DIRECTOR PETER JACKSON AT "KING KONG" BRITISH PREMIERE
New Zealand director Peter Jackson attends the British premiere of "King kong" at Odeon,Leicester square in London on December 8, 2005.(UPI Photo/Rune Hellestad)
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