Roaring Into Theaters One More Time!

Atop The Empire State Building

Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies are bringing the 1933 original King Kong back to the big screen! The film, originally released by RKO Radio Pictures, featured groundbreaking stop-motion effects by Willis O’Brien, a pioneer in special effects that would become a major influence on many special effects artists that followed him.

The film starred Fay Wray as Ann Darrow, the breakout role that would lead to her becoming a major film star. It also starred Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, and Frank Reicher. Music was done by Max Steiner, best known for his work on Gone With The Wind.

The film will be shown on Sunday, March 15th, in select theaters across the country. Go to the Fathom Events page for more details and to see if any locations will be showing the film in your area.

TCM will also be providing additional information about the film during the showings on March 15th.

If you’ve never witnessed this film and appreciate cinematic history, I highly recommend checking out King Kong in theaters. It is an important film on so many levels that I can’t even begin to list them all here. I’ll be in the theater on Sunday, March 15th. Will you? Let me know in the comments!

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