Word: guillermin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this week's cover story on the making of the 1976 version of King Kong, Janos talked with Producer Dino de Laurentiis, Director John Guillermin and many members of the film's cast and crew of thousands. They were no difficulty. The hard job, literally, was making contact with Gorilla Mime Rick Baker, who stood in for the 40-ft. "audioanimatronic" Kong in scenes that were shot in miniature...
Looking back now, with principal photography long since completed and Director John Guillermin supervising the finishing touches on the 2-hr. 15-min. final cut, it is difficult to see how anyone could have doubted the outcome. Yet Kong has been fraught with perils-mostly having to do with the technical problems of bringing it off-that have bent minds and budgets ever since it went into production last January...
...mechanical Kong he has so far is a pair of mighty arms that cost $450,000 and have developed on-camera arteriosclerosis. The producer has rushed over so many Italian technicians to get the monkey off his back that pasta is outselling pastrami at the studio commissary. Director John Guillermin (Towering Inferno) is about out of scenes he can shoot without his star, and the production is reportedly closing down for three weeks. The cost of Kong may be horrendous. When Paramount solicited prices on 40 ft. of realistic Kong pelt, the first bid asked $1 million...
Directed by JOHN GUILLERMIN...
Directed by JOHN GUILLERMIN Screenplay by STANLEY R. GREENBERG