25 Mind-Blowing Facts About King Kong

5. King, Queen & Baby Kong

King Kong Lives The 1970s Kong actually had his last hurrah 10 years later, in King Kong Lives (1986). Very few noticed at the time, as Kong was no longer A-list Hollywood material and director John Guillermin apparently took the project in an attempt to relive past glories. It begins with Kong revived by a giant artificial heart, after his fall from the twin towers, and ends with him protecting a giant lady gorilla from the jungles of Borneo with whom he's having a baby. It's kind of charming in a schlocky style - though it still had several times the budget of the earlier Kong knockoffs. By this point, few could have visualised another Kong remake on a multimillion-dollar budget level.
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