Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

Director:

Ted Post

Writers:

Paul Dehn (story) and
Mort Abrahams (story) ...
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Release Date:

26 May 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The bizarre world you met in 'Planet of the Apes' was only the beginning... What lies beneath may be the end!

Plot:

The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission searches for the only survivor of the previous expedition. He discovers a planet ruled by apes and an underground city run by telekinetic humans.

Plot Keywords:

Ape | Astronaut | Planet Of The Apes | Survivor | Sequel

Cast

James Franciscus	...	Brent
Kim Hunter	...	Zira
Maurice Evans	...	Dr. Zaius
Linda Harrison	...	Nova
Paul Richards	...	Mendez
Victor Buono	...	Fat Man
James Gregory	...	Ursus
Jeff Corey	...	Caspay
Natalie Trundy	...	Albina
Thomas Gomez	...	Minister
David Watson	...	Cornelius
Don Pedro Colley	...	Ongaro
Tod Andrews	...	Skipper
Gregory Sierra	...	Verger
Eldon Burke	...	Gorilla Sgt.
Lou Wagner	...	Lucius
Charlton Heston	...	Taylor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Army Archerd	...	Gorilla (uncredited)
Edward Bach	...	Picket (uncredited)
James Bacon	...	Ape (uncredited)
Stan Barrett	...	Gorilla (uncredited)
Angelina Bauer	...	Chimp Protestor (uncredited)
Erlynn Mary Botelho	...	Ape (uncredited)
Dick Bullock	...	Gorilla (uncredited)
Bruce Fleischer	...	Gorilla (uncredited)
Paul Frees	...	Ending Voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
Roddy McDowall	...	Cornelius (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hank Robinson	...	Bomb Worshipper (uncredited)

Directed by
Ted Post

Writing credits
Paul Dehn		(story) and
Mort Abrahams		(story)
Pierre Boulle		(characters created by)
Paul Dehn		(screenplay)

Produced by
Mort Abrahams	....	associate producer
Arthur P. Jacobs	....	producer

Original Music by
Leonard Rosenman

Cinematography by
Milton R. Krasner		(director of photography) (as Milton Krasner)

Film Editing by
Marion Rothman

Art Direction by
William J. Creber		(as William Creber)
Jack Martin Smith

Set Decoration by
Walter M. Scott
Sven Wickman

Costume Design by
Morton Haack		(costumes designed by)

Makeup Department
John Chambers	....	creative makeup design
Edith Lindon	....	hair styling
Daniel C. Striepeke	....	makeup supervisor (as Dan Striepeke)
Peter R.J. Deyell	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Verne Langdon	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Sharleen Rassi	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Jan Van Uchelen	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Joseph C. Behm	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chuck Roberson	....	second unit director
Fred R. Simpson	....	assistant director (as Fred Simpson)
Murray Schwartz	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Milton Trager	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Fred Harpman	....	art illustrator
Pat O'Connor	....	prop master (uncredited)

Sound Department
Stephen Bass	....	sound
David Dockendorf	....	sound
Orrick Barrett	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Johnny Borgese	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
L.B. Abbott	....	special photographic effects
Art Cruickshank	....	special photographic effects

Stunts
Denny Arnold	....	stunts (uncredited)
Stan Barrett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dick Bullock	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eldon Burke	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
William H. Burton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hank Calia	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tap Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nick Dimitri	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Alan Gibbs	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mickey Gilbert	....	stunts (uncredited)
Orwin C. Harvey	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kent Hays	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Hice	....	stunts (uncredited)
Clyde Hudkins Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dick Hudkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Whitey Hughes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hubie Kerns	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Terry Leonard	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary McLarty	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Sawaya	....	stunts (uncredited)
Walter Scott	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Smith	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paul Stader	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Jack Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Arthur Gerstle	....	camera assistant (uncredited)
Fred Hall	....	gaffer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Richard Lane	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Ralph Ferraro	....	orchestration

Other crew
Joan Eremin	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Dominic Santarone	....	caterer (uncredited)
Ruth Santarone	....	caterer (uncredited)
Bill Venegas	....	location manager (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (presents) (as Twentieth Century-Fox)
• APJAC Productions (as APJAC PRODUCTIONS, INC.)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1970) (USA) (theatrical) (released by) (as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation)
• 20th Century Fox (1970) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1973) (USA) (TV) (pan/scan)
• Magnetic Video (1977) (USA) (VHS)
• Magnetic Video (1977) (USA) (video) (Betamax)
• Playhouse Home Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• CBS/Fox (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• CBS/Fox (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1999) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Fox Films (1970) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Abril Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• FS Film Oy (2001) (2007) (Finland) (DVD) (both 6-disc editions)
• Nelonen (1997) (1999) (Finland) (TV)
• R-Video (1980s) (Finland) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1991) (Finland) (TV)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (tv rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 (DVD rating) | Norway:16 (1970) | Singapore:PG | UK:15 (video rating) (1987) (2003) | UK:A (original rating) (cut) | USA:G | West Germany:16 | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Red Rock Canyon State Park - Highway 14, Cantil, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The second of five Planet of the Apes movies starring Charlton Heston, Maurice Evans, Kim Hunter and Linda Harrison.

Goofs:

Plot holes: In Planet of the Apes (1968), Zira and Cornelius stated they were planning to be married, but in this film they are already married. This film begins right where the old one ended, so there wasn't time in between movies for them to have been married.

Quotes:

Ursus:The only good human... is a dead human!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Fallout 3 (2008) (VG)

Again the Apes along with an underground civilization of mutated human beings living in subway system

Good and frantic science-fiction movie with a first rate James Franciscus and special intervention of Charlton Heston who literally disappears in the beginning and re-appears on the ending . This known story is the second and best of the primates sequels ; it starts when Brent (James Franciscus) through the same time warp crashes on the far planet and meets the gorgeous native Nova (Linda Harrison). At the start they trek across the desert , after that he learns the culture where simians rule over humans and they are divided in three lineage : gorilla , chimpanzee and orangutan . Later on, he discovers humanity has gone awry and now is slave and reduced to beasts . Man is treated as animal of burden and regarded as scum . A couple of chimps named Cornelius (David Watson replacing Roddy McDowall) and Zira(Kim Hunter) think otherwise and even agree Brent escape , following the same traces as Taylor (Charlton Heston) . Meanwhile, an expedition commanded by militaristic General Ursus (James Gregory) and Dr. Zaius(Maurice Evans) sets out the forbidden zone where live human mutants (Victor Buono, Jeff Corey , among them) who survived a nuclear explosion several years before . Brent and Nova find an underground civilization in the ruins of bomb-blasted N.Y.C. until a downbeat and bleak final with the mutants worshipping a nuclear missile .

This is a nice sci-fi flick plenty of metaphysical significance with thoughtful reflexion about origin of human being and nuclear catastrophe , though also packs action, adventures, intrigue and entertainment. In spite of time and being mostly a replay of the original movie , energy remains still and turns out to be an enjoyable following full of fantasy and suspense . Exciting writing credits by Paul Dehn and Mort Abrahams from Pierre Boulle novel . One of the important attributes of this work, is the magnificent , spectacular production design with excellent sets by Walter Scott and great visual effects by means of matte paintings by L.B. Abbot . Glimmer and luminous cinematography by Milton Krasner. Phenomenal make-up by John Chambers, a first-rate expert, such as proved in 'Blade runner, Ssss, Island of Dr Moreau' among others . Sensational musical score by a top-notch Leonard Rosenman though imitating sounds from the great Jerry Goldsmith .The picture is lavishly produced by usual Arthur P. Jacobs , producer of whole saga, and well directed by Ted Post , realizing a similar work to Franklyn J Schaffner , utilizing a great visual sense.

It's followed by three inferior sequels that get worse and a TV series, 'Escape of planet of apes'(71, Don Taylor), 'Conquest of planet of apes'(72, J. Lee Thompson), 'Battle for the planet of apes'(73, J.Lee Thompson)