Planet of the Apes 12

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Duration:
108 mins
Year produced:
1967
Director:
Franklin J Schaffner
Cast:
Charlton Heston
Linda Harrison
Roddy McDowell

When his spacecraft crash lands on a strange planet in the year 3978, astronaut Taylor is simply glad to be alive. But barely has he stumbled from his vessel before he discovers the terrifying nature of this new world – a planet harshly governed by incredibly advanced apes, with what seem like humans forced to act as slaves. In his attempts to escape this nightmarish situation, Taylor leads us towards one of the most unforgettable climaxes in movie history, the perfect ending for a true sci-fi classic.

Average rating:
4 stars out of 5 (2 votes)

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19 March 2008
Michael from De La Salle Secondary School

i thought the film was very smart because he thought that he waz in a differnt planet full with apes bt at the end he finds out that he waz on earth and the apes blew up he relises this wen e sees the stature of liberty

This reviewer rated this film as 2 star out of 5 19 March 2008
Ciaran from De La Salle Secondary School

I thought the flim was ok. The start was quick to get to the piont and I liked the story line, I thought the actor of the apes were good.

19 March 2008
Gerard from De La Salle Secondary School

i thought it was ok not the best at the start but as it went on it got better! and the whole time that he thought he was on some strange plant he was on earth!!!

19 March 2008
David from De La Salle Secondary School

i thought it was quite stupid cause youre never really going to meet apes ona planet 3 million lightyears away and he was on earth the whole time.

19 March 2008
Ciaran from De La Salle Secondary School

I thought the film was good. I liked the part were taylor escaped from the prison and strarted beating everybody up until the apes caught him but the bad part was were the apes blew the cave up and the expedition was ruined.

Fascinating facts

Michael Clarke Duncan (Attar) was forced to go to hospital in his gorilla make-up after spraining in his ankle on set

Cast as Taylor in Planet of the Apes, Charlton Heston was suffering with flu while the film was being shot - but the producers of the movie asked that he keep shooting as they liked the gravelly effect the bug was having on his voice.