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Battle for the Planet of the Apes is a 1973 American science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by John William Corrington and Joyce Hooper Corrington, based on a story by Paul Dehn.
Jun 15, 1973 · With Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy, Severn Darden. Ten years after a worldwide series of ape revolutions and a brutal nuclear war among humans, Caesar must protect survivors of both species from an insidious human cult and a militant ape faction alike.
Bereft of bright ideas and visually shabby, Battle for the Planet of the Apes takes a celebrated franchise and blows it all up -- the maniacs! Read Critics Reviews
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Sensing victory, they interrogate Caesar, who calls the apes to arms; the apes go on to win the battle. A sub-plot in the film involves the murder of Caesar's son by Aldo, culminating in the realisation that ape has killed ape and as a result, apes are now as dangerous - and sinful - as the humans they despise.
Roddy McDowall returns as Caesar, the intelligent chimp who led an ape revolution against their human masters in the last installment, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.
“Battle for the Planet of the Apes” is the fifth and, merciful God, the last of the ape movies. It takes place long after Charlton Heston and even James Franciscus have faded from the scene; we have a new generation headed by Caesar (Roddy McDowall), who is the son of the original ape leaders, Cornelius and Zira.
Jul 14, 2017 · War for the Planet of the Apes: Directed by Matt Reeves. With Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Karin Konoval. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.
