Planet of the Apes (1968)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 42 | Rotten: 5
Planet of the Apes raises thought-provoking questions about our culture without letting social commentary get in the way of the drama and action.
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 2
Planet of the Apes raises thought-provoking questions about our culture without letting social commentary get in the way of the drama and action.
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Originally intended as a project for Blake Edwards, the film version of Pierre Boule's semisatiric sci-fi novel came to the screen in 1968 under the directorial guidance of Franklin J. Schaffner. Charlton Heston is George Taylor, one of several astronauts on a long, long space mission whose spaceship crash-lands on a remote planet, seemingly devoid of intelligent life. Soon the astronaut learns that this planet is ruled by a race of talking, thinking, reasoning apes who hold court over a
Apr 3, 1968 Wide
May 1, 2001
20th Century Fox
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Cast
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Charlton Heston
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Roddy McDowall
Cornelius -
Kim Hunter
Zira -
Maurice Evans
Zaius -
James Whitmore
President of the Assemb... -
James Daly
Honorius -
Linda Harrison
Nova -
Lou Wagner
Lucius -
Woodrow Parfrey
Maximus -
Jeff Burton
Dodge -
Buck Kartalian
Julius -
Norman Burton
Hunt Leader -
Robert Gunner
Landon -
Wright King
Dr. Galen -
Paul Lambert
Minister -
Diane Stanley
Female Astronaut -
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All Critics (47) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (42) | Rotten (5) | DVD (4)
As illuminatingly bleak a statement on human hubris as a Hollywood superproduction has given us.
Top CriticPlanet of the Apes is an amazing film.
Planet of the Apes is one of those rare films whose historical impact outweighs its quality. It's a good film, but not a classic.
Dismal SF deep think (1968) that gave birth to an equally dismal string of sequels and TV series spin-offs.
It is quickly paced, completely entertaining, and its philosophical pretensions don't get in the way.
A dreadful film, a compendium of clumsy dialogue, one-dimensional characters, risible plot turns and long silences broken by incomprehensible meaningful looks.
Somehow this melding of clever science fiction ideas with old-fashioned popcorn thrills just clicked.
Back in 1968, this sci-fi, directed by Schaffner and penned by Wilson and Serling, was original, quite intelligent , and well executed, garnering a special Oscar for makeup.
This generational touchstone remains a playful widescreen fable of the bestiality that defines and destroys cultures.
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It's all about the closing scene. Cool!
A modern science fiction classic.
A film rich with unforgettable imagery, killer lines and physical thrills.
Seminal simian sci-fi that blends satire with the drive and pace of an adventure story.
one of my all time favourites
A sci-fi classic that still holds up today and far surpasses Tim Burton's remake.
Massive marketing notwithstanding, the original film is still quite an achievement.
Dated now, but a lot of fun and the ending was a shocker - the first time you saw it. Science fiction and social commentary blended nicely.
edgy, intense and surprising
Basically a feature-length 'Twilight Zone' episode, with all that that implies for good and ill... flawed but worthwhile.
If you need to see any of the Apes' films, this is the one to take in.
Audience Reviews for Planet of the Apes
Super Reviewer
Planet Of The Apes is a true science fiction movie classic that's intriguing political objection and interesting social commentary doesn't get in the way of engrossing drama and visually arresting action sequences. It never attacks you with it's debate or assault you with noisy gun fights, it's slow pacing and laid back attitude is the most likely cause of this but it's true purpose is to entertain and despite the pacing it never gets boring no matter how many times you see it.
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- Lucius: Why did you do that? Scrape off your hair?
- Cornelius: It makes you look somehow less intelligent.
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- Taylor: They blew it up! God, damn you! Damn you all to hell!!!
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- Zaius: The Forbiddon Zone was once a paradise. Your kind made a wasteland of it, ages ago.
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- Taylor: You maniacs! You blew it up!
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- Cornelius: [reading from the sacred scroll] Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport, or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him. Drive him back into his jungle liar, for he is the harbinger of death.
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- Taylor: I can't help thinking somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man. Has to be.
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