Merian C. Cooper's King Kong

by Brad Strickland and Joe DeVito

Book Overview

Since its release in 1933, Merian C. Cooper's film King Kong has shocked and delighted generations of movie fans, setting the standard against which all such movies have been judged ever since. In... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312349157
• ISBN13: 9780312349158
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Griffin
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

KONG RULES!

King Kong (6.75 hrs, six CDs, audio theater, Full Cast Audio) is done in a radio style, multi-cast production. It harkens back to the golden age of radio in its style and scope, which is one of its great points to enjoy this piece. Director Bruce Coville brings a sorta classic noir of excitement and thrills that you would feel with the original film or an old Lux Radio Theater presenation. You can feel the heat of the jungle coming through the microphone. You hear Kong's breath and you buy it all with the theater of the mind. The unique audio experience gives you more than a feel for the film than any CGA effects on the movie screen. Multi cast audio is a special taste like old radio is, so it may not be suitable for all needs-However IT WORKS FOR ME! A personal note to full cast audio staff, when are you doing a multi casted version of the horror classics of Shelly's Frankenstein or Stoker's Dracula? . . . If it is as good as Kong,you will have another winner on your hands. Bennet Pomerantz, AUDIOWORLD

Loved It !

This book is an artful rewrite of the original story and much easier to read. Let's face it, unless you are a hard core pulp fan, the dated style of the '32 version can make it very difficult to read and enjoy fully. This book solves that problem very nicely and then some. There are exciting differences between the King Kong novel and the 1933 movie, particularly a battle between Kong and three triceratops that leads up to the log scene. On top of those there are many new details in this book that I really enjoyed.

sir arthur conan doyle would have been proud

of this novel which has achieved with the written word what shodesak and cooper sought to achieve with kong on film: the most original, natural and organic continuation to "the lost world" that does not actually use the same characters and locations. while the pace of the adventure is indeed brisk, the emphasis on accurate science and the desire to explore skull island deeper and deeper, result in the conan-doyle-esque atmosphere. i wish however that we would see more books about kong from mr.devito, such as a sequel to kong: king of skull island

fabulous novelization of the 1933 classic movie

This is a fabulous novelization of the 1933 classic movie that most people know retells the story Beauty and the Beast except in this case as one of prime characters filmmaker Carl Denhan says at the end "Beauty killed the beast". The exhilarating story line adheres to the plot of the film yet embellishes it with a deeper look at the events that occur in the movie starting with Carl's last second finding of "Beauty" in 1932 Manhattan, the voyage to Skull Island, meeting and capturing Kong, and the climax on the Empire State Building. A short forward on the filmmaker Merrian C. Cooper adds depth to a delightful rendition that fans of the mighty Kong will want to read as this reviewer did with euphoric enjoyment. Harriet Klausner