6 Classic Animal Movies

New DVD releases include old and new favorites such as The Wizard of Oz and March of the Penguins

KING KONG, SON OF KONG AND MIGHTY JOE YOUNG MERIAN C. COOPER AND ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK "Why, the whole world'll pay to see this!" exclaims the man who brings Kong from Skull Island to Manhattan. The world got its money's worth in 1933, as you will with this set that collects the three Cooper-Schoedsack simian sensations (Kong and its less fearsome offspring), all animated by stop-motion ace Willis O'Brien. Among the invaluable extras: a splendid documentary on Cooper by Kevin Brownlow and Christopher Bird, and a making-of feature on the original Kong--still the eighth wonder of the movie world.

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