Planet of the Apes (Blu-ray)
Somewhere in the Universe, there must be something better than man!
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Blu-ray Details
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: June 17, 2014
- Originally Released: 1968
- Label: 20th Century Fox
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans & Roddy McDowall | |
Performer: | James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison, Robert Gunner, Lou Wagner & Woodrow Parfrey | |
Directed by | Franklin J. Schaffner | |
Edited by | Hugh S. Fowler | |
Screenwriting by | Michael Wilson | |
Composition by | Jerry Goldsmith | |
Art Direction by | Jack Martin Smith | |
Produced by | Arthur P. Jacobs | |
Director of Photography: | Leon Shamroy |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape."
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1968 -
Honorary Awards: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
A pitch perfect science fiction film, that still conveys sharp social commentary...
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Cinema Crazed
Redefined forever going forward the notion of film-as-franchise that's so commonplace today.
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Zaki's Corner
...[A] classic....Seminal sci-fi...
Total Film
Rating: 5/5 --
As illuminatingly bleak a statement on human hubris as a Hollywood superproduction has given us.
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Time Out
Planet of the Apes is an amazing film.
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Variety
The picture is an enormous many-layered black joke on the hero and the audience, and part of the joke is the use of Charlton Heston as the hero. I don't think the movie could have been so forceful or so funny with anyone else.
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New Yorker
Whether you've seen it 100 times or for the first time, that final shot is unforgettable, in both aesthetic and meaning. A perfect film.
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Alexander On Film
Product Description:
Complex sociological themes run through this science-fiction classic, about three astronauts marooned on a futuristic planet where apes rule and humans are slaves. The stunned trio discovers that these highly intellectual simians can both walk upright and talk. They have even established a class system and a political structure. The astronauts suddenly find themselves part of a devalued species, trapped and imprisoned by the apes. But one, Taylor, manages to break out and, aided by a pair of compassionate chimps, makes his escape to an uninhabited section of land. However, during the trek Taylor makes a startling, unsettling discovery about the planet--and realizes he's come full circle. PLANET OF THE APES is based on the novel by Pierre Boulle with a screenplay co-written by Rod Serling.