It stars Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange in her first film role, and features mechanical effects by Carlo Rambaldi and makeup effects by Rick Baker who also played the title character. It is the fifth entry in the King Kong franchise.

Baker played the title role in the 1976 remake of King Kong. He had initially only been hired to create an ape suit that would fill in for scenes where it was not practical to use a life-sized mechanical version of Kong that had been designed by Carlo Rambaldi , but problems with Rambaldi's creation resulted in Baker playing Kong on-screen for ...

Mar 10, 2017 · For the sequences where Kong actually escapes, Rick Baker was brought out again in his air-cooled Kong suit while a mechanical leg was used for close-ups.

Oct 31, 2019 · Makeup Artist Rick Baker On His Long Career Making Monsters, Maleficent, the ghouls in "Thriller": the costume designer has made some of film's great creatures. His four-decade career is...

According to King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon, Rick Baker, who designed the ape suit along with Carlo Rambaldi, was extremely disappointed in the final suit, which he felt wasn't at all convincing. He gives all the credit for its passable appearance …

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Feb 9, 2024 · Prior to this, Baker was responsible for the King Kong costume in the 1976 remake, which he also wore onscreen. Baker's protege Rob Bottin, who got his start in film working under Baker on King Kong, later became famous in his own right …

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Jul 15, 2013 · For close ups in which Kong had to pick up Jessica Lange, a separate enormous hydraulic arm was used, and for the rest of the film, the giant ape was portrayed by makeup artist Rick Baker in a...

May 13, 2021 · Yet the Kong we see on the screen is future makeup legend Rick Baker in an ape costume. The mechanical Kong does appear in the film but only very briefly – in the stadium sequence where the ape is unveiled in his cage and then breaks out – and it certainly didn’t make any fifteen-foot strides, although it did move its arms a bit.