Empire State Building - "King Kong"
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 40° 44.888 W 073° 59.132
18T E 585643 N 4511292
King Kong featured a giant gorilla climbing the Empire State Building and holding actress Fay Wray hostage.
Waymark Code: WMCDW4
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/26/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
Views: 57

The movie, King Kong was made in 1933...just two years after the Empire State Building was completed...and when it was the tallest building in the world. The featured photo shows Wray escaping from the area above the building's observation deck.

Wikipedia (visit link) informs us that:

"In 1975, Kong was named one of the 50 best American films by the American Film Institute, and, in 1991, the film was deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In 1998, the AFI ranked the film #43 on its list of the 100 greatest movies of all time."

A re-make of the film was released in 2005.
Read more about the original film at (visit link) and more about the Empire State Building at (visit link)
Movie or TV Show: Movie

Year Released or First Aired: 1,933.00

IMDB Link: [Web Link]

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