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It is 1933, and vaudeville actress Ann Darrow (Oscar nominee for 21 Grams,
NAOMI WATTS) has found herself -- like so many other New Yorkers during the
Great Depression -- without the means to earn a living. Unwilling to compromise
and allow herself to sink into a career in burlesque, she considers her limited
options while aimlessly wandering the streets of Manhattan. When her hunger
drives her to unsuccessfully try to steal an apple from a fruit vendor's stall,
she is rescued -- literally -- by filmmaker and multiple hyphenate Carl Denham
(JACK BLACK of The School of Rock).
It seems that the entrepreneur-raconteur-adventurer is no stranger to theft,
having that day lifted the only existing print of his most recent and unfinished
film from under his studio executives' noses when they threatened to pull his
completion funds. Carl has until the end of the day to get his crew onboard the
Singapore-bound tramp steamer, the S.S. Venture, in hopes of completing his
travelogue/action film. With that, the showman is certain he will finally
achieve the personal greatness he knows awaits him around the corner - and
although the crew believe that corner to be Singapore, Denham actually hopes to
find and capture on film the mysterious place of legend: Skull Island.
Unfortunately for Carl, his headlining actress has pulled out of his project,
but his search for a size-four leading lady (the costumes have all been made)
has, fatefully, led him to Ann. The struggling actress is reluctant to sign on
with Denham, until she learns that the up-and-coming, socially relevant
playwright Jack Driscoll (Oscar winner for The Pianist, ADRIEN BRODY) is penning
the screenplay -- the fees his friend Carl pays for potboiling adventure are a
welcome supplement to Driscoll's nominal income from his stage plays.
With his newly discovered star and coerced screenwriter reluctantly onboard,
Denham's 'moving picture ship' heads out of New York Harbor ... and toward a
destiny that none aboard could possibly foresee.
Special Features
Introduction To Peter Jackson, Post Production Diaries, Kongs New York 1933, The Natural History Of Skull Island
Technical Details
Region 2
Production Year: 2005
Main Language: English
Genre: Action Adventure
Certificate: 12 Suitable for Persons Aged 12 or Over
Directed by: Peter Jackson
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