Planet of the Apes (Special Edition) (2-DVD)
You'll be sorry you were ever born human.
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 18, 2007
- Originally Released: 2001
- Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter & Tim Roth | |
Performer: | Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, Estella Warren, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kris Kristofferson, David Warner, Erick Avari & Luke Eberl | |
Directed by | Tim Burton | |
Edited by | Chris Lebenzon | |
Screenwriting by | Mark Rosenthal, William Broyles, Jr. & Lawrence Konner | |
Composition by | Danny Elfman | |
Produced by | Mark Rosenthal, Richard D. Zanuck & Ralph Winter | |
Director of Photography: | Philippe Rousselot |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rumored to have filmed seven or eight endings for the film, one can only wonder if the one selected here was the best or the worst of the bunch.
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Behind The Lens
A campy, juiced-up ker-splat, busy with clumsy pyrotechnics and never nearing the vicinity of satire.
Village Voice
Rating: 1 --
It is like an elaborate card trick that has 30 steps but the deck was rigged so that the card you picked was obviously predetermined
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Bangitout.com
...[Roth gives] a performance of gnashing wit and ferocity....The apes in PLANET OF THE APES have character....The movie is all but destined to become Burton's second hit in a row...
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 4/5 --
Splendidly envisioned and boldly executed.
Washington Post
Rating: C+ --
While Edward Scissorhands could have come from no other imagination, Apes could have been directed by any action director and come out fairly similar to this.
Looking Closer
...This remake of PLANET shows a sparkling guile....The jokes and scares build to a lovely touch....Mr. Wahlberg has mastered the fine art of underplaying...
New York Times
Product Description:
In remaking this classic sci-fi horror film, director Tim Burton takes on a whopping challenge and succeeds. Astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) is part of a space station crew that, in the year 2029, is conducting experiments in training genetically engineered chimps to perform complex away missions. When Leo's chimp disappears into a worm hole, Leo unadvisedly goes after him, ending up in a parallel world in which the monkeys are the keepers and humans are traded and caged like animals. It's a horrifying place, and the whole atmosphere, colored by Burton's direction and Rick Baker's incredible special effects makeup, is charged with terror. Leo becomes a heroic figure in the eyes of his defeated human brethren, and he puts his trust--and his hope for escape--in Ari (Helena Bonham Carter), a forward-thinking ape who believes in human rights. But Leo has formidable opponents in Thade (Tim Roth) and Attar (Michael Clark Duncan), two power-hungry, testosterone-charged apes who wish to rid the planet of humans altogether. This excellent rendition of PLANET OF THE APES is more than just a remake: it includes intense physicality on the part of the actors, complex mythology lacing the story, chilling philosophical realizations, and an amazing cameo by original APES star Charlton Heston. The combination of those complex parts makes for a riveting viewing experience.
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- UPC: 024543028987
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