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Hurry up.

Get that gear aboard there.

Come on now.

Everybody throw it in there.

Hurry up, we ain't got all night.

Let's go.

Okay, boan, how much you got here?

About 1,800.

1,800?

What's going on?

- There's Bagley. - Hey, Mr. Bagley!

Something's haywire.

They only loaded me enough pipe

to push one test hole,

less than 2,000 feet.

- That will be enough. - Are you kidding?

On bagatan, we didn't come

until we were past 26,000 feet.

You take my word, fellas.

This hole proves out within 2,000,

or it's a write-off.

Come on, Gloria.

Hey, Princess.

How 'bout another drink?

Chop chop.

= bourbon.

- Hi. - Hi.

Now.

Now, I'm ready.

All right.

Barometer's still falling.

That's a lousy forecast all right.

My advice is we stay here in surabaya

another 48 hours.

= the hell with the weather.

Every hour we delay gives shell or exxon

a chance of beating us to the island.

How would they?

I thought we were the only ones-

- we'll sail right away.

You'll be sorry.

All right, Mr. Carnahan, we're ready to let go.

Stand by fore and aft!

Okay, fellas, roll that gangway ashore!

Hey, Charlie.

Keep it up, you guys.

Hurry up, let's go!

Let her go!

Roy.

= Fred.

Well,

here's to the big one.

Mayday!

Mayday!

Mayday!

You know, for some reason,

I'm reminded of Amsterdam.

Ever eat a raw herring

with a beer chaser and a scoop of ice cream?

Captain here.

I picked up a mayday call, sir.

Low power signal.

It faded before I could get a fix on the vessel.

Keep listening and let me know if you get anything.

Aye-aye, sir.

Like you said, to hell with the weather.

Look, Wilson, we could get out of this stuff

by backtracking around Timor island.

The only hitch is it'll cost us a couple of days.

Keep on course, captain.

I'm fine.

You know, I got to admit, for a New York desk guy,

you got a lot of guts.

Guts?

Hell, I sold this one to the board.

If that island doesn't produce huge,

I'll be wiping windshields.

Quit lookin' at my hand, boan.

Shame to let this beauty go.

I knew it, I knew it.

Hey, what are we swingin' south for?

That island we're headed for is due east.

Attention, all hands.

This is captain Ross.

Oil drillers and ship's crew not on watch,

assemble in the mess room for an announcement of interest.

Thank you.

= oh man.

I bet you've been sold to Howard Hughes

and now we're in the CIA.

Men.

Carnahan.

I would have told you earlier,

but I couldn't risk anyone talking

until we were on the high seas.

Men, we may be sailing into the history books.

Hit the lights.

I believe we're headed for the biggest oil strike ever.

Right here, in the magic circle.

That's magic, all right.

We're supposed to find oil

under 2,000 fathoms of the deep blue sea?

That's what the charts put there, sunfish.

That's right, just deep blue sea.

Let's take a look at a low-angle photo of the area.

This was taken in 1943.

We dug it out of Navy files.

This wake was left by the ship

that took the photograph.

As the charts say, no sign of land,

just a fog bank you wouldn't look at twice.

Let's look at another picture.

From precisely the same camera angle.

Same area of ocean,

same fog bank.

This picture was taken two weeks ago,

35 years later.

A bank of fog

that doesn't change a wisp in 35 years!

Fantastic!

Still nothing for us to explore,

except for one reason.

A NASA spy satellite went way off course

and photographed it by mistake.

I personally got hold of these super-classified pictures

via donation I made to someone in Washington, DC.

No names,

but I think he lives on Pennsylvania Avenue.

All right, okay, all right, fellows.

Come on.

Roy Bagley, would you take over

and let science make the point?

Yes, sir.

- Roy. - Thank you.

Now, uh,

that satellite was supposed to be analyzing exhaust gases

from a chi-com missile test,

so it was loaded with two special kinds of film.

No, uh, first, the infra-red.

I'm sorry.

Here we are.

Now, the different colors

represent different surface temperatures.

You mean there's land behind that fog?

Correct, correct, Joe.

An island hidden by a perpetual fog bank.

Never seen by human eye, nor walked by human foot.

Huh?

The infra-red patterns aren't like any I've ever seen.

Even more surprising is what the spectrograph picked up.

Uh-huh, now, chemical composition

of our mysterious, low fog bank.

Free hydrocarbon radicals,

excess nitrogen,

carbon dioxide far above normal,

not poisonous, but very damned curious.

This has to be caused by vapors

seeping up through the ground.

My guess is vapors seeping up from petroleum deposits.

Yes, hell.

That island is the tip of a huge underground tank

just waiting for us to twist the cap off.

I'm betting everything I've got on it.

= I'll take 50 cents of that.

There are all kinds of things might account

for the excess co?2.

For example, one would be animal respiration.

Turn the lights on.

What?

Where'd he come from?

- Animal breathing. - Animal?

Are you crazy?

Have never walked the island before.

You see, in 1605, piero Fernando de querez

was blown south from timetang.

He wrote of piercing the white veil,

that's obviously the cloud bank,

and landing on the beach of the skull,

where he heard the roar of the greatest beast.

The rest of that log entry, unfortunately,

was suppressed by the holy office in Rome.

Who are you?

Was found in the same area.

It was empty,

but drawn in blood on the thwart

was a likeness of some huge, slouchy

humanoid thing.

And this strange warning,

"from thy wedding with the creature

who touches heaven, lady, god preserve thee.”

T also heard of a note in a bottle

written by a dying Japanese submariner in 1944.

I haven't been able to track that one down yet.

What the hell are you talking about?

Who is this joker?

Beats me.

He's wearing one of your crew Jersey.

Take it easy, take it easy.

I'll pay any fair amount for my passage.

You're a stowaway?

No, Jack Prescott.

I'm from Princeton.

Department of primate paleontology.

Departmen of,

you lying hippie!

You're from another oil company!

How did you know about this?

All right, the meeting is over.

That's it.

Wrap it up.

This man's got one of our t-shirts.

You issue a t-shirt,

you keep a record of everybody's who's got it.

Where'd you get this?

This doesn't mean a thing.

Gulf or exxon could fix you a fake passport.

For the last time, who the hell are you?

= t am Jack Prescott!

Now look, I,

I admit I'm interested in your island.

It's got nothing to do with oil.

I'm a paleontologist.

So you're not even a good liar.

There's no way you could have found out in surabaya

where we were headed.

You bought charts!

Come on, Jack.

Don't make me get rough.

Who did you pay off in Washington?

Look, they hadn't sold charts for this area in years.

When a friend of mine tipped me,

I figured I'd take my chances.

Now that is the truth!

You know, he's right.

I did pick up some charts in surabaya.

So what?

He guessed that.

Take this lousy spy below

till he's hungry enough to stop spoutin'.

Leave the sandwich here.

Get him out.

Let's go.

Come on with me.

Let's go.

Hey look, there's something out there.

Come on, get going!

Honest to god, look!

Quit horsing around.

Come on!

Hey, come back here!

Hey!

Look out.

There's something out there about two o'clock.

Use your glasses!

Come back here.

= slow ahead.

Oh, I can't see.

Get the hooks out.

Can't see anybody.

Full stop.

= she's alive!

Keep your heading.

Gently.

I've had first-aid training, captain.

You all clear out of here, on account of gender, now.

I guess you'll have to undress her, huh?

It's usual,

in case of internal injuries

or multiple shock syndrome.

Perko, get out of here.

Come on.

"I. Magnin."

Beverly Hills.

There's no gross signs of injury anywhere.

= a book of matches.

"C-y-n-a-r-a."

Cynara.

Sounds like a yacht.

Sure would have to be a careless yachtsman

to lose this one overboard.

We had that mayday call, remember?

Hello?

Hey, get me some food, will ya?

= uh-uh.

I guess you can stop sweating, Fred.

Navy record's clean.

Everything checks out.

Fingerprints, the guy's kosher.

I know just how to use him, too.

The captain thinks the girl's about to come to,

she could be hysterical, so come on, follow me.

Come on, Prescott, move it.

Know where a guy can get a cheeseburger around here?

You had a year of medical school

before you switched to zoology, right?

Have you got a crystal ball?

Jack, there's nothing I haven't checked on you.

I know the day and hour you completed your toilet training.

What we gotta figure now is a way

for you to work off your room and board.

You're pretty good with your camera of yours, right?

I've snapped a few monkeys, Fred.

Congratulations.

You're now this expedition"s official photographer.

Hello.

Everything's fine.

You're safe and well

oh an American merchant vessel.

Where's Harry and everyone?

You mean they're gone?

Do you remember anything?

= no.

No.

Yeah.

I was up on deck, and then,

and then I was swimming to a star.

To a light.

= let her call it a star.

By some miracle, ma'am,

the life raft was blown overboard near you.

It was self-inflating with an automatic flare.

= I'm Fred Wilson.

I'm in charge.

I'm afraid the yacht didn't get very far after the sos.

Radio Singapore reports that someone

has already found a piece of charred hull.

We're sorry, ma'am.

So am I.

Harry had discovered me.

He was going to put me in a movie

he was making in Hong Kong.

= bum luck.

I guess I really can't complain.

I guess when you're alone, adrift in the south pacific,

and somebody just...

Who spotted me, by the way?

That young fellow over there.

How can I ever thank you?

I'm dwan.

D-w-a-n, dwan.

That's my name.

You know, like dawn, except that

I switched two letters to make it more memorable.

= I'm a mere Jack.

You must be kidding.

How could anybody

who had saved my life ever be mere to me?

= you heed some rest.

God.

I haven't had a good one of those in years.

Are we headed back to Singapore?

Not directly, ma'am.

I guess it doesn't matter.

I'm in no rush.

Harry probably wouldn't have put me in that movie anyhow.

Oh, my god!

What a meaningful miracle!

Do you realize that

I owe my life to a movie?

= is that so?

I swear to god.

You see, Harry was showing this film

that I refused to watch.

And that's why I was up on deck by myself

did you ever meet anyone before

whose life was saved by "deep throat?"

Come on, men.

Let her rest.

Hey.

You know, maybe my luck has changed.

Hey, see anything yet?

Come on, let me get down there.

= hold it.

She's just coming out of the shower.

You've been down there long enough.

Give me a chance.

Hey, guys.

Garcia.

Man overboard!

Awfully sorry, Garcia.

You know something?

I always wondered how Cortez felt

when he first saw the inca treasure.

Actually, it wasn't Cortez.

It was pizarro,

and he died busted, Fred.

There we go.

Solid land down there.

See?

You're looking at its profile,

east to west.

Mm-hmm.

Typical pacific formation, looks like.

This would be the slope from the beach,

mountains sector here at the west.

Let's get in closer.

What was that?

Oh, just a glitch.

False echo off a flock of birds maybe.

Spot anything unusual?

Not a thing, Jack.

Look at the screen, Fred.

Okay.

All those going ashore

report to the companionway.

= hi there.

How do you like this for beachwear?

= fantastic!

I'm afraid you can't come ashore, though.

Hey, wait a minute!

That's not fair!

You said I could come ashore on the first boat.

You really should wait until the recon has gone, ma'am.

Oh, the hell I will.

Now listen, Mr. Wilson.

You want full coverage

of this landing, don't you?

Yes,

then you've got to have me in it.

You know, "the all-American girl

saved from an exploding yacht by "deep throat."

Hey, hey.

Don't print those.

I'm a married man.

Guaranteed the cover of people magazine.

Print just one.

But, really, Mr. Wilson, you know,

I need a break, and after all you do owe it to me.

Why?

= because I am a holder

of a petrox credit card.

You know?

I really am.

Radio your computer and ask

if you don't believe me.

Maybe I'm a little late on my payments,

but after all you're sticking me

for 18% interest plus the late charges.

Dwan, you come ashore with us.

Captain, she'll come ashore.

= good luck.

As soon as you get through this stuff,

get on the horn, will you?

Hey, Jack.

You know, maybe it's him.

- Him? - Fred Wilson.

You know, I had my horoscope done

before I flew out to Hong Kong.

- Watch your step. - And it said that I was-

- okay, here you go.

It said that I was going to cross over water

and meet the biggest person in my life.

Okay, fellas, let's go.

Whooo!

That's interesting.

The lateral surface current

is 18 degrees cooler than the air.

What does that mean?

The fog began exactly at the edge of it.

It might lift when we come through.

Crossing 20 fathoms, shallowing rapidly.

It's thinning up ahead.

T think I hear breakers.

Shore boat to explorer,

it's not so much a cloud,

there's a curtain around the island.

We just broke through.

There's a landing beach dead ahead.

In two words, no problem.

Out for now.

Let me down.

Let me down, I haven't touched ground in weeks!

Come on. - You'll be surprised.

Oh.

That's good!

I want the boat behind you.

Jack, Jack, I'm coming ashore!

Okay, now wait.

Hold it.

All right!

Beautiful.

Let's not get eaten alive on this island.

Bring the mosquito spray!

At least we don't have to wonder about which way to go.

Yeah.

We hear the stream right through there.

We'll push up it.

You want to start

setting seismic charges this morning, huh?

Absolutely.

Can't tell a thing

until we've got to map the geological structure.

All right, everybody!

Move it out!

Move out!

Hey, Jack, there's a waterfall ahead!

Last one to get a drink is a rotten egg!

Hey, uh, don't...

Hey!

Hey, don't go running off on any more solos.

We'll wait here for them.

Look, just stick close by me, okay?

Holy mother!

That looks as old as the pyramids of Egypt!

= could be.

The only difference is

the pyramids weren't repaired six months ago.

You'll notice there's earth checking those timbers.

They would have to be replaced after each monsoon season.

Are you trying to tell me

that there's people on this island?

Yes, I am.

What's more, I'll characterize them.

Scared people.

Scared of what?

I don't know exactly,

but whatever it is,

apparently they thought they need a wall this size

to keep it out.

Jack, Jack, let me straighten you out

on a couple points.

One,

this wall is an ancient ruin.

Two,

the island is uninhabited.

Three, there's an uninhabited German beer hall

in there with a mechanical band.

Come on.

Let's go.

- Fred. - Yeah?

= look down there.

Take your binoculars.

What?

Look down there, that pool.

Do you think it could be?

The surface seems viscous.

It sure as hell could be oil.

Hey, Jack, maybe it's a wedding.

Good guess.

Could be the schedule for tonight when the moon's full.

Where's the groom?

See the one in the ape mask?

You might say that's the groom's stand-in.

The actual groom is outside the wall.

Oh, you mean it's bad luck

if they see each other before the wedding?

Ghastly luck for the whole congregation.

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong.

Jack, you want to talk for us?

I'll try.

What if they're not buying?

We shoot in the air only.

What, what is it?

Can you tell?

Only the tone.

He's probably telling us we've contaminated their magic.

What, what?

No!

Remember, in the air.

What, what is it, what?

He wants to make a deal.

Six of them for dwan.

Jack, can you tell him that I like him too,

but not that way.

No!

You're going to have trouble with the chief.

I will buy the chief.

We'll get him to put his thumbprint on a treaty.

What do we got on board that those wogs would go for?

Binoculars, radios, pots and pans.

All sorts of shiny junk.

This is no longer the 19th century.

We can't just walk in and grab their island.

Thanks, Jack, I'll check that with the un.

In the meantime, phase one, we scare them

into the boondocks with our 4th of July number.

Phase two, your men ready to set the charges

for the seismograph?

Yeah, they're ready.

Kong, Kong, Kong!

You heard them chant that.

He exists.

You saw the wall.

Right?

Now who the hell do you think

they're planning to give that girl to?

It's some nutty religion.

A priest gets dressed up like an ape.

All right, look, we'll humor Jack here.

Take plenty of tnt when you go in.

Any sign of a monkey bigger than four feet,

send him bang-bang.

= you wouldn't.

Bet me.

Fred, the kids would burn

every petrox gas station from Maine to California.

He could be right.

Kong, Kong, Kong.

Whooo!

Hey, Jack, what are you doing?

Getting ready to steal a boat.

Seriously?

Look at my face.

Yep.

As soon as I swipe some more supplies,

I'm going on a camera hunt in the interior.

That sounds dangerous.

I tell you, babe,

it's a chance that comes once in a lifetime.

You grab it, or you're dead meat.

Hey, Jack!

You really shouldn't go ashore tonight.

It's not a good night for aries like you.

How did you know I was an aries?

By the shape of your ears.

All right, so I asked Fred Wilson.

He knows everything about you.

Really, I wish you wouldn't go ashore tonight.

= you think it'd be better to watch

some old movie with the crew?

No, of course not.

There's nothing else to do on this ship.

Well, use your imagination.

Eight times around the deck's a mile,

we could jog.

I guess my camera hunt could wait a couple of hours.

Excuse me.

I'll just finish stealing in the galley.

Say, you'll disappoint me

if you're here when I get back.

What do you mean you'll be disappointed?

Well, I was hoping you'd be waiting for me in your cabin.

Here are you, son.

Get it out right away.

Right, Mr. Wilson.

Roy.

Listen, I said that pool might be oil.

Can't be sure until I get a sample-

- Roy, think positive.

Guys who think negative

don't get very high up the petrox tower.

"Has to be the biggest ever.

No problems at all.”

Well, you're the boss.

Don't worry about it, Roy.

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

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Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Give me a hand with this line.

Come on, move.

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong,

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Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong, Kong!

Kong, Kong, Kong,

Kong, Kong!

No!

Help!

No!

Help Mel!

No!

No!

No!

No!

We're too late!

Set off the show!

4th of July!

Give us some help.

Help him with that bolt!

Cover the gate.

All right, ready your weapons.

Hit your lights.

= get on the other side!

On the pole!

Come on!

All right, men.

Open that gate!

If he's still out there, the lights will hold him back.

Don't shoot!

He's taken her.

Someone's taken her.

Who the hell do you think went through there,

some guy in an ape suit?

You all right?

= just fell in a damn hole.

No, you didn't.

What do you mean I didn't?

Look at me!

= you're not in a hole.

That's a footprint.

= Carnahan to beach green.

I reckon we've gone a little over two miles,

and there's still no sign of her at all.

I guess that's better than finding blood or remains.

Unless he's gobbled her down completely.

Give me that thing.

Look, I told you, most jungle apes eat only fruit.

Most jungle apes don't have a size 90 foot.

Look, the men have had it.

I'm gonna pitch camp at first level ground.

What are you, a bunch of old ladies?

Come on, we're getting our second wind.

Let's get going!

That's it, Jack.

Keep them moving!

No, I suppose Carnahan"s right.

It makes more sense to stop until dawn.

All right, Carnahan, pitch camp.

You know the drill.

Yes, sir.

We'll plant seismic charges for mapping purposes,

then we'll fire a rocket-

- right, right, right!

Say, there's gonna somebody be on that radar all night,

isn't there?

Any large furry blips seen moving in your direction,

you will know.

Sweet dreams.

I'm out. - Roger.

That footprint I fell into

measured out at six feet, four inches.

If that were for real, how high would that make him?

Well, uh,

multiplied by about eight, I guess.

He'd make a hell of a commercial,

wouldn't he?

You know, "the battles we at petrox fight

to fill your gas tank."

Blah blah blah.

If he's not going to eat her,

why did he take her?

Apes are highly territorial.

He's probably gonne take her to his turf.

What for?

Joe and the guys said that you said

the ape was going to marry her.

Is that some kind of joke

or did you really mean-

- I don't know, Carnahan!

God, I'm as ignorant as you about this.

Quit asking me so many dumb questions, will you?

I can't stand heights!

Honest, I can't.

When I was 10-years-old,

they took me up in the empire state building,

and I got sick in the elevator.

No!

Put me down!

You put me down!

You put me down.

Put me down.

Please put me down.

Why, you damn chauvinist pig-ape!

What are you waiting for?

You want to eat me?

Then go ahead!

Do it!

Go ahead and eat me!

Go ahead!

Choke on me!

Oh, I didn't mean that.

Honest, I didn't.

Sometimes I get too physical.

It's a sign of insecurity,

vou know, like when you knock down trees.

Such a nice ape.

Such a nice, sweet,

nice, sweet monkey.

You know, we're going to be great friends.

I'm a libra.

What sign are you?

No, wait.

Don't tell me.

I bet you're an aries, aren't you?

Of course you are.

Ti knew it.

That's just wonderful.

Help Mel!

Help Mel!

Petrox explorer to beach.

Yes, Wilson here.

You've got company.

Radar reports they had him on the screen

for about 30 seconds.

3.6 kilometers west of your flare.

He's reported moving in a random manner.

= you're sure about that?

He wasn't moving in our direction?

= affirmative!

Random, like in a circle.

Okay.

Maybe he's lost her.

She got away and he's searching for her.

Come on, let's get a move on.

= Carnahan!

Wait a minute.

Carnahan, have you set seismic charges at that spot?

The men are doing it now, sir.

= don't move until it's finished!

That's an order!

He's nuts.

Listen, there is a girl out there

who might be running for her life

from some gigantic, turned-on ape!

Jack, I know how you feel.

Ti feel the same.

There's a national energy crisis

which demands that we all rise above

our private, selfish interests.

All you're thinking about your is stock options-

- save your wind, prof, he signed off.

Come on, let's get going.

Okay, take your time.

Radar"s got the ape heading in our direction.

Bagley speaking.

I need a beach boat right away.

Mm-hmm.

All right.

Yes, Roy.

Well, Fred,

I finished testing the samples from that pool.

It'll be real great oil.

Son of a,

Fred Wilson is crazy, is he?

Wait till New York hears about this one!

Wait'll I put the screws to them,

I'll grind them.

Like I said,

it will be real great oil,

as soon as mother nature

finishes cooking it a little longer.

A bit more aging.

How much longer?

Hardly a tick of the clock

as geological time goes.

Say, 10,000 years.

Oh my god.

I hate to kick a fellow when he's dead,

but I did tell you.

You shouldn't have radioed New York

you were bringing in the big one!

The big one.

Who says I ain't gonna?

Wilson to explorer,

get me a clear channel to surabaya.

I want to arrange an airdrop right away.

Okay, Jack.

You go first.

All right, come on!

It's solid as a rock!

Come on.

Okay, let's go.

Stop firing!

Hit the lights.

I believe we're headed for the biggest oil strike ever.

Right here in the magic circle.

Hey!

Look out, there's somebody out there, about two o'clock.

She's alive!

When you're alone, adrift in the south pacific

and somebody just...

Who spotted me by the way?

That young fellow over there.

How can I ever thank you?

Shore boat to explorer.

We just broke through.

There's a landing beach dead ahead.

Hey, Jack, maybe it's a wedding.

Good guess.

Could be the schedule for tonight when the moon's full.

He wants to make a deal.

Six of them for dwan.

Kong, Kong, Kong!

You heard 'em chant that.

He exists.

You saw the wall, right?

Now who the hell do you think

they're planning to give that girl to?

Help!

= we're too late.

Set off the show!

Well, you damn chauvinist pig ape.

What are you waiting for?

You wanna eat me?

Then go ahead!

Do it!

Choke on me.

Oh, I didn't mean that, honest I didn't.

Sometimes I get too physical.

It's a sign of insecurity, you know,

like when you knock down trees.

Such a nice ape.

Such a nice sweet,

nice sweet sweet monkey.

Of course you are, I just know it.

Oh, that's just wonderful.

Come on, let's get going.

Okay, take your time.

Radar"s got the ape heading in our direction.

Boan, try to make it back.

Tell Wilson I'm going on!

Go.

All hands stand by for recovery.

All hands stand by for recovery.

All right beach green, over and out.

Charge the batteries in those spots!

Airdrop done, right on target.

= terrific!

All right, move it, men!

Move it, men.

Get that equipment up to the wall and working!

You think I'm crazy?

You said it, Fred, not me.

If we had found oil,

we'd have had Gulf, shell, exxon

crawling all over here.

Not this one, pal.

Kong is all me and petrox.

A Fred s. Wilson exclusive.

All right, move it, shorty.

You really think that's gonna ring the bell,

promise oil, bring back a monkey?

Look at that exxon campaign.

"We'll put a tiger in your tank.”

It did zillions with just a paper tiger!

Beach green to Carnahan.

Beach green to Carnahan.

Report back immediately.

Do nothing to endanger Kong.

Acknowledge.

Carnahan, do you read me?

Wilson, still no contact with Carnahan.

Their radio's not working.

Don't sweat it.

I'm gonna take out a search party.

All right, captain, there's not a man I can spare.

Six of our guys are cut off in the bush,

and you're building monkey traps.

Wilson, you're playing with their lives.

Don't worry about it, captain.

Boan!

Boan!

Boan!

Where's the others?

Come on, Kong.

Forget about me.

This thing is just never gonna work.

Can't you see?

No.

Jack!

Oh, Jack!

Oh!

We're going to do it!

Are you ready?

Come on, come on.

Come on, get up.

- No! - Get up.

- Jack, I can't do this. - Yeah, you can.

Come on. - Listen,

have a drink for me at the brown derby.

This guy.

Radar update.

Monkey plotted 1,800 vards west by northwest

heading 0-eight-niner.

Velocity 22 miles per hour.

Estimated monkey time to your position,

five minutes or less.

Okay, kill the lights!

Everybody clear out!

Everybody out!

Everybody!

Logan!

Logan, how are you doing?

Almost finished.

One minute more. - Right.

Okay, that's enough.

- All set, Mr. Bagley. - Right, sunfish.

Ready, boan?

Okay.

It's hot now.

You sure that monkey will be able

to bust through that gate?

We'll pull back that bolt halfway.

Right right right.

Logan.

Logan!

Open the gate!

Help!

Help, help! = Jack!

It's Prescott!

Open the gate!

Come on.

All right, close the bolt!

Wilson, pull the damn thing!

Dump the chloroform!

Still want to play?

Dwan!

Congratulations.

Hey, Jack.

Do I look different?

Yeah.

You shine.

That's right.

I'm a star.

It's all set, Jack.

Coast-to-coast tour.

We open in New York.

Light, cameras, Kong!

And probably nureyev and fontaine.

I'm personally working on a deal

for balanchine to choreograph

the "beauty and the beast" bit.

Hey, any chance of you two kids getting married?

= t don't know.

This is so sudden.

Maybe we can think of some way nutty way

of Kong giving away the bride.

Yeah, tough to get him to do it anyway.

Marriage is probably an old-fashioned image, huh?

= t don't know.

What do you think, Jack?

Oh.

You know, after all these years,

now I'm gonna finally end up with a shrink.

Ti mean how can I become a star

because of someone that was stolen

off that gorgeous island

and then locked up in that lousy oil tank?

= it's not someone.

It's an animal,

a beast that tried to rape you.

= that's not true.

He risked his life to save me.

He tried to rape you, honey.

Before you cry a lot,

you oughta ask the natives on that island

what they thought of losing Kong.

Actually, they'll miss him a lot.

Like leprosy.

No, you're dead wrong.

He was a terror, the mystery of their lives,

and the magic.

A year from now that'll be an island

full of burnout drunks.

When we took Kong, we kidnapped their god.

God, it's scary.

It's like there's a curse on all of us.

= damn it!

I'm tired of your trying to confuse this girl's mind.

This is her big chance!

And yours too!

You know, there are stars at Princeton,

the same way there are in Hollywood, Jack.

You want out?

You want me to cable Harvard or Yale

and get Kong another keeper?

= coast to coast tours.

"Beauty and the beast” is a grotesque farce.

You say the word, Jack.

Your contract is torn up.

You just tell me, right now, right now, say it!

See you opening night.

Oh, god, I'm tired of thinking.

The ape had the right idea.

What's that?

Oh god, he's hurting himself.

Wait a minute, I'll be right back.

Honey, I'll be right back.

Fire detail, report to the control room.

All hands report to your duty station.

Fire detail report to the control room.

This is the captain.

Sea water pumps to full pressure.

Prepare to flood tank number four.

I'm ordering the ape drowned.

Hey, Kong!

Here I am.

You remember me?

Remember me, your blind date?

Oh come on, you haven't forgotten me, have you?

No.

Dwan!

Come back here!

He's gone berserk! = Jack!

Stop, or I'll jump.

Dwan, please, come on.

You can't help him now.

Jack, don't come any closer.

Okay.

Dwan, please come on, now.

You can't help him now.

Okay.

Hey, Kong.

Why you waking up all these sleepy people?

You know, no one's going to hurt you.

You're just going to America to be a star.

= don't flood the tank!

She fell in!

= come on.

One more step, come on.

Dwan, why'd you go out there?

You could've...

= Jack Prescott!

I've been invited- all right, go ahead.

= Jack.

Oh, I'm so glad to see you!

What's the matter?

You're not dressed.

No, that's right.

I was wrong when I called this thing a farce.

It's a tragedy.

I'm quitting your circus, Fred.

You big idiot.

You signed a contract.

You took an advance.

I just donated that in your name

to the aspca fund for sending Kong home.

Here's your receipt.

Sue me.

Oh Jack, don't leave tonight, please.

Listen, my horoscope says-

- dwan, shut up.

I love you.

Come with me right now.

Come on, to hell with the contract.

= go ahead.

Except I promise you,

you'll never get another booking in your life.

You'll end up tap-dancing at rotary clubs.

Oh, Jack.

Don't you understand?

Yeah.

Yeah, I do.

Sorry.

Stay well.

It's the old story.

When you go up, there's always some guy

who can't cut it you gotta leave at the bottom.

There'll be lots of them.

Come on, star.

Come on.

Ladies and gentlemen

of our TV satellite audience,

you are seeing this live around the world,

live as it is happening

across the east river from New York City.

You have even better seats

than these lucky petrox king Kong contest winners

invited here tonight.

And thus beauty set foot on the forbidden island

and was seized.

Great was the fear and trembling

as beauty was lashed

to the dreadful bridal altar of the beast.

Now the earth moves.

Ah, the power of it!

Ah, the superpower!

Hail to the power!

Hail to the power of Kong!

And petrox!

No!

Don't push her around!

He's gonna think-

Ladies and gentlemen, there is nothing whatever to fear.

That is an escape-proof cage

certified by the New York City-

Come on down.

Easy.

His feet are still chained.

It's all right.

Come on.

= Wilson!

Wilson!

This will cost the corporation billions.

You can run, Wilson, but you can't hide.

I don't care where you go in this world,

petrox will find you.

I don't care if you go to the moon.

We'll find you.

Wilson!

They're gonna kill him, aren't they?

Well,

I don't think they're gonna run him

for the mayor of New York.

Come to think of it, damn it.

Doesn't anybody leave their keys in their car anymore?

Can't you hotwire it?

Sorry.

Oh, man, you really are uneducated.

Keep moving.

Clear this street out.

Move along.

We're in position.

We got the queensboro bridge all buttoned up.

What's the situation at the Brooklyn?

Listen.

I'll sell that monkey this bridge

before he crosses it.

Come on!

There's a train coming!

Hit the lights!

This bridge is closed to all traffic.

The vehicular roadways are mined.

Clear all streets.

Proceed to the nearest underground shelters

and remain there.

Repeating.

Clear all streets.

Any persons found looting may be shot without warning,

without a warning.

- Oh. - You got it.

Come on.

= Jack.

Buy me a drink, will you?

Come on.

- Come on. - Buy me a drink.

= come on.

10 more blocks and we got the key to a great apartment.

Listen, what's the hurry?

We put a river between us.

The Bridges are mined, and apes don't swim.

Even your own book says so.

Come on, please!

Please, buy me a drink.

Buy me a drink over there.

Oh, please.

Okay.

= what's the matter?

Deja vu.

I don't know where,

but I've seen this view before.

"The upper-middle class rises,

loots Tiffany's windows."

Here you go.

Oh, wait.

We don't want to get shot as looters, do we?

Okay.

Get smashed.

Jack, what about that nice offer you made me?

Do you still want me?

= isn't that beautiful?

Chinchilla.

Wow, it looks great on you.

I asked you a question.

What do you think an associate professor earns?

Do you think I need furs?

Yes, I think you need furs.

Dwan, look, you've been through so much excitement.

It's in your blood like dope.

You're going to need new fixes

I'm not gonna be able to give you.

Jack, don't be stupid.

Kiss me.

I'm a working man.

I can't afford to get hung up on a rising star.

It's okay.

Probably some national guardsman

ran his tank into the powerhouse.

Do you remember that blackout they had here once?

And all the little babies

that were born exactly nine months later?

= uh-huh.

Well, here's to all the future

sons and daughters of king Kong.

= t'll drink to that.

Oh, the hell with furs!

Jack, tell me, please.

Does that nice offer you made still stand?

A lot depends on Kong.

I mean, he's bigger than both of us.

You know what I mean?

= don't tease me.

I'm serious.

So am I.

If that monkey doesn't make it,

we'll have him on our backs

for the rest of our lives.

We can never look each other in the eye.

= t don't believe that.

It's the truth,

and you know it as well as I do.

Why does everything always have to get so mixed up?

You know I almost wish we were back on that damned island.

= of course!

Ti know where I've seen that view before!

I think we've got a chance.

Sit tight, I'm gonna make a phone call.

Keep it down, everyone.

What do you think?

Is he flipped out or isn't he?

= sure as hell can't wait around

to have his head examined.

Do something, David.

Don't just start around.

You won't win votes.

= hello.

Hello, hello!

- Excuse me, professor. - Yes, yes.

You say you know where Kong is headed?

Yes, I do.

It's a place where you can trap him without danger.

You get a couple of big helicopters

and some steel blasting nets to drop on him.

= sure.

No problem. - Good.

Where is he headed, professor Prescott?

We deal for that.

You promise to capture him without injury,

then I'll tell you where.

Damn it, do we have a deal?

Yes, professor, we have a deal.

Where is Kong headed?

There's one place in Manhattan

that looks exactly like a certain part

of his native habitat.

Let him through to it, and you can trap him there.

Let him climb to the top of the world trade center.

Jack!

Damn idiot, said he has no power,

no water pressure.

You wanna burn it down?

Abort the fires.

Repeat, abort the fires.

Send up a squadron of choppers.

Damn!

He's coming down 5th Avenue,

right on schedule,

almost to 42nd street.

Power's back on.

Keep it quiet.

Get in the shadows.

= no.

Hold on!

Close your eyes!

The helicopters are coming to net him!

Ready your position light!

Ready.

Come on!

What the hell are those men doing?

Didn't they get my orders?

No!

Jack!

Yeah!

Yeah!

He's still got the girl.

Follow me into a real tight holding pattern

about 50 feet above him.

No!

No, don't put me down!

Don't put me down!

Please!

Hold onto me!

No, hold otho me, or they'll kill you!

Now!

= no.

Oh, god!

Kong!

Wait.

= no.

Hold onto me!

Please don't let me go!

Kong!

Don't kill him!

Don't kill him!

Kong!

Dwan!

Dwanl!

Dwanl!

= Jack!

Jack!

Jack! - You all right?

= Jack!

Jack!

Oh, Jack!

Jack.

Jack.