King Kong

sex

There are comic verbal references to the pornographic film 'Deep Throat'.

injury detail

There is emphasis on bloody injury detail during a scene of mild fantasy violence.

sexual violence and sexual threat

There is a scene in which Kong tries to remove a woman's top as he holds her captive in his palm. He succeeds in doing so but there is no focus on breast nudity. After this a man refers to Kong as having tried to 'rape' the woman.

Scenes of mild horror include some prolonged threat, such as Kong causing destruction in a city as people run away screaming. Mild violence includes shoot-out scenes, and a scene in which Kong causes men to fall to their death. Later a man compares a woman's need for fame to 'dope' use. There are discriminatory stereotypes, in addition to a use of the racist term ‘wogs’ by an unlikeable character. Mild bad language includes ‘bitching’, ‘shit’, ‘asshole’, ‘ass’, ‘bastard’, ‘piss’ and ‘son of a bitch’.

Classified Date:

26/11/1976

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

EMI Dists

moderate injury detail, sex references, sexual violence references

Classified Date:

12/10/2022

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Studio Canal

sex

There are comic verbal references to the pornographic film 'Deep Throat'.

injury detail

There is emphasis on bloody injury detail during a scene of mild fantasy violence.

sexual violence and sexual threat

There is a scene in which Kong tries to remove a woman's top as he holds her captive in his palm. He succeeds in doing so but there is no focus on breast nudity. After this a man refers to Kong as having tried to 'rape' the woman.

Scenes of mild horror include some prolonged threat, such as Kong causing destruction in a city as people run away screaming. Mild violence includes shoot-out scenes, and a scene in which Kong causes men to fall to their death. Later a man compares a woman's need for fame to 'dope' use. There are discriminatory stereotypes, in addition to a use of the racist term ‘wogs’ by an unlikeable character. Mild bad language includes ‘bitching’, ‘shit’, ‘asshole’, ‘ass’, ‘bastard’, ‘piss’ and ‘son of a bitch’.

moderate injury detail, sex references, sexual violence references

Classified Date:

28/09/2022

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Studio Canal

sex

There are comic verbal references to the pornographic film 'Deep Throat'.

injury detail

There is emphasis on bloody injury detail during a scene of mild fantasy violence.

sexual violence and sexual threat

There is a scene in which Kong tries to remove a woman's top as he holds her captive in his palm. He succeeds in doing so but there is no focus on breast nudity. After this a man refers to Kong as having tried to 'rape' the woman. In another scene a man hangs overboard on a ship so that he can spy on a woman coming out of the shower.

Scenes of mild horror include some prolonged threat, such as Kong causing destruction in a city as people run away screaming. Mild violence includes shoot-out scenes, and a scene in which Kong causes men to fall to their death. There is a drug reference in which a man is shown slipping something into another man's drink, but there's no detail of what the drug is. Later a man compares a woman's need for fame to 'dope' use. There are discriminatory stereotypes, in addition to a use of the racist term ‘wogs’ by an unlikeable character.

Contains mild language, horror and nudity

Classified Date:

02/04/2007

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Technicolor Home Entertainment Services

Threat and horror

There are scenes of mild threat when a woman is kidnapped and when a giant ape escapes from constraints and begins to destroy buildings in New York City.

Language

There is mild bad language.

Nudity

There is brief sight of a woman's bare breast.

Classified Date:

09/08/2002

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Momentum Pictures

Classified Date:

14/07/2000

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd. - Video

Classified Date:

29/01/1997

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

BMG Video

Classified Date:

21/08/1987

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Weintraub Entertainment Limited

Classified Date:

14/08/2002

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Momentum Pictures

Classified Date:

03/06/1994

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Polygram Video Ltd

Classified Date:

18/10/2000

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd. - Video

Classified date

12/10/2022
Language

English

Director(s)

John Guillermin

Production Year

1976

Genre(s)

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Approx. running minutes

135m

Cast

Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange

King Kong

Director(s)

John Guillermin

Production Year

1976

Genre(s)

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Approx. running minutes

135m

Cast

Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange

Classified date

12/10/2022

Language

English