Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

November. 14,2006 G

Rating：

7.7

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Film Making Making Of

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Following the immense success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson directs King Kong (2005). This documentary follows him, and the immense project from start to finish. It turns out that this one film may actually be a larger task to complete than all 3 of the Lord of the Rings films together.

Peter Jackson as Self

Richard Taylor as Self

Alan Lee as Self

Philippa Boyens as Self

Naomi Watts as Self

Jack Black as Self

Colin Hanks as Self

Thomas Kretschmann as Self

Andy Serkis as Self

Jamie Bell as Self

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