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Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes
Credits
Title: Planet of the Apes
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writers: Michael Wilson; Rod Serling
Producers: Arthur P. Jacobs; Mort Abrahams
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography: Leon Shamroy
Editors: Hugh S. Fowler
Production
Distributed by: APJAC Productions; Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
Released: April 3rd, 1968
Rating: G
Running time: 112 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: $5,800,000 [1]
Gross: $32,600,000 (US) [2]$32,589,624 (Worldwide) [3]
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Plot[]

Cast[]

Actor Role
Charlton Heston Colonel George Taylor
Roddy McDowall Cornelius
Kim Hunter Zira
Maurice Evans Doctor Zaius
James Whitmore President of the Assembly
James Daly Doctor Honorious
Linda Harrison Nova
Robert Gunner Lieutenant John Landon
Lou Wagner Lucius
Woodrow Parfrey Doctor Maximus
Jeff Burton Lieutenant Thomas Dodge
Buck Kartalian Julius
Norman Burton Hunt leader
Wright King Doctor Galen
Paul Lambert Minister
Army Archerd Gorilla
James Bacon Ape
Erlynn Mary Botelho Gorilla
Priscilla Boyd Human #1
Eldon Burke Gorilla
David Chow Chimpanzee
Billy Curtis Child ape
Frank Delfino Child ape
Buddy Douglas Child ape
William Graeff, Jr. Gorilla
Irvin "Zabo" Koszewski Gorilla
Norma Jean Kron Chimp with child on roof
Robert Lombardo Gorilla photographer
Jerry Maren Child ape
Cass Martin Chimpanzee
Steve Merjanian Gorilla
Harry Monty Child ape
John Michael Quijada Gorilla
Smokey Roberds Chimpanzee
Jane Ross Human
George Sasaki Chimpanzee
Felix Silla Child gorilla
Emory Souza Child ape
Dianne Stanley Astronaut Stewart

Production[]

  • Production on Planet of the Apes began on May 21st, 1967. [4] Originally, 20th Century Fox selected writer/producer Blake Edwards, more popularly known for his contributions to the Pink Panther films, to direct Planet of the Apes. Edwards bowed out however, and the studio replaced him with Franklin J. Schaffner. [5]

Notes & Trivia[]

  • The role of Dr. Zaius was originally offered to veteran actor Edward G. Robinson, however Robinson bowed out just before principal shooting citing difficulties with wearing the ape make-up for protracted periods of time. An early screen-test showing Robinson as Dr. Zaius can be seen on the 1998 documentary, Behind the Planet of the Apes.
  • The climatic scene at the end where Colonel Taylor sees the Statue of Liberty was lampooned in the 1987 sci-fi/comedy Spaceballs. In the film, the capital ship Spaceball One transformed into its Megamaid configuration before being blasted into several sizeable pieces. The upper portion of the ship, which bore a strong resemblance to the Statue of Liberty landed on an unidentified barren planet populated by talking apes. When two of the apes rode upon the site of the upended Megamaid sticking out of the dirt and saw two Spaceballs crawling out of it's nose, they remarked, "Oh, shit. There goes the planet".

Inconsistencies[]

  • Astronauts Taylor, Dodge and Landon physically age eighteen months while in cryogenic sleep aboard the Icarus. When they awaken, they have each grown full beards and mustaches, yet their hair has not grown in length at all.

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