Product Details

• Actors: Dudley Moore, Jodi Benson, Randy Hamilton, William Sage, Jason Gray-Stanford
• Directors: Art Scott
• Writers: Edgar Wallace, James Ashmore Creelman, Merian C. Cooper, Ruth Rose, William J. Keenan
• Producers: Denis deVallance, Lyn Henderson
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: June 16, 1998
• Run Time: 78 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0790736292
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,875 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This animated musical remake of the 1933 classic King Kong is definitely for the younger crowd, who will appreciate the tuneful but generic score by Richard and Robert Sherman (better known for Mary Poppins and other Disney scores) and won't get upset by the happy ending. Dudley Moore hams it up as the show-biz impresario seeking the great ape and The Little Mermaid's spirited Jodi Benson lends her pipes as the out-of-work actress who becomes the object of Kong's affections. The animation is clunky, Saturday-morning quality and the dialogue strictly juvenile, but the colorful visuals and scary (but not too scary) monsters make it engrossing viewing for kids. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DON"T BUY THIS VIDEO!!!, January 5, 2002

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John Burris (Milford, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mighty Kong [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A stupefyingly awful animated version of King Kong (which means it is still better than the live-action remake of the 70's, all copies of which should be confiscated and burned.). Whose bright idea was it to make kids wait through 40 minutes of bad songs before even getting to the island? After which Kong takes on all prehistoric comers in a tag-team match lasting about 5 minutes total. Then we get more bad songs. If you already own the original movie (an all-time great adventure) and you want to buy your children a Kong-related product try Anthony Brown's pretty decent storybook retelling. But skip this embarassingly bad piece of dreck! I'd give it no stars if that were an option.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HAVE A BITE OF THE BIG APPLE!!!, July 10, 2001

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Vincent Donato (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mighty Kong [VHS] (VHS Tape)

THE MIGHTY KONG(1997)

When the film producer,C.B.Denham and his cast and crew travel from the streets of Manhattan to the jungles of a remote and scary island to film an epic movie,they are surprised to find an island full of dangers.When the beautiful star,Ann Darrow,is kidnapped by the islanders and offered as a gift to the mighty kong.

Stunned by her beauty and kindness,Kong is unable to defend himself and is captured.The greedy producer decides to bring Kong back to New York City in chains,but not even chains can contain THE MIGHTY KONG.Finally,all of New York is up to Ann to subdue the savage beast and save New York City. Cast C.B.Denham-Dudley Moore Ann Darrow-Jodi Benson