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Planet of the Apes

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G,1hr 52min

Genres:

Sci-Fi,Action,Drama

Released:

January 1, 1968

Director:

Franklin J. Schaffner

Distributor:

20th Century Fox

Starring:

Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter ...more

Synopsis: Originally intended as a project for Blake Edwards, the film version of Pierre Boule's semisatiric sci-fi novel came to the screen in 1968 under the directorial guidance of Franklin J. Schaffner. Charlton Heston is George Taylor, one of several astronauts on a long, long space mission whose spaceship crash-lands on a remote planet, seemingly devoid of intelligent life. Soon the astronaut learns that this planet is ruled by a race of talking, thinking, reasoning apes who hold court over a complex, ... Full Synopsis

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	Dan Jardine, AMG Review Mike Wilson and Rod Serling's script plays heavily (and sometimes simple-mindedly) on the conflicts between faith and science, while the paradoxically inverted relationship of man to apes allows the filmmakers to drive home some rather pointed attacks on racist behavior and intolerant attitudes on our planet. Charlton Heston's performance is not particularly subtle, but, between contorted grimaces ... Full Review

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	Charlton Heston Taylor Roddy McDowall Cornelius Kim Hunter Zira Maurice Evans Zaius

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