Roddy McDowall
Caesar
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is a 1972 American science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Paul Dehn. The film is the sequel to Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) and the fourth installment in the original Planet of the Apes film series.
Jun 30, 1972 · Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.
3 days ago · Critics Consensus: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is as angry and relevant as any of its predecessors, but budget constraints and a stale script rob this revolution of the scope it requires....
In 1983 (several years after the end of 'Escape from the Planet of the Apes'), an interstellar disease kills the world's cats and dogs, leaving humans with no pet animals. To replace them, humans began keeping monkeys and apes as household pets.
"Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" is cinematically etched in broad, brash strokes slashing social satire and science fiction suspense with large-scale spectacle. Director J. Lee...
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In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, and prepares for a revolt against humanity.
Cornelius and Zira's son Caesar leads apes to revolution in this installment of the apes saga. Dogs and cats have been wiped out by a plague and now apes are household pets that are treated like slaves.
What they find is a military society run by Gestapo-like police, where apes have become man's slaves, forced to do menial labor. Armando and Caesar witness the brutal abuse of one of the servant apes, and Caesar yells out "Lousy human bastards!", blowing his disguise as a mere circus chimp.
Summary. The son of Zira and Cornelius, Caesar, has been taken prisoner in a futuristic world where mankind has hunted down all of the apes. Deservingly feeling the case against him...
In Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes, Caesar - now grown son of Cornelius and Zira - leads the now-enslaved ape population in open revolt against the humans! The fourth Apes film.
