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May 16, 2024 · 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
The franchise started with French author Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel La Planète des singes, translated into English as Planet of the Apes or Monkey Planet. Its 1968 film adaptation, Planet of the Apes, was a critical and commercial hit, initiating a series of sequels, tie-ins, and derivative works.
Summaries. An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved. Taylor and two other astronauts come out of deep hibernation to find that their ship has crashed. Escaping with little more than clothes they find that they have landed on a planet where men are pre-lingual ...
Franklin J. Schaffner. Pierre Boulle. Rod Serling. Michael Wilson. 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.
The original classic! Astronauts crash land on a future planet where apes are masters and humans are slaves. Oscar winner for Makeup Effects. "Get your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!" 2,810 IMDb 8.0 1 h 52 min 1968. X-Ray G. Science Fiction · Adventure · Futuristic · Stunning.
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Release Date: February 8, 1968. Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction. Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall star in this legendary science fiction masterpiece. Astronaut Taylor (Heston) 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 ...
For the original 1968 film, the arid planet, run by apes, is the desert around Page, Glen Canyon and Lake Powell, in northern Arizona. The ape village sets were built on the Fox Ranch in Malibu Creek State Park , Las Virgenes Road off Mulholland Highway, south from Route 101, northwest of Los Angeles .
