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A space explorer from Earth (Charlton Heston) crash-lands on an unknown planet where apes rank higher than men on the evolutionary ladder. He tries to convince his captors he is intelligent; there are some good action sequences; some amusing twists; some easily digestible sociological and philosophical points, and a thoroughly satisfactory ...
Mar 27, 2017 · General News. ‘Planet of the Apes’: THR’s 1968 Review. On March 27, 1968, Fox brought the sci-fi film to Los Angeles for its opening day at the Beverly Theatre. By John Mahoney....
1968s PLANET OF THE APES has been my favorite film since I first saw it in April of that year when I was eight years old. The movie had a huge impact back then and I cannot emphasize more the power to grip the imagination it had -- and has -- and the shock the final image of the movie was back then.
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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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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 .
86% 95 Reviews Tomatometer 88% 100,000+ Ratings Audience Score Complex sociological themes run through this science-fiction classic about three astronauts marooned on a futuristic planet where...
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Richard Schickel LIFE. The best American movie I have seen so far this year. Considering the competition, that is, perhaps, faint praise, but the movie is at least alive. By this I mean that it...