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Kong: Skull Island
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In the film, set in 1973, a team of scientists and Vietnam War soldiers travel to an uncharted island known as Skull Island in the Pacific and encounter terrifying creatures before meeting the mighty Kong, a gigantic ape who is the last of his species.
Movie Info
Directed by: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, John C. Reilly
Produced by: Thomas Tull, Mary Parent, Jon Jashni, Alex Garcia
Screenplay by: Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, Derek Connolly
Story by: John Gatins
Based on: King Kong by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace
Music by: Henry Jackman
Cinematography: Larry Fong
Edited by: Richard Pearson
Production company: Legendary Pictures, Tencent Pictures
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: February 28, 2017 (Empire, Leicester Square), March 10, 2017 (United States)
Running time: 118 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Cast
Photo Credits. Tom Hiddleston: Gage Skidmore/Flickr/Wikimedia. Samuel L. Jackson: Toglenn/Wikimedia. John Goodman, Toby Kebbell, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia. Brie Larson: 2d Lt Jessica Cicchetto/Flickr/Wikimedia. John Ortiz: Montclair Film/Flickr/Wikimedia. Shea Whigham: Aubrey Gemignani/NASA. Thomas Mann: Flickr/Wikimedia. Terry Notary: Supercon Conventions/Flickr/Wikimedia. John C. Reilly: Asim Bharwani/Wikimedia.
Characters
James Conrad: A former British Special Air Service Captain who served in the Vietnam War with the Australian Special Air Service Regiment, hired as a hunter-tracker for the expedition by Randa.
Preston Packard: A United States Army Lieutenant Colonel and leader of the Sky Devils helicopter squadron, assigned to escort the group of explorers on the expedition.
Bill Randa: A senior official in the government organization Monarch, who is in charge of the expedition.
Mason Weaver: An anti-war photographer and investigative photojournalist.
San Lin: A biologist working for Monarch.
Jack Chapman: A United States Army major and Sea Stallion helicopter pilot who is Packard's right-hand man.
Victor Nieves: A senior Landsat official on the expedition.
Houston Brooks: A geologist and Yale University graduate, recruited for the expedition by Monarch for his groundbreaking theories on seismology.
Glenn Mills: A warrant officer and helicopter pilot of the Sky Devils and close friend of Cole.
Earl Cole: A seasoned Captain of the Sky Devils who wields an AK-47 instead of an M16 and close friend of Mills.
Reg Slivko: A warrant officer of the Sky Devils, known for carrying a portable record player.
King Kong (mo-cap performance): A 104-foot-tall gorilla who is the last of his kind and is worshiped as the king and god on Skull Island by the Iwi natives.
Hank Marlow: A U.S. Army Air Forces lieutenant of the 45th Pursuit Squadron who has been stranded for nearly 29 years on Skull Island since World War II.
Credit: Wikipedia
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