The name King Kong is said to have been created by director Merian C. Cooper who hadhappen to really like words that began with the letter "K". Some of which were Komodo, Kodak and Kodiak.His fascination with Douglas Burdens trip to the island of Komodo and subsequent naming of the giant lizard that lived there as the "King of Komodo" lead to the first part of the name King.
Jaw break
After breaking the jaw of a V. rex (a relative of the T. rex), Kong flops it open and shut, just like he does in the 1933 version. Other repeated scenes: Ann steals an apple; Denham gives his speech that begins, "We're millionaires. I'll share it with all of you"; and he also recites the fake Arabian proverb -"And the prophet said, 'And lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty. And it stayed its hand from killing. And from that day, it was as one dead.' "
Planned in 1998..
Peter Jackson's first attempt at aKing Kongremake was in 1998, and looking at concept art and the first draft of the script, you can see a lot of similarities between the two. Whatwould have been included in the 1998 version, just going on said script, would have been a pack ofCarnotaurusin the role of the raptor-likeVenatosaurus, a group of axolotl-like creatures instead of thePiranhadonfrom the swamp scene in the extended cut (one of which would have eaten Herb the cameraman alive), and Denham being an irredeemable jerkass. Apparently Jackson wasnevertoo terribly fond of the director character.
1933
The man who owns the original King Kong model used for the 1933 stop-motion animation production appears in a cameo role, as a citizen who screams at the sight of Kong.The original 1933's most famous line, "It was Beauty who killed the Beast" makes a return in the 2005 edition.
King Kong Vs. T.
RexIt’s one of the most famous fights in all of filmdom. In both the classic 1933 movieKing Kongand its 2005 remake, the King of the Apes gets in a knock-down, drag-outbrawl with the King of the Dinosaurs. It’s a giant gorilla vs. Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most monstrous showdowns ever conceived.
