King Kong 1976 Blu-ray Coming From Shout Factory

Shout Factory/Scream Factory is releasing a new Blu-ray for King Kong 1976 on May 11, 2021. It will come with a limited edition 18 x 24 poster featuring new artwork for orders on Shout Factory.com limited to 500. New cover art by Hugh Fleming will be on the front and back with original art on the reverse side, and will come with the original theatrical release and the extended TV version. Updated set details below.

Synopsis
"A dazzling display of what the special-effects people can do when commissioned to construct a 40-foot-tall ape ..." – Vincent Canby, The New York Times

The Petrox company's search for new oil reserves on a strange island unleashes a terror unseen by civilized man – KING KONG! The timeless story of a beauty (Jessica Lange, making her feature-film debut) and a beast comes to the screen in this ambitious production from Dino De Laurentiis. Charles Grodin is the scheming oil company shark out to exploit the giant beast to his fullest. And Jeff Bridges is the desperate hero, Jack Prescott, who attempts to wrest the beautiful heroine from King Kong's grasp. New York City trembles with each echoing footstep of the towering ape set loose in the streets!

RELEASE DATE: May 11, 2021
DISCS: 2 - Collectors Edition (with Slipcase in first three months of release)
RUN-TIME: 136 / 182 min
ASPECT RATIO: 2.35:1
REGULAR RETAIL PRICE: $34.98

​DISC 1: Theatrical Cut

• NEW Audio Commentary with film historian Ray Morton (author of KING KONG – THE HISTORY OF A MOVIE ICON)
• NEW Audio interview with special makeup effects wizard Rick Baker
• NEW Something’s Haywire – an interview with actor Jack O’Halloran
• NEW On the Top of the World - an interview with assistant director David McGiffert and production manager Brian Frankish
• NEW Maybe in their Wildest Dreams – an interview with sculptor Jack Varner
• NEW There’s A Fog Bank Out There – an interview with second unit director William Kronick
• NEW From Space to Apes - an interview with photographic effects assistant Barry Nolan
• NEW When the Monkey Dies, Everybody Cries – an interview with production assistants Jeffrey Chernov and Scott Thaler
• Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 and NEW restored theatrical DTS-HD 2.0 stereo track
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spots
• Radio Spots
• Still Galleries – posters, lobby cards, behind-the-scenes photos

DISC 2: Extended TV Broadcast Cut

• NEW 2K scan of the additional TV footage from the internegative
• KING KONG panel discussion from the Aero Theater (2016)