King Kong Documentary LONG LIVE THE KING Now Available for Digital Purchase on Amazon Video and YouTube

The 2016 documentary LONG LIVE THE KING explores the enduring fascination with one of the biggest stars in Hollywood history: the mighty King Kong. LONG LIVE THE KING is produced and directed by Frank Dietz and Trish Geiger, the creative team behind the award-winning BEAST WISHES (the 20112 documentary about Bob and Kathy Burns, the goodwill ambassadors of science fiction film fandom. LONG LIVE THE KING devotes primary attention to the 1933 classic, celebrating the contributions of filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, and Bruce Cabot, writer Edgar Wallace, and especially stop-motion innovator Willis O’Brien. But Kong’s legacy is also fully detailed: the sequel “Son of Kong,” the cinematic kin “Mighty Joe Young,” the Dino DeLaurentis and Peter Jackson remakes, even the Japanese versions by Toho Studios. Among the legion of Kong fans interviewed are “Simpsons” writer/producer Dana Gould, director Joe Dante, and artist Bill Stout.These celebrity interviews reflect decades of passion and fandom of the original 1933 classic film, revealing how many entertainment creators’ lives were influenced by childhood first viewings of KING KONG, and how this timeless adventure fantasy influenced future careers of filmmakers, writers, actors and artists for generations since its release. These amusing personal stories weave together common threads of admiration, wonder and inspiration that all KONG fans share in their lives and work.

LONG LIVE THE KING is now available for digital purchase on Amazon Video and YouTube.

Here is the link to the Amazon page:

https://www.amazon.com/Long- Live-King-Joe-Dante/dp/ B07143QPJY/