Best Buy HD DVD: <h1>King Kong on HD DVD</h1>

Genre: Action | Adventure

King Kong (2005) is directed by Peter Jackson and is a remake of the 1933 King Kong movie about a fictional giant ape about 25 foot tall. Casts of the movie are Naomi Watts (as Ann Darrow), Jack Black (as Carl Denham), Adrien Brody (as Jack Driscoll) and Andy Serkis (as Kong) through motion tracking and voice.

Movie Synopsis:

During the Great Depression Era in New York City, Ann Darrow is out of job as a vaudeville actress and hungry living in the city. Her fate suddenly changes when she meet Carl Dernham, an entrepreneur and a film maker. Dernham has been looking for a replacement for the actress who had dropped out of its casts and he convinces Ann to take the part of her in his motion picture.

Dernham wanted to film his latest movie at the remote Skull Island but the captain of the ship is having second thoughts of going to that island because of its cryptic legend. Dernham pays the captain a good amount of cash and then agrees to sail off the island. When they came to the Skull Island, Ann was kidnapped by the native warriors to use as a sacrifice to "Kong". Instead of devouring Ann, Kong saves her and that event is the start of a good relationship between Ann and the giant ape. But as the crew rescues Ann, they captured Kong and brought it to New York City for public attraction. Numerous amazed viewers, camera lights of the photographers, the noise of the crowd and the absence of Ann in his sight making Kong tensed, that he escaped from the chains that locked him and went out in the New York City - causing fear in public.

King Kong Movie Trivia:

Peter Jackson was paid $20 million to direct the remake of King Kong movie, the highest salary ever paid to a movie director in advance of film production.

Peter Jackson's children, Billy and Katie Jackson has cameo appearances in the first two minutes of the film.

"It was beauty killed the beast"- the movie's tag line was voted as 385 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.

Kate Winslet was the first choice to play Ann Darrow.

The movie has 2,400 visual special effects shots. Outranking the record set by Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), with 2,200 shots and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy movies - Fellowship of the Ring with 560, The Two Towers with 800 and Return of the King which has 1,488.

King Kong's roar, when played backwards in half speed results to a lion's roar.

The Morse code message that informs the venture crew about Denham's warrant of arrest was actually says: "SHOW ME THE MONKEY".

King Kong on HD DVD