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Topic: THE MIGHTY GORGA
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Hugh Thompson Scott
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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
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posted July 04, 2013 04:07 PM
Truth be told, I nearly bought it years ago, when Powell announced they would be the distributors of this classic, along with " Deadwood 76", which isn't a bad film but compared to "Journey To The Centre of Time", it's Shakespeare, and I admit it, yes, I am that man, I purchased this film, thinking it would be in the same vein as "The Time Travellers", which it isn't, the only thing it has in common with time is ,when's it going to end. However "Gorga" must rank as the "who the hell thought this up,who cares, lets inflict it on 'em" special award winners, was it shown in public?
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Hugh Thompson Scott
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posted July 04, 2013 04:43 PM
Akshay, believe me, "Kong" wasn't a low budget affair, it was a gamble for RKO that paid off. Maybe I'm going back too far, but back in the day, the 8mm Distributors, who had to make a living, flogged us stuff,that they should be serving time for! The 8mm collector then , had to be content with whatever was offered, a lot of it being independently made horrors or dramas, so when a distributor came across with full colour extravaganzas like the affore mentioned, then the "three" of us fell over ourselves to partake, except that Powell lost the franchise, and many years later picked up the dreaded "centre of time" job secondhand.At the time "Jason & The Argonauts" on 8MM was considered a recent film.How times changed, for a short while at least.As for men in ape suits, "King Kong" '76, which wasn't all that bad, except for Rick Baker walking like a man!
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Hugh Thompson Scott
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posted July 16, 2013 10:38 AM
The old version of "Kong" was two years in preparation, took fifty five weeks to complete the animation, and cost $513,242,02 to make. It took $89,931.00 in four days at Radio City in 1933, It wasn't only Graumans Chinese Theatre that put on the floor shows, but also the entire singing and dancing ensemble of Music Hall and New Roxy, plus the Orchestra, a total of 500 people. There were TEN performances daily, and each performance played to standing crowds, and this was during the Great Depression. This was the film that literally saved RKO from Bankrupcy.Long Live the King.
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Hugh Thompson Scott
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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
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posted July 16, 2013 04:44 PM
On the "Mighty Gorga" what more can be saiid, Anthont Eisley, had a car coat covered in hair, had a model gorilla head emptied of of it's foam innards, then two unmoving glass eyes inserted various shots of zoo animals and airport scenes to make up the running time of 59+ minutes,a really thought out film.Where is Vlad the Impaler? [ July 16, 2013, 05:56 PM: Message edited by: Hugh Thompson Scott ]
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