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A Girl's Peril Amidst a Giant Ape
Jack Prescott
There is a girl out there who might be running for her life from some gigantic turned-on ape.
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Questioning the Amount of Money Present
Joe Perko
OK, Boan, how much you got here?
Boan
About eighteen hundred.
Joe Perko
Eighteen hundred? What's going on?
Boan
There's Bagley.
Joe Parko
Hey, Mr. Bagley! Something haywire. They only loaded me enough pipe to push one test hole. Less than two thousand feet.
Roy Bagley
Yeah, that'll be enough.
Boan
Are you kidding? On Bagatan, we didn't come until we were past twenty-six thousand feet.
Roy Bagley
You take my word, fellas. This hole proves out within two thousand, or it's a write-off.
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The Ultimate Motion Picture Experience
Taglines
The most exciting original motion picture event of all time.
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Kong's Cinematic Arrival
Fred Wilson
Lights! Camera! Kong!
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A Dangerous Burden Awaits You
Taglines
This is one monkey you don't want on your back.
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A Bet on Environmental Ethics
Jack Prescott
Even an environmental rapist like you wouldn't be asshole enough to destroy a unique new species of animal.
Fred Wilson
Bet me.
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The Biggest Discovery on a Small Island
Taglines
On this small island lies the biggest discovery on Earth.
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Advice for Handling Large Creatures
Fred Wilson
Take plenty of TNT when you go inland. Any sign of a monkey bigger than four feet, send him bang-bang.
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Debate Over Kong's Existence and Cult Rituals
Jack Prescott
Kong! 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?
Fred Wilson
It's some nutty religion. A priest gets dressed up like an ape and gets laid.
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Reflection on the Value of Life
Dwan
Did you ever meet anyone before whose life was saved by "]"?
[[Deep Throat (film)|Deep Throat]
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Historical Misunderstandings in Adventure Narratives
Fred Wilson
You know something? I always wondered how ] felt when he first saw the Inca treasure.
[As the "Petrox Explorer" comes in sight of Skull Island; [w:Hernán Cortés|Cortés]
Jack Prescott
Actually, it wasn't Cortés; it was ]. And he died busted, Fred.
[[w:Francisco Pizarro|Pizarro]
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Introducing Dwan: A Memorable Name Explanation
Dwan
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.
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Fate and Encounters Across the Water
Dwan
You know I had my horoscope done before I flew out to Hong Kong. And it said that I was going to cross over water and meet the biggest person in my life.
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Confrontation with a chauvinist pig ape
Dwan
You Goddamn chauvinist pig ape!
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The Complexity of Heroism and Exploitation
Dwan
How can I become a star because of... because of someone who was stolen off that gorgeous island and locked up in that lousy oil tank?
Fred Wilson
It's not someone! It's an animal, a beast who tried to rape you.
Dwan
That's not true. He risked his life to save me.
Fred Wilson
Before you cry your eyes out, honey, you should ask the natives on that island what they thought of losing Kong.
Jack Prescott
Actually, they'll miss him a lot.
Fred Wilson
Like leprosy.
Jack Prescott
No, that's where you're dead wrong. He was the terror, the mystery, and the ] in their lives. A year from now, that will be an island full of burnt-out drunks. When we took Kong, we kidnapped their God.
[[magic]
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