Jackson : "I wanted a comic King Kong."
I just saw this elsewhere and had to post it. --------------------------------------------- By WENN Director Peter Jackson almost made blockbuster remake King Kong a comedy - but studio bosses snubbed...
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My favorite scene in the original script was when Kong used a tree as a cigar and waddled around saying "a gal a day's enough for me, I couldn't handle any more."
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I liked it when he sang "Puttin' On The Ritz."Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.
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Quote:I liked it when he sang "Puttin' On The Ritz." For a big guy he sure could buck and wing.
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Quote:Has anyone read the orginal script? I think I still have a copy of it around here, somewhere. Given how much Jackson talks about his reverence for the original, there were some eyebrow-raising...
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Quote:Given how much Jackson talks about his reverence for the original, there were some eyebrow-raising moments in his earlier version.For the amount of reverence he has for the original, there were...
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Quote:For the amount of reverence he has for the original, there were some eyebrow-raising moments in the version that got made, imo. I'll be a Monkey's Uncle -- I agree. ---------------------- "It's...
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This project had been talked about ten or twelve years ago. At that time, Jackson was in his raucous black comedy phase, so the original script is probably representative of that. With Heavenly...
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Quote:This project had been talked about ten or twelve years ago. At that time, Jackson was in his raucous black comedy phase, so the original script is probably representative of that. With Heavenly...
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Well, a lot of comedy IS making fun of things you love. On SCTV, they often parodied old or obscure films because that's what they personally liked to watch... and that knowledge of the material made...
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SCTV's episode-length spoofs of ZONTAR, THING FROM VENUS and THE GODFATHER were incredible!!!Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.
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In a way, SCTV's ulitmate spoof was SIX-GUN JUSTICE- they knew the only way to really NAIL the repetitive nature of old movie serials was to run that thing into the ground, week after week. (I also...
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SIX-GUN JUSTICE was awesome.Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.
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SCTV also did the great TOWERING INFERNO parody and MAUDLIN'S 11 (Ocean's 11) PLUS the incredible THE NOBEL (a parody of the 1966 film(!) THE OSCAR) and who can forget POLYNESIAN TOWN (Chinatown) Paul
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I loved the SCTV parodies of TV shows and movies. There always seemed to be an underlying affection that would save even the potentially offesinve of material (like their lampooning of the post stroke...
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Quote:SIX-GUN JUSTICE was awesome. SIX-GUN JUSTICE was real funny-like. Loved that Dusty Trails.
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A comic King Kong? This makes me wonder if "his great love for the film," was nothing but profit-line streptocacca. This disturbs me greatly. I may dump my DVD and get in line behind Joe Karlosi after...
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I dunno, his involvement in the Spider Pit scene recreation seems to demonstrate a sincere devotion.www.itcamefromplanetx.com
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Oh yeah, I have no doubt of Jackson's love for the original. That's what stumps me so much about his remake. If he wasn't all that crazy about the '33 film, I'd understand. But knowing he loves it as...
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I think there's a wish fulfillment element to the remake for him. He seems to love the adventure and grandeur aspect of the original while wanting to inject some personal fantasies onto the myth. It...
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