Re: Kong: You Saw It Here First

[Danvarner@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/4/2005 3:48:38 PM Eastern  Standard Time, 
steve_d_white@hotmail.com writes:

<< Sadly, the  ceratopsain I had such high hopes for gets a single cameo. 
Sad.  >>
Damn! They seem to be jinxed. The gorgeous  Triceratops model footage from 
Creation that was cut into an early version of  Kong is lost as well as a 
Styracosaur (later used briefly in Son of Kong).  Except for a nanosecond of 
footage, the Jurassic Park Triceratops was comatose.  There's never been a 
classic 
confrontation with Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus,  except for The Animal 
World...and that has been severely cut. Harryhausen's  Ceratosaurus in 1 
Million 
Years B.C. is a reasonable stand-in, I  guess.
The newly released DVD of the 1933 Kong has an  excellent feature on the 
original Creation Styracosaurus and a very exact  replica made for a recreation 
of 
Kong's spider pit sequence. There's also a shot  of a production drawing for 
Kong's Triceratops sequence. Can't recommend it  enough. DV