King Kong - 1933 Screenplay

EXT. CREATION SHOT - FULL SHOT - DAY

The old shot from Creation. The striped-trousers sailor runs
through the woods, followed by the three-horned beast. He
seeks refuge behind a tree. The beast knocks over the tree.
It falls upon the sailor, pinning him down. The beast gores
him to death.

EXT. LOG - RAVINE - FULL SHOT - DAY

The remaining men run towards a deep ravine, across which a
huge tree has fallen. Ravine is background. Kong is crossing
this log with the girl, right to left. Men run in left to
right. They stop at seeing Kong, then turn back to see --

EXT. RAVINE - LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY

SHOT looking away from ravine, over men's heads. Men in
foreground. In the background may be seen entering a huge two
horned beast, (Arsinotherium). He is rooting in the ground.
He lifts his head, sniffs, smelling the men. He begins to
lumber towards them with gathering speed. They run out, left
to right.

EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY

The men run in from left to right, led by Driscoll. He waves
them on. In the foreground is a huge tree. In the background
is the big fallen tree across the ravine. He passes this tree
to camera right, and reappears from camera right crossing the
log. The men follow, shouting.

EXT. CLEARING - FULL SHOT - DAY

Kong comes into a clearing, in the foreground of which is a
high dead tree. He hears the shouts of the men behind.

EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY

He puts the girl down in the top of the dead tree, snarls,
and turns back to attack the men.

EXT. CLEARING - FULL SHOT - DAY

He goes back to attack the men, leaving the girl in the top
of the dead tree.

EXT. JUNGLE POOL - FULL SHOT - DAY

Kong goes back along the pool towards the ravine.

EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY

Driscoll enters from camera left, waves the men on. In this
shot, the log is seen in the background, extending across the
ravine. In the foreground is a huge tree. The men follow
Driscoll about this tree to camera right and reappear on the
log, entering from camera left. They start across it.

EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY

The log itself is seen, with the men crossing it from camera
right and going towards the other side of the ravine,
Driscoll in the lead.

EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY

REVERSE ANGLE as the men cross in the foreground, where the
end of the log lies on the far side of the ravine. The men
come off this end of the log onto the bank, in foreground,
faces camera. In the background, Denham can be seen. He is
the last man and is about to cross when suddenly he sees
something and shouts.

EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY

Original angle with the men coming off log on the far side of
the ravine. Kong appears from camera right to menace them.

EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY

Kong snarls at them.

EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY

REVERSE ANGLE as Denham sees this and ducks back into the
shrubbery out of sight. The men in the foreground also see
Kong and run back across the log. Driscoll climbs over bank
in the foreground.

EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY

The log itself as the men run back across it, stumbling and
falling, only to be stopped by --

EXT. LOG - LONG SHOT - DAY

-- the two horned beast, who is coming up to the log, which
is in the foreground, from camera left background. REVERSE
ANGLE.

EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY

The top of the far bank, as the last of the men rush across
the log. Driscoll climbs down over the bank, using a vine for
support.

(Note. This angle may not be necessary now).

EXT. CAVE - LONG SHOT - DAY

Driscoll comes down on the vine along the side of the bank
and steps into a cave in the side of the bank some ten feet
below the top. He looks to see --

EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY

The men running back on the log, towards the camera, with the
ape coming up to the log on the far bank, menacing them. This
the original angle.

EXT. LOG - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY

Kong menaces them. His face leaps up into the camera.

EXT. LOG - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY

The sailor in the black sweater, on the log, horrified as he
sees this.

EXT. LOG - LONG SHOT - DAY

The log itself, no beasts in the shot. The men see the horned
beast off screen and retreat only to be stopped by Kong off
screen.

EXT. CAVE - LONG SHOT - DAY

Driscoll in the cave sees this, holding to a vine. He
continues to look up, watching --

EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY

The men, in the original angle, as Kong in the background
heaves up the far end of the log.

EXT. LOG - MED. SHOT - DAY

The men on the log, terrified, as Kong rocks it.

EXT. LOG - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY

Kong roaring at them.

EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY

The men on the log with Kong shaking it, from the original
angle. Two fall off.