King Kong premiere pictures

This is me hanging out in the grandstands at the end of Courtenay Place and the red carpet with my appropriated sign. Some quick thinking allowed me to get it from one of the cleanup workers, and it is currently hanging above my closet door in my room.
The only other time I have seen Courtenay Place this crowded was my first weekend in Wellington when the Lions were playing the All Blacks in Wellington. For this premiere, people were anywhere and everywhere. I saw adults who were most definitely more than 60 years old climbing trees to see above the crowd. All of the bars lining the street were filled by 3PM for the 5.30PM premiere, especially the ones with upper balconies. Claudia and I just got lucky with our seats because they were amazing even though we got down there so late.

This marquee was built to look like the NYC theatre in the movie. The Embassy does amazing work transforming the decor for every premiere that it hosts.

And now some cast members!

Adrien Brody (writer Jack Driscoll)

Andy Serkis (Lumpy the crewmember and the big ape himself, Kong)

Naomi Watts (Ann Darrow) [Side note: one thing I really enjoyed about Naomi Watts is that she was taking her own pictures up and down the red carpet with her digital camera.]

Claudia and my seats were right next to this stage where everyone important gave the big premier speeches. This is Peter Jackson with his daughter talking about it film, and if you look closely enough, you can also see them on the big screen.


Colin Hanks (Preston - and also the son of Tom Hanks)

This is Karl Urban. He isn't actually in King Kong, but he was an invited guest. He has starred in a number of films, including The Bourne Supremacy, but I know him best as Eomer in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.