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Synopsis: King Kong is a 2005 epic monster film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson. A remake of the 1933 film of the same name, the film stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, and, through motion capture, Andy Serkis as the title character. Set in 1933, King Kong tells the story of an overly ambitious filmmaker who coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to the mysterious Skull Island. There they encounter Kong, a legendary giant gorilla, whom they capture and display in New York City, with tragic results.
Production: Universal Pictures
  Won 3 Oscars. Another 43 wins & 100 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
PG-13
Year:
2005
187 min
$218,100,000
Website
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CRRUMMPP! JACK'S plane clips McKECKNIE'S and goes into an immediate

spin. JACK tries to regain control ... his right hand wing tip is in

tatters.

MATT sees his buddy going down and dives after him, blasting at a

COUPLE OF TRIPLANES that are closing in on the crippled CAMEL.

JACK uses all his strength to haul the control stick back and pull out

of the dive. He is dangerously close to the ground - the shell torn

landscape of NO MA/s LAND. MATT levels out along side as JACK loses his

last few feet of height and smashes into the ground. His undercarriage

breaks away and the CAMEL slides to a stop in the mud.

EXT. NO MAN'S LAND - DAY

JACK leans back in the cockpit, his nose bloody from the crash, but

otherwise unharmed ...

BANG] BANG! BANG! Machine gun bullets suddenly rip into his plane -

GERMAN SOLDIERS are firing at him from the trenches! The Camel BURSTS

INTO FLAME as bullets puncture the gas tank.

JACK quickly rolls out of the cockpit and crawls away just as MATT

roars low overhead, STRAFING the MACHINE GUN NEST with a withering

stream of tracer fire.

JACK'S plane EXPLODES ... he slides safely into a muddy SHELL HOLE,

pulling his SERVICE REVOLVER out of the holster. JACK rips his FLYING

HELMET & GOGGLES off ... we see that he is just a 17 YEAR OLD KID.

From out of the THICK BLACK PLUME OF SMOKE from the burning plane,

MATT'S SOPWITH CAMEL suddenly appears, gliding very low ... he's

attempting to land!

MATT carefully guides the plane between shell holes and almost gets

away with the landing ... just as the plane slows to a stop, it hits a

coil of BARBED WIRE and FLIPS ON IT'S BACK! MATT releases his seat-

blet, falls to the ground and pulls off his FLYING HELMET ... MATT is

about 20 years old.

MATT:

(yelling)

JACK!

MATT races towards the BURRING WRECKAGE ... GUNFIRE from the German

trenches kicks the mud up around his feet and he dives forward into a

large SHELLHOLE.

JACK:

Matt!

MATT'S only a few yards away from JACK, but they have to stay in their

respective shellholes as a ground shaking volley of ARTILLERY FIRE

THUNDERS around them.

JACK (CONT'D)

(yelling)

What the hell are you doing?

MATT:

(yelling)

Saving your lousy ass!

JACK:

(yelling)

You're not saving anybody! You're in the sh*t like me!

MATT and JACK start CHUCKLING.

MATT hears a LOW NOISE, turns around and SCREAMS ...

LOW ANGLE POV A burly GERMAN SOLDIER rams his BAYONET towards CAMERA.

CLOSE ON MATT'S FACE ... he gasps in shock as he is stabbed in the

stomach.

JACK (CONT'D)

(shocked yell)

MATT???

JACK staggers over the top of the shellhole, confronting the THREE

GERMAN SOLDIERS who have descended on MATT. He FIRES HIS REVOLVER at

them ... killing each SOLDIER.

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Fran Walsh

Fran Walsh was born on January 10, 1959 in Wellington, New Zealand. She is known for her work on The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002). She has been married to Peter Jackson since 1987. They have two children. more…

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