King Kong: Monster and Myth

Plot Summary

In 1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, two audacious and visionary directors, dared to create a motion picture that eclipsed everything seen until then: when King Kong was released, it was celebrated as an artistic and technical revolution and became the first myth created by the young cinematic art.

Top Cast

Elsa Lepoivre Self - Narrator (voice)

Ernest B. Schoedsack Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Merian C. Cooper Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia Self (archive footage)

Marguerite Harrison Self - Reporter (archive footage)