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November 22, 2005

How Many Directors Does It Take To Monkey Around?

The DGA has a new challenging request on their arbitration docket right now.

Peter Jackson wants to give a “Animation Directed By” credit on King Kong to the two men who led the effort that brought Kong to life. Of course, they were supervised by Jackson. But with such a singular task as Kong and the other CG creatures in this film, apparently he feels they are deserving.

The DGA has never allowed this kind of credit before. And unlike Robert Rodriguez, I don’t think PJ is going to quit over it. But he has made the request. And it will be interesting to see if his fellow directors honor it.

Posted by poland at November 22, 2005 04:16 PM

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Good for him. I hope that they grant the request. It's a nice gesture for the animators who have worked countless hours on Kong.

Posted by: Aladdin Sane [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 22, 2005 05:16 PM

It has a 2% chance of happening.

Posted by: joefitz84 [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 22, 2005 05:24 PM

True Joe, but noble nonetheless.

But, yeah, if the DGA won't allow a person who actually did direct a movie alongside somebody else then i doubt they'll allow this.

Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 22, 2005 08:13 PM

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