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Escape from the Planet of the Apes is a 1971 American science fiction film directed by Don Taylor and written by Paul Dehn. The film is the sequel to Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) and the third installment in the original Planet of the Apes film series.
Jul 9, 1971 · Escape from the Planet of the Apes: Directed by Don Taylor. With Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy. The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft.
When the humans discover that the trio are intelligent and capable of speech, they treat them as experimental research animals until they attempt to escape.
'Escape from the Planet of the Apes' begins by establishing that three chimpanzee apes, Cornelius (Roddy McDowall), Zira (Kim Hunter), and Dr. Milo (Sal Mineo) escaped the Earth's destruction by salvaging and repairing the astronaut Taylor's spaceship (which sank in the Dead Lake in the desert Forbidden Zone in the first movie) and piloting it ...
Escape from the Planet of the Apes is the second sequel to the original Planet of the Apes and its premise is to reverse the plot of that movie. The film begins over two years after Taylor and Brent had disappeared in space, with a spaceship floating in the Pacific Ocean off of California and...
In Escape From The Planet Of The Apes, scientist chimps Cornelius and Zira travel through time and space to 20th century Earth - at first they're welcome, but soon they are running for their lives!
Escape from the Planet of the Apes. Rating: G. Runtime: 1h 37min. Release Date: May 21, 1971. Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction. Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter reprise their roles from the original Planet of the Apes in this third chapter of the Apes saga.
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
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Brief Synopsis. Following the events in "Beneath the Planet of the Apes", Cornelius and Zira flee back through time to 20th Century Los Angeles, where they face persecution similar to what Taylor suffered in the future, and discover the origins of the stream of events that will shape their world.
