![]() A company man when there’s oil to be had, and keen to exploit Kong when he thinks it’ll make him famous. Grodin plays Wilson as the perfect pantomime villain. ![]() Aside from those changes, it’s pretty much the same beauty and the beast tale but with added social conscience thanks to floppy-haired anthropologist Prescott. There’s a stowaway, Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges), and a shipwrecked wannabe actor, Dwan (Jessica Lange), but they soon find their place amongst the crew put together by Fred Wilson (Charles Grodin). Instead of a film crew, the ship that discovers Skull Island is owned by an oil company, who are keen to drill for black gold. ![]() ![]() De Laurentiis gave director John Guillermin (fresh off the all-star disaster movie The Towering Inferno) a pot of money but a tight leash to fashion the modern reimaging of the legendary movie. These days, remakes are ten-a-penny, but in 1976 touching such a sacred cow was unheard of. Back when infamous Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis mooted remaking the greatest monster movie ever, there were cries of sacrilege and scoffs from all quarters.
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