"Planet of the Apes" (1968) Talkback (Spoilers)

[Lord Dalek]

Somewhere in the universe there must be something better than man.



"Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" - Col. George Taylor

Release Date: 4/3/1968
Studio: 20th Century Fox/APJAC Productions
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Panavision)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowell, Maurice Evans, Kim Hunter, James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison

Plot Summary: 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.

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LD Talkback #148

Since Rise of... is coming out this week I felt like doing the rest of the franchise (except for that shitty Tim Burton movie. *shudder*)