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Impressive picture and sound for both the original theatrical cut and the longer television cut. What better way to reward the fans than with a 2-disc edition. Shots of the mechanical Kong were intercut with close-ups of Rick Baker in the Kong costume he designed, built, and wore in most of the film in fact the mechanical Kong was used only in the "Petrox" scene and is seen in the film less than 25 seconds. King Kong (1976) blu-ray 2-disc Collector's Edition 2021. One of the operators heard about it after Lange was sitting in the hand, and he rushed over to tell her to move slowly and not to make any sudden movements the shoulder joints were barely sufficient to support the weight of the arms themselves, and any "jerking" motion could cause the arm to fall off and drop her 25-30 feet to the ground below. In the "Petrox" scene where Kong drops the two segments of broken cage, the weight of the cage segments was more responsible for the arm movements than the arms themselves.Īt one point someone decided it would be a good idea to photograph Jessica Lange sitting in one of the full-sized Kong's hands. It could not support it's own weight, however, and had a support pole up it's.umm.think "colonoscopy" (the support pole was hidden by placing the cameras at strategic locations).īuilt by Carlo Rambaldi, who also built the full-sized arms and legs seen in close-ups and the non-mechanized styrofoam Kong seen lying in the shattered pavement at the end of the film, at a cost of $1.7 million it fell far below expectations. IIRC it had some minor motion in the face, the arms could move up and down (though it was a limited range of motion), and the hands could open and close (again, a limited range of motion). Click to expand.No, it was a full-size 40-foot-tall mechanical Kong.