King Kong - 1933 Screenplay
Stacy Dohm:
DISSOLVE IN on the exterior of a bank, leading, in the
background down into a hollow filled with fog. The men come
in from camera left and look down. (Fog Hollow set from "most
Dangerous Game")
DENHAM
(following tracks with
eyes)
There's his foot again --
(following director)
-- he's down in that hollow where
the fog is, some place.
DRISCOLL
(looks)
There's water down there. Here.
They listen. Sounds of splashing.
DENHAM
That's him, splashing through. Come
on.
They run down into fog. (CURTAIN EFFECT)
EXT. STREAM - FULL SHOT - DAY
The men run down the muddy bank through heavy fog towards the
water, left to right. (Fog Hollow set)
EXT. STREAM - FULL SHOT - DAY
The water's edge, as the men run down through heavy fog left
to right. A couple of fallen trees, floated down with the
current, lie half submerged by the bank. Kong's footprints is
in the mud, Kong splashing out of stream on other side can be
heard as men come up. (Fog Hollow Set)
DRISCOLL
(looks at footprint, then
across stream)
He must have swum across.
DENHAM
That's out for us. We can't swim
with guns and bombs.
DRISCOLL
(looks about, sees log,
gets an idea)
How about these --
(indicates logs)
-- for a raft?
DENHAM
Yeah, that's it. A raft.
DRISCOLL
All right, boys, gets busy.
1ST SAILOR
Get some vines, Tim.
Tim, the sailor to be used in tree, runs for vines. Other
sailors run to logs.
2ND SAILOR
(at log)
Pull 'em clear now.
LAP DISSOLVE - EXT. STREAM - FULL SHOT - DAY
DISSOLVE IN on the raft, now completed. They have bound the
logs together with liana vines. Heavy fog.
The arms and bombs are loaded on the raft. So are they men.
They last of them are just getting on.
DENHAM
Don't get the arms wet, boys.
SAILOR A
(guarding them)
I'm watching 'em.
SAILOR B
(helping another on)
Easy now.
DRISCOLL
(shouts, looking around)
All set? All set, everybody?
SAILORS
All set. Let 'er go.
TOGETHER
O.K.
DRISCOLL
Shove off.
A couple of sailors; still on shore, push the raft out until
they are waist deep, then jump aboard. Others use poles to
push it towards the opposite bank. Ad lib, "Push -- put your
back in it, etc."
EXT. STREAM - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
The raft moves across the stream through heavy fog.
(Miniature raft and miniature men.)
EXT. STREAM - FULL OR MED. SHOT - DAY
This shot moves through fog with men as they pole raft.
DENHAM
Easy now -- keep her against the
current.
DRISCOLL
Keep your weight in the center,
boys -- weight in the center.
1ST SAILOR
(stops poling to stare)
Holy mackerel -- look at that.
All look.
EXT. STREAM - LONG SHOT - DAY
A huge scaly head rears up from the water to look down on the
raft, drifting, horrible. It is the head of a Dinosaur. In
this the raft can also be seen. (Miniature raft, miniature
beast.) Heavy fog. The men shriek in wild commotion.
EXT. STREAM - FULL OR MED. SHOT - DAY
The angle which moves with the raft as the men, yelling
wildly, attempt to pole the raft towards the shore. One or
two men are pushed off in the panic. Everyone shoves the
wrong way. Heavy fog here.
EXT. STREAM - LONG SHOT - DAY
The Dinosaur dives and starts for the raft in a series of
undulating, sea-serpent dives. Wild panic and shrieks on the
raft. Heavy fog. (Miniature raft, men and beast.)
EXT. STREAM - FULL OR MED. SHOT - DAY
The angle which moves with the raft. It has come to a
standstill now as the men shove in the wrong directions,
shouting at each other. Some are trying vainly to reach the
arms. The head of the Dinosaur rears up from the water behind
the boat, upsetting; as he comes up under it, the raft with
its occupants. They fall, screaming, into the stream. Fog.
(Miniature projection)
EXT. STREAM - MED. SHOT - DAY
Three sailors as they land in the water and come up
screaming.
A FLASH. Fog. Tank.
EXT. STREAM - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY
A sailor drowning. Flash. Fog. Tank.
EXT. STREAM - MED. SHOT - DAY
The sailor with the bombs starts to sink. He loosens the
bombs and lets them go to the bottom. Fog. Tank.
EXT. STREAM - LONG SHOT - DAY
The Dinosaur thrashing among the men and the broken raft.
Some swim for the shore. (Miniature raft, men and beast as
before) Heavy Fog.
EXT. STREAM - FULL SHOT - DAY
The men run out of the water on the far bank. The beast can
be heard behind them. They run up, left to right. Heavy fog.
(Fog Hollow set, use bullrushes)
EXT. STREAM - FULL SHOT - DAY
The men run up another section of bank. Either away from
camera or left to right. The beast can be heard behind them.
Fog. (Fog Hollow Set)
EXT. STREAM - FULL SHOT - DAY
Another shot of the men running up the bank, away from camera
or left to right, with the beast heard behind them. Fog. (Fog
Hollow Set)
EXT. STREAM - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
The men run up the bank. One man (Tim) is in the rear. He
sees the Dinosaur following through the fog (double print
miniature) He runs toward the jungle - (tree not in this
shot) Fog. (Fog Hollow Set)
EXT. STREAM - FULL SHOT - DAY
The men run out of the fog at the top of the bank. (Fog
Hollow Set where they were seen entering fog, curtain effect)
Left to right movement, slightly head-on.
EXT. STREAM - LONG SHOT - DAY
The men run left to right, followed by the beast. Tim, the
last man, runs towards and into the jungle, with the Dinosaur
after him. (Miniature man, miniature beast, projection on) No
fog. (Most Dangerous Game set)
EXT. BANK - FULL SHOT - DAY
The men climb a bank. (Most Dangerous Game Ledge set)
EXT. STREAM - FULL SHOT - DAY
Tim runs up to the base of a tree, climbs it. (Real man, real
tree from Most Dangerous Game set)
EXT. STREAM - BANK - FULL SHOT - DAY
Stacy Dohm:
The men climb higher on the bank.
EXT. ASPHALT PIT - FULL SHOT - DAY
They climb over the top of the bank. Shrubbery masks the
foreground. In the background is seen an asphalt morass,
backed by jungle. Driscoll in the lead here. Denham the last
man. (Most Dangerous Game ledge set for the foreground, matte
and miniature for background). They hear the sound of the
Dinosaur and the shrieks of the sailor they left behind. All
turn.
SAILOR A
(stares)
It's Tim he's after.
All stare as they see --
EXT. TREE - LONG SHOT - DAY
The Dinosaur approaches the sailor who has climbed to the
tree top. He shrieks in terror. (Miniature man and tree)
EXT. ASPHALT PIT - MED. SHOT - DAY
The men stare at this, horrified.
DENHAM
Hasn't anybody got a gun?
Each man looks at the next fellow, hoping he has saved a gun.
DRISCOLL
They're all at the bottom of the
lake.
DENHAM
(to sailor who carried
bombs)
Then gimme one of those bombs.
BOMB CARRIER
I had to let them go to keep from
drowning.
DENHAM
You fool.
BOMB CARRIER
You lost your gun.
All stare back at tree as the doomed sailor's shrieks for
help grow louder.
EXT. TREE - LONG SHOT - DAY
The Dinosaur comes up to the man in the tree. (Miniature man
and tree)
EXT. TREE TOP - MED. SHOT - DAY
The man in the tree shrieks. The Dinosaur's head comes into
the shot, about to seize him. (Real man, real tree from Most
Dangerous Game, miniature projection background)
EXT. TREE - LONG SHOT - DAY
The Dinosaur seizes the man. His cries cease abruptly as the
teeth crunch into him.
EXT. ASPHALT PIT - FULL OR MED. SHOT - DAY
The men at the top of the bank look sickened. They stare as
they see --
EXT. TREE - LONG SHOT - DAY
The Dinosaur carries the sailor away into the jungle.
EXT. DITCH - FULL SHOT - DAY
They turn away, lead by Denham, then stop as they see, over
the shrubbery, Kong retreating towards them with the girl,
from the jungle background into a mire which lies in the
middle distance, masked by foreground shrubbery and backed by
jungle.
(MATTE) This mire is an asphalt pit. In the center is a dry
mound to which Kong springs. He is pursued by two huge three
horned beasts (tricerotops) who, trying to follow, find
themselves mired.
DRISCOLL
(to men)
Down! Down!
All throw themselves down behind shrubbery.
DENHAM
If we only had some of those bombs!
(MED. SHOT of men crouching behind shrubbery, as he speaks
this last line)
A terrific fight now ensues between Kong and the three-horned
beasts. Kong picks up boulders and hurls them down on the
beasts as they try to reach him through the asphalt mire. He
kills two. The third retreats.
During this, the men exit cautiously, camera right, and
reappear in the background, camera right. (Matte) The three
horned beast sees them. He charges them. They run out, camera
right, with the three-horned beast following.
EXT. JUNGLE A - FULL SHOT - DAY
SIDE ANGLE - PAN to follow men as they run, left to right.
EXT. JUNGLE B - FULL SHOT - DAY
The men to run to camera. No beast in this shot.
EXT. JUNGLE C - FULL SHOT - DAY
REVERSE ANGLE as they run away from camera. A low-hanging
branch bars their way. They run under it. The sailor with the
striped trousers is last. He turns to look back at the beast,
whose noise behind them can be heard, and strikes his head
against the branch. He falls, picks himself up.
SAILOR WITH STRIPED TROUSERS
(as he picks himself up,
holding head, dazed)
Boys - boys, where are you?
He looks up into camera, first dazed, then, as his head
clears, he sees the beast charging. He shrieks and runs off
camera right.
Stacy Dohm:
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.
Stacy Dohm:
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - FULL SHOT - DAY
The men fall to the bottom of the ravine. It is very deep,
with mud and slime at the bottom. Caves and fissures in the
rock lie at the sides of this mud.
EXT. RAVINE - MED. SHOT - DAY
The men land in the mud.
EXT. LOG - MED. SHOT - DAY
The men on the log, as Kong rocks it.
EXT. LOG - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY
Kong roars at them.
EXT. LOG - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY
A sailor stares at Kong and screams in stark terror.
EXT. LOG - LONG SHOT - DAY
SIDE ANGLE of the log with the men clinging to it as Kong
shakes it. The two horned beast can be seen menacing them
from his bank with his horns. Another sailor falls off.
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - LONG SHOT - DAY
The sailor falls into the ravine bottom.
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - FULL SHOT - DAY
He lands in the mud.
EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY
From the original angle, Kong is seen rocking the log.
EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY
The log with men clinging to it.
EXT. LOG - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY
Kong roars at them.
EXT. LOG - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY
The men, on the log, horrified.
EXT. LOG - LONG SHOT - DAY
From the original angle, Kong rocks the log with men on it.
EXT. LOG - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY
The men on the log. One tries to hold himself from falling by
clutching another's face.
EXT. SHRUBBERY - MED. SHOT - DAY
Suggest here a SHOT of Denham watching from his shrubbery,
horrified, so as not to lose him. REVERSE ANGLE.
EXT. LOG - LONG SHOT - DAY
From side angle, the men are seen clinging to the log, while
the ape rocks it and the horned beast menaces them from the
other side. More men fall.
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - FULL SHOT - DAY
The men fall to the ravine bottom.
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - MED. SHOT - DAY
They land in the mud.
EXT. LOG - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY
Kong roars at the men and beats chest.
EXT. LOG - CLOSE UP - DAY
One of the sailors on the log shrieks in horror.
EXT. LOG - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY
Kong's face rushes up into the camera as he reaches for a
man.
EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY
Kong, from the original angle, reaches for the men remaining
on the log, trying to seize them with his hand. The man he
reaches for drops flat, ducking his grasp.
EXT. LOG - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY
Kong roars at them.
EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY
Kong, from the original angle, rocks the log. A man falls
off.
EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY
The man falls to the ravine bottom.
EXT. LOG - MED. SHOT - DAY
He lands in the mud.
EXT. LOG - MED. SHOT - DAY
The man on the log, only one remains - clinging as the log is
rocked by Kong, off-screen.
EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY
From the original angle, Kong is seen trying to shake the
last man off the log.
EXT. LOG - MED. SHOT - DAY
The last man hanging to the log desperately.
EXT. LOG - LONG SHOT - DAY
The SIDE ANGLE with the last man hanging to the log. Kong
lifts the log and drops it into the ravine. No horned beast
here.
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - DAY
The log and the man fall to the ravine bottom.
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - MED. SHOT - DAY
They land in the mud.
EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY
Kong on the bank yammers down at the men who have fallen.
Driscoll can be seen in the cave below.
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - LONG SHOT - DAY
The men at the bottom of the ravine are attacked by giant
insects who come out of caves and fissures to eat them.
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - CLOSE UP - DAY
The surprised face of a sailor lying in the mud as he see
this.
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - CLOSE UP - DAY
Face of another sailor staring up in horror from the mud.
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - CLOSE UP - DAY
Face of a third sailor in the mud, horrified as he sees --
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - MED. SHOT - DAY
An insect with octopus arms takes a man. (Projection)
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY
Its arms wind around the struggling man.
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY
Two men on their backs staring up at a spider who attacks
them. (Projection).
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - CLOSE UP - DAY
The face of a fourth sailor, fallen in mud, staring in horror
as he sees --
EXT. RAVINE BOTTOM - FULL SHOT - DAY
A giant lizard takes a man.
EXT. CAVE - FULL SHOT - DAY
Kong on the bank senses Driscoll's presence in the cave
below. PAN down to the cave with Driscoll. He looks up,
warily watching for Kong above. Continued to PAN DOWN
revealing a huge spider climbing up on a vine from the ravine
bottom to the cave.
EXT. CAVE - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
Driscoll in his cave notices the vine shake. He looks down to
see --
EXT. RAVINE - FULL SHOT - DAY
The spider coming up the vine. (Previous angle)
EXT. CAVE - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
Driscoll whips out his knife and starts cutting the vine.
EXT. CAVE - FULL SHOT - DAY
Driscoll cuts the line just in time to prevent the spider
reaching him. The giant insect falls to the ravine bottom.
PAN UP to Kong again. He reaches in the cave trying to get
Driscoll.
EXT. CAVE - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
Driscoll eludes the hand, stabbing at it.
EXT. LOG - MED. SHOT - DAY
Denham watching from his shrubbery on the far side. REVERSE
ANGLE.
EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY
Kong tries to reach Driscoll who backs about the cave,
stabbing with his knife.
EXT. CAVE - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
Driscoll succeeds in stabbing Kong's hand.
EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY
Kong pulls back his hand, licks it, snarling angrily.
LAP DISSOLVE:
EXT. MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
Ann, on the dead tree top, awakens from her faint. She looks
about dazed. She looks down to see --
EXT. LONG SHOT - DAY
A snake crawling along beside the tree - VERTICAL SHOT from
her angle.
EXT. MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
Ann gasps in terror.
EXT. LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY
Kong is still trying to reach Driscoll in the cave.
EXT. CLEARING - FULL SHOT - DAY
A giant meat-eater enters the glade. Girl on tree-top in
foreground. It sees her, comes toward her.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
A man-eater, in the background, comes toward Ann on the tree
top in the foreground. She shrieks.
EXT. CLEARING - LOG - FULL SHOT - DAY
Kong, reaching for Driscoll in the cave, is just about to get
him when he hears Ann's screams. He starts back at once
towards her.
EXT. JUNGLE POOL - FULL SHOT - DAY
Kong comes back along the side of a pool, which lies in the
foreground of the scene, jungle in the background. He hastens
from camera left and out camera right to -
EXT. CLEARING - FULL SHOT - DAY
The clearing with the dead tree. The terrified girl is in the
tree, foreground. The meat-eater in the background turns as
he hears Kong off screen from camera left.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
Kong enters from camera left. The meat-eater advances to meet
him from camera left. The tree with the girl is in the middle
distance. This shot is masked by foreground trees.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
Kong and the meat-eater fight. Ann on her tree-top is in the
foreground, animals in the background.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
Kong is knocked down by the meat-eaters tail. The meat-eater
attacks him as he lies sprawled on his back. Kong manages to
get to his feet.
Stacy Dohm:
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
The ape and the meat-eater fight. Ann on the tree-top in the
foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
Kong dodges back and out of the scene to camera left as the
meat-eater leaps from camera right. The girl on the dead tree
in the foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
The animals fight, moving into this shot from camera left.
Ann on her tree top in the foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
Kong backs into this shot from camera left. The meat-eater
follows to attack. They fight. Kong gets a grip on the meat
eater's hind foot and throws him. Both wheel around as they
fall. The meat-eater falls on camera right, Kong on camera
left. Kong leaps on the meat-eater as he lies on his back.
Girl on tree in foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
Kong falls. Ann on the tree top in the foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
The meat-eater, still on his back, kicks Kong out to camera
left. Ann on tree in foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
The meat-eater springs up and menaces Kong, who is out of the
shot, off camera left. Girl on tree in foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
Kong, on his feet, beats his chest in defiance. Girl in
foreground on tree top.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
Kong leaps in and grabs the meat-eater's front foot. Girl in
foreground on tree top.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
Kong shifts his hold on the front leg to a head hold, throws
the meat-eater over his head. Girl on tree top in foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
Kong throws the meat-eater. The meat-eater gets up. Kong
grapples with him again. The meat-eater throws Kong back
against the tree with the girl in foreground. This is a new
angle, tree center foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
Ann on the tree top as Kong backs into it. She screams as
the tree, jarred by the tremendous impact, starts to fall.
TILT DOWN as tree falls.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
The tree falls, with the screaming girl, pinning her under
it. Kong falls also. This is the new angle.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
The girl on the ground pinned by the tree, which half covers
her body.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
The beasts fighting, with the girl under the tree in the
foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - FULL SHOT - DAY
The fight continues, with the girl under the tree in the
foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW
The beasts fighting. Girl under the tree in foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
The girl, under the tree, looks in horror at this spectacle.
REVERSE ANGLE.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
The beasts fight. Ann under the tree in foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
REVERSE ANGLE again of the girl watching, horrified.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
The animals fight. Kong grabs the meat-eater's head, bites
and twists. The meat-eater falls, then gets up. Kong leaps on
his back, grabs his mouth, trying to pry open jaws. Ann under
tree in foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
Kong grabs the meat-eater's jaws, pries them open.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
The girl, under the tree, staring, horrified. REVERSE ANGLE.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
Kong, on the meat-eater's back, pulls open its jaws. Girl in
foreground under tree. Kong pulls back, so that he pulls the
meat-eater over. He falls with it, gets up, grabs his jaws
again. The meat-eater lies prostrate as he works on it.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
Kong's hands break the jaw. Ann under tree in foreground.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
Kong sees he has broken the meat-eater's jaw. He gives it a
waggle to make sure, see it is dead, then rises and pounds
his chest with a triumphant roar. He starts over towards the
girl.
EXT. CLEARING - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY
Kong's face as he looks down at Ann, interested and pleased.
EXT. CLEARING - FULL SHOT - DAY
The girl under the tree. She screams as she sees Kong looking
down at her. This shot from Kong's angle. TRUCK DOWN to
MEDIUM SHOT.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
Kong takes hold of the log. Ann screams.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
Kong's hand lifts up the tree, freeing Ann.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
Kong picks up Ann.
EXT. CLEARING - LONG SHOT - DAY
Ann, as she is lifted by Kong's hand. His shoulder is in
foreground.
REVERSE ANGLE. She looks fearfully up at him. This from his
angle.
EXT. CLEARING - SEMI CLOSE UP - DAY
Kong as he looks down at her, interested.
EXT. CLEARING - MEDIUM SHOT - DAY
The girl held in his hand - shoulder out of shot now. REVERSE
ANGLE.
EXT. CLEARING - GENERAL VIEW - DAY
Kong goes off with her to Camera right.
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