Continuity mistake: This happens in King Kong's death scene. After he puts down Ann for the last time, he is shot and his right arm goes limp. In the close-up, he's suddenly using that limp arm to hold on to a spire. (01:38:05)
Kong, atop the empire state building with Ann, falls to his death after being wounded by the fighter planes.
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Carl Denham: It was beauty killed the beast.
Trivia: Director Merian C. Cooper and co-director/producer E.B. Schoedsack have cameos in close-ups of the biplanes that attack Kong at the end of the film.
Question: Closely connected questions relating to Kong's massive size and weight: How did the crew "lift" him from the raft into the ship? Where did they keep him in the ship? (there doesn't seem to be a hold big enough) How did they feed him for the several weeks it took to get to New York? And lastly, how did they get him from the ship to the theater?
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Suggested correction: Well, it's said in the official Anthony Browne book adaptation that Kong got shot in the throat, not the arm. That's probably what's going on.
I believe the submitter meant that after Kong puts Ann back down for the last time, when Kong is shot (in the neck area) in the wide shot, Kong's upper body and (limp) right arm lean over in front of the building's spire, but it cuts to the close-up, and now Kong's right arm is suddenly up behind the spire with his right hand gripping that spire. This is how I interpreted the mistake.
Super Grover ★
That's exactly what the mistake is saying. The correction misses the mark.
zenee