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    The Second Saturday Summer Series: King Kong (1933)

    The Second Saturday Summer Series: King Kong (1933)

    Belcourt Theatre

    June 14, 2008

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    The Second Saturday Summer Series strikes back ouside on Saturday, June 14, with the origianl King Kong (1933). All films are real 16mm and shown outside on the big Belcourt wall next to the parking lot. The pre-show starts at dusk with wacky cartoons, shorts and commercials of yesteryear. Admission is FREE, but donations are welcome. We'll have concessions outside for sale too. Bring your favorite chair of blanket. The line up is below with approximate sundown time.

    The greatest and most famous classic adventure-fantasy (and part-horror) film of all time is King Kong (1933). Co-producers and directors Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack (both real-life adventurers and film documentarians) conceived of the low-budget story of a beautiful, plucky blonde woman (Fay Wray) and a frightening, gigantic, 50 foot ape-monster as a metaphoric re-telling of the archetypal Beauty and the Beast fable. [Fay Wray mistakenly believed that her RKO film co-star, 'the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood,' would be Cary Grant rather than the beast. Later in her life, she titled her autobiography "On the Other Hand" in memory of her squirming in Kong's grip.]This remarkable film received no Academy Awards nominations - it would have won in the Special Effects category if there had been such a category. The film contained many revolutionary technical innovations for its time (rear projection, miniature models about 18 inches in height, and trick photography, etc.), and some of the most phenomenal stop-motion animation sequences and special effects ever filmed (by chief technician Willis O'Brien, famed for his first feature film The Lost World (1925)). Dir. Merian C. Cooper / Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933, USA, 100 min.
     

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      Tickets: Free Admission! Donations welcome.

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    • Dates & Times

      Dates:
      June 14, 2008

      Times:
      Saturday, Pre-show at Dusk, Movie at Sundown (8:05pm on June 14)

    • NOTE: We do our best to ensure the accuracy of information, however, it is a good idea to visit the official website or call the venue for possible schedule changes.

    • Venue Info

      Belcourt Theatre

      2102 Belcourt Avenue Nashville, TN 37212

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