King Kong, 1976. Directed by John Guillermin. Starring Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph, Rene Auberjonois, Julius Harris, and Jack O’Halloran. SYNOPSIS: Dino De Laurentiis’s 1976 remake of King Kong tends to be forgotten in favor of Peter Jackson’s 2005 version, but many of us who were kids at the time tend to […]
R.I.P. John Guillermin (1925 – 2015)
Award-winning British director John Guillermin died on Sunday at his home in Los Angeles aged 89. Guillermin is regarded by some as one of best directors of his generation, with such films as The Towering Inferno, King Kong (1976) and Death on the Nile part of his distinguished career. The Towering Inferno is probably the […]