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King Kong Lives (released as King Kong 2 in some countries) is a 1986 American monsteradventure film directed by John Guillermin. Produced by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group and featuring special effects by Carlo Rambaldi, the film stars Linda Hamilton and Brian Kerwin. The film is a sequel to the 1976 remake of King Kong.^[3][4]

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Plot[edit]

After being shot down from the World Trade Center, Kong is however revealed to be still alive and is kept in a coma for about 10 years at the Atlantic Institute, under the care of surgeon Dr. Amy Franklin. In order to save Kong's life, Dr. Franklin must perform a heart transplant and give Kong a computer-monitored artificial heart. However, he has lost so much blood that a transfusion is badly needed, and to complicate matters, Franklin says there is no species of ape or other animal whose blood type matches Kong's.

Enter Hank 'Mitch' Mitchell, adventurer and Franklin's eventual love interest, who travels to Borneo (as he theorizes that Borneo and the island from the first film were once part of the same landmass) and captures a giant female ape who is dubbed 'Lady Kong'. Mitchell brings her to the institute to use her blood for King Kong's operation. The transfusion and the heart transplant are a success, but Kong escapes along with Lady Kong.

Archie Nevitt, an insane army lieutenant colonel, is called in with his men to hunt down and kill the two apes. Lady Kong is captured alive by Nevitt's troops and imprisoned; Kong falls from a cliff and is presumed dead. However, as Franklin and Mitchell soon discover, Kong's artificial heart is beginning to give out, forcing them to attempt a jailbreak. They discover that Lady Kong is pregnant with Kong's offspring. The jailbreak is successful thanks to Kong, who has survived the fall and breaks his mate out. After being followed, attacked, and shot by the military, Kong kills Lt. Col Nevitt and dies slowly near a military base on a farm where Lady Kong gives birth to an infant son. Kong reaches out to touch his son just before dying. Having returned to Borneo, Lady Kong lives peacefully with her son in the jungle.

Cast[edit]

• Brian Kerwin as Hank Mitchell
• Linda Hamilton as Dr. Amy Franklin
• Peter Elliott as King Kong
• John Ashton as Lt. Col. Archie Nevitt
• George Yiasoumi as Lady Kong
• Benjamin Kechley as Baby Kong
• Frank Maraden as Dr. Benson Hughes
• Peter Michael Goetz as Dr. Andrew Ingersoll
• Jimmie Ray Weeks as Major Peete
• Jimmy Wiggins as Boyfriend
• Mary Swafford as Girlfriend
• Michael Forest as Vance
• Leon Rippy as Will
• Herschel Sparber as Jay
• Wallace Merck as Chigger
• Dean Whitworth as Scruffy
• Jonathan Canfield as Jump Ranger #1
• Jack Wheeler (twin) as Officer #1
• Joe Wheeler (twin) as Officer #2
• David Hartzell as Sergeant #1
• Patrick Webb as Infantryman
• Greg Hendrixson as Jump Ranger #2
• Jim Grimshaw as Sergeant
• Robin Cahall as Mazlansky
• Matt Totty as Sgt. Tucker
• Rod Davis as TV Reporter, Lake City (Rocky Top, Tennessee) scenes^[5]

Production[edit]

The film was announced in October 1985.^[6] Brian Kerwin said, 'I knew that my name would be up there as the lead, but there was never any question that the star of the movie was the ape. Also, the 1976 movie had such low prestige and Jessica Lange was ridiculed, but then so was Christopher Reeve for Superman, and look at the subsequent success of those two. So, I don't worry about it. We tried to have fun when we were making the movie, without poking fun at it. It's an adult fairy tale and it has humor. If people think it's a silly piece of fluff and we're all jerks, then that's the way it goes. I hope it doesn't happen.'^[7] Filming started in April 1986 in Tennessee.^[8] 'The movie is about Kong, about special effects, about jeeps being blown up,' says John Ashton.^[9]

Reception[edit]

Critical[edit]

King Kong Lives was panned by critics.^[10][11][12] Rotten Tomatoes rated it a 0% based on 9 reviews. Roger Ebert gave the film only one out of four stars and stated, 'The problem with everyone in King Kong Lives is that they're in a boring movie, and they know they're in a boring movie, and they just can't stir themselves to make an effort.'^[13] DEG sent a notice to Ebert and Gene Siskel notifying the two critics that they were allowed to show snippets of the film onTV in their native Chicago, but were forbidden to show the same snippets on the national scale. Siskel remarked 'Obviously, they were scared [...] If you don't believe me or Roger, believe the film company, that, think about it, couldn't find a single scene that it wanted you to see.'^[14]

Box Office[edit]

Despite its marketing campaign, King Kong Lives was a box office flop,^[15] grossing $4.7 million during its theatrical run.^[16] The film was nominated for one Razzie Award, Worst Visual Effects. Actor Peter Goetz received a residual check of 12 cents from the film and decided to frame it as a tribute, never cashing it. The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.^[17]

Home media[edit]

King Kong Lives was released on VHS as King Kong 2. The film was later released on DVD with its original title.

Video games[edit]

Two official video games based on the film were developed and released only in Japan by Konami. They were titled King Kong 2: Ikari no Megaton Punch for the Famicom, and King Kong 2: Yomigaeru Densetsu for the MSX. The Famicom game totally discarded the human aspect of the story and players played as King Kong who has to travel around the globe fighting giant robots and certain military forces in order to save the female Kong. The game was designed as an action-adventure game with some science fiction concepts. The MSX version, on the other hand, plays from the perspective of Mitchell. This version is a role-playing game.

References[edit]

1. ^Friendly, David T. 'De Laurentiis rejoins the ranks' Los Angeles Times (November 16, 1985)
2. ^ ^abDe Laurentiis PRODUCER'S PICTURE DARKENS: KNOEDELSEDER, WILLIAM K, Jr. Los Angeles Times 30 Aug 1987: 1.
3. ^Beale, Lewis (1986-06-01). 'The Kong Isn't Dead; Long Live The King'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
4. ^Oates, Marylouise (1986-06-15). 'Finally, A Steady Job For King Kong'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
5. ^'King Kong Lives (1986)'. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
6. ^A DYLAN THOMAS SCRIPT, BUT, ALAS, LITTLE ELSERyan, Desmond. Philadelphia Inquirer 27 Oct 1985: I.2.
7. ^That's too big a woman for me,' actor says of female version Monkeying around with the Kong tale Yakir, Dan. The Globe and Mail05 Dec 1986: D.3.
8. ^GIANT ROLE Orlando Sentinel 29 Mar 1986: A2.
9. ^THE BRAIN BEHIND KING KONG IS TURNING THE BIG APE INTO AN EXPRESSIVE ACTOR Beale, Lewis. Chicago Tribune 1 June 1986: 2.
10. ^Goldstein, Patrick (1986-12-22). 'Movie Review : King Kong Goes Ape One More Time'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
11. ^Maslin, Janet (1986-12-20). 'Screen: the return of king kong'. The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
12. ^'King Kong Lives'. Variety. 1985-12-31. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
13. ^'King Kong Lives :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews'. Rogerebert.suntimes.com. 1986-12-22. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
14. ^http://siskelandebert.org/video/BG73K54WN8S1/Worst-of-1986-1987
15. ^Mathews, Jack (1986-12-24). ''Kong Lives' Dies At Box Office'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
16. ^'King Kong Lives (1986)'. Box Office Mojo. 1988-07-05. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
17. ^Wilson, John (2005). The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN0-446-69334-0.

External links[edit]

• King Kong Lives on IMDb
• King Kong Lives at AllMovie
• King Kong Lives at Rotten Tomatoes
• King Kong Lives at Box Office Mojo

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a 2007 American documentary film about competitive gaming directed by Seth Gordon. It follows Steve Wiebe in his attempts to take the high score record for the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong from the previous holder, Billy Mitchell. The film premiered at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival and was released in U.S. theaters in August 2007. It received positive reviews.

Summary[edit]

Walter Day is the founder of Twin Galaxies, an organization dedicated to tracking high scores in arcade games. Among the high-scoring players is restaurateur Billy Mitchell, who has held the high score for the 1981 game Donkey Kong since 2004.

In Redmond, Washington, out-of-work engineer Steve Wiebe has purchased a Donkey Kong cabinet to try to break the record. Using his mathematical knowledge to identify exploitable patterns in the game, Wiebe achieves a new record of 1,006,600 points – the first ever score over a million. He submits a tape to Twin Galaxies, which propels him to local celebrity in the Seattle area.

Mitchell and Twin Galaxies send two referees to investigate Wiebe's machine. They learn that the machine's circuit board was provided by Roy Shildt, a self-proclaimed fitness guru and pickup artist who claims the high score for Missile Command. Unbeknownst to Wiebe, Shildt and Mitchell have been at odds for years after Mitchell questioned Shildt's high score, causing Twin Galaxies to disqualify it. Twin Galaxies suspects that Shildt may have tampered with Wiebe's board, and does not recognize Wiebe's record.

Wiebe travels to a tournament at Funspot in Laconia, New Hampshire, to attempt a live high score for high-ranking Twin Galaxies members. Wiebe challenges Mitchell to a Donkey Kong competition, but Mitchell does not attend. Before a crowd, Wiebe sets a new high score of 985,600 and reaches the kill screen, ending the game. However, contrary to his statements that videotaped scores carry less validity than scores achieved in public, Mitchell sends a low-quality VHS to Funspot depicting himself achieving a higher score of 1,047,200 points. Twin Galaxies proclaims Mitchell the record holder.

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Nine months later, Guinness World Records has decided to publish Twin Galaxies' records — including Mitchell's latest score – and hosts a tournament in Mitchell's hometown of Hollywood, Florida. Wiebe again challenges Mitchell to a public competition, but Mitchell refuses. Wiebe fails to surpass the record, but afterward, Day acknowledges Wiebe's integrity and invites him to submit taped scores. At home, Wiebe achieves a new record of 1,049,100 in his garage.

Appearances[edit]

• Steve Wiebe, the challenger
• Billy Mitchell, described in the film as 'the world's best gamer'
• Walter Day, the founder of Twin Galaxies
• Robert Mruczek, the chief referee of Twin Galaxies
• Brian Kuh, friend of Billy Mitchell and Donkey Kong player
• Steve Sanders, friend of Billy Mitchell and Donkey Kong player
• Dwayne Richard, classic gaming World Champion
• Roy Shildt (aka 'Mr. Awesome'), Billy Mitchell's 'nemesis'
• Greg Bond, Mappy champion
• Doris Self, previous holder of the Q*bert record and title of oldest game champion
• Wiebe Family

Release[edit]

The King of Kong premiered January 22, 2007, at the Slamdance Film Festival^[2] and has been shown at the Newport Beach Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival, the SXSW Film Festival, the TriBeCa Film Festival, the True/False Film Festival, the Aspen Comedy Festival, and the Fantasia Festival. The film opened in limited release in the United States on August 17, 2007 in five theaters, and by September 9, 2007, it had expanded to 39 theaters.^[3] The film's DVD release was on January 29, 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Reception[edit]

On Metacritic, The King of Kong has an average score of 83 out of 100, based on 23 reviews.^[4] On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a score of 97% based on 101 reviews.^[5]

Robert Wilonsky of the Village Voice called the film a 'miniature masterpiece'^[6] and in August 2007 said it was his favourite film of the year so far.^[7] Pete Vonder Haar of Film Threat gave the film five stars and said 'It’s not just one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen, it’s one of the best movies I’ve ever seen'.^[8] Keith Phipps of The OnionAV Club gave the film an 'A-' and said it was 'a film about what it takes to make it in America.'^[9] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three out of four stars, writing: 'Who would have guessed that a documentary about gamers obsessed with scoring a world record at Donkey Kong would not only be roaringly funny but serve as a metaphor for the decline of Western civilization?'^[10]Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times similarly gave the film three out of four and called it 'a documentary that is beyond strange.'^[11] Critic Richard Roeper stated that the film 'deserves an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary' in 2007 on At The Movies.^[12]

Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post wrote: 'Is there anything more tiresome than watching people play video games?' and 'The competition is so vicious because the stakes are so low.'^[13] Stephen Garrett of Time Out New York called it 'moderately entertaining and ultimately kind of pathetic' and felt the early-1980s arcade subculture is explored in greater depth in the documentary Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade.^[14]

The North Texas Film Critics Association named The King of Kong Best Documentary for 2007.^[15] The Boston Society of Film Critics named it the runner-up for Best Documentary Feature of 2007.^[16] It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature of 2007 by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.^[16] The film was also nominated for Best Documentary Feature by the Chicago Film Critics Association, but lost to Sicko.^[16] It appeared on several critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007.^[17]

Emulation controversy[edit]

On February 2, 2018, Twin Galaxies member Jeremy Young filed a complaint regarding several of Mitchell's records.^[18] The validity of Mitchell's August 7, 2010, high score, set at Boomers-Grand Prix Arcade, could not be determined. The referee who allegedly witnessed and certified the record was gamer Todd Rogers, who appears in The King of Kong, and was himself exposed as having fabricated scores earlier in 2018.^[19]

On April 12, Twin Galaxies announced that Mitchell had used emulation software to achieve the Donkey Kong high score rather than an arcade machine; this is banned because it allows players to cheat in undetectable ways. Mitchell was stripped of his records and banned from submitting further scores, and Wiebe was recognized as the first person to score over a million points. Footage obtained from the Kong DVD's special features was cited by the investigative committee in their findings as having been instrumental in exposing Mitchell.^[20]

Adaptations and sequels[edit]

In 2014, King of Kong: The Musical, which parodied the characters and events depicted in the documentary began its limited run.^[21]

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A scripted film adaptation is also in the works. Director Seth Gordon has said that the movie might be a sequel instead of a remake, telling the story of how the documentary changed both men's lives, as well as their continuing rivalry.^[22]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters'. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
2. ^The King of Kong - Slamdance Film Festival 2007. Slamdance.com. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
3. ^'The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) - Weekend Box Office'. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
4. ^'King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, The (2007): Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
5. ^'The King Of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters'. Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
6. ^Robert Wilonsky (2007-08-14). 'Tracking Shots: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters'. Village Voice. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
7. ^'Ebert & Roeper - August 17, 2007 episode'. Ebert & Roeper. 2007-08-17. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
8. ^Pete Vonder Haar (2007-08-18). 'THE KING OF KONG'. Film Threat. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
9. ^Keith Phipps (2007-08-17). 'The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters'. The OnionAV Club. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
10. ^Peter Travers (2007-08-07). 'The King of Kong : Review : Rolling Stone'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
11. ^Ebert, Roger. 'Review: 'THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS'.'Chicago Sun-Times, August 23, 2007. Retrieved: June 29, 2017.
12. ^'At the Movies- King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)'. YouTube. 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
13. ^Ann Hornaday (2007-08-24). 'The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters'. The Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
14. ^Stephen Garrett (August 16–22, 2007). 'The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters'. Time Out New York Issue 620. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
15. ^Meyer, John P. (January 17, 2008). 'North Texas Film Critics Association picks the best of 2007'. Pegasus News. Dallas, TX. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
16. ^ ^abc'Metacritic: 2007 Film Awards & Nominations'. Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2007-12-31. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
17. ^'Metacritic: 2007 Film Critic Top Ten Lists'. Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
18. ^Alexandra, Heather (February 7, 2018). 'Billy Mitchell Breaks Silence About Donkey Kong High Score Controversy'. Kotaku.
19. ^Orland, Kyle (February 8, 2018). 'King of Kong star says 'original tape' will prove his disputed scores'. Ars Technica.
20. ^Crecente, Brian (April 12, 2018). 'Famed Donkey Kong Player Stripped of Title'. Variety.
21. ^'King of Kong the Musical'. www.kingofkongthemusical.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
22. ^'King of Kong' Movie Might Be a Sequel? Nathan Fillion vs Johnny Depp? JustPressPlay. August 27, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2018.

External links[edit]

• The King of Kong on IMDb
• The King of Kong at AllMovie
• The King of Kong at Rotten Tomatoes
• The King of Kong at Metacritic
• The King of Kong at Box Office Mojo
• The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters at slamdance.com
• Trailer at Apple.com
• King of Kong at DVDtalk.com
• Steve Wiebe tells movie goers not to talk during the movie on YouTube
• In depth article/interview from Ignore Magazine at the Wayback Machine (archived February 16, 2009)