The classic tale of Kong, retold by kids in Hyannis, MA & Riverside, CT in 1978,
Kids vacationing in Toronto. The HMCS Haida (then at Ontario Place) is there in the opening sequence, the city establishing shot at about 4:00 is First Canadian Place and the TD Centre, and the view from the building Kong climbs is looking north from the CN Tower. Curious how empty central Toronto looks without the last thirty years of construction. posted by ricochet biscuit at 7:58 AM on August 7, 2010
Explain to me again why Peter Jackson needed three hours to tell that story, which is conveyed here (more or less effectively) by a few 11-14 year olds in 5 minutes 12 seconds (including fade in/fade out).
I was there by the way. The 70s looked exactly like on Super-8. Fake blood, dodgy monsters and cross-axis editing everywhere you looked.
I couldn't find them via a really quick youtube search, but there are some Super 8 Spielbergs out there. I think he did a WWII air battle. It would be interesting to compare them to these... posted by Trochanter at 12:37 PM on August 7, 2010
If you like these, keep an eye out online for Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation. Two twelve-year-old boys took seven years to complete it. One lost his eyebrows and almost cooked his head, and they almost set one of their basements on fire for the bar scene. Their version clocks in at 100 minutes—just 15 minutes shorter than the movie that inspired it.
Oh, and the little date-eating monkey? Played by their beagle if I remember correctly. posted by blueberry at 2:22 PM on August 7, 2010
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