King Kong

“King Kong — the original 1933 King Kong, which is the film that got me interested in filmmaking when I saw it when I was eight years old.”

Peter Jackson

Director

“I almost think it's an accidental classic — a movie that required so much work. The things that make King Kong truly great is that Willis O'Brien got hold of it and made Kong as human as possible, giving him humanlike emotions. That is why we respond to Kong not as a monster but as a true character, and why that movie has survived as a pop cultural icon since the 1930s.”

Actor, Cinematographer, Director, Producer, Writer