King Kong

King Kong

King Kong is a 2005 film and a remake of the 1933 classic and 1976 remake of the same name. It concerns an amoral filmmaker who, along with a beautiful vaudeville actress and the crew of a tramp steamer, seeks out a deserted, mythical island to shoot his next picture. The island proves to be far from a lush vacation in the tropics. Instead, Carl and his team are manhandled by savage natives, monstrous bugs and bats, dinosaurs, and a giant ape called Kong, who develops an attachment to the leading lady. This leads to tragedy when Kong is captured and brought to New York City, where he wreaks havoc in an effort to find her.

Genre: Adventure
Year:
2005
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Zelman:
[upon receiving word that Carl Denham has hired a ship to get to a location for his picture] What location, Carl?! You're supposed to be shooting on the back lot!

Carl Denham:
Yes, I understand that. But fellas, we're not making that film anymore. Things have changed. The script has been rewritten. Life... intervened. I've come into possession of a map. The sole surviving record of an uncharted island. A place that was thought to exist only in myth. Until now...

Zelman:
Whoa. Carl. Slow down.

Sleazy Studio Guy:
Is he asking for more money?

Thuggish Studio Guy:
He's asking us to fund a wild goose chase.

Carl Denham:
I'm talking about a primitive world... never before seen by man. The ruins of an entire civilization. The most spectacular thing you've ever seen. That's where I'll shoot my picture.

Sleazy Studio Guy:
Will there be boobies?

Carl Denham:
Boobies?

Sleazy Studio Guy:
Jigglies. Jiblonkas. Bazooms. In my experience, people only go to these films to observe the undraped form of the native girls.

Carl Denham:
What are you, an idiot? You think they asked DeMille if he would waste his time on nudie shots? NO! They respected the filmmaker! They showed some class! Not that you'd know what that means, you cheap lowlife! God...

Zelman:
Would you step out for a moment, Carl?

[Carl leaves the room and points to a glass of water] Gimme that!

Preston:
You won't like it. It's non-alcoholic.

Carl Denham:
[emptying the water into a plant pot] Preston, you have a lot to learn about the motion picture business. [he presses the glass against the door and listens intently]

Zelman:
Don't get me wrong. Carl Denham's made some interesting pictures. He's had a lot of... near success.

Thuggish Studio Guy:
He's a preening self-promoter. Washed up, no talent. The guy's got "loser" written all over him.

Zelman:
Look, I know his project isn't working out as well as we planned, but--

Thuggish Studio Guy:
This jumped-up little turd's gonna bankrupt us!

Zelman:
The animal footage has value.

Sleazy Studio Guy:
Sure! Universal are desperate for stock footage!

Thuggish Studio Guy:
Then sell it! Scrap the picture!

Zelman:
[sighs] Get him back in.

Zelman's Assistant:
Mr... Denham? [Carl and Preston have disappeared from the waiting room]

Carl Denham:
Vaudeville, huh? I worked Vaudeville once. That is a tough audience. If you don't kill 'em fast, they kill you--

Ann Darrow:
Mr. Denham. I want you to know that I'm not in the habit of accepting charity from strangers, or for that matter... taking things that don't belong to me.

Carl Denham:
It was obviously a terrible misunderstanding.

Ann Darrow:
It's just that I haven't been paid in a while--

Carl Denham:
That's awful. Anyway, Ann. You wouldn't happen to be a size 4 by any chance? [Ann stands to leave] No, no. Oh God, no! You've got me all wrong. Ann, please! I'm not that type of person at all.

Ann Darrow:
What type of person are you?

Carl Denham:
I'm someone you can trust, Ann. I'm a movie producer. Believe me, I am on the level. No funny business. Please, sit down. Please, sit down. Please. [Ann reluctantly sits] I want you to imagine a handsome explorer bound for the Far East.

Ann Darrow:
You're filming in the Far East?

Carl Denham:
Singapore. On board ship he meets a mysterious girl. She's beautiful, she's fragile. Taunted. But she can't escape the feeling that forces beyond her control are compelling her down a road, from which she cannot draw back. It's as if her whole life has been a prelude to this moment; this fateful meeting... that changes everything. And sure enough, against her better judgement...

Ann Darrow:
She falls in love.

Carl Denham:
Yes!

Ann Darrow:
But she doesn't trust it. She's not even sure if she believes in love.

Carl Denham:
Uh... really? Why is that?

Ann Darrow:
Good things never last, Mr. Denham.

Carl Denham:
So you're interested? Great. Now, I don't wanna rush you, but we are under some time pressure.

Ann Darrow:
Well, I really--

Carl Denham:
Ann, I'm telling you. You're perfect. Look at you, you're the saddest girl I've ever met. You're gonna make 'em weep, Ann. You're gonna break their hearts.

Ann Darrow:
See, that's where you're wrong, Mr. Denham. I make people laugh, that's what I do. Good luck with your picture.

Carl:
Wait! Ann, Miss Darrow, Please! I'm offering you money, adventure, fame, the thrill of a lifetime and a long sea voyage! You wanna read a script? Jack Driscoll's turning in a draft as we speak.

Ann Darrow:
Jack Driscoll?

Carl Denham:
Sure, why? Wait. You know him?

Ann Darrow:
No, not personally. I've seen his plays.

Carl Denham:
What a writer, huh? And let me tell you, Ann... Jack Driscoll does not want just anyone starring in this picture. He said to me, "Carl... somewhere out there is a woman born to play this role." And as soon as I saw you, I knew.

Ann Darrow:
Knew what?

Carl Denham:
It was always going to be you.

Mr. Hayes:
If someone were to tell you this ship was headed for Singapore... what would you say?

Lumpy:
I would say they're full of it, Mr Hayes. Well, we turned southwest last night.

Carl Denham:
Gentlemen, please. We're not looking for trouble.

Jimmy:
No. You're looking for something else.

Carl Denham:
Yes, we are. We're going to find Skull Island. Find it, film it, show it to the world. For 25 cents, you get to see the last blank space on the map.

Lumpy:
I wouldn't be so sure of that.

Preston:
What do you mean?

Lumpy:
Seven years ago, me and Mr. Hayes were working our passage... on a Norwegian bark.

Mr. Hayes:
We picked up a castaway. We found him in the water. He'd been drifting for days.

Lumpy:
His ship had run aground on an island way west of Sumatra. An island hidden in fog. He spoke of a huge wall... built so long ago... no one knew who'd made it. A wall 100 foot high... as strong today as it was ages ago.

Preston:
Why'd they build the wall?

Lumpy:
Well, the castaway, he spoke of a creature... neither beast nor man... but something monstrous, living behind that wall.

Carl Denham:
[unimpressed] A lion or a tiger. A man-eater. That's how all these stories start.

Preston:
What else did he say?

Lumpy:
Nothing. When we found him the next morning, he'd stuck a knife through his heart.

Carl Denham:
[laughing] Mmm-hmm. Sorry, fellows. You'll have to do better than that. Monsters belong in B movies.

Mr. Hayes:
If you find this place... if you go ashore with your friends and your cameras... you won't come back. Just as long as you understand that.

[During Kong's broadway presentation and performance]

Carl Denham:
Please remain calm ladies and gentlemen! We now come to the climax of this savage ritual. The sacrifice of a beautiful young girl. Behold her terror as she is offered to the Mighty Kong! Give a big hand folks, for the bravest girl I have ever met; Mrs. Ann Darrow!

[The audience applauds wildly for Ann. As the reenactment of the sacrifice begins, a prop altar rises from a trapdoor in the stage carrying a blonde girl. The miserable and homesick Kong suddenly stands bolt upright. Growing desperate and hopeful, he thinks it might Ann. However, the spotlight shines on her revealing that it's just an actress playing the role of Ann. Kong is shocked and angered]

Actress:
[Screams, pretending to be scared] Save me from the beast!

[Kong roars in rage! Everyone in the auditorium gasps in shock. The audience wildly applauds and laughs in amazement. The music for the scene begins]

Actress:
[Acting] Help me!

Jack:
[Realizing this is not Ann] Where is she? Where's Ann?

Preston:
I have no idea. I heard he offered her all kinds of money and she turned him down flat.

[Scene switches, revealing that the real Ann is in another theater close by, practicing a dance number with her ensemble. However, she has regret in her eyes. She can't stop thinking about Kong, enslaved and miserable. She knows she needs to help him]

[Back at the theater, Kong is still in a rage over the actress and everything that has happened to him since his capture. Backstage, Carl Denham and Bruce Baxter pose for a group of reporters]

Carl Denham:
Here's your story boys! "Beauty...and the man who saved her from the beast!"

[The reporters begin to take pictures. Kong roars as the flashbulbs blind his eyes, frightening and enraging the mighty ape.]

Jack:
[Seeing Kong's mounting anger] Oh no...

[Kong begins to roar louder and thrashes around on the stage, still chained up. The actress begins to genuinely scream as Kong grows more and more violent!]

Jack:
[To Preston] We have to get these people out of here! [Whispering to the audience] Everyone needs to leave! Okay? Come on!

Carl Denham:
[Hearing Kong's roars] Let him roar! It makes a swell picture. [Laughs]

Jack:
[Still trying to convince people to calmly evacuate] Head for the exits!

Theater Patron:
Get your own seat buddy! You're not having mine.

[Kong's roars grow louder and he begins to tug on his chains. The audience begins to grow nervous and worried.]

Bruce Baxter:
[Seeing Kong's mounting anger, Bruce begins to calmly head towards the backstage exit through the group of reporters] Excuse me fellows. Coming through! Coming through fellas!

[Baxter leaves at the right time. On stage, Kong has reached his breaking point after all that has happened to him as flashes continue to blind his face. Furious, he tugs on his chains so hard, one of his giant wrist cuffs breaks!]

[The audience screams! Denham and the reporters gasp in terror. A few members of the audience rise from their seats]

Actress:
[Genuinely screaming for help] Somebody!! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!

[Kong lets out one of his loudest roars at the crowd!! The audience screams even louder than Kong's roars and mass panic ensues as all of the theater patrons begin to stampede for the doors!!]

Preston:
[Holds one of the doors open for the panicking patrons] GO! GO! GET OUT!!!!

[As the actors flee for their lives, Kong violently grabs the actress from the prop altar with his free arm]

Jack:
[To the patrons] Go! Go!

[In blind rage Kong throws the actress clear across the theater! Denham looks on in horror at the sight. The music stops abruptly as the terrified band and conductor throw their instruments aside and flee along with the hysterical crowd. At the same time Kong rips one of his other manacled hands free! He leaps up from the stage, breaking the remaining restraints freeing himself completely. The enraged animal lands into the auditorium and begins destroying it, attacking the panicking crowd, killing several theater goers.]


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