Country | New Zealand, USA, Germany Running Time | 187 Minutes Type | Movie Language | English Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller Originally Released in 2D Digital Intermediate Starring ~ Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with leading lady Ann Darrow.

Acquisition Celluloid Cameras ARRICAM Lite (LT) Camera ARRIFLEX 235 Camera ARRIFLEX 435 Advanced Camera Mitchell Cameras Lenses Angenieux Optimo Zoom Lenses Zeiss Ultra Prime Lenses Camera Aperture Super 35 VFX Tools Alias|Wavefront Autodesk Massive Software Sound Systems Dolby Digital EX DTS Stereo Sony Dynamic Digital Sound Distribution Resolution Film Print 35mm Distribution Distribution Film Print Anamorphic

Editing System Avid Finishing System Autodesk Film Stock / Negative Kodak Vision 250D 5246/7246 Kodak Vision2 200T 5217/7217 Kodak Vision2 500T 5218/7218 Film Negative Width 35mm Film Negative Film Scanners ARRISCAN Scanned Film Resolution 2K Scan Resolution Film Recorders ARRILASER Film Print Kodak Vision Color 2383/3383 Additional Distribution Media Blu-ray DVD Video Cassette (VHS) Color Profile Color Aspect Ratio 2.35:1 Visual Effects Facility Weta Digital

Directed by
Peter Jackson

Cinematography by:
Andrew Lesnie

Written by
Fran Walsh	(screenplay) &
Philippa Boyens	(screenplay) &
Peter Jackson	(screenplay)
Merian C. Cooper	(based on a story by) and
Edgar Wallace	(based on a story by)

Produced by
Jan Blenkin	producer
Philippa Boyens	co-producer
Carolynne Cunningham	producer
Peter Jackson	producer
Eileen Moran	co-producer
Fran Walsh	producer
Annette Wullems	associate producer

Edited by
Jamie Selkirk

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Camera & Electrical Department Taipua Adams lighting technician Stephen Allanson second assistant camera Dave Anderson lighting technician Matt Andrews lighting technician Mike Arthur rigging technician Kane Asher dolly grip: "b" camera Andrew Ayrton rigging best boy (as Andy Ayrton) Glen Ayrton rigging technician Alan Baird-Smith lighting electrician: miniatures first unit (as Alan Baird Smith) Neil Benseman rigging technician Alexandra Bishop clapper loader: second unit Phil Blackburn rigging technician Richard Bluck director of photography: second unit Darren Bradnock grip Michael Braid rigger Shane Braid rigger David Brown rigging gaffer (as Dave Brown) Chris Cavill practical electrician Chris Chandler lighting technician Giles Coburn lighting technician Olly Coleman key grip: miniatures first unit Jamie Couper lighting technician Brian Crump rigging technician Tim Dallas lighting technician: miniatures first unit Tammy Davis rigging technician Colin Deane first assistant camera Rhys Duncan camera operator Sally Eccleston first assistant camera Richard Elworthy clapper loader: miniatures first unit John Enright lighting technician Craig Farrand lighting technician Ants Farrell lighting continuity Samuel Fordham lighting technician (as Sam Fordham) Alan Fraser rigging technician Ian Freer practical electrician Reg Garside gaffer John Graham practical electrician Huw Griffiths best boy Simon Harding Steadicam operator Simon Harding camera operator Dion Hartley best boy grip: second unit Dion Hartley key grip: miniatures unit Grant Harvey grip Will Hutchinson practical electrician Peter James rigger Mark Jefferies best boy Regan Jones best boy: miniatures first unit Ross Jones rigger Warren Jones head rigger Tony Keddy key grip Sean Kelly first assistant camera James Kennedy lighting technician Rob Kerr gaffer: miniatures first unit Jo Kilgour rigging technician Mike Knudson focus puller: miniatures first unit (as Michael Knudsen) Peter Kruk grip: miniatures first unit Christopher Kruszona rigger Brian Laird practical electrician Natacha Lee second assistant camera (as Natacha Lee Rinaldi) Dana Little Steadicam operator: second unit Luke Macready lighting technician Keri Manuel lighting technician: miniatures first unit Iain Mathieson best boy Chris McAllister lighting technician Dean McCarroll first assistant camera Cameron McLean camera operator Steven McNicholl stills assistant Garth Michael clapper loader Reuben Morrison lighting console operator Chris Murphy lighting technician Paul Murphy second unit: key grip Paul Naylor rigging lead hand Mark Newnham lighting technician Jens Norman grip David B. Nowell aerial director of photography Ryan O'Donnell lighting technician Luis Olivares digital video assist operator Chris Palmer lighting storeman Matthew Parsons second assistant camera: miniatures first unit Nick Payne rigging technician Warrick Peace practical electrician (as Warwick Peace) Nigel Percy rigging: CAD Dan Rabarts practical electrician Noor Razzak assistant grip Jay Rei rigger Nicholas Riini lighting technician Richard Riwaka lighting technician Jason Robertson rigger Alys Rowe camera trainee Gus Salla rigging electrician David Sargison lighting technician Luke Saulbrey grip: miniatures first unit Paul Sawtell grip Damian Seagar lighting technician: miniatures first unit Matthew Sharp lighting technician Marc Sim grip Michael Slater gaffer Mike Slater lighting technician Harry Slowery first assistant camera: miniatures first unit Peter Smith best boy grip: miniatures first unit Philip A.T. Smith second assistant camera: additional camera Allen Solly lighting technician Byron Sparrow lighting technician Andrew Stroud first assistant camera: second unit Blair Teesdale rigging technician Leon Thomas digital assist operator: miniatures first unit Ben Thurston lighting technician Michael Toki lighting technician Edward Tyrie lighting technician Pierre Vinet still photographer Michael Vivian dolly grip Angus Ward first assistant camera Helen Ward key second assistant camera Andrew Warrington rigger (as Andy Worrington) Geoff Weir rigger Maia Whittet rigging technician Akakoa Williams grip: miniatures first unit Alan Wilson best boy: second unit Daniel Wilson grip Hohepa Winiata rigging technician Jennie Winter digital assist operator: miniatures first unit Scott Woolley rigger Kim Worthington dolly grip Luke Worthington rigger James Yuill rigger Ben Ruffell second assistant camera (uncredited) Editorial Department Niklas Aldergren grading technical support David Birrell first assistant editor Nadia Diggins color grading coordinator Mark Hawthorne assistant editor David Hollingsworth telecine colorist Shara Hudson post-production coordinator Henry Karjalainen assistant editor Damian McDonnell assistant editor James Meikle editorial runner Eszter Nagy assistant digital colorist Alex Nikolic tvc editor: Serbia, Montenegro Jabez Olssen additional editor Lynne Reed color timer Vickie-Lynn Roy assistant digital colorist Holger Spill digital intermediate editor Lee Wimer film color timer Jonathan Woodford-Robinson additional editor (as Jonno Woodford-Robinson) Visual Effects Department Holly Acton compositor Richard Addison-Wood software development supervisor: Weta Digital Malcolm Aitchison technical support team lead Matt Aitken CG supervisor: pre-production Dan Akers digital compositor Belinda Allen texture artist: Weta Digital Stan Alley visual effects on-set surveyor Jon Allitt massive supervisor Colin Alway compositing sequence lead Stella Ampatzi digital compositor Stella Ampatzi paint artist Svend Andersen database administrator Glenn Anderson Macintosh programmer Scott E. Anderson visual effects supervisor Malcolm Angell senior set surveyor Hillary Yeo Tze Ann lead texture painter (as Hillary Yeo) Christine Arboit creature technical director Joe Ardent assistant technical director Elisabeth Arko senior animator Dan Ashton scanning and recording technician: Weta Digital Alvise Avati senior animator Jean-Luc Azzis 3D lead compositor Jean-Luc Azzis Inferno artist Sindharmawan Bachtiar render wrangler Michael Bain camera technical director Michael Bain match mover: Weta Digital Michael Bain modeller: Weta Digital Richard Bain compositor: Weta Digital Michael Baltazar technical director: Weta Digital Josh Bare digital modeller Jeff Barnes production executive: CafeFX Andy Barrios Inferno artist: Asylum Peter Baustaedter matte painter Dugan Beach creature technical director Jamie Beard animation sequence lead Kelly Bechtle-Woods lighting technical director Lyse Beck 3D lead compositor Cory Bedwell 3D lighting lead Joel Behrens compositor: Weta Digital Adrian Bell digital modeller Paula Bell lead digital artist Daniel Bennett miniatures crew James Bennett animator: weta digital Jeremy Bennett visual effects John R.A. Benson digital compositor Niki Bern digital compositor Hannah Bianchini visual effects art department coordinator Erik Bierens camera technical director Erik Bierens matchmover Kris Bieringa wrangler: Weta Digital John-Michael Bills lead rotoscope artist Graham Binding animator: Weta Digital Danielle Birch publicity coordinator Colette Birrell 3D lighting department coordinator: Weta Digital Håkan Blomdahl digital compositor Jennifer Bloomfield texture painter Martin Body lead rotoscope artist: Weta Digital Jeremy Bolan character animator: Weta Digital Anto Bond digital modeler: Weta Digital Samati Boonchitsitsak character animator Nick Booth scanning and recording supervisor: Weta Digital Philip Borg digital artist Jake Botting motion capture stage manager Adam Bradley digital artist: Weta Digital Lee Bramwell camera department supervisor: Weta Digital Bruce Branit digital compositor: CafeFX Michael Brazelton paint artist Phil Brennan visual effects supervisor: Asylum Julian Bryant senior compositor Stephen A. Buckley senior animator: Weta Digital Danilo Buendia motion editor Matthew Bullock modeler Joerg W. Bungert colour timer: Weta Digital Clare Burgess animation department manager Kate Burgess digital artist: Weta Digital Alex Burt animator: Weta Digital Greg Butler CGI supervisor: pre-production Julian R. Butler lead character setup Julian R. 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Heitmann Demers compositing sequence lead (as G.G. 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Johnson digital artist: Weta Digital Danny Jones junior rotoscope artist Dennis Jones digital compositor Les G. 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Markham animator Nic Marrison senior on-set surveyor Ray Massa data tracker Jean Matthews 3D sequence lead Timothy McCallum creature technical director Steve McGee digital compositor Steve McGillen digital compositor Nathan McGuinness senior visual effects supervisor: Asylum Adam McInnes digital compositor: Weta Digital Nick McKenzie 3D sequence lead: Weta Digital John P. McMullen technical support team lead: Weta Digital Chad Meire digital compositor Joel Meire character animator Matthias Menz 3D lighting lead Matthias Menz lead lighting technical director: Weta Digital Andrea Merlo lead creature technical director Tom Mikota lighting technical director Simon Millanta digital modeller: Weta Digital Keith Miller technical director: Weta Digital Mark Miller texture painter Seth F. Miller digital paint artist: Weta Digital (as Seth Miller) Derek Milner color timing and paint Ben Milsom lead model maker Saki Mitchell compositing sequence lead Kaori Miyazawa digital artist Chad Moffitt senior animator Dejan Momcilovic motion control supervisor James Moore digital modeler: Weta Digital Richard Moore animation sequence lead Eileen Moran visual effects producer: Weta Digital Ben Morgan digital compositor: Weta Digital Gwilym Morris animator: Weta Digital Phillip Moses visual effects coordinator: CafeFX Chris Moss Mocap facial tracker Matt Mueller camera department senior technical director: Weta Digital Matt Mueller senior reference photographer: Weta Digital Nicky Muir production assistant Daryl Munton digital effects artist Hiroaki Muramoto 3D digital destruction technical director Hiroaki Muramoto digital effects artist Laura Murillo lead rotoscope artist George Murphy visual effects supervisor Alfred Mürrle lead compositor Dylan Neill technical director: weta digital Jeremy Nelligan compositor Kurt Nellis camera technical director Kurt Nellis matchmover Sergei Nevshupov 3D sequence lead Natalia Nevshupova texture painter Tim Nicholas systems administrator Carlos-Christian Nickel lighting technical director: Weta Digital Wolfgang Niedermeier senior camera technical director Stephen Nixon data wrangler Sverker Nordqvist motion editor Alexander Nowotny 3D digital destruction technical director (as Alex Nowotny) Murray Nuttall data wrangler Jane O'Callaghan 3D sequence lead (as Jane S. 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Plaisted) Ed Plant digital compositor: Weta Digital Darren Poe digital compositor Kelly Port compositor Glen Pratt digital compositor Steve Preeg lead creature technical director Martin Preston fur software developer Niklas Preston digital modeller Michael Prince digital modeler Michael Prince digital modeler Michael Prince previs artist Henk Prins motion control operator: miniatures, first unit Jean-Colas Prunier 3D lighting lead Jean-Colas Prunier lead technical director Brett Purmal animator Lucas Putnam visual effects editor Philip Quaglino digital artist Inge Rademeyer relocation coordinator Pascal Raimbault senior modeler: Weta Digital Richard Raimbault digital modeller: Weta Digital Troy Ramsey lead paint artist Dane Rapaport color/grade technical lead Jennah Rasmussen production runner Christine Raymond rotoscoper: Weta Digital Mathieu Raynault senior matte painter Alireza Razmpoosh 3D digital destruction technical director Alireza Razmpoosh digital effects artist Paul Redican assistant compositor Paul Redican senior paint artist Richard R. Reed digital compositor: CafeFX Raine Reen senior texture painter Stephan Remstedt motion editor Marco Revelant senior modeler: Weta Digital Eric Reynolds senior animator Mark Richardson digital compositor: Weta Digital Matthew Riordan animator Anne Ritter texture painter Christian Rivers animation director Christian Rivers previsual animation designer Christian Rivers previsual animation supervisor Sandra Roach digital compositor Becky Roberts camera coordinator Loren Robinson digital compositor Ruben Rodas compositor Bernardo Rodriguez assistant visual effects editor: CafeFX Kevin Romond digital effects artist Kevin Romond lead digital water technical director Michael Root 3D digital water technical director Michael Root lead lighting technical director Kenny Roy animator: Weta Digital Trina M. Roy research & development technical director Frank Rueter compositing sequence lead (as Frank Ruter) Bill Ryder system engineer Mark Sagar special projects supervisor Karim Sahai 3D lead compositor Karim Sahai senior compositor: Weta Digital Eric Saindon digital effects supervisor: Weta Digital Christoph Salzmann digital compositor Brian Samuels 3D lighting lead Mahria Sangster technical director: 3D lighting Olivier Sarda digital compositor Michael Sarkis camera technical director Michael Sarkis camera tracker Michael Sarkis matchmover Atsushi Sato animation supervisor Jennifer Lee Scheer digital effects artist Jennifer Lee Scheer lead rotoscope artist (as Jennifer Scheer) Caterina Schiffers digital compositor: Weta Digital David Schnee digital compositor: Weta Digital Rolf Schneider camera technical director Rolf Schneider matchmover Florian Schroeder digital compositor Jason Schugardt lighting technical director Junko Schugardt rotoscope artist Hamish Schumacher assistant compositor Hamish Schumacher digital environment artist Hamish Schumacher senior paint artist: Weta Digital Jens Schwarz creature technical director Brad Selkirk lead paint artist Damon Selkirk motion control assistant: miniatures, additional unit Adam Shand digital operations manager Teresa Shand IT coordinator Glen Sharah lighting technical director Kevin L. Sherwood sequence manager Roger Shortt 3D sequence lead: Weta Adam Sidwell creature technical director Martin Simcock compositor Zeb Simpson digital assist assistant Kawaldeep Singh 3D digital destruction technical director Cameron Smith digital compositor: sequence lead, Weta Digital Hugh Smith motion control operator: miniature unit Cameron Smither digital artist Ben Snow visual effects supervisor Jason Snyman senior animator Jed Soane systems coder John Sore senior animator: Weta Digital Hilary Sperling Inferno artist Nic Spier digital effects artist Albrecht Steinmetz senior camera technical director: Weta Digital Andy Stevens associate visual effects editor: WetaFX, NZ Joe Woodward Stevenson camera technical director Joe Woodward Stevenson matchmover Sam Stewart lead rotoscope artist: Weta Digital Tamara Stone digital compositor Paul Story animation sequence lead Ileana Stravoskiadi modeler Ileana Stravoskiadi motion editor Petra Stueben lead paint artist Roxanne Sutherland-Valentine digital effects artist Åsa Svedberg texture painter: Weta Digital John Swinnerton digital compositor: Weta Digital Peter Syomka CG modeler: Weta Digital Gaku Tada 3D lighting lead Gaku Tada digital effects artist Charles Tait digital compositing supervisor Mark Tait 3D sequence lead Chu Tang shader writer Eric Tang lead creature technical director Hanzhi Tang 3D lighting lead Hanzhi Tang lighting technical director: Weta Digital Taisuke Tanimura pipeline engineer Sandy Taylor assistant technical director Vincent Thomas digital effects artist Ben Thompson 3D sequence lead: Weta Digital Gerald Thompson motion control operator: miniatures, additional unit Andrew Titcomb lighting technical director Geoff Tobin lead Massive technical director Ben Toogood lighting technical director Alexis Torres digital artist Greg Towner senior animator: WETA Digital Stefano Trivelli compositing sequence lead: Weta Digital Guerdon Trueblood digital artist: Weta Digital Denis Trutanic camera technical director: Weta Digital Denis Trutanic matchmover Can Tuncer senior modeler: Weta Digital Les Umberger senior flame artist Jeff Unay senior modeler: Weta Digital Angela Ursillo texture painter James Van Der Reyden motion capture Phil Van Der Reyden digital modeler Brian Van't Hul visual effects on-set supervisor Trish Van't Hul texture painter Kara Vandeleur texture painter Jon Veal digital artist Karla Ventocilla paint artist (as Karla Ventocilla Curby) Jenny Vial visual effects administrator Marco Vidaurre creature technical director Matt Villa visual effects editor Andres Vitale visual effects Steve Vojkovic visual effects artist Michelle Waitzman visual effects coordinator Don Waller animator Matt Wallin digital compositor Mike Wallis animation production coordinator Nancey S. Wallis technical director: Weta Digital Martin Walsh first assistant director: miniatures, first unit (as Marty Walsh) David Weitzberg 3D sequence lead: Weta Digital O.D. Welch production executive: CafeFX Matt Welford 2D sequence lead: Weta Digital Matt Welford compositing sequence lead Craig Wentworth 3D sequence lead R. Christopher White 3D CG supervisor Melissa Widup roto/paint artist: Cafe FX Christian Wieser digital compositor: Weta Digital Lisa Wildermoth first assistant director: motion control unit Guy Williams 3D CG supervisor Pete Williams digital imaging manager: Weta Digital Erik Winquist digital compositing supervisor Chris Winter systems administrator George Wong character animator: Weta Digital Malcolm Wright massive technical director Malcolm Wright texture artist Klaus Wuchta 3D lead compositor Billy Wychgel lead colourist Kwan Wayne Yu Yee tech support Dennis Yoo senior animator: Weta Digital Chris Young 3D digital water technical director Joyce Young lighting technical director Marvyn Young production manager: Weta Johan Åberg compositing sequence lead (as Johan Aberg) Steve Arguello digital artist (uncredited) David Blythe digital artist (uncredited) Mike Bozulich compositor: CafeFX (uncredited) Kristie Breslin 3D production coordinator (uncredited) Jon R. Brown on-set surveyor (uncredited) Jeff Goldman digital effects supervisor: CafeFX (uncredited) Phil Greig digital intermediate technologist (uncredited) Michael Kennen digital compositor (uncredited) Votch Levi digital compositor: CafeFX (uncredited) Michael Lori tracking lead (uncredited) Alastair Maher head model technician: miniatures unit (uncredited) Ed Mendez digital compositor: CafeFx (uncredited) Matthias Menz shader writer: Weta Digital (uncredited) Todd Napier stereoscopic compositing lead: In-Three (uncredited) Toby Newell compositor (uncredited) Brian Openshaw render manager (uncredited) Dean Parks visual effects artist (uncredited) Danny Torres systems engineer (uncredited) Leigh van der Byl CG artist: CafeFX (uncredited) Special Effects Department Frazer Anderson model technician: additional miniatures unit Ross Anderson special effects technician Rebecca Asquith model technician: additional miniatures unit Wendy Babro-Tilyard accounts assistant: Weta Workshop Robert Baldwin creature designer: Weta Workshop Robert Baldwin sculptor: Weta Workshop Jack Barber model technician: additional miniatures unit Jeremy Barr model technician: additional miniatures unit John Baster miniatures supervisor Samantha-Kate Belcher creature designer: Weta Workshop (as Samantha Belcher) Samantha-Kate Belcher sculptor: Weta Workshop (as Samantha Belcher) Jamie Beswarick creature designer: Weta Workshop Jamie Beswarick sculptor: Weta Workshop Shaun Bolton creature designer: Weta Workshop Shaun Bolton sculptor: Weta Workshop Dave Booth special effects technician Greg Broadmore creature designer: Weta Workshop Greg Broadmore sculptor: Weta Workshop Don Brooker creature designer: Weta Workshop Don Brooker sculptor: Weta Workshop Dean Bushby special effects technician Karl Chisholm special effects coordinator Karl Chisholm special effects on-set coordinator Stephanie Chung model technician: additional miniatures unit Dean Clark special effects technician Dean Clarke special effects technician Ross Collinge runner: Weta Workshop Nicole Cosgrove model technician: miniatures, first unit Emma Cotsell design department administrator: Weta Workshop Stephen Crowe creature designer: Weta Workshop Stephen Crowe sculptor: Weta Workshop Bryce Curtis creature designer: Weta Workshop Bryce Curtis sculptor: Weta Workshop Geoff Curtis senior special effects technician Paul Davenport special effects technician: miniatures, first unit Jason Docherty workshop supervisor: Weta Workshop Joe Dunckley armour and weapons technician Joe Dunckley mold maker Jonathan Ewan purchasing officer: Weta Workshop Daniel Falconer creature designer: Weta Workshop Daniel Falconer sculptor: Weta Workshop Doug Falconer special effects technician Rodney Ford special effects technician Oliver Gee special effects technician Robert Gillies miniatures crew Simon Godsiff miniatures technician: Weta Workshop Dave Goodin miniature greens supervisor Geoff Goss special effects technician Christian Gossett creature designer: Weta Workshop Christian Gossett sculptor: Weta Workshop Jonny Gridlay special effects assistant David Griffiths miniatures: Weta Workshop Emily Griffiths production assistant: Weta Workshop Chris Guise creature designer: Weta Workshop Chris Guise sculptor: Weta Workshop Scott Harens special effects on-set coordinator: miniatures, first unit Sven Harens special effects technician (as Sven Harens) Ben Hawker creature designer: Weta Workshop Ben Hawker sculptor: Weta Workshop Luke Hawker mold making supervisor Keith Huggins senior animator Bill Hunt senior sculptor: Weta Workshop Gary Hunt creature designer: Weta Workshop Gary Hunt sculptor: Weta Workshop Iain Hutton special effects technician Brent Ingram mold maker Steve Ingram special effects supervisor (as Stephen Ingram) Dave Irons miniatures engineer Seth Kelly special effects assistant: miniatures, first unit Tom Lauten creature designer: Weta Workshop Tom Lauten sculptor: Weta Workshop Christopher Lawton special effects technician (as Chris Lawton) David Lenna special effects crew Darian Lumsden special effects technician Damian Lund special effects technician Warren Mahy creature designer: Weta Workshop Warren Mahy sculptor: Weta Workshop Mike McDonald special effects technician Phil McLaren special effects technician Bruce McNaught model technician: miniatures, first unit Michael McNeal business affairs: Weta Workshop Kevin McTurk puppeteer: Skull Islanders David Meng creature designer: Weta Workshop David Meng sculptor: Weta Workshop Hector Morales facilities: Weta Workshop Tracey Morgan office manager: Weta Workshop Gayle Munro production manager: Weta Workshop Christian Pearce creature designer: Weta Workshop Christian Pearce sculptor: Weta Workshop Craig Poll mold maker Tania Rodger workshop manager: Weta Workshop Ivan Rooda model technician: miniatures, first unit Iwan Peter Scheer motion editor Jeremy Shaw miniatures Eden Small creature designer: Weta Workshop Eden Small sculptor: Weta Workshop Jonas Springborg creature designer: Weta Workshop Jonas Springborg sculptor: Weta Workshop Richard Taylor special miniature effects Rod Tervoort model technician: additional miniatures unit Miles Teves creature designer: Weta Workshop Miles Teves sculptor: Weta Workshop Bill Thomson animatronics engineer: Skull Islanders Paul Tobin creature designer: Weta Workshop Paul Tobin sculptor: Weta Workshop Greg Tozer creature designer: Weta Workshop Greg Tozer sculptor: Weta Workshop David Tremont puppeteer: Skull Islanders Steve Unwin creature designer: Weta Workshop (as Steven Unwin) Steve Unwin sculptor: Weta Workshop (as Steven Unwin) Paul Van Ommen head of department model technician Matt Ward miniatures model maker Tim Watson special effects technician: additional miniatures unit Fraser Wilkinson model technician: miniatures, first unit Ben Wood production assistant: Weta Workshop Ben Wootten senior designer: Weta Workshop Brigitte Wuest creature designer: Weta Workshop Brigitte Wuest sculptor: Weta Workshop Marco Wuest model technician: additional miniatures unit Kate Wyatt model technician: miniatures, first unit Petar Zivkovic special effects technician (as Peter Zivkovic) Sound Department Neil Aldridge assistant dialogue editor Ray Beentjes dialogue editor John Boswell mix assistant Christopher Boyes sound re-recording mixer Brent Burge sound designer Eddie Bydalek pre-mix recordist Rick Canelli adr recordist: Los Angeles Jason Canovas dialogue editor Derek Casari sound engineer Hayden Collow sound effects editor Corrin Ellingford boom operator David Farmer sound designer Melanie Graham sound effects editor Michael Hedges sound re-recording mixer Mike Hopkins supervising sound editor Tom Johnson re-recording mixer Martin Kwok first assistant sound editor Gilbert Lake mix assistant Matthew Lambourn sound editor Matthew Lambourn sound effects editor (as Matt Lambourn) Robyn McFarlane foley recordist Polly McKinnon adr editor Carolyn McLaughlin foley artist Peter Mills foley editor John Neill sound facility manager Thomas J. O'Connell adr mixer: Los Angeles Ferand Peek cable Hammond Peek sound recordist Ken Saville sound recordist: second unit Michael Semanick sound re-recording mixer Abigail Sie mix editor John Simpson foley artist John Simpson foley supervisor Nigel Stone adr supervisor: Europe Matt Stutter mix editor Craig Tomlinson foley editor Ethan Van der Ryn sound designer Ethan Van der Ryn supervising sound editor Chris Ward adr editor Chris Ward adr mixer Jenny T. Ward adr editor (as Jenny Ward) Justin Webster sound effects editor Dave Whitehead sound designer (as David Whitehead) Katy Wood sound effects editor Vikram Biswas post-production sound (uncredited) Malcolm Cromie sound recordist (uncredited) Chris Hiles production sound mixer (uncredited) Cast Listing Naomi Watts Ann Darrow Jack Black Carl Denham Adrien Brody Jack Driscoll Thomas Kretschmann Captain Englehorn Colin Hanks Preston Andy Serkis Kong / Lumpy Evan Parke Hayes Jamie Bell Jimmy Lobo Chan Choy John Sumner Herb Craig Hall Mike Kyle Chandler Bruce Baxter William Johnson Manny Mark Hadlow Harry Geraldine Brophy Maude David Denis Taps David Pittu Weston Pip Mushin Zelman Jim Knobeloch Thuggish Studio Guy Ric Herbert Sleazy Studio Guy Lee Donahue Studio Guy's Assistant Tom Hobbs Young Assistant Tiriel Mora Fruit Vendor Jed Brophy Venture Crew Frank Edwards Venture Crew Michael Lawrence Venture Crew Crawford Thomson Venture Crew Richard Kavanagh Venture Crew Stephen Hall Venture Crew William Wallace Venture Crew Joe Folau Venture Crew Tim Wong Venture Crew Steve Reinsfield Venture Crew John Wraight Venture Crew Matthew Chamberlain Venture Crew Lee Hartley Venture Crew - Radio Operator Troy O'Kane Venture Crew Louis Sutherland Venture Crew Jason Whyte Venture Crew Toa Waaka Venture Crew John Clarke Venture Crew Ray Woolf Venture Crew - Helmsman David Dengelo Venture Crew Greg Smith Venture Crew Chris Bailey Venture Crew Peter McKenzie Venture Crew Peter Ford Venture Crew Tamihana Nuku Venture Crew Roussel Dubois Venture Crew (as Russell Dubois) Todd Rippon Venture Crew Eddie Campbell Venture Crew - Crewman Phil Grieve Laughing Man (as Phillip Grieve) Vicky Haughton Sharwoman Jacinta Wawatai Feral Child Terence Griffiths Skull Islander Stephen A. Buckley Cab Driver (as Stephen Buckley) Chic Littlewood Old Security Guard Rick Baker Pilot Jim Dietz Pilot Gene de Marco Pilot John Dybvig Policeman Tim Gordon Hotel Clerk Lee McDonald Chorus Line Tap Dancer Stig Eldred Army Commander Billy Jackson NY Child Katie Jackson NY Child Tania Rodger Hooverville Mother Samuel Taylor Hooverville Child Bob Burns NY Stander Kathy Burns NY Stander Joe Gertler NY Stander Jennifer Gertler NY Stander Geoff Timblick Pressman Geoff Allen Pressman Belindalee Hope Burlesque Dancer Crushanin Dixor-McIvor Burlesque Dancer Jodie Taylor Burlesque Dancer Hilton Denis Vaudeville Act Geoff Dunstan Vaudeville Act Daniel Tusia Vaudeville Act Paul Wilson Vaudeville Act Shannon Wilson Vaudeville Act Jesse Rasmussen Vaudeville Act Sosina Wogayehu Vaudeville Act Peter Corrigan Vaudeville Act Colin Bogaars Vaudeville Act (as Colin Boggars) Susan Eastwood Vaudeville Act Caron Dallas Vaudeville Act Matthew Dravitzki Trampled Theatre-Goer Darryl John Vaudeville Act Felicia O'Brien Vaudeville Act Peter Jackson Gunner Rick Porras Gunner Frank Darabont Gunner Hamish Bruce Gunner Latham Gaines Photographer Julia Walshaw Theatre Actor Randall William Cook Pilot Luanne Gordon Theatre Actor Lorraine Ashbourne Theatre Actor Edwin Wright Theatre Actor Glen Drake Theatre Actor Lawrence Jarden NY Police Chief Ross Duncan Audience Member Jim McLarty Photographer Matt Wilson Photographer Jarl Benzon New Yorker (uncredited) Lee Donoghue Investment Assistant (uncredited) Matt Gillanders Usher (uncredited) Jan Gopperth New York Theatre Goer (uncredited) Ran Grumolis New York Theatre Goer (uncredited) Julie Holmes Vaudeville Extra (uncredited) Nichola Jones New York Theatre Goer (uncredited) Camille Keenan New York Citizen (uncredited) Eric Leighton Soldier in Truck (uncredited) Asofa Manase Tribesman (uncredited) Sam Manzanza Skull Island Native (uncredited) Michaela Morgan Girl Grabbed by Kong Outside Theater (uncredited) Todd Morgan Usher (uncredited) Christian Rivers Soldier in Truck (uncredited) Howard Shore Orchestra Pit Conductor (uncredited) Sam Shore Featured New Yorker (uncredited) Eric Vespe Passenger in Rail Car (uncredited) Production Companies Universal Pictures (presents) WingNut Films Big Primate Pictures MFPV Film Special Effects Companies Weta Digital (digital visual effects) Asylum VFX (additional visual effects) Weta Workshop (special make-up, creatures, weapons and miniatures) Giant Studios (motion capture) CafeFX (additional visual effects) Gentle Giant Studios (motion capture) Motion Analysis Studios (motion capture) (as Motion Analysis Corporation) XYZ-RGB (scanning services) Additional Companies Pacific Title   titles Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The   score recorded at (as 20th Century Fox Scoring Stage) Weta Digital   color grading Weta Digital   digital intermediate ARRI   cameras and lenses ARRI   film scanning (as Arriscan) Apple Computer   thanks (as Apple) Pixar Animation Studios   thanks (as Pixar) International Business Machines (IBM)   thanks Jo Anne Kane Music Services   music preparation (as JoAnn Kane Music Service) Spacecam Systems   aerial camera systems Todd-AO Studios   score recorded at (as Todd-AO) J.L. Fisher   camera dollies O'Henry Sound Studios   score recorded at (as O'Henry) Panavision New Zealand   lighting equipment (as Panavision Lighting) Alias/Wavefront Technologies   thanks (as Alias Systems Corporation) Getty Images   stock images courtesy of Sony Scoring Stage   score recorded at Todd-AO Studios (West)   score mixed at (as Todd-AO West) Packair Airfreight   international logistics Flying Trestles   catering Weta Workshop   title design Corbis   stock images courtesy of (as Corbis) Professional Sound Services   sound equipment provided by Giant Studios   motion capture technology provided by Decca Records   soundtrack Widget Post Production   adr facility Technicolor   prints Playmates Toys   master toy license Hollywood Film Chorale   choir Warner Bros. Studio Facilities   adr facility Autodesk   thanks Park Road Post   adr facility Park Road Post   prints Park Road Post   re-recording facility Park Road Post   sound post-production (as Park Road Post, New Zealand) Park Road Post   telecine dailies Park Road Post   video mastering Upper Deck Film Services   negative matching Foundry Networks   thanks New Zealand Symphony Orchestra   thanks Shanghai Techdisc Studio   adr facility Zandi Films   special thanks Background Talent   extras casting Studios   media production: Serbia , Montenegro Technical Information from IMDB Cameras: Arricam LT, Zeiss Ultra Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses Arricam ST, Zeiss Ultra Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses Arriflex 235, Zeiss Ultra Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses Arriflex 435 Advanced, Zeiss Ultra Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses Mitchell Cameras (some miniature footage) Film Negative: 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 200T 5217, Vision2 500T 5218, Vision 250D 5246) Cinematographic Process: Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format) Super 35 (source format) Film Prints: 35 mm (anamorphic) (Kodak Vision 2383) Laboratories: Park Road Post, New Zealand Technicolor, New Zealand (release prints) Weta Digital, Wellington, New Zealand (color grading) (digital intermediate) Locations Beach Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand Camperdown Studios, Camperdown Road, Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand Civic Theatre, Queen Street, Auckland Central Business District, Auckland, New Zealand Cook Strait, New Zealand Hutt Valley, Wellington, New Zealand Kapiti Island, Wellington Region, New Zealand Los Angeles, California, USA Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand Miramar Wharf, Cobham Drive, Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand Opera House, Manners Street, Wellington Central Business District, Wellington, New Zealand Seaview, Wellington, New Zealand Shelly Bay, Wellington, New Zealand Stone Street Studios, Stone Street, Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand