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ouachita
Jul 16 2004, 06:39 PM
Found this little tidbit about the making of the original King Kong movie today:

QUOTE
Making the Monkey

All of the ape sequences were made using models.  There isn't a single man-in-an-ape-suit scene in the entire film (although at least two actors would later claim to have been the "man inside Kong"). ...


Sound familiar? laugh.gif





[bold italics added for emphasis]
SgtFang
Jul 16 2004, 08:12 PM
QUOTE(ouachita @ Jul 16 2004, 06:39 PM)
Found this little tidbit about the making of the original King Kong movie today:

QUOTE
Making the Monkey

All of the ape sequences were made using models.  There isn't a single man-in-an-ape-suit scene in the entire film (although at least two actors would later claim to have been the "man inside Kong"). ...


Sound familiar? laugh.gif





[bold italics added for emphasis]

Yeah, I remember when I was a kid and the '76 Kong remake was in theaters, there was some old fart on all the local talk shows telling a story like that. He went into great detail, about plaster buildings and gas powered model planes... :rolleyes:

Did they even HAVE gas powered models in 1932? blink.gif

-Sarge
ouachita
Jul 16 2004, 09:13 PM
QUOTE(SgtFang @ Jul 16 2004, 08:12 PM)
Did they even HAVE gas powered models in 1932? blink.gif

I have no idea! wink.gif

Makes you wonder though if Bob H or maybe his grandpappy was around in Hollywood back then though doesn't it?
Bitter Monk
Jul 16 2004, 09:24 PM
Willis O'Brien was the man that created Kong. It was the very nature of O'Brien's stop motion characters that inspired Ray Harryhausen.
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