King Kong(2005) takes place in 1933, the same year the original film was released. Early in the film, when Carl Denham is looking for a new lead actresses for his movie, the dialogue suggests that the original King Kong(1933) exists and was being made at the same time as this one.

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image showing King Kong(2005) takes place in 1933, the same year the original film was released. Early in the film, when Carl Denham is looking for a new lead actresses for his movie, the dialogue suggests that the original King Kong(1933) exists and was being made at the same time as this one.

btuck93 on August 5th, 2018 at 04:39 UTC »

another fun fact: the original King Kong theme is heard in the background when the last line is said

notdanielpants on August 5th, 2018 at 06:41 UTC »

Also there’s a line in the 2005 version of Jack’s film that has two characters say,

“I’ve never been on a bout before”

“I’ve never been on one with a woman before”

Those two lines are in the original film but are not part of any film script, it’s just regular dialogue between two characters.

It’s just another fun little nod that Peter Jackson included from the original

Colalbsmi on August 5th, 2018 at 08:34 UTC »

I believe Jackson wanted Fay Wray to say the final line of "It was beauty killed the beast" but she died just before filming.