TBS, TNT, TCM to Celebrate 75th Anniversary of King Kong

ATLANTA, March 25: TBS,
TNT and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) are teaming up to celebrate the 75th
anniversary of King Kong next
month, kicking off with TCM’s broadcast of the original 1933 classic film on
Monday, April 7, at 8 p.m.

The original version of King
Kong stars Fay Wray, Robert
Armstrong and Bruce Cabot. On Friday, April 11, at 8 p.m., TNT and TBS will
simulcast director Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning 2005 remake of King Kong, starring Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien
Brody.

"King Kong is an excellent example of how having a portfolio
of networks like ours provides outstanding programming opportunities,"
said Ken Schwab, the senior VP of programming for TBS and TNT.

Charles Tabesh, the senior
VP of programming for TCM, added, "Through our celebration of King Kong’s 75th
anniversary, we will be able to bring the past and present together in a way no
other company can do."

In addition to the April
11 simulcast of Jackson's remake, TNT will present encores of the film on
Saturday, April 12, and Sunday, April 13, at 8 p.m. TCM will follow its April 7
presentation of the original 1933 version of King Kong with four other movie classics celebrating their
75th anniversary: Dinner at Eight
at 10 p.m., Little Women at
midnight, 42nd Street at 2 a.m.
and Queen Christina at 3:45
a.m.

—By Irene Lew