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Planet of the Apes (2001) -- An astronaut lands on a planet inhabited by human-like apes, who rule the planet with an iron fist.
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Pierre Boulle (novel)
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Release Date:
27 July 2001 (USA) more
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The battle begins November 20th more
Plot:
An astronaut lands on a planet inhabited by human-like apes, who rule the planet with an iron fist. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 9 wins & 20 nominations more
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Also Known As:
Return of the Apes (USA) (working title)
The Visitor (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sequences of action/violence.
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119 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Attar (Michael Clarke Duncan) says to Captain Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg), "Take your stinking hands off me, you damn dirty human!" mirroring the original line from George Taylor (Charlton Heston) ("Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!") more
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Crew or equipment visible: During the final battle, studio lights are reflected on Thade's helmet. more
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Attar: Get your stinking hands off me, you damn dirty human! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Room 101: (#7.6)" (2002) more
Soundtrack:
Rule The Planet Remix more

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A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS
What is the name of the ape city?
Make some sense of the ending, and unseen timeline of the story?
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42 out of 68 people found the following comment useful.
"Apes Lite", 27 August 2001
Author: lwjoslin from Houston, TX

Tim Burton's new "Planet of the Apes" is actually a remake--excuse me, a "re-imagining"--of the first TWO movies of the old series. Its occasional paraphrasing of lines from the original movie (devoid of any meaningful context), and its cameos by members of the original cast (Charlton Heston and Linda Harrison), only underscore that this new version isn't what the original was, i.e., an original. Mark Wahlberg, as Our Hero, has none of the cynical, edgy complexity of Heston's Taylor, and is in fact the sort of can-do flyboy Taylor found laughable. Much as I adore Helena Bonham Carter, her turn as Ari, a sultry, sexy, meddling, annoying human-rights activist, is ultimately tiresome, and absolutely incomparable to Kim Hunter's brave, brilliant, impish Zira of the old series. The role is also a criminal waste of Bonham Carter's beauty, hidden as it is behind a bizarre makeup that looks neither ape nor human. Rick Baker's highly-touted ape makeups (which I've enjoyed since the days of "Schlock" and "Kentucky Fried Movie") are highly uneven here. Tim Roth's villainous Thade has the best, with most of the rest being just adequate and no particular improvement over John Chambers' work in the original. And the socko ending (keep reading; I won't spoil it for you) is simply tacked on: unlike the jolting end of the original, it neither ties together nor arises from the movie's earlier action in a way that Explains Everything. Instead, it begs so many questions (mainly "How the heck did THAT happen?") that it seems engineered (or contrived) solely to set the stage for more sequels. All told, this is "Apes Lite," a comic-bookish caricature of the original, made for the short-attention-span crowd. It made me want to do something I hadn't done in ages: fire up the VCR and roll the original again. It's typical of the 1968 movie's gritty, clever irony that the first word of dialogue uttered by an ape--his entire line, in fact--is "Smile."

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