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Towleroad gives us a firsthand account of last night's King Kong premiere in New York City (and, for the spoiler-indifferent, a full review of the film. Good news: Kong awesome. Bad news: No one else is.):
Kudos to Universal for handling all these people with the organization that they did. After the premiere, we were shuttled on buses to Pier 92 where a vast jungle had been recreated complete with waterfalls, vaudeville scenes (this Kong is a period piece), fake snow (which proved to be a hazard as it was more slippery than the real stuff), Kong video game setups, and plenty of free food and booze to go around.
Some of the stars of the movie were there (we happened to spot Adrien Brody, Colin Hanks, and Jack Black) but I was a bit disappointed that the giant Kong had not been moved (or at least duplicated) from its Times Square location. They even had a replica of the tram steamer Venture when you entered the pier, water sound effects and all.
We must say, even by our spoiled LA premiere standards, this one sounded like a must-see. We're left craving more details: Did Jack and Adrien delight the crowd with a take-no-prisoners synthetic-snowball fight? Did the hors d'oeuvres and beverages have cleverly themed names ("Two more Fay Wrays, please, extra cran!")? Was Naomi Watts present, and if so, did she resist the urge to wash down her celebratory cocktails with a handful of Heavenly Blues? And perhaps most of all: Was Lindsay Lohan the only one in attendance who came down with a nasty case of food poisoning, causing her to miss her appearance on Live With Regis and Kelly this morning? Just a heads up, Universal: one batch of bad Skull Island Springrolls and you're looking at a class action lawsuit.
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