Planet of the Apes
(1968)
Overview
Taylor and two other astronauts come out of deep hibernation to find that their ship has crashed. Escaping with little more than clothes they find that they have landed on a planet where men are pre-lingual and uncivilized while apes have learned speech and technology. Taylor is captured and taken to the city of the apes after damaging his throat so that he is silent and cannot communicate with the apes.
Tagline
Somewhere in the Universe, there must be something better than man!
Crew
Director: | Franklin J. Schaffner |
Writers: | Michael Wilson, Rod Serling, Pierre Boulle |
Cast
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Charlton Heston ![]()
Roddy McDowall ![]()
Kim Hunter ![]()
Maurice Evans |
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Production Companies
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, APJAC Productions
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