Planet Of The Apes

Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, et al.

Product Description

An astronaut goes by time warp to a future planet ruled by smart apes who keep humans as slaves. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 024543007913
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: 20th Century Fox
• Director: Franklin Schaffner
• Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison
• Runtime: 1 hour, 52 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Closed-captioned; Color; DVD; THX; Widescreen; NTSC; Letterboxed
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

The movie's surprise ending is not as surprising as the book.

Astronauts are sent to a distant planet and crash. They find a barren wasteland and look for a place to survive. They found more than they bargained for when the tables were turned, and Apes ruled the day. Will they make friends or be sliced and diced? Can they ever get back? What would you do? Now, after that radical statement, I know different media call for different handling of the story. And most movies do not live up to the book. However, some exceed the book. Surprise, this is the "don't live up to the book" one. If you thought that the movie was insightful, surprising, and shocking the first time you saw it. Then you definitely have lower expectations than the reader does. Especially with such a botched ending, the ending changed the whole purpose and mystery of the story. I did like the idea of having a movie where the woman was not talking all the time. (Just kidding) And the makeup for the simians was excellent. I suppose if you have not read the book, this would be a pleasant time passer. See Roddy McDowall again in “Lord Love a Duck,” where he monkeys around with Tuesday Weld.