New releases announced today, March 7:6Teen - One Quiet Day will be coming out May 20 Class of the Titans - Trojan Horse will be coming out May 20 The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers - The Collection: Volume 1 will be coming out May 13 Kenny the Shark - Vol. 3: Catch a Wave will be coming out June 3 Kong: The Animated Series - Volume 4 will be coming out March 25 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.
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When the visual-effects team for King Kong took to the stage to accept their Oscar earlier this month, they made a point to thank Andy Serkis. It's not very often that actors are cited by visual-effects winners, but then again Serkis is no ordinary actor. For the Lord of the Rings trilogy, he created the voice and movements of the Gollum-Smeagol character. For King Kong, he took on the role of no less than the great ape. TVGuide.com caught up with the Brit for the occasion of Kong's March 28 DVD release to get an idea of exactly what's involved when bringing mythic creatures to life.
TVGuide.com: How did it come about that you are director Pe
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When the visual-effects team for King Kong took to the stage to accept their Oscar earlier this month, they made a point to thank Andy Serkis. It's not very often that actors are cited by visual-effects winners, but then again Serkis is no ordinary actor. For the Lord of the Rings trilogy, he created the voice and movements of the Gollum-Smeagol character. For King Kong, he took on the role of no less than the great ape. TVGuide.com caught up with the Brit for the occasion of Kong's March 28 DVD release to get an idea of exactly what's involved when bringing mythic creatures to life.
TVGuide.com: How did it come about that you are director Pe
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When the visual-effects team for King Kong took to the stage to accept their Oscar earlier this month, they made a point to thank Andy Serkis. It's not very often that actors are cited by visual-effects winners, but then again Serkis is no ordinary actor. For the Lord of the Rings trilogy, he created the voice and movements of the Gollum-Smeagol character. For King Kong, he took on the role of no less than the great ape. TVGuide.com caught up with the Brit for the occasion of Kong's March 28 DVD release to get an idea of exactly what's involved when bringing mythic creatures to life.
TVGuide.com: How did it come about that you are director Pe
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Question: I'm confused: I keep hearing people talk about the "spider sequence" in King Kong, but I don't remember any spiders in the old movie. Is it something that was added for the new version and, if so, what exactly is it?
Answer: The legendary "spider pit" sequence was shot for the original King Kong (1933) and, like several other scenes, was later trimmed. Most of the excisions, including a scene in which Kong curiously peels off some of Ann Darrow's (Fay Wray) clothes, as well as several violent scenes (including a moment when he grinds a Skull Island villager into the ground and another involving a sleeping woman he plucks from her high-rise bedroom window and then carelessly drops to her death when he realizes she's not Ann), were done when Kong was re-released in 1938, and then
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