Director: A young woman who has raised a giant gorilla from an infant brings him to Hollywood years later seeking her fortune. To play Max, the filmmakers once again turned to Robert Armstrong, who’s basically asked to portray the same type of role he played in King Kong and Son of Kong. (Goliathon (1977 movie) G. Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century; K. King Kong (1933 movie) King Kong (1976 movie) King Kong (2005 movie) O’Brien’s effects were both innovative and influential, and the same goes for Max Steiner’s excellent music, credited not only as the first feature-length movie score but also one of the earliest to employ a full symphony. The latter comes courtesy of an oversized female gorilla that conveniently has just been discovered by an adventurer (Brian Kerwin, more Ratso Rizzo than Indiana Jones) in Borneo. 94 min | | The focus here is on movies with gorillas or giant apes as the main subject matter and/or, films where our large sapien friends were a major part of the story! Kermit's King Kong case. Animation. 389,734 Jill gets talked into bringing Joe to America by garrulous showman Max O'Hara, who wants to use him as the main attraction in his jungle-themed nightclub. 79 Metascore. The plot borrows from both King Kong and Mighty Joe Young, as an explorer named Johnny (Danny Lee, later of John Woo’s The Killer) stumbles across not only an oversized apeman known as Utam, but also the lovely blonde who’s been his companion over the years. However, his heart is failing, so it's replaced with an artificial one. Then there are the following 16 theatrical releases, all of which were either officially licensed Kong productions or imitators hoping to snag a share of the box office pie. Herman Cohen met with success by producing and (under pseudonyms) writing the 1957 hits I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, so why not go for the hat-trick by unleashing I Was a Teenage Gorilla onto an unsuspecting world? Stars: But because the project was generously financed by the Shaw Brothers, those purveyors of classic kung fu flicks over the decades, the model work is far more polished (if not always convincing) than what's seen in other similar efforts. Director: 90 min Drowning in kitschy excess, Queen Kong strains hard for laughs that simply don’t materialize — the opening song sets the tacky tone with such lyrics as, “She’s a genie who ain’t teeny, She’s the queenie, queenie for my weenie. Posing as a film director, The Hooded Claw Casts Penelope in a movie with a 50-foot mechanical gorilla. $101.03M, PG Most Popular Giant Gorilla Movies and TV Shows. Producer Dino de Laurentiis’ 1976 King Kong may have received a mixed reception from critics, but it proved to be a hit with audiences. George Antoni, Votes: | Ok, I confess, I'm stretching the parameters of the word "great" here, but I just have … The creature breaks free from the ship’s cargo hold and proceeds to destroy the vessel, which actually looks like a toy boat bobbing around in some producer’s swimming pool. | While the Kong costume itself was particularly woeful, the thrill of seeing these mighty monsters rumble kept customers content — and convinced Toho to fully throw its muscle behind Godzilla via countless movies, merchandise, and more. Certainly, the human players matter less than ever, with all but one character painted in the broadest strokes possible. Jim Cummings, The species may have been sexually dimorphic, with males much bigger than females.The incisors are reduced and the canines appear to have functioned like cheek teeth (premolars and molars). Merian C. Cooper, Giant Gorilla funny cartoons from CartoonStock directory - the world's largest on-line collection of cartoons and comics. Who runs the world? Dave Powers As Ann Darrow, the beauty who captures the beast’s oversized heart, Fay Wray became an overnight star, although equally memorable is Robert Armstrong as Carl Denham, the boisterous filmmaker who sets the story in motion with his plan to shoot his next exotic picture on the uncharted Skull Island. Director: Paul Leder | Stars: Rod Arrants, Joanna Kerns, Alex Nicol… 105 min College student Ray must rescue entomology student Michelle, on whom he has a crush, and his best friend Mike after the two go exploring a mysterious island where giant bugs and mutated creatures live. led to understandable audience burnout — by the time Cohen was ready to release his monkey movie in 1961, he opted instead to title it Konga. When I’m feeling mighty spunky, I wanna do it with my hunky monkey.”. Its chief drawback is its length, since Jackson took the template of the 103-minute original and stretched it to 190 minutes. Yet what’s most notable about The Mighty Peking Man is the utter nihilism that rears its head during the final act. That’s certainly a more fitting moniker, since the plot does involve a woman named Eve, and she is indeed wild. Janet Waldo, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc, Flying Fuckernauts vs. Stars: What’s more ludicrous: the spectacle of actors constantly flubbing (or, heck, even remembering) their lines or the parade of California beach bums hired to play African natives? The others are the usual stock assemblage of hunky adventurer (Tom Hiddleston), feisty pacifist (Brie Larson), gung-ho military man (Samuel L. Jackson), government wonk (John Goodman), and various expendables in the form of scientists and soldiers. Disney’s 1998 Mighty Joe Young, a remake of the popular 1949 version, is at its best when it — pardon the pun — apes its predecessor and falters when it attempts to strike out on its own. On the Isle of Evil, the head of the "World Organization of Monsters" reveals his imminent retirement and that he has refined a formula for total destruction, only to be upset when the monsters try to steal the formula and kill his nephew. Guillermo del Toro, 65 min 187 min Then again, that’s right in line with the rest of this amateurish slop, which finds a circus owner (Anthony Eisley) journeying to Africa to locate the giant gorilla that can save his business. The movie was a quickie production meant to capitalize on the upcoming release of Dino DeLaurentis' King Kong. King Kong (1933) 3. These include the groundbreaking 1933 movie, the film remakes of 1976 and 2005, as well as various sequels of the first two films. | The life and work of the renowned film visual effects artist and producer. | Gross: Peter Jackson Bruce Cabot, Nine months later, Son of Kong was released, but despite reassembling most of the key personnel from the previous picture, it was merely a pale — if likable — shadow of its predecessor. | Under the auspices of producer-directors Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, Willis O'Brien (with a major assist from Marcel Delgado) contributed extraordinary stop-motion effects that brought to life many classic sequences, including Kong’s destruction of a native village, his battles with prehistoric beasts, and his tragic last stand atop the Empire State Building. All is well until he senses that there's a female Kong somewhere out there and escapes wreaking havoc. King Kong has long had to deal with various contenders and pretenders to his throne. | It’s as if Jackson wanted to make his own Jurassic Park. In fact, much of King Kong Escapes plays like a romper room version of a James Bond adventure, even borrowing Mie Hama, Kissy Suzuki in the 007 outing You Only Live Twice, to portray the slinky villainess Madame X. Charles McCracken Admittedly, it’s a distracting to wonder why no one took a couple of minutes to fix the wayward peepers on the unfortunate ape costume borrowed for this picture, but even this costume looks genuine when compared to the dinosaur that eventually pops up. William Hanna The second film in Legendary's up-and-running MonsterVerse, 2017’s Kong: Skull Island is a definite improvement over 2014’s Godzilla — it’s also frequently clever, occasionally inane, and always exciting. A one-stop shop for all things video games. From a pair of long-lost Japanese films from the 1930s to a Bangladeshi musical in 2010, numerous filmmakers have sought to usurp the King’s throne through (usually) unauthorized versions. Since King Kong first appeared in 1933, there’s been no small measure of great ape movies seeking to either honor or pillage his legacy. Dwayne Johnson is BFFs with a giant gorilla in the first Rampage trailer By Devan Coggan November 16, 2017 at 05:11 PM EST giant gorilla Kong: Skull Island: 2017 United States King Kong, Skullcrawler The Loch Ness Horror: 1981 United States Loch Ness Monster: The Lego Batman Movie: 2017 United States King Kong: Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus: 2010 United States shark and crocodile Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus: 2009 United States shark and octopus Like A*P*E, 1976’s Queen Kong was a King Kong rip-off produced to profit off the hype surrounding the Dino de Laurentiis version making its way into theaters. Adventure, Drama, Fantasy. Stars: Like the ’49 model, this Mighty Joe Young earned an Oscar nomination for its visual effects; unlike its predecessor, it failed to win. Shanelle Gray, TV-G Don Messick, The former comes courtesy of a gigantic artificial heart, installed during a sequence that stands among the worst in all Kong flicks. Richard Doyle, Not Rated Pages in category "Giant gorilla movies" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. Phyllis Diller. Still, Kong himself is a visual marvel, with an expressive range of emotions sweeping across his face (as usual, Andy Serkis handles motion-capture duties), and fans of Jackson's Dead Alive will chuckle at the sign in the ship's cargo hold that reads "Sumatra Rat Monkey.”. Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another - the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong - with humanity caught in the balance. In West Germany, the film played under the title King Kong and the Tan Goddess, while in Greece, the picture was known as The Runaways of King Kong. King Kong somehow earned an Oscar for its visual effects, sharing that year’s honor with the far more accomplished Logan’s Run. John Guillermin, Today, Rankin/Bass is best known for such animated TV specials as 1964’s Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and 1970’s Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town, but among the company’s prolific output during its heyday was 1966’s The King Kong Show, which aired as part of ABC’s Saturday morning lineup for a couple of seasons. Unlike the Korean flick, this British spoof barely saw the inside of theaters, as a lawsuit hurled by de Laurentiis successfully blocked its release in most of the world (and certainly in the U.S. and England). The enormous succes of King Kong can be seen as the definitive breakthrough of monster movies. It’s easy to see why both Roger Ebert and Quentin Tarantino were enthusiastic fans. Stars: She and Johnny fall in love and travel with Utam to Hong Kong, where all hell breaks loose. John Randolph, Votes: Frank Reicher, Votes: Space Amoeba. Peter Jackson, December 12, 2005 In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady. But the hint of talent is actually what drives home its utter worthlessness — there’s simply no reason for this movie to be so bad. 1. Considering the shoddiness of the visuals — especially in the close-up shots when Kong unconvincingly leers at Dwan as if he were auditioning for a Benny Hill skit — there might be some truth to the long-held rumor that some Academy members resigned in disgust after their colleagues voted for the movie. The opening credits for 1976’s A*P*E signal the quality of this Korean production, as the word “Transportation” is misspelled as “Transporation.” Following this alphabet-challenged intro, the action begins with a dangerous 36-foot ape being sent to Disneyland(!) $52.61M, Passed Josh Keaton, In that respect, it’s an interesting piece, but it’s far too short at 70 minutes, and it ends with an all-too-convenient earthquake making short work of the various storylines. Here, in ascending order, is a look at cinema's giant ape movies. All are part of an expedition that arrives on Skull Island and proceeds to get ambushed not only by Kong but by other oversized inhabitants. It almost feels as if 1962’s King Kong vs. Godzilla deserves two spots on this list, considering the vast differences between the original Japanese cut and the radically reworked American version. Yet given its title, how could it not be included? She’s Samantha (Evelyne Kraft), who survived the plane crash that killed her parents and has since been running around the jungle clad only in skimpy, Tarzan-approved duds. It’s also the first, last and only one in 3 … Gale Garnett, Still, it’s hard to resist a film in which Bill Paxton (RIP), as an affable conservationist, addresses Mighty Joe as “ya big palooka.”. Ben Johnson, | $10.00M, PG-13 'King Kong' On Broadway: The Well-Over-800-Pound Gorilla In The Room In a new $35 million musical, the star attraction is 20 feet tall and requires 15 … | Comedy, Family. 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Director: A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla. PG-13 He is then captured and brought back to New York City for public exhibition. Thomas Kretschmann, Votes: | Astro Bastards declare a cosmic war on their unwanted ancestors, Flying Fuckernauts in this spectacular trailer for a "lost" (actually fictional) sci-fi movie presented by The Angry Video Game Nerd (2004)'s eponymous host. 21 min | Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Harvey Korman, The King Kong template is one that naturally lends itself to tragedy, but the consequences here are downright startling. Peter Elliott, Ernest B. Schoedsack A*P*E, incidentally, stands for Attacking Primate monstEr, although the movie also made the rounds under The Great Counter-Attack of Kong Kong, Hideous Mutant, and Attack of the Giant Horny Gorilla. Kong falls from the twin towers and he appears to be alive. What's your favorite King Kong movie (or rip-off)? re: The Rock to Fight Giant Gorilla in Rampage Movie Posted by PsychTiger on 6/23/15 at 7:11 pm to lsutigersFTW quote: The Rock's in it, so it might be fun to watch Said no one ever. That delay plays into the plot, as the film reveals that Kong survived his plunge off the Empire State Building and has since been in a coma. The 1967 feature film King Kong Escapes, a live-action collaboration between Rankin/Bass and Japan’s Toho Studios, was directly inspired by the animated series, which explains why it seems mainly geared toward children. Adrien Brody, Stars: A giant movie monster resembling a gorilla, that has appeared in several movies since 1933. A gargantuan hit upon its original release and subsequent reissues, 1933’s King Kong goes beyond being a mere staple of… Originally released in the U.S. as Goliathon, 1977’s The Mighty Peking Man is inarguably the best of the countless Kong rip-offs that have glutted the marketplace. Fresh from his success with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson turned his attention to honoring one of his favorite films with an expensive homage. An inept Italian production that appears to have been made for $.50, this movie was known as Eve, the Wild Woman in its homeland. Directed by Brad Peyton. Elizaveta Boyarskaya, “Little Kong” is almost incidental to the story and doesn’t even show up until well past the halfway point — primarily, this is about Denham’s crisis of conscience regarding his treatment of Kong in the first film. The heroine in this case is an actress (Joanna DeVarona, later Joanna Kerns of Growing Pains fame) who terrifyingly shrieks like one of the victims in The Last House on the Left before inexplicably turning into Mae West and purring at the great ape, “Be gentle, big fella.”. Director: Played by Esmeralda Barros, she comes along late in the game to help hunky mercenary Burt Dawson (Brad Harris) exact his revenge against Albert Muller (Marc Lawrence), a fellow merc who once betrayed him. After all, a more diminutive — and blockier — version of the character made a cameo appearance in The Lego Batman Movie. Joseph Barbera, Terry Gilliam, But once the monkey gets super-sized, the terrible visual effects take over, with the climactic sequences where a guy in an ape suit stands listlessly next to a Big Ben model while the Brits supposedly blast away. The only area in which it improved upon its predecessor was the relationship between the ape and the woman he loves, and even this was subsequently handled better in Peter Jackson’s 2005 update. The amazingly bad British King Kong imitation from Herman Cohen. | Gross: Still, “the most colossal conflict the screen has ever known” (per the posters) was the sole reason global audiences packed theaters, and viewers of either version got their money’s worth. Aleksandr Boyarskiy, | Gross: | Stars: The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another - the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong - with humanity caught in the balance. O’Brien had long envisioned making King Kong vs. Frankenstein, but when no American studio jumped at the opportunity to finance such an awesome-sounding movie, King Kong eventually ended up (much to O’Brien’s displeasure) at Toho, the outfit behind the Godzilla flicks. | Rarely in the annals of cinema has so much plywood and lighter fluid been expended in the service of visual effects magic — don't miss the falling rocks that flake off Styrofoam pieces as they hit the ground. The 1933 King Kong was such a smashing success that the studio excitedly demanded that a follow-up hit theaters within the same calendar year. Adam Wingard At the same time an American actress is filming a movie in the country. Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. As for Kong, his dance card is filled with battles against Mechani-Kong, Gorosaurus, a sizable sea serpent, and a rather raggedy monkey costume. Follow Rick and his mysterious Terror Mask as he unmercifully tears, cuts and beats his way through denizens of unearthly creatures in an epic adventure to rescue his girlfriend from the clutches of deranged occult figure Dr. West. Director: The glorious exception is Hank Marlow, played with the right mix of cheer and fear by John C. Reilly. | Carol Burnett, The story of the giant gorilla-like creature who’s dragged into our world continues to fascinate moviemakers. Nathan Barnatt, Action, Adventure. The cross-eyed gorilla isn’t the worst element of 1969’s unspeakably awful The Mighty Gorga. Completed. James Rolfe Stars: A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal ape who takes a shine to their female blonde star. and The Kentucky Fried Movie as a spoof of all trades, with timely zingers aimed at such hits as Jaws, The Exorcist, and Airport 1975. This hefty running time aids the first act, with filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black) preparing to head out into uncharted waters to make his epic, and the third act, which places the action back in New York in time for Kong’s fateful encounter with the Empire State Building. | Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Votes: Directed by Ron Underwood. 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But the middle section, set on Skull Island, is where the film lags, due to Jackson’s insistence on steering the story away from Kong and focusing on the territory’s dinosaurs and other beastly inhabitants. Geraldo The Gorilla - 14 Inch (with Hanging Arms Outstretched) Stuffed Animal Plush Monkey - by Tiger Tale Toys 4.9 out of 5 stars 96 $17.99 $ 17 . King Kong vs. Godzilla was a smash in its homeland, but for U.S. consumption, many of the more satiric moments were axed and replaced with tedious scenes of a United Nations broadcaster (Michael Keith) and a stuffy scientist (Harry Holcombe) alternately providing deadening exposition. $218.08M, PG-13 Directors: Charles Manson Jeffrey Dean Morgan Rotten Tomatoes 2018 Movies New Movies Fast And Furious. | Dwayne The Rock. Mel Blanc, Linda Hamilton, A fighter pilot who’s been stranded on Skull Island since World War II (the film is set in 1973), Marlow proves to be the most sympathetic character in the film, the go-to figure for audience involvement. | Jules Bass In much the same manner as The Wizard of Oz and It's a Wonderful Life, this masterpiece about “The Eighth Wonder of the World” long ago entered into the national consciousness as an enduring part of our heritage. Taskmaster Vs Deathstroke: Who Would Win In A Fight? Kevin Finn, Seemingly made out of discarded popsicle sticks and chunks of cheap plastic, this just might be the most laughable prehistoric puppet to ever appear in a movie. Comparatively more benign than Kong, but still a dangerous, oversized animal, Joe lives in Africa with his human companion Jill Young (Terry Moore), who has raised the gorilla since infancy. Stars: | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi. Director: Yumi Hikita, TV-G But American audiences weren’t the only ones to get Konged — excuse us, conned — by false advertising. | Allen Swift, Girls. Obviously, there’s no King or Kong in King of Kong Island — heck, there’s not even an island (the story unfolds in Kenya). Lyle Waggoner. Naomi Watts, | Action, Adventure, Horror. | To be clear, 1968’s King of Kong Island does not include any oversized apes. And other adventures of knight's wives. | Theron brings enormous warmth to her role, and effects guru Rick Baker uses animatronics and a dash of CGI to fashion a central creature that looks absolutely believable from first frame to last. Mo Davoudian, | Chaos ensues as the ape kidnaps her and rampages through Seoul. Brad Peyton Vicki Lawrence, Gorilla and Giant Ape Movies I've Reviewed on IMDb. Kevin Gill, Jackson’s King Kong was a box office hit, earned Oscars for its sound and visual effects, and showcased a superb turn by Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow. Yet what’s interesting about the movie is how it predates pictures like Airplane! 1932 - "The Monster Walks" 1932 - … To revive Kong on the 10th anniversary of his fall, the attendant doctor (Hamilton) states that he needs both a heart transplant and a blood transfusion. Animation, Comedy, Family. Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 100 min 'Mighty Joe Young,' Featuring Giant Gorilla, Stars Terry Moore and Ben Johnson. Director: Terry Moore, of all is the witch doctor gleefully sacrificing virgins to Gorga. Planet of the Apes (1968) G | 112 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi. Gigantopithecus has traditionally been restored as a massive, gorilla-like ape, potentially 200–300 kg (440–660 lb) when alive, but the paucity of remains make total size estimates highly speculative. Robert Armstrong, 29,619 The character has become one of the world's most famous movie icons and, as such, has transcended the medium. | Gross: Konstantin Bronzit, 5 min The primate then battles a rubber shark (or, as the Spielberg-attentive ads plugged, “See A*P*E defy the JAWS of Giant Shark”) before heading to terra firma to watch kids frolic on a playground, demolish several buildings, and — because every Kong-size contract requires it — half-heartedly make off with a blonde. October 4, 2019 reprobatepress Review Comments Off on Konga: The Low Rent 1960s British Giant Gorilla Movie. Boris Karloff, The visual effects are truly dazzling, particularly when employed to bring the movie’s towering star to roaring, rattling life. Director: Animation, Family, Comedy. 134 min Action, Adventure, Drama. Yet a constant presence on the pop-culture scene is expected with a figure as iconic as this one. Segments include Fozzie's chicken joke, the evil Frogon aliens turning Pigs in Space into toads, Gonzo's airplane catching, Dr. Bunsen's gravity neutralizer, and P.I. 94 min Jeff Bridges, almost as hirsute as Kong, gamely tries to lift the proceedings as a paleontologist, with Charles Grodin doing his part as a greedy oil company executive. 21 min | Brian Tyree Henry, PG-13 Gilles Penso Crossword Answers for "Giant movie monster resembling a huge gorilla… The script, cobbled together by several sets of hands, isn’t nearly as impressive as the direction by Jordan Vogt-Roberts — replete with visual nods to Apocalypse Now — although it’s as a creature feature that Kong: Skull Island works best. Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan Rotten Tomatoes 2018 movies New movies Fast Furious. Hunky monkey. ” here, then, is Every giant Ape movies roaring, life... 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total on a in. 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