Video: Norway in Pop Culture

Have you noticed that Norway keeps popping up in big budget Hollywood blockbuster movies lately, as either a filming location or even as part of the story?
While there there used to be very few references to Norway in English-language films and television shows, you’re now much more likely to see Norway appear in American or British pop culture.

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King Kong Crazy

I recently saw three great King Kong movies, never having seen a single King Kong film before in my life.

Here is a writeup of what I thought about the three flicks and how they differ.

 

King Kong (1933)

Directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, this film started it all off with a bang.

 

The movie depicts a group consisting of a director, his film-crew, an actress, and a ship’s crew, who all travel together to an undiscovered island to film a docufiction.

They find a tribe living on the island, who

kidnaps the actress Ann Darrow

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