King Kong: Monster and Myth (2024)
In 1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, two audacious and visionary directors, dared to create a motion picture that eclipsed everything seen until then: when King Kong was released, it was celebrated as an artistic and technical revolution and became the first myth created by the young cinematic art.
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Cast
- Elsa Lepoivre — Self - Narrator (voice)
- Ernest B. Schoedsack — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Merian C. Cooper — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia — Self (archive footage)
- Marguerite Harrison — Self - Reporter (archive footage)
- Ruth Rose — Self - Writer (archive footage)
- Willis H. O'Brien — Self - Animator (archive footage)
- Fay Wray — Self - Actress (archive footage)
- Billy Crystal — Self - Actor (archive footage)
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