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Time of the Apes (1987)

| Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | TV Movie 1987
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Three bumbling morons accidentally stumble into a cryogenic freezer and end up in the future, where monkeys populate the Earth.

Directors:

Kiyo Sumi Fukazawa, Atsuo Okunaka

Writers:

Sakyo Komatsu (story), Kouji Tonaka (story) | 2 more credits »

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Reiko Tokunaga, Hiroko Saito, Masaaki Kaji | See full cast & crew »
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Cast overview:
Reiko Tokunaga Reiko Tokunaga ... Catherine
Hiroko Saito Hiroko Saito ... Caroline
Masaaki Kaji Masaaki Kaji ... Johnny
Hitoshi Ômae Hitoshi Ômae ... Commander
Tetsuya Ushio Tetsuya Ushio ... Gôdo
Baku Hatakeyama Baku Hatakeyama ... Gebâ
Kazue Takita Kazue Takita ... Pepe
Noboru Nakaya Noboru Nakaya
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Time of the Apes is a strung-together movie made from several episodes of a Japanese TV show. Big-hipped Catherine and her two charges, Johnny (who "doesn't care") and Caroline, are sent to some alternate time-line by being frozen in cryogenic tubes during an earthquake. They end up on a planet where apes rule humans but are ruled themselves by a supercomputer named "UECOM", which is a malevolent artificial being created by humans. Written by Jonah Falcon <jonahnynla@mindspring.com>

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Movie was featured on an episode of "Mystery Science Theatre." See more »

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Johnny's Mother: Johnny, don't go. It's too dangerous.
Johnny: I don't care.
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Possibly the worst film I've ever seen.
14 April 2000 | by Kent Penny – See all my reviews

This was appalling. My neighbour made me watch it and believe me I begged him to turn it off!

What have we got here? A totally disjointed Japanese-made film poorly dubbed into English.

Nothing really made sense and to be honest I have no idea what the thing was about, except to say a woman and some annoying kids get trapped in an alternate reality where apes rule the planet. (No, I didn't seen Charlton Heston ride past crying, "You maniacs, you blew it up!")

It's so bad, I recommend you get a copy for when unwanted visitors drop by. "Yeah, sure you can come in. I'm watching Time of The Apes. Take a seat!" Guaranteed they will leave within 15 minutes!

As a matter of fact, I'm looking for a copy of this film myself.
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1987 (USA) See more »

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3001 - Zeit der Affen See more »

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