Peter Jackson Re-Creates 1933 King Kong Scene

Movie director Peter Jackson, most famous for his Lord of the Rings trilogy and soon to be most famous for his spectacular King Kong remake, has spearheaded a project to re-create at least one awesome scene missing from the 1933 original King Kong.

When test screening the original movie in San Bernadino, Calif., in 1933, one scene terrified the audience so much that the movie's director, Ernest Cooper, cut it the film.

The original scene has now been lost forever. But Jackson assembled a team of filmmakers and artists and, using original stop-motion techniques and old film equipment, have re-created the scene based on still photos, storyboards and the original script. The re-created scene has been seamlessly inserted back into the movie.

The full 1933 movie -- with the re-created scene -- was released to stores yesterday This DVD version also includes frames cut from the original movie, and has been digitally restored to remove scratches, skips and dirt on the film version. This is the first time any version of the 1933 King Kong has been officially released on DVD.