King Kong Essay, Research Paper

KING KONG 1933

An expedition crew exploring a remote island come upon a giant ape. The crew decides to capture the ape and take it back to New York for exhibition. The ape falls in love with a young beautiful actress who accompanied the expedition crew. King Kong?s love for the actress causes him to escape. The actress is captured by the ape and taken to the top of the Empire State building. The actress is later rescued and the ape killed.

Main Characters: Ann Darrow, Carl Denham and Jack Driscoll.

KING KONG 1976

An expedition crew working for the Patrox company is searching for petrol. The exploration adventures takes them to a strange island that is the home of a giant ape. The expedition crew capture the ape to make money exhibiting him to the world. The ape take a kind liking to a woman named Dawn. Once the King Kong arrives in the U.S. he becomes very angry , wanting to return home. The ape finally escapes and takes the woman hostage on top of the World Trade Center Towers.

Characters: Jack Prescott, Fred Wilson and Dwan

Deviations: The time setting between the movies, the exploration teams were searching for different things.

In the first movie they were just exploring a remote jungle and in the second searching for petrol. The buildings the ape took the women to were different. The military equipment to take down the ape was a lot more