King Kong: Monster and Myth

In 1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, two audacious and visionary directors, dared to create a motion picture that eclipsed everything seen until then: when King Kong was released, it was celebrated as an artistic and technical revolution and became the first myth created by the young cinematic art.

• Laurent HerbietDirector
• Laurent HerbietWriter

• Elsa LepoivreSelf - Narrator (voice)
• Ernest B. SchoedsackSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• Merian C. CooperSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• Emperor Haile Selassie I of EthiopiaSelf (archive footage)
• Marguerite HarrisonSelf - Reporter (archive footage)
• Ruth RoseSelf - Writer (archive footage)
• Willis H. O'BrienSelf - Animator (archive footage)
• Fay WraySelf - Actress (archive footage)
• Billy CrystalSelf - Actor (archive footage)