Why was the piranhadon scene deleted from Peter Jackson’s King Kong?

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In King Kong (the Peter Jackson version), why was the piranhadon scene deleted?

Was it because the movie was already 188 minutes? Or was King-Kong too far to have a "versus" battle? (King Kong would win I guess ^^) Also a triceratops scene exists.



Best Answer

The best I could find is that it was most likely cut due to the already long running time of the movie.

The scene can be found in the extended version, available on home video.




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