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In 1933, during the Great Depression, vaudeville actress Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) is unemployed and hungry living in New York City. When she steals an apple, filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black) comes to her aid and pays the vendor a nickel. Carl is about to leave that night on a tramp steamer to finish his movie in Singapore, and he has been looking for an actress to replace the one who had dropped out. He convinces Darrow to take the part. Denham has a map of the mysterious Skull Island, and he pays the captain to sail to the island before going to Singapore. On the ship is the screen writer Jack Driscoll who falls in love with Darrow. The ship actually hits the island, and they go ashore, where they discover the ruins of an old civilization and encounter the natives. Darrow is captured and given to Kong, an enormous ape, as a sacrifice. The film crew and some of the shipmates go into the jungle to rescue Darrow. The jungle however is a dangerous place and several from the rescue party dies when they are attacked by dinosaurs or insects. Darrow's attempts to escape are futile but she quickly takes a liking to the ape. The two watch the sun set from top of a mountain and after the ape has fallen asleep, Driscoll finds them and escape back to the ruins where the rest of the party have gathered to try to capture Kong. Upset that the woman escaped, a furious Kong comes back to the ruins to take her back. The film crew have brought chloroform with them and after a lengthy struggle, Kong is captured and taken back to New York.

Based on the famous scene out of "King Kong's" Film, this captures themoment when The Mighty King Kong picks Ann Darrow up on his hand to climb to the top of the Empire State Building. This consists on a night dress surrounded by a giant hand.