King Kong Escapes (1967)
King Kong Escapes (1967) aka Kingukongu no gyakushu #2193 Viewing Date: 3-18-2007 Posting Date: 8-14-2007 Directed by Ishiro Honda Featuring Rhodes Reason, Mie Hama, Linda Miller A nefarious...
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i saw this several times as a kiddie matine in the 70s during the summer- once a summer for 3-4 years. i've always loved it, and was really happy when it was released on DVD (thanks to PJ's needless...
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Yeah, I have fond memories of that cartoon, including its prime-time weeknight premiere.Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way. My MySpace Page
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I've always enjoyed King Kong Escapes. One of the things that struck me the first time I saw it was how many plot points and images it borrows from the 1933 classic. - Kong is found on an island...
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Loved it as a kid, love it just as much now. There's one strange missed opportunity in the film, though; you'd think, with it being a late-1960s Toho kaiju eiga production, Mechani-Kong would have...
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Again, I think this is one of those "so goofy, it's cool" movies. It's like a grade school James Bond flick on one hand, and a kaiju spectacular on the other! And that score! God, I would love to have...
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Kong looks very odd in this one. I wonder if they were trying to make him look all cuddly since the film was based on a children's show. He just looks really creepy! Despite this, its a very charming...
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Stuart Galbraith has described Kong as looking like Homer Simpson in this one, which is pretty apt. Akira Takarada gives the best performance, likable and relaxed while Eisei Amamoto chews the scenery...
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I think Rhodes Reason said she became a fat real estate seller or something like that. He also called Ishiro Honda a hack. Nice man!
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I love how Dr Who claims first "The real Kong could never do that!" of his Mecha Kong then later on proclaims of the Real Kong "even my Kong could never do that!" And in the final scene, how Who's men...
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I'm really biased about this one, because it's nearly the only "Kaiju" film I saw at a theatre, and the only one that wasn't a re-release.
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killer meteor wrote: I think Rhodes Reason said she became a fat real estate seller or something like that. He also called Ishiro Honda a hack. Nice man! A class act...all the way! I read that Rhodes...
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Is this the film where the Japanese villain (with the big overbite) talks like Burgermeister Meisterburger? Rod
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yendor1152 wrote: Is this the film where the Japanese villain talks like Burgermeister Meisterburger? Rod Yes, the villain, Dr. Who, is dubbed by Paul Frees, who also voiced the Burgermeister...
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