John Guillermin – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

King Kong Lives (1986) | John Guillermin

May 22, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

In this sequel to the 1976 remake of Kong Kong, none of the original cast returns, except in archival footage shown in the intro depicting Kong after getting shot down from the top of the World Trade Center and falling to the streets below. We come to learn that Kong (Peter Elliott) improbably survived, existing […]

King Kong (1976) | John Guillermin

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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In this remake of the 1933 classic of the same name, Petrox, a gasoline corporation, sends an expedition to an uncharted island near Micronesia obscured by perpetual fog to find out if there’s oil there. Stowing away is Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges), a paleontologist from Princeton University curious if the reports of a giant primate […]

Sheena (1984) | John Guillermin

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The story of Sheena involves a young girl orphaned after her geologist parents are killed in a cave-in while exploring the source of mystical healing soil found near the jungle in the fictional African country of Tigora. The native Zambouli villagers immediately adopt the girl, dubbing her “Sheena,” prophecied to be their savior and the […]