# Dear Eve, & All Movie Dopers--King Kong? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-eve-all-movie-dopers-king-kong/275469 "2004-11-18T15:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-eve-all-movie-dopers-king-kong/275469/1 "2004-11-18T15:10:00Z")
To **Eve** & all the older movie fans out there: I need a good King Kong link. My favorite King Kong site got the plug pulled, & I’m having trouble finding a good one. Goggle reveals many mediocre site–no talent there. ☹ Help/Links, please? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-eve-all-movie-dopers-king-kong/275469/2 "2004-11-18T17:00:12Z")
Depending on what you’re after, [IMDB](http://imdb.com/title/tt0024216/miscsites) offers choices that google misses. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-eve-all-movie-dopers-king-kong/275469/3 "2004-11-18T17:50:42Z")
When is this movie going to be released on DVD? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-eve-all-movie-dopers-king-kong/275469/4 "2004-11-18T18:55:34Z")
The official unofficial website for Peter Jackson’s remake is at [http://www.kongisking.net/](http://www.kongisking.net/) (there is some info on the original there also) Brian ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-eve-all-movie-dopers-king-kong/275469/5 "2004-11-18T19:57:39Z")
Ahem, I think **Bosca** is asking about the real version, the 1933 one with Fay Wray and with the original Kong (playing himself), not whatever bizarre thing Peter Jackson has up his sleeve. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-eve-all-movie-dopers-king-kong/275469/6 "2004-11-18T22:28:08Z")
An invaluable reference site for classic movies is [The Greatest Films](http://www.filmsite.org). It’s great for plot summarys, dialogue samples, scans of old poseters, etc. Here’s their page for [King Kong](http://www.filmsite.org/kingk.html). Oh, and though I think the 1933 original is perfect, if anyone can do a decent remake it’s Peter Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-eve-all-movie-dopers-king-kong/275469/7 "2004-11-18T23:09:50Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > Ahem, I think **Bosca** is asking about the real version, the 1933 one with Fay Wray and with the original Kong (playing himself), not whatever bizarre thing Peter Jackson has up his sleeve. Yes. Bos **da** _is_. In a friendly way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-eve-all-movie-dopers-king-kong/275469/8 "2004-11-19T00:01:28Z")
::: Blush ::: It was an unintended portmanteau, condensing **Bos** da Di’ **Chi** to Bos-chi and thence to Bosca. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-eve-all-movie-dopers-king-kong/275469/9 "2004-11-19T00:55:53Z")
Found One. [http://www.aboyd.com/kong/index2.html](http://www.aboyd.com/kong/index2.html) But I’m always looking for more! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-eve-all-movie-dopers-king-kong/275469/10 "2004-11-19T03:10:49Z")
If you really love _King Kong_, look for a copy of the book _The Making of King Kong_, by Orville Goldner and George E. Turner. Or its 2002 revised edition, _Spawn of Skull Island_. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-eve-all-movie-dopers-king-kong/275469/11 "2004-11-19T05:22:46Z")
I’m a big fan of the 1933 version(the only part I liked about the 1970’s version was the “history” of skull island sightings), but I’m curious to see what Jackson does with this. And I’m particulary interested to see Jack Black play Carl Denhem. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-eve-all-movie-dopers-king-kong/275469/12 "2004-11-19T05:47:43Z")
Hey, Eve! He called you old! Well, older.