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King Kong lost footage - 1933

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:41 am
by Guardian7
I have read a lot about the lost footage for Kong's Log roll on the chasm.

Are there any surviving images of this and the supposed spiders that were suppose to come out? (I heard it was filmed but was too gruesome for the times).

Was there any other unused footage from the film other than the Chasm scene?

Since I am on the subject of Kong... in the Son of Kong was there any lost footage for that?

Just curious.
I would love to see some images of the spiders if any are available.

Thanks
G7

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:14 pm
by Benjamin Haines
This is the only surviving image of the lost spider pit scene:

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:56 pm
by Guardian7
Ben

Thank you so much for the image.
The spider looks great
I wish the scene had been kept in storage and re-added later on or at least been available as a deleted scenes option on the DVDs - as is the case with some movies.

Does anyone know of a source I can look into that gives lots of details about the Kong Movies (Specifically the 33 Kong and SoK)?
That way I won't have to pester anyone with probably already asked questions.

Thanks again Ben!

G7

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:17 pm
by The Giant Pacific Octopus
I bet many of you guys when you see that famous pic miss the giant snake on the right
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There are a few images from the scene. Such as this shot of another giant lizard eating a man that has only surfaced recently
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And this one featuring a giant spider going after the two guys on the log
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And the next shot where you can see the giant crab to the right
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Here is a closeup of the crab whose lifting a sailor over his head
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There were three full reels of footage cut from King Kong. The film was ciut from 14 reels to 11 reels after its preview screening in Janurary 1933. The book The Making of King Kong goes into detail about what was in the original test reel that was never put into the finished film.

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:29 pm
by Shonokin
The past three issues of FILMFAX has an in-depth ongoing article on the spider sequence.

You can also see two of the spider pit models in O'Bie's later film THE BLACK SCORPION. This is the spider segment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce8RTiXkqhc

I'm linking directly to a page with some nice clear pics of the models on their own.

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:51 pm
by jellydonut25
I always pictured the scene to look MUCH crappier than this...

it looks like it was GRAPHIC beyond belief!

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:02 pm
by MouthForWar
People should check out Peter Jackson's fantastic stop motion re-creating of this scene.

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:54 pm
by king_ghidorah

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:11 pm
by Guardian7

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:04 pm
by MouthForWar

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:12 pm
by Guardian7
I don't have that edition.
Looks like I am adding another one to my list.
Course in the case of that film I will bump it up to nearly the top.

G7

PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:12 am
by MouthForWar

PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:15 am
by H-Man

PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:53 am
by Guardian7
Yeah I really do wish to own both Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young.

Though I think I want that KK double disc more.

So does anyone know if there was any lost footage from Son of Kong? Just curious... I haven't heard anyone speak of it yet so I thought I would put it out there again.

Thanks again for all your wonderful help guys!

G7

PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:23 am
by Tom R VanSlambrouck
If you have a Blu-Ray player Kong 33 is due out very soon for a release I thought it was going to be last year but I guess it got pushed back.

You may want to wait for that.

PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:30 am
by MouthForWar

PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:31 pm
by The Giant Pacific Octopus

PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:18 pm
by Green Dragon

PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:42 pm
by Tyler E. Martin
Wow, I had seriously never known about all that background on Son of Kong. It's a terrible shame the original plans never came to pass, but even so, I still enjoy the movie we got. It certainly doesn't give the first film a run for its money, and it seems to take forever to get rolling, but I still find it a fun little piece of entertainment overall.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:26 am
by Guardian7

PostPosted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:39 pm
by Outkaster
One problem is that there were no interviews with O'brien and how he did his magic.

PostPosted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:43 pm
by Outkaster

PostPosted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:28 am
by Guardian7