In the year 3978A.D. a spaceship with a crew of 4 crashes down on a distant planet. One of the crew members had died in space and the other 3 head out to explore the planet. They soon learn that the planet is much like their own. They then find the planet is inhabited by intelligent apes. One of the men is shot and killed and the others are taken to the apes’ city. There, one undergoes brain surgery and is put into a state of living death. The other befriends some of the apes but is feared by most. After being put through ape trial he escapes with a female human native to the planet. After helping his ape friends escape a religious heresy trial he escapes out into the wilderness with the female. There he learns the planet might not be so distant after all…

Planet of the Apes (1968)
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  • Taglines:Somewhere in the universe there must be something better than man. In a matter of time, an astronaut will wing through the centuries and find the answer. He may find the most terrifying one of all on the planet where apes are the rulers and man the beast. » This is Commander Taylor, Astronaut. He has landed in a world where Apes are the rulers and Man the beast. Now he is caged, tortured, risks mutilation. Because no human can remain human on the Planet of the Apes. »
  • Runtime:112 minutes
  • Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    George Taylor
    Charlton Heston
    Cornelius
    Roddy McDowall
    Zira
    Kim Hunter
    Dr. Zaius
    Maurice Evans
    President of the Assembly
    James Whitmore
    Honorious
    James Daly
    Nova
    Linda Harrison
    Landon
    Robert Gunner
    Lucius
    Lou Wagner
    Maximus
    Woodrow Parfrey
  • Genres:Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
  • Producers:
    Mort Abrahams
    associate producer  
    Arthur P. Jacobs
    producer  
  • Plots: 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 and uncivilized while apes have learned speech and technology. Taylor is captured and taken to the city of the apes after damaging his throat so that he is silent and cannot communicate with the apes. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Planet of the Apes
  • User's comment:Not the '60's & '70's cheesy film you may fear! by Pates

    No one I know under 40 had seen this film, though we all joked about it as being a stereotypical "bad" film based on rumors. the title, and clips seen here and there. Finally one weekend when I was working until 2:00 a.m. I went home and there was a sequel on late night TV, during the 30 year Planet of the Apes marathon. It made me curious about the original and I tracked it down. I have to say it blew me away!

    The film is philosophical, creative, absorbing and scary. Excellent commentary on religion and just about everything else. I strongly recommend to anyone who has not seen it. So far I haven't even been able to convince my friends to see it because there seems to be such a strong prejudice against it and some sort of entrenched belief it must be bad; in fact it is one of the finest films I've seen and I can see why it is a classic.

    If you enjoy films that make you think you simply can't dislike Planet of the Apes.


  • Quotes: Julius: You know the saying, "Human see, human do." George Taylor: I'm a seeker too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man. Has to be. George Taylor: Imagine me needing someone. Back on Earth I never did. Oh, there were women. Lots of women. Lots of love-making but no love. You see, that was the kind of world we'd made. So I left, because there was no one to hold me there.
  • Also known as: El planeta de los simios (Argentina), El planeta de los simios (Mexico - imdb display title), El planeta de los simios (Spain), Apornas planet (Finland - imdb display title, Swedish title), Apornas planet (Sweden), La planète des singes (Canada - French title), La planète des singes (France), A majmok bolygója (Hungary), Abernes planet (Denmark), Ahvide planeet (Estonia), Apeplaneten (Norway - imdb display title), Apinoiden planeetta (Finland), El planeta dels simis (Spain - Catalan title), Il pianeta delle scimmie (Italy), Maymunlar Cehennemi (Turkey - imdb display title, Turkish title), Monkey Planet ( - undefined), O Homem Que Veio do Futuro (Portugal), O Planeta dos Macacos (Brazil), O anthropos pou ilthe apo to mellon (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), O planitis ton pithikon (Greece - DVD title), Planet der Affen (West Germany), Planeta majmuna (Serbia), Planeta malp (Poland), Planeta opic (Czechoslovakia), Saru no wakusei (Japan),

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