Planet of the Apes

Adventure, Sci-Fi | 1968 | G. 1hr 52min
CAST: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter DIRECTOR: Franklin J. Schaffner WEIRD ELEPHANT SERIES

An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.

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Reviews

Planet of the Apes is an amazing film.

Variety

As illuminatingly bleak a statement on human hubris as a Hollywood superproduction has given us.

Keith Uhlich, Time Out

A pitch perfect science fiction film, that still conveys sharp social commentary...

Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed