Planet of the Apes (2001)

An Air Force astronaut crash lands on a mysterious planet where evolved, talking apes dominant a race of primitive humans.

Director:

Tim Burton

Writers:

Pierre Boulle (novel), William Broyles Jr. (screenplay),

Stars:

Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 9 wins & 20 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Wahlberg	...	Captain Leo Davidson
Tim Roth	...	Thade
Helena Bonham Carter	...	Ari
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Attar
Paul Giamatti	...	Limbo
Estella Warren	...	Daena
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Krull
David Warner	...	Sandar
Kris Kristofferson	...	Karubi
Erick Avari	...	Tival
Luke Eberl	...	Birn
Evan Parke	...	Gunnar (as Evan Dexter Parke)
Glenn Shadix	...	Senator Nado
Freda Foh Shen	...	Bon
Chris Ellis	...	Commander Karl Vasich

Storyline

It is the year 2029: Astronaut Leo Davidson boards a pod cruiser on a Space Station for a "routine" reconnaissance mission. But an abrupt detour through a space time wormhole lands him on a strange planet where talking apes rule over the human race. With the help of a sympathetic chimpanzee activist named Ari and a small band of human rebels, Leo leads the effort to evade the advancing Gorilla Army led by General Thade and his most trusted warrior Attar. Now the race is on to reach a sacred temple within the planet's Forbidden Zone to discover the shocking secrets of mankind's past - and the key to its future.

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Plot Keywords:

planet | astronaut | chimpanzee | wormhole | cage | 

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Taglines:

The battle begins November 20th

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sequences of action/violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 July 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Return of the Apes

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Budget:

$100,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,753,679 (Italy) (14 September 2001)

Gross:

$180,011,740 (USA) (25 January 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Zanuck Company, The, Tim Burton Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS (uncredited)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mark Wahlberg joined the film after meeting with Tim Burton for only five minutes. He was so anxious to work with the director that he agreed to play any part. Wahlberg dropped out of the role of Linus in Ocean's Eleven to do this film. He refused to wear a loincloth like Charlton Heston did in Planet of the Apes because he did not want to remind audiences of his underwear modeling.

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Goofs

When Thade is holding the branding iron close to Ari's face, the hot part of the iron is obviously painted orange to appear hot, and stays that color way too long.

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Quotes

[When telling the human tribes to run away while they can]
Captain Leo Davidson: Look, you gotta make your people understand, it's over there's no help coming.
Daena: You came.

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Crazy Credits

Anne Ramsay's character Grace Alexander is referred to as "Anderson" in the credits.

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Connections

Featured in Planet of the Apes: Rule the Planet (2001)

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Soundtracks

"Rule The Planet Remix"
A Paul Oakenfold Mix
Additional Production by: Paul Oakenfold and Povi
Additional Guitars: Emerson Swinford

User Reviews

Poor imitation of the Original

Dark, even for Burton. None of the social commentary & bite of the original. He missed the point.

None of the dark humor of the original. No in-depth look into the ape society. Simpleton plot.

Really stretched to provide a twist in the end which had none of the shock value of the original. End made no sense whatever!