More Monkey For Your Money

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By Rafe Telsch
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It’s hard to believe Peter Jackson and Universal could possibly extend King Kong any farther, after all the remake already doubles the length of the original film, expanding every section of the storyline. Yet November 14th we will get the Extended Editon of Jackson’s latest film, including an added 13 minutes of movie and over 40 minutes of unseen deleted footage.

Similarly to Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies, the Extended Edition will be available as just the three disc set, or in a limited gift set that includes a Weta created figurine of Kong.

According to Universal, the movie and bonus material will be divided among the discs as such:

DISC 1

  • KING KONG part 1
  • DELETED SCENES - 16 Deleted Scenes
  • FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER PETER JACKSON AND CO-WRITER/PRODUCER PHILIPPA BOYENS

    DISC 2
  • KING KONG part 2
  • THE EIGHTH BLUNDER OF THE WORLD
  • “THE PRESENT”
  • A NIGHT IN VAUDEVILLE
  • KING KONG HOMAGE
  • WETA COLLECTABLES
  • Trailers
  • FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER PETER JACKSON AND CO-WRITER/PRODUCER PHILIPPA BOYENS

    DISC 3
    THE KING KONG ARCHIVES
  • INTRODUCTION BY PETER JACKSON
  • THE ORIGINS OF “KING KONG”
  • PRE-PRODUCTION PART 1: THE RETURN OF KONG
  • PRE-PRODUCTION PART 2: COUNTDOWN TO FILMING
  • THE VENTURE JOURNEY
  • RETURN TO SKULL ISLAND
  • NEW YORK, NEW ZEALAND
  • BRINGING KONG TO LIFE PART 1: DESIGN AND RESEARCH
  • BRINGING KONG TO LIFE PART 2: PERFORMANCE AND ANIMATION
  • THE 1996 “KING KONG” VIDEO GALLERY
  • THE VENTURE VIDEO GALLERY
  • SKULL ISLAND VIDEO GALLERY
  • NEW YORK VIDEO GALLERY
  • KONG VIDEO GALLERY
  • ARRIVAL AT SKULL ISLAND PRE-VIZ ANIMATIC
  • BRONTO STAMPEDE PRE-VIZ ANIMATIC
  • T-REX FIGHT PRE-VIZ ANIMATIC
  • KONG’S CAPTURE PRE-VIZ ANIMATIC
  • EMPIRE STATE BUILDING BATTLE PRE-VIZ ANIMATIC
  • ANN DISARMS KONG MOTION-CAPTURE/ANIMATION COMPARISON
  • KONG’S CAPTURE MOTION-CAPTURE/ANIMATION COMPARISON
  • KONG IN NEW YORK MOTION-CAPTURE/ANIMATION COMPARISON
  • DVD CREDITS
  • DVD-ROM: 1996 AND 2005 SCRIPTS
    And Much More

That’s a lot of bonus material… almost makes me wish I hadn’t bought last year’s release. At the same time, I’m not sure my rear can take even thirteen more minutes of movie. Kong is great, but it’s long.

King Kong: Deluxe Extended Edition comes to DVD on November 14th.

Rafe Telsch