Peter Jackson, genius of fantastic cinema
At the turn of the 2000s, in just four years, New Zealand director Peter Jackson became a legendary director. Courted in the late 1990s by American studios, this screenwriter, director and special effects specialist, after a series of acclaimed films, shot the unforgettable trilogy between October 1999 and December 2000. The Lord of the Rings. Three monumental films, released between 2001 and 2003, crowned by critics and audiences, which invaded cinemas. For a total budget of 281 million dollars, the trilogy brings with it 2.98 billion at the global box office.
King Konga disturbing project for Peter Jackson
On the strength of this success, he then returned to a project he was supposed to shoot before his adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s work, which had been in development since the mid-1990s, but which Universal had then abandoned due to competing projects, Godzilla (1998) e The Planet of the Apes (2001). And this project, Peter Jackson dreamed of since childhood – the remake King Kong since 1933. The last work of Lord of the Rings released in December 2003, he thus launches into his own King Kongincluding wheel May 2004 and April 2005.
New York, 1933. Ann Darrow is a music hall performer whose career was cut short by the Depression. Finding herself without work or resources, the young girl meets the daring director-explorer Carl Denham and lets him lead her into the most dangerous of her adventures…
The latter stole the negative of his unfinished film from the producers. Declared goal: to complete his brilliant action film under these distant skies. But Denham secretly harbors another, much crazier ambition: to be the first man to explore the mysterious Skull Island and bring back its images. On this legendary island, Denham knows that “something” awaits him, which will change the course of his life forever…
Another huge success
With a quirky cast, including Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann and Andy Serkis lending his movements and expressions to the famous gorilla – it was Gollum in the trilogy of Lord of the Rings, King Kong is at the time of its releasethe most expensive film in history, with a production budget of $207 million. At the pinnacle of his art, Peter Jackson then achieved with King Kong a very big fantasy film, more than three hoursand that will bring more than $556 million at the global box office. To which more must be added $190 million recovered from DVD sales.
On the critical side, King Kong it is also acclaimed, as much for the perfection of the special effects as for the casting performances. For some critics, such as Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian, King Kong it largely matches the cinematic performance of the trilogy The Lord of the RingsAlso the excess.
King Kong he is multiple award-winning, notably at the 2006 Oscars, where he won three awards out of four nominations : Best Audio Editing, Best Audio Mixing and Best Visual Effects. It is not hyperbolic to consider this to be the the best King Kong movie ever madeand which at almost 20 years still maintains its place in MonsterVerse productions…
Source: Cine Serie
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