Roddy McDowall
Caesar
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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.
- June 13, 1973
- Arthur P. Jacobs
Jun 15, 1973 · IMDb page for the 1973 sci-fi action film, the fifth and final installment of the Planet of the Apes series. Find cast, crew, plot, trivia, reviews, ratings, awards, and more.
- (33K)
- Action, Sci-Fi
- J. Lee Thompson
- 1973-06-15
A sci-fi movie series finale with low ratings and reviews. Ape Caesar faces a human mutant threat in 2670, while the story is told in flashback.
- (549)
- J. Lee Thompson
- G
- Roddy Mcdowall
G. 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.
Ebert pans the fifth and final ape movie as incompetently made, painfully thin and uninteresting. He criticizes the plot, the dialog, the transitions and the battle footage, and questions the message of nonviolence.
The fifth and final film of the Planet of the Apes series, starring Roddy McDowall as Caesar, the intelligent chimp who leads the ape revolution. Caesar faces a human attack and a coup from his own general in this action-packed sci-fi adventure.
After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies.
