King Kong

...as a waitress and a fashion model for the Wilhelmina Models agency. In 1976, Dino De Laurentiis cast her in his motion picture remake of King Kong '', which started and almost ended her career. Although the ''King Kong remake was a top...

In this article: Jessica Phyllis Lange, Academy Award, Tennessee Williams, New York City, Frances Farmer, Sam Shepard, Frances, Unicef, and Broadway

King Kong is a 1976 American motion picture produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Guillermin. It is a remake of the 1933 classic ''King Kong '', about how a giant ape is captured and imported to New York City for exhibition.

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...told Guillermin he was therefore fired. Guillermin apologized and was rehired immediately. Ralph E. Winters was hired as editor for King Kong after a nice conversation with Guillermin. Winters described the director as "A skinny guy,...

In this article: John Guillermin, Ralph E. Winters, The Blue Max, London, Cambridge University, and Royal Air Force

...actor. Again, a somewhat familiar journey, not unlike that of her Gardens co-star, Jessica Lange, a former model who made her debut as King Kong's crush in the notoriously awful 1976 remake ... and went on to six Oscar nominations,...

In this article: Jessica Lange, Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens, HBO, East Hampton, Oscar, and Litter

...adjacent to that of her Gardens co-star, Jessica Lange aEUR" who, let's remember, started out herself as a big-screen twinkie, in the 1976 King Kong, as the big ape's unwilling object of affection. Lange and Barrymore both eerily embody...

In this article: Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens, HBO, Jessica Lange, Sean Maguire, Ian McKellen, Matt Lucas, Breaking Bad, and AMC

...in 1976 a model-turned-actress named Jessica Lange was all the rage for her role in the remake of "King Kong. " Then we saw the movie, and it was five years before Lange could climb back out of infamy to relaunch a career that would result...

In this article: Sally Field, John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Hot Pockets, Oscars, and Emmy

Movie mogul Dino De Laurentiis was so appalled when a young Meryl Streep was brought in to audition for him for King Kong - he called her a "pig". The moviemaker/producer, who eventually picked Jessica Lange for the role in the 1976 film,...

In this article: Dino De Laurentiis, Meryl Streep, Entertainment Weekly, and Jessica Lange

Images from Lange's new book, 50 Photographs. Photo: Jessica Lang/Courtesy of Powerhouse Books) Before King Kong, before the two Oscars, before the love affairs with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange was a square-jawed...

In this article: Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, New York, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Oscars, University of Minnesota, Bob Fosse, Al Green, and Andy Summers

...Jessica Lange describes her languorous, unplanned journey to Hollywood (from mime school to a starring role in the 1976 remake of King Kong). I thought of our wishes for you when I heard this graduation speech. Can you believe this air...

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...Daniel D. Davis. 93 minutes. Rated PG for mild language, innuendo. Majestic Bay. My, my, aren't we getting old? In "Bonneville," one-time "King Kong" girl-toy Jessica Lange plays the widow of a recently deceased 80-year-old. Of course, she's...

In this article: Bonneville, Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Thelma & Louise, Santa Barbara, and Joan Allen