Planet of the Apes(Movie, 1968)

Name: Planet of the Apes
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama, Action
Released: 1968
Duration: T01:52:00
Rating: 3.8

| 1h 52min | Genres: Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama, Action

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 1,451 votes) 764

Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling, loosely based on the 1963 novel by Pierre Boulle. The film stars Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, and Linda Harrison. In the film, an astronaut crew crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future. Although the planet appears desolate at first, the surviving crew members stumble upon a society in which apes have evolved into creatures with human-like intelligence and speech. The apes have assumed the role of the dominant s... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Planet of the Apes

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Score, No Musical

About Planet of the Apes

Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.

Trailer for Planet of the Apes + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Planet of the Apes (1968) - Trailer HD 1080p(Trailer, 3:06)

Additional Information

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: California, Malibu (California), Arizona, Utah

Plays in: New York City (NYC)

Based on the work of: Pierre Boulle ("Planet of the Apes")

Made by: APJAC Productions, 20th Century Fox

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 29 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 02/07/1968

Cast: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Maurice Evans, Kim Hunter, James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison, James Bacon, Jeff Burton, Lou Wagner, Norman Burton, Felix Silla, Billy Curtis

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Producer: Arthur P. Jacobs

Screenwriter: Michael Wilson, Rod Serling, Pierre Boulle

Film Editor: Hugh S. Fowler

Director of Photography: Leon Shamroy

Composer: Jerry Goldsmith

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"El planeta dels simis"

"决战猩球"

"浩劫余生"

"Planet der Affen 1"

"猿の惑星"

Keywords: based on novel or book, slavery, apocalypse, ape, bondage, human evolution, chimp, dystopia, time travel, space marine, human subjugation, space travel, gorilla, astronaut

Budget: 5,800,000 USD

Revenue: 32,589,624 USD (= 562%)