News for Nov. 26, 2005

King Kong breaks out of film vault in grand style

11/26/05, 10:09 am EST - Xoanon

Of all the things for which we owe film-loving "The Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson thanks, "King Kong" may be the most momentous. Not Jackson's remake, to be released Dec. 14. Judgment is still to come on that. No, it's that the new "Kong" finally moved Warner Bros., which owns the RKO catalog, to release the original film on DVD. Which it has, in grand style: "King Kong — Special Edition." [More]