The Heirs of King Kong or "Gli eredi di King Kong" as they say in Italy is actually the film
Destroy All Monsters, rebranded with a cheeky little reference to the greatest of the apes who of course isn't in the actual film.
And if you think that's just a tad underhand and misleading perhaps you should have a closer look at the spacemen featured in both of these two Italian promotional posters.
Yes, those are indeed a couple of different images of Shado astronauts from the British TV series;
UFO, who, unsurprisingly, also don't feature in this film. - Sneaky!
This one is for you, Tim. It seems you weren't the only one who thought the actual suits used in this film were uninspiring.
Steve
I'd bet a dollar that the people who made this poster were told that Italians didn't like Japanese movies.
ReplyDeleteI think I've got another one in the file that drops a Japanese astronaut onto an English film poster so I think its just about the aesthetics of it. I did that one out and post it.
DeleteCould be, of course, but look who gets top billing in this poster.
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