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Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling, loosely based on the 1963 novel by Pierre Boulle. The film stars Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, and Linda Harrison.
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Planet of the Apes: Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. With Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans. An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
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- Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- 1968-04-03
Made for less than $6 million by 20th Century Fox in 1967 (the studio's mega-bomb Dr. Dolittle cost three times as much), Planet of the Apes returned a 600% profit on its investment and a box office smash soon became a seminal text, common ground for Manifest Destiny and the Book of Revelations.
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Planet of the Apes, American science-fiction film, released in 1968, that blended action and social commentary to become a classic of that genre, inspiring four sequels and two television series.
Based on the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle, the film centres on a group of astronauts—led by George Taylor (played by Charlton Heston)—who crash-land on a strange, seemingly distant planet ruled by civilized apes. Captured and caged, Taylor eventually persuades the chimpanzee scientists Zira (Kim Hunter) and Cornelius (Roddy McDowall) to help him escape. The shocking ending—in which the remains of the Statue of Liberty are found, revealing that the supposedly unknown planet is really Earth—ranks among the most famous in film history.
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•Studio: 20th Century Fox
•Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
•Producer: Arthur P. Jacobs
•Writers: Michael Wilson and Rod Serling
•Makeup: John Chambers
•Music: Jerry Goldsmith
•Charlton Heston (George Taylor)
•Maurice Evans (Dr. Zaius)
•Roddy McDowall (Cornelius)
•Kim Hunter (Zira)
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Complex sociological themes run through this science-fiction classic about three astronauts marooned on a futuristic planet where apes rule and humans are slaves.
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- Franklin J. Schaffner
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Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
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Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
