Overview:
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.| Status: | Released (1971-05-20) |
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| Awards: | 1 nomination total |
| BoxOffice: | $12,348,905 |
| Screen: | Paul Dehn, Pierre Boulle |
| Productions: | APJAC Productions, 20th Century Fox |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 7505: Roddy McDowall - Cornelius
- 10539: Kim Hunter - Dr. Zira
- 18647: Bradford Dillman - Dr. Lewis Dixon
- 18648: Natalie Trundy - Dr. Stephanie 'Stevie' Branton
- 8544: Eric Braeden - Dr. Otto Hasslein
- 8499: William Windom - The President
- 2770: Sal Mineo - Dr. Milo
Crews
- 9108: Don Taylor - Director - Directing
- 9916: Paul Dehn - Screenplay - Writing
- 18651: Marion Rothman - Editor - Editing
- 18652: Howard A. Anderson III - Special Effects Coordinator - Crew
- 9061: Jack Martin Smith - Art Direction - Art
- 7512: William J. Creber - Art Direction - Art
- 1760: Jerry Goldsmith - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
Potential Kermode
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**A picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a landscape.** Indeed. Talk, talk and some more talk. Then they all decide to talk some more - taking a break for a little more talking - before ....
Continue reading ->r96sk
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A very good sequel. <em>'Escape from the Planet of the Apes'</em> is a clear improvement on (the good) <em>'Beneath the Planet of the Apes'</em> and isn't that far adrift from the 1968 original. The plot is out there but they make it believable, while the ending is quite something ....
Continue reading ->r96sk
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A very good sequel. <em>'Escape from the Planet of the Apes'</em> is a clear improvement on (the good) <em>'Beneath the Planet of the Apes'</em> and isn't that far adrift from the 1968 original. The plot is out there but they make it believable, while the ending is quite something ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Now quite how, we don't know, but suffice to say that "Cornelius" (Roddy McDowall) and "Zira" (Kim Hunter) manage to find themselves a spaceship and travel back in time to an Earth when humans - here, more specifically, a bunch of rather numb-sculled Americans - rule their continent. ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
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**_The reverse of the first film_** After Taylor’s space vessel lands in the waters near the coast of SoCal, military officials are astonished to find it occupied by three apes in spacesuits (including Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter). While there are those who embrace the talking c ....
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