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  • kennermike
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    • Nov 4, 2007
    • 3367

    King Kong 1976 Extended version

    okay I just found out something I was on youtube and somebody posted this whole film with 45 minutes of extra footage I had never seen it before wow ! amazing! the film makes more sense does anyone know about getting a copy on dvd bootleg maybe? I know Paramount released the regular version the one I have
    Last edited by kennermike; Jul 8, '09, 11:22 PM.
  • mego73
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    • Aug 1, 2003
    • 6690

    #2
    I have the extended version.

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    • kennermike
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      • Nov 4, 2007
      • 3367

      #3
      The Jeff Bridges version right ? not Peter Jackson pm sent

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      • livingdead70
        Veteran Member
        • Feb 24, 2009
        • 289

        #4
        Didnt the full version air on tv in the early 80s to make it in a 3 hour slot?
        trey

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        • kennermike
          Permanent Member
          • Nov 4, 2007
          • 3367

          #5
          that's the one

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          • mego73
            Printed paperboard Tiger
            • Aug 1, 2003
            • 6690

            #6
            Yes, I have both. I collect TV versions of 1970's/80's movies

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            • livingdead70
              Veteran Member
              • Feb 24, 2009
              • 289

              #7
              Yeah I was gonna say I think you can get them both.
              What all was left out, besides the snake fight scene?
              trey

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              • mego73
                Printed paperboard Tiger
                • Aug 1, 2003
                • 6690

                #8
                Well, all that is commercially available for King Kong 1976 is just the theatrical cut movie with a trailer and no other extras.

                One of the extended bits I remember the most is Kong grabbing a car of the street and tossing it against a building. The car breaks through the front of the building and blows up.

                A still from that scene is even used on some home video packaging even though it's not in the real movie.

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                • kennermike
                  Permanent Member
                  • Nov 4, 2007
                  • 3367

                  #9
                  pmd ya

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                  • MIB41
                    Eloquent Member
                    • Sep 25, 2005
                    • 15631

                    #10
                    I have two different makes of the "extended" version. One is the version mostly talked about here, where it was recorded off television at the time that it aired. Quality is not the best, but all the added footage makes it more than a keeper. The other one I have is where someone took the Japanese version which had most of the outtakes in a special feature section and blended them into the actual film. Not a bad job either and the quality is ten times better. I still prefer the television version though because you have the added music by John Barry that makes it an absolute gem. I had hoped it would come out when Kong got remade by Jackson. Unfortunately Jackson made it his goal to publicly dog the '76 version which really upset me. I think that ultimately influenced Paramount when they rereleased the DVD with a cheap cover. That was a sad day for me because that told me the negative press had finally come home to roost with the studio. There's a stigma within the Hollywood ranks about this film, so any chance for an extended version are remote at best.

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                    • mego73
                      Printed paperboard Tiger
                      • Aug 1, 2003
                      • 6690

                      #11
                      Naw, I don't think it's Jackson's fault. Paramount is notoriously skimpy in their extras on catalog releases. The cover change was because of the original having the World Trade Center on the art.

                      mego73@hotmail.com

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                      • mazinz
                        Persistent Member
                        • Jul 2, 2007
                        • 2249

                        #12
                        It should also be noted that the French dvd version also had about 20 mins worth of the tv footage as an extra. Like many of you, I have the NBC edition
                        "What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hells Angels is currently unclear,"

                        Starroid Raiders Dagon wrote "No Dime Store Monster left behind"

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                        • kennermike
                          Permanent Member
                          • Nov 4, 2007
                          • 3367

                          #13
                          Im trying to get a copy of the NBC edition thats why I started the thread can you help me out?
                          Last edited by kennermike; Jul 12, '09, 1:51 PM.

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                          • mazinz
                            Persistent Member
                            • Jul 2, 2007
                            • 2249

                            #14
                            I have it split across two dvds from a somewhat higher up VHS copy I was given to put on disc (The person I got this from gave me their master tape which was taken directly from someone's master tape who recorded it when it aired). Still far from perfect but not bad at all

                            Shoot me a PM
                            "What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hells Angels is currently unclear,"

                            Starroid Raiders Dagon wrote "No Dime Store Monster left behind"

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                            • kennermike
                              Permanent Member
                              • Nov 4, 2007
                              • 3367

                              #15
                              pmd ya

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