Jack and Boan (Julius Harris) are the only survivors. Before they can retreat, Kong flips the log - and most of them - into the abyss. The crew finally catch up at a log bridge over a huge chasm. Dwan tries to escape, but falls into a mud pit. Powerful and terrifying, Kong is quickly tamed by Dwan, whose rambling sweet talk fascinates him. Jack and the First Mate Carnahan (Ed Lauter) set out after him.

He takes Dwan and retreats, just as Fred and the others arrive. Kong (Rick Baker, in ape costume) is 'the creature who touches heaven', as he appears to be forty feet tall.

Then they close the huge wall's only gate and begin to chant, 'Kong! Kong!' As she slowly comes to, Dwan hears something massive approaching through the trees. They drug her and leave her at Kong's altar. Under the full moon the natives return, snatching Dwan from the Petrox Explorer. Rebuffed, he tries force, but they scare his men off with warning shots. He offers to trade some of his tribal beauties for her. These natives worship a mysterious Kong - to whom they regularly offer 'brides' - and the explorers have stumbled into a 'wedding rehearsal.' The witch doctor is upset, until he sees Dwan. In the process, they run into an isolated tribe that lives behind a gigantic wall.

Her name is really Dawn, but she spells it 'Dwan' to make it 'more memorable.' Jack and Dwan quickly become an item.Īt the island, they discover that the oil deposit is worthless. She is an aspiring actress, the sole survivor from a director's exploding yacht. On board is the beautiful - and unconscious - Dwan (Jessica Lange). Jack spots a life raft and convinces them to investigate. He warns Fred about Kong, 'the creature who touches heaven.' Fred has Jack locked up, afraid that he is spying for a rival oil major. He figures it is the cork on a huge oil deposit, “the big one.” Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges), a primate paleontologist, stows away with them. Fred Wilson (Charles Grodin), an executive for the Petrox Corporation, is intrigued by the Indian Ocean island which is hidden by a permanent cloud bank.

In 1976, Kong's primeval world is invaded by Big Oil.

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