I tried multiple times to recreate that image on the drawing pads that I was constantly hunched over as a child. I very clearly remember being mesmerized by the poster, created by artist John Berkey, of a roaring Kong straddling the space between the twin towers of the World Trade Center, a woman in one hand, a smashed aeroplane in the other. I don’t even know for sure how I saw it the first time, but I imagine it must have been on network television sometime in the early ’80s. It is one of my earliest movie memories and certainly my first encounter with the great ape. I can’t claim that my enjoyment of the 1976 Dino De Laurentiis produced version of King Kong is objective. This edition will focus on the much-maligned King Kong 1976. The Final Verdict is a column that’s all about discovering the truth and having the final say on the matter. Some movies that get panned by critics really aren’t bad.
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