Queen Kong

Queen Kong is a 1976 British-German adventure comedy film parodying King Kong. The film was never released theatrically in the United Kingdom, due to legal action by Dino De Laurentiis, producer of the 1976 King Kong remake and RKO copyright holder of King Kong at the time.[1] It got a limited release in Italy and Germany. The film has since resurfaced on DVD.

Queen Kong
Directed byFrank Agrama
Screenplay byFrank Agrama
Ron Dobrin
Fabio Piccioni
Story byFabio Piccioni
Robin Dobria
StarringRobin Askwith
Rula Lenska
Valerie Leon
Linda Hayden
Music byPepper
CinematographyIan Wilson
Edited byDavid Campling
Production
company
Cine-Art München
Dexter Film London
Distributed byConstantin Film (Germany)
Release date
December 10, 1976 (Germany)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
West Germany
LanguageEnglish
Budget$632,000[1]

The film has a cult following in Japan. In 1998, a troupe of Japanese comedians produced their own Japanese dialogue for the film, in a similar spirit to Woody Allen's What's Up, Tiger Lily?; this version with the new Japanese dialogue was released on DVD in 2001. The film was novelized by James Moffat and published by Everest Books in 1977.[2]

It was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location around London and Newhaven. In addition, miniature sets were created utilising the scale model of London at the now long-defunct Bournemouth theme park Tucktonia.

Premise

After being kidnapped by film director Luce Habit (Rula Lenska) to star in her new African jungle movie, petty thief Ray Fay (Robin Askwith) finds himself the amorous attraction of a giant female gorilla which pursues him across London.

Main cast

References
  1. "Scan of December 1st 1976 article".
  2. "Queen Kong (Novelization)".
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