Here’s a pretty cool ad that was created for Volkswagen’s long-running “small but tough” campaign for the Polo. The creative has won many advertising awards, such as the Advertising Creative Circle Award for best portrait poster
On a related note, if you haven’t seen the VW Polo TV spot that was creating a ton of buzz earlier this year you should check it out. Is it real or a hoax? You decide. Click to see the Polo Blow video clip.
King Kong #3 on Hollywood Stock Exchange
King Kong is currently ranked #3 on the Hollywood Stock Exchange “Biggest Market Cap” films. You can see the latest list on this page. For those of you who don’t know, HSX is a virtual stock exchange for shares in movies and celebrities. The price of a movie “stock” reflects how much money traders think the film will make domestically in its first four weeks of wide release at the box office.
HSX Biggest Market Cap Films
King Kong (KKONG), which had its IPO on HXS back in January 2003, is currently trading at $168.08. HSX states that on average, a film makes 2.8 times its opening weekend box office during its first four weeks of wide release. So, HSX is currently projecting King Kong to make roughly $60 million its opening weekend.
By way of comparison (all number are inflation adjusted): the original King Kong-1933 made a total of $23 million during its entire run, the 1976 King Kong made $24 million its opening weekend on just 974 screen, and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring made $71 million its opening weekend on 3,359 screens.
Peter Jackson creating dvd for original King Kong Movie
According to Reuters: “Director Peter Jackson, at work on his own remake of “King Kong,” is helping produce bonus materials for the DVD debut of the 1933 original….One part of the documentary focuses on the mysterious “spider pit” sequence deleted from the film before its theatrical premiere in New York and Los Angeles.
“For years, there has always been speculation, does this footage exist, so we have a piece that actually explains what it was and we do a recreation of it,” Feltenstein said. “For fans of the film, that’s a big, important thing.” Read More
Here’s one take on linking up the leading actors of King Kong (2005) with their 1976 counterparts:
Naomi Watts > Jessica Lange
Naomi Watts was in I Heart Huckabees with Dustin Hoffman, who starred in Tootsie with Jessica Lange.
Adrian Brody > Jeff Bridges
Adrian Brody was in The Affair of Necklace with Hilary Swank, who was in Million Dollar Baby, directed by Clint Eastwood, who also directed Mystic River, starring Tim Robbins, who also starred in Arlington Road with Jeff Bridges.
Jack Black > Charles Grodin
Jack Black starred in Shallow Hal, with Gwyneth Paltrow, who was in The Royal Tenenbaums with Ben Stiller, who starred in Meet the Parents with Robert De Niro, who starred in Midnight Run with Charles Grodin.
The perfect quote from King Kong (1933)
Police Officer Lieutenant: Well, Denham, the airplanes got him.
Denham: Oh, no. It wasn’t the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.
“it was beauty…” mp3
“The August 2005 issue of Game Informer Magazine features this article from the King Kong game.”
King Kong video game - an early look
Sites with great king kong info
TIME has a cool king kong cover from back in the 70s:
they also have this feature where you can actually view the whole issue in this flash player … worth checking out.
plus you can buy a poster version of it
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