Institute in Georgia, led by Amy Franklin, hope to revive the comatose Kong. A new mechanical heart is ready for him, but he still needs a blood transfusion to survive the operation. Meanwhile, in the jungles of Borneo, adventurer Hank Mitchell discovers a similar giant ape, a female, which he sells to the Institute. The resulting operation is a success, but it proves hard to keep Kong and Lady Kong in any sort of captivity for long, and soon they seek their freedom and escape to the wilderness. The army tracks them down and tries to kill them, though Amy and Hank try to help and save them, especially when they realise Lady King is pregnant.
Genres: Action and Adventure, Science Fiction
Subjects: Apes, Coma, Blood transfusions, Animal reproduction
Date: 1986 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: John Guillermin
Synopsis: Action fantasy adventure (a sequel to 'King Kong'). Ten years after the giant ape King Kong fell from the World Trade Center in New York, a team of scientists at the Atlanta Institute in Georgia, led by Amy Franklin, hope to revive the comatose Kong. A new mechanical heart is ready for him, but he still needs a blood transfusion to survive the operation. Meanwhile, in the jungles of Borneo, adventurer Hank Mitchell discovers a similar giant ape, a female, which he sells to the Institute. The resulting operation is a success, but it proves hard to keep Kong and Lady Kong in any sort of captivity for long, and soon they seek their freedom and escape to the wilderness. The army tracks them down and tries to kill them, though Amy and Hank try to help and save them, especially when they realise Lady King is pregnant.
Genres: Action and Adventure, Science Fiction
Subjects: Apes, Coma, Blood transfusions, Animal reproduction
Credits
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©: Inc. De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, Presents: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, Executive Producer: Ronald Shusett, Produced by: Martha Schumacher, Production Manager: Lucio Trentini, Production Co-ordinator: Kathryn Colbert, Auditor: Lyn Lucibello, Location Manager: Shaw Burney, Location Manager: Morris Atkins, Post-production Supervisor: Jim Honore, Assistant to Producer: Jordan Hawley, 1st Assistant Director: Brian Cook, 2nd Assistant Director: Matt Earl Beesley, 2nd Assistant Director: Bruce Moriarty, Script Supervisor: Rina Sternfeld, Casting by: Donna Isaacson, John Lyons, Casting Associate: Michelle Guillermin, Screenplay by: Ronald Shusett, Screenplay by: Steven Pressfield, Story by: Ronald Shusett, Story by: Steven Pressfield, Based on the character 'King Kong' created by: Merian C. Cooper, Edgar Wallace, Director of Photography: Alec Mills, Camera Operator: Michael Brewster, Camera Operator (2nd Unit): Sergio Melaranci, Focus Puller: Stefan Stanskowski, Clapper Loader: Herbert Harton, Gaffer: Alec King, Best Boy: Tom Trovato, Key Grip: Chunky Huse, Still Photographer: Richard Foreman, Miniature Unit Director of Photography: Robin Browne, Supervisor Special Visual Effects: Barry Nolan, Coordinator (Special Effects Department): Joseph Mercurio, Weapons Effect Consultant (Special Effects Department): Joe Lombardi, Special Effects by: Inc. Special Effects Unlimited, Inc. Special Effects Weaponry, Supervisor (Special Effects Miniature Department): David Jones, Supervisor (Special Action Miniature Department): Dave Kelsey, Film Editor: Malcolm Cooke, Production Designer: Peter Murton, Art Director: Fred Carter, Art Director: Tony Reading, Art Director: John Wood, Set Decorator: Hugh Scaife, Set Decorator: Tantar LeViseur, Leadman: John Kretschmer, Senior Draughtsman: Roger Bowles, Draughtsman: Simon Murton, Draughtsman: Rosiland Shingleton, Draughtsman: Jeffrey Ginn, Storyboard Artist: Tom Cranham, Storyboard Artist: Petko Kadiev, Propmaster: Charles Torbett, Construction Co-ordinator: John Paterson, Construction Supervisor: David Bubb, Costume Designer: Clifford Capone, Assistant to Costume Designer: Alonzo Wilson, Wardrobe Supervisor: Dan Chichester, Make-up: Giannetto DeRossi, Creatures Created and Constructed by: Carlo Rambaldi, Special Effects Make-up: Dean Gates, Hair Dresser: Grazia DeRossi, Assistant Hair Dresser: Barbara Page, Titles by: Richard Malzahn, Title House Inc., Opticals by: Van Der Veer Photo Effects, Film Laboratory: Technicolor, Camera and Lenses by: Ltd. Joe Dunton Cameras, Music by: John Scott, [Music] Recorded by: Graunke Symphony Orchestra, Music Editor: Tom Carlin, Assistant Music Editor: Scott Grusin, [Production] Sound Mixer: David Stephenson, Sound [Mixer] (2nd Unit): Ron Sistare, Boom Operator: Mike Tucker, Sound Assistant: Ty Church, Re-recording Mixer: Robert Knudson, Re-recording Mixer: Bob Glass, Re-recording Mixer: Don Digirolamo, Sound Editor: Colin Miller, Sound Editor: Les Wiggins, Supervising Dialogue Editor: Samuel Crutcher, Dialogue Editor: James J. Isaacs, ADR Mixer: Charleen Richards, ADR Mixer: Rick Ash, Foley Walker: Gary Hecker, Foley Walker: Alicia Stevenson, Foley Mixer: Dean Drabin, Foley Editor: Roberta Doheny, Stunt Co-ordinator: Bud Davis, Military Adviser: Jim Grimshaw, Military Vehicles Specialist: Johnny West, Cardiac Surgery Consultant: Dr Raymond Hunt, Unit Publicist: Luis Reyes, Special Thanks to: The North Carolina Film Commission, Filmed at: DEG Film Studios
Cast
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Brian Kerwin (Hank Mitchell), Linda Hamilton (Amy Franklin), John Ashton (Colonel Nevitt), Peter Michael Goetz (Doctor Ingersoll), Frank Maraden (Doctor Benson Hughes), Jimmie Ray Weeks (Major Peete), Peter Elliott (King Kong), George Yiasomi (Lady Kong), Alan Sader (faculty doctor 1), Lou Criscuolo (faculty doctor 2), Marc Clement (crew chief), Richard Rhodes, Larry Souder, Ted Prichard, Jayne Linday-Gray, Debbie McLeod, Elizabeth Hayes (reporter), Natt Christian (surgeon 1), Mac Pirkle (surgeon 2), Larry Sprinkle (journalist), Rod Davis (TV reporter), David DeVries (technician 1), Bonnie Cook (technician 2), J. Michael Hunter (technician 3), Robin Cahall (Mazlansky), Don Law (security chief), Jack Maloney (wrangler 1), Jeff Benninghofen (radioman 1), Jim Grimshaw (sergeant), Bernard Addison (captain 1), Michael McLendon (captain 2), Jimmy Wiggins (boyfriend), Mary Swafford (girlfriend), Michael Forest (Vance), Leon Rippy, Wallace Merck, Dean Whitworth, Hershel Sparber (hunter), Dandy Stevenson (mom 1), Lydia Smith (mom 2), Hope Nunnery (lady in phone booth), Margaret Freeman (native woman), Winston Hemingway (staff sergeant), Tom Parkhill (radioman), Buck Ford (guard sergeant), Derek Pearson (youth), Gary Kaikaka (boat skipper), Duke Ernsberger (cell guard 1), Mike Starr (cell guard 2), Shannon Rowell (female in crowd)