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Sir Peter Robert Jackson, (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his Lord of the Rings film trilogy, adapted from the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. He is also known for his 2005 remake of King Kong and as the producer of District 9. He won international attention early in his career with his "splatstick" horror comedies, before coming to mainstream prominence with Heavenly Creatures, for which he shared an Academy Award Best Screenplay nomination with his wife, Fran Walsh. Jackson has been awarded three Academy Awards in his career, including the award for Best Director in 2003. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Jackson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
The first in a trilogy of films based on Merrian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace's King Kong and Peter Jackson's ideas for a Kong trilogy. Set in the Depression Era, struggling filmmaker Carl Denham and assistant Jeffery Prescott convince film producer Charles Weston to fund an expedition to the mythical island known as Skull Island. Accompanying them are Captain Englehorn, an old friend of Denham's, his crew, former first mate and army captain Jack Discroll, and upcoming British actress and former archeologist Ann Darrow. But what begins as a filming expedition turns into a fight for survival as Ann is captured by the natives of the island to sacrifice to the island's ruler, Kong, who defended them from a terrifying bat creature known as Camazotz ages ago. It all culminates in Denham capturing both Kong and Camazotz and bringing them back to New York, resulting in a battle between the two giants with the crew and citizens of the city forced to aid Skull Island's former ape-like ruler if they are to survive.
