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by Solaris » Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:24 pm
Does anybody know why MGM is now owned by Sony Pictures, and what this exactly means?
Wednesday 23 November Warner Bros. will be releasing King Kong (1933) in a 2disc set.
Special Features -
Featurette 1: "Stop-Motion Wizardry" (approx. 15 mins) - A documentary on how stop-motion animation breakthroughs were achieved on "King Kong". This will be demonstrated using original and replica armatures of Kong and the dinosaurs. This edited piece would include interviews with film historians, visual effects artists and animators, voice-over narration, stills, and a demo done by "The Lord of the Rings" Animation Supervisor Randy Cook and stop-motion legend Ray Harryhausen. This piece would culminate in a recreation of one of the visual effects scenes from "King Kong" done by Randy Cook and directed by Peter Jackson.
Featurette 2: "The Mystery of the Spider Sequence" (approx. 15 mins) - This piece is a documentary in three parts that leads up to the 25-second recreation as a pay-off. The first part covers the legend of the Spider Sequence, how it supposedly appeared in the original cut of the film (Ray Bradbury saw it as a child), how it was edited out, lost for decades, rumored to exist and sought by fans and historians alike. The second part is Peter Jackson and his team taking on the job of recreating it (interviews, etc.), Weta studying the only existing photos to build the spiders and miniature environments, the NZ Miniatures Dept. shooting the sets and skilled stop-motion animators bringing the creatures to life. Finally, the third section and pay-off is the recreation cut together with sound effects and Max Steiner music.
Featurette 3: "Where is Kong Today?" (approx. 8 mins) - This documentary takes viewers on a quest to find the original Kong. We'll track down artifacts left at the old RKO lot in Culver City and be given an exclusive tour by Peter Jackson of his personal collection of hundreds of models, maquettes, glass paintings, and... Kong himself.
Interview with Peter Jackson talking about "King Kong", anecdotes about its production, its historical significance and its influence on filmmakers and filmmaking. (approx.10 mins)
Raw footage of Peter Jackson conducting a tour of his extensive collection "King Kong" memorabilia and artifacts. (approx. 60 mins un-cut)
Ezydvd will be selling it in an exclusive tin box.