King Kong Lives (1986)
America's biggest hero is back... and he is not happy.
105 min
After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart transplant, he senses the nearby presence of the female ape and the two escape to wreak havoc together.
- Release date
- December 19, 1986
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Box office
- $4,711,220
Trailer
Cast
- Brian Kerwin as Hank Mitchell
- Linda Hamilton as Amy Franklin
- Peter Elliott as King Kong
- George Antoni as Lady Kong
- John Ashton as Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt
- Peter Michael Goetz as Dr. Andrew Ingersoll
- Frank Maraden as Dr. Benson Hughes
- Alan Sader as Faculty Doctor #1
- Lou Criscuolo as Faculty Doctor #2
- Marc Clement as Crew Chief
Crew
- John Guillermin · Director
- Ronald Shusett · Writer
- Steven Pressfield · Writer
- Merian C. Cooper · Writer
- Edgar Wallace · Writer
- Martha De Laurentiis · Producer
- John Scott · Composer
- Alec Mills · Cinematographer
- Malcolm Cooke · Editor
- Peter Murton · Production designer