[Kik_announce] King Kong DVD Art & Pre-Order!

[Michael Regina (Xoanon)]

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The folks from thedigitalbits.com posted the new King Kong DVD art,
Amazon.com has also updated their listings and is now taking pre-orders from
King Kong Volume 1, 2 and a collector's 4 pack! Take a look!

The King Kong: Two-Disc Special Edition (SRP $26.99) will include the
104-minute restored and remastered B&W film on video in its original full
frame, with Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio and English, French and Spanish
subtitles. Extras will include audio commentary (by Ray Harryhausen and Ken
Ralston, with Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Ruth Rose, Fay Wray
and Robert Armstrong), the 2005 I'm Kong: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper
documentary, a gallery of trailers for other films by director Merian C.
Cooper, the new RKO Production 601: The Making of Kong, Eighth Wonder of the
World documentary by Peter Jackson (featuring the following featurettes: The
Origins of King Kong, Willis O'Brien and Creation, Cameras Roll on Kong, The
Eighth Wonder, A Milestone in Visual Effects, Passion, Sound and Fury, The
Mystery of the Lost Spider Pit Sequence and King Kong's Legacy) and Creation
test footage (with commentary by Ray Harryhausen).

The King Kong: Two-Disc Collector's Edition (SRP $39.98) will include all of
the above in limited tin packaging that also features a 20-page reproduction
of the original 1933 souvenir program, King Kong original one-sheet
reproduction postcards and a mail-in offer for a reproduction of a vintage
theatrical poster.

The King Kong Four-Disc Collector's Set (SRP $39.92) will include the King
Kong: Two-Disc Special Edition along with The Son of Kong and Mighty Joe
Young. It will NOT include the extras in the Collector's Edition tin.

Fortunately, The Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young will also be available
separately (as will The Last Days of Pompeii, also by Kong directors Merian
C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack) for an SRP of $19.97 each.

The Son of Kong will include the 70-minute restored B&W film on video in the
original full frame, with Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio and English, French
and Spanish subtitles. Extras will include the theatrical trailer.

Mighty Joe Young will include the 94-minute restored B&W film on video in
its original full frame, with Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio and English,
French and Spanish subtitles. Extras will include audio commentary (by Ray
Harryhausen, Ken Ralston and Terry Moore), 2 new featurettes (Ray
Harryhausen and The Chioda Brothers and Ray Harryhausen and Mighty Joe
Young) and the film's theatrical trailer.

Finally, The Last Days of Pompeii will include the 96-minute, B&W film on
video in the original full frame, with Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio and
English, French and Spanish subtitles. There are no extras.

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