An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 6 wins & 4 nominations total
Martin Abrahams
- Human in Cage
- (uncredited)
Army Archerd
- Gorilla
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaDuring breaks in filming, actors made up as different ape species tended to hang out together, gorillas with gorillas, orangutans with orangutans, chimps with chimps. It wasn't required, it just naturally happened.
- Goofs(at around 7 mins) In the opening crash sequence, water is seen flooding into the space ship under tremendous pressure. The crew compartment is the part in the air, and since the ship is "floating" half-in and half-out, there would not be that kind of water pressure in that section of the ship.
- Quotes
[last lines]
George Taylor: Oh my God. I'm back. I'm home. All the time, it was... We finally really did it.
[screaming]
George Taylor: You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
- ConnectionsEdited into Heston of the Apes (2000)
Featured review
One of the best movies of all time!
This is a splendid movie. Like other great horror-fantasy films (Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre) it explores the relationship between humans and non-human beings. In "Planet of the Apes" there are only three animals: man, ape and horse and they play out their drama in this futuristic desert land. Unlike so many bad fantasy films, this one has a highly authentic aura around it. It is so utterly convincing like a story by H.P.Lovecraft or like one of your own nightmares and dreams. So strange, so fantastic! The words "The Forbidden Zone", I will never forget. The ending, of course, is so wonderfully eerie and shocking, one just gets goosebumps for hours. A child will never forget the experience of seeing this movie and she/he will learn so much about human relations with non-humans by witnessing this movie which explores the ethical theme with style and power. Such an utterly convincing fantasy film with a message of dream-like proportions are yet to be done better.
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- PeterRoeder
- Aug 9, 2003
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- Also known as
- Planet der Affen
- Filming locations
- Lake Powell, Utah, USA(crashed rocket ship)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $32,589,624
- Gross worldwide
- $32,599,488
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