1933’s KING KONG to be released on Blu-Ray

I’m glad to see this finally hit the hi-def format.  You can own it on September 28th, 2010!  Read on for the full release:

Warner Home Video has announced a Blu-ray release of King Kong (1933) for September 28th. Extras will include commentary by Visual Effects Veterans Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston with Interpolated Interview Excerpts of Merian C. Cooper and Fay Wray, an I’m King Kong: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper feature that profiles the Original King Kong’s Guiding Hand, a 7-Part The Making of Kong Documentary, Original Creation Test Footage with Ray Harryhausen Commentary, The Lost Spider Pit Sequence, and the Theatrical Trailer. Stay tuned for the official package artwork.

Captured on blu-ray at last comes “the greatest of all horror films” with “masterly special effects” (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic). Memorable moments abound: a moviemaking expedition on a fantastic isle filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures; the giant simian’s lovestruck obsession with the film shoot’s blonde starlet (scream queen Fay Wray); Kong’s capture; his Manhattan rampage; and the fateful finale atop the Empire State Building, where Kong cradles his palm-sized beloved and swats at machine-gunning airplanes. “It was beauty killed the beast.” But in these and other great scenes, King Kong lives forever.

Source: DVDActive