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Box office. $33.3 million [2] 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.
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.
Sep 4, 2022 · Planet of the apes (1968) is a classic sci-fi movie that explores the consequences of a world where intelligent apes rule over primitive humans. Watch the full movie on YouTube and discover the ...
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Apr 27, 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
Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall star in this legendary science fiction masterpiece. Astronaut Taylor (Heston) crash lands on a distant planet ruled by ape...
Sep 18, 2017 · 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.
This kind of snobbery may be good for a chuckle or two, but those who practice it miss a lot of entertaining movies. "Planet of the Apes" is one. It is not great, or significant, or profound. Occasionally it is distractingly cute, as when the apes rewrite one cliché after another: "Man see, Man do," for example, or "To apes, all men look alike."
