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Planet of the Apes (1968)  link to Planet of the Apes on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 145

cover Planet of the Apes

IMDb Rating:
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8.0/10 (134173 votes)

Country: USA, 112 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Adventure

Director(s): Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast: Charlton Heston (as George Taylor), Roddy McDowall (as Cornelius), Kim Hunter (as Zira), Maurice Evans (as Dr. Zaius), James Whitmore (as President of the Assembly)

Medium: Original DVD,

Storyline: 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.

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen