Planet of the Apes (1968)

Movie Details

Original Title Planet of the Apes

Original Language EN

Budget $5,800,000

Revenue $32,589,624

Status Released

Popularity 5.5

Cast

Charlton Heston

George Taylor

Popularity: 7.0

Roddy McDowall

Cornelius

Popularity: 1.1

Kim Hunter

Zira

Popularity: 1.2

Maurice Evans

Dr. Zaius

Popularity: 0.2

James Whitmore

President of the Assembly

Popularity: 0.7

James Daly

Dr. Honorious

Popularity: 1.7

Linda Harrison

Nova

Popularity: 4.1

Robert Gunner

Landon

Popularity: 0.6

Lou Wagner

Lucius

Popularity: 3.6

Woodrow Parfrey

Dr. Maximus

Popularity: 0.4

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Jeff Burton

Dodge

Popularity: 1.7

Buck Kartalian

Julius

Popularity: 2.0

Key Crew

Producer Arthur P. Jacobs

Director Franklin J. Schaffner

Editor Hugh S. Fowler

Screenplay Michael Wilson, Rod Serling

Music Alexander Courage

Production

APJAC Productions

20th Century Fox

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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

tmdb29300086

Feb 20, 2017

*SPOILERS BELOW* I frst saw this film on its first run on CBS. I was in junior high and a hard core sci-fi fan. I was hooked from the first scene. Written by the late great Rod Serling based on the novel by Pierre Boulle, the story is very engaging. After we are introduced to an ANSA Mission Comm ... Read more

John Chard 10/10

Dec 22, 2018

I'm a seeker, too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man. Has to be. Planet of the Apes is directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and adapted to screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling from the 1963 Pierre B ... Read more

Nutshell 10/10

Aug 3, 2019

A sci-fi film so groundbreaking (in too many ways to list here) let's suffice it to say that everything that came after it owes the film a debt as large as Kubrick's 2001, also made in '68. Anyone who enjoyed the recent reboot trilogy needs to seek this one out.