Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

Nov 14, 2006

3h 7m

★ 5.7

Overview

Following the immense success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson directs King Kong (2005). This documentary follows him, and the immense project from start to finish. It turns out that this one film may actually be a larger task to complete than all 3 of the Lord of the Rings films together.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Pellerin Multimedia Inc.

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Cast

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Peter Jackson

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Richard Taylor

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Alan Lee

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Philippa Boyens

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Naomi Watts

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Jack Black

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Colin Hanks

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Thomas Kretschmann

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Andy Serkis

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Jamie Bell

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Adrien Brody

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Frank Darabont

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6.8

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0.0

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0.0

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6.0

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