Planet of the Apes (1968)
An Earth spaceship traveling at the speed of light crash-lands on an unknown planet. The astronauts, who have been in deep sleep, wake up to find that it's the year 3978 AD. While exploring a forest, they are attacked by gorillas on horseback. George Taylor, one of the few survivors, is taken prisoner and brought to Ape City, where apes are highly developed and humans are considered a lower form of primate. Zira and Cornelius, who recognize that Taylor is intelligent, help him and a human woman escape from Dr. Zaius. They go on many dangerous adventures and eventually Taylor goes into the Forbidden Zone, where he finds out his true destiny.
Film programs
Books with substantial mentioning of Planet of the Apes
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David Thomson Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films New York, 2008 |
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Jürgen Müller (ed.) Movies of the 60s Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005 |
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| Jeff Rovin The Films of Charlton Heston Secaucus, N.J., 1977 |
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Books with an entry on Planet of the Apes
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Robert Beck The Edward G. Robinson Encyclopedia Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2002 |
Articles with substantial mentioning of Planet of the Apes
| Jodie Foster, Guilty Pleasures, in: Filmcomment, nr. 3 (May/June), 2011 pp. 12-13 |
Articles with an entry on Planet of the Apes
| John Caps, Soundtracks 101, Essential movie music: a listener's guide, in: Filmcomment, nr. 6 (Nov/Dec), 2003 pp. 31-49 |