People: Nov. 3, 1986

When last we saw him, the big ape was flat on his back after falling for Jessica Lange in more ways than one. But -- surprise! -- King Kong was only down, not out, for the count. In King Kong Lives, a sequel to the 1976 film to be released this Christmas, the lovesick hunk is saved by the brilliant Dr. Amy Franklin, played by Linda Hamilton. She replaces Kong's broken heart with, of course, the latest and largest in artificial tickers. She also arranges a blind date with a brown-haired lovely called Lady Kong. "He gives up on the (human)...

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