King Kong

Trivia: King Kong's roar was made from the roars of a lion and a tiger put together and played backward.

Phoenix

Trivia: The giant wall on Skull Island was first used in the film King of Kings, and its final screen performance was in Gone with the Wind. Did you ever wonder what that giant wall of flame was?

Trivia: Director Merian C. Cooper and co-director/producer E.B. Schoedsack have cameos in close-ups of the biplanes that attack Kong at the end of the film.

Super Grover

Trivia: The scene that involved Driscoll in the cave while Kong tries to get at him involved a small mock-up Kong hand and a miniature set. Driscoll's image was projected on a latex glove that was stretched across the cave entrance. This was the first instance of miniature rear projection.

Trivia: Two models were used for shooting. They both had different heads sculpted by Marcel Delgado. One for the Skull Island scenes and the other for the NYC scenes. Also a full scale bust was used that took 9 men to operate for the closeup scenes.

Trivia: Even though King Kong is the title character, he doesn't appear until nearly 47 minutes into the running time.

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Trivia: For a single frame, one can see the structure that holds the Kong puppet. The first time it's still visible in modern copies at time code 00:52:36 (after the people run away on a log used as a bridge). The second one was digitally removed years ago, and it takes place when Kong exits the cave right after Ann faints. (00:52:36 - 01:05:30)

Sacha

Trivia: The Brontosaurus is the only dinosaur not killed by either Kong or any of the actors during the movie.

billfarr

Audio problem: In the early stages of Kong's fight with the Tyrannosaur, Kong throws two (nonconsecutive) standing punches that don't hit but make noise anyway.

Phoenix

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Question: Closely connected questions relating to Kong's massive size and weight: How did the crew "lift" him from the raft into the ship? Where did they keep him in the ship? (there doesn't seem to be a hold big enough) How did they feed him for the several weeks it took to get to New York? And lastly, how did they get him from the ship to the theater?

Answer: It's never shown or explained, and the film uses a broad "suspension of disbelief" premise. The audience just accepts the characters were able to somehow transport a huge ape to New York City.

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