King Kong (1976), starring Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange (VIDEO)

Watch the trailer for King Kong, starring Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange; No. 87 on our list of the 100 best New York movies.

By Stephen Garrett Tue Jul 3 2012

New York movies: King Kong (1976)

Dino De Laurentiis’s lascivious production infuses the animal magnetism of the 1933 original with a pervy sensibility (the overgrown primate literally fingers a visibly aroused Jessica Lange). And with a double phallus like the World Trade Center as a final setting, there’s no better city for a big ape to be a swinger.—Stephen Garrett

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