Planet of the Apes (1968)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Charlton Heston
George Taylor
Roddy McDowall
Cornelius
Kim Hunter
Zira
Maurice Evans
Dr. Zaius
James Whitmore
President of the Assembly
James Daly
Dr. Honorious
Linda Harrison
Nova
Robert Gunner
Landon
Lou Wagner
Lucius
Woodrow Parfrey
Dr. Maximus
Jeff Burton
Dodge
Buck Kartalian
Julius
Norman Burton
Hunt Leader
Wright King
Dr. Galen
Paul Lambert
Minister
Martin Abrahams
Human in Cage (uncredited)
Army Archerd
Gorilla (uncredited)
James Bacon
Ape (uncredited)
Erlynn Mary Botelho
Gorilla (uncredited)
Priscilla Boyd
Human #1 (uncredited)
Eldon Burke
Gorilla (uncredited) / Stunts
David Chow
Chimpanzee (uncredited)
Billy Curtis
Child Ape (uncredited)
Frank Delfino
Child Ape (uncredited)
Buddy Douglas
Child Ape (uncredited)
Chuck Fisher
Gorilla (uncredited)
William Graeff Jr.
Gorilla (uncredited) / Stunts
Lars Hensen
Gorilla (uncredited)
Irvin 'Zabo' Koszewski
Gorilla (uncredited)
Norma Jean Kron
Chimpanzee (uncredited)
Robert Lombardo
Gorilla Photographer (uncredited)
Jerry Maren
Child Ape (uncredited)
Cass Martin
Chimpanzee (uncredited)
Stephan Merjanian
Gorilla (uncredited)
Harry Monty
Child Ape (uncredited)
John Quijada
Gorilla (uncredited) / Stunts
Smokey Roberds
Chimpanzee (uncredited)
Dave Rodgers
Gorilla (uncredited) / Stunts
Jane Ross
Human (uncredited)
George Sasaki
Chimpanzee (uncredited)
Felix Silla
Child Gorilla (uncredited)
Emory Souza
Child Ape (uncredited)
Dianne Stanley
Astronaut Stewart (uncredited)
Joe Tornatore
Gorilla (uncredited)
Franklin J. Schaffner
Director
Arthur P. Jacobs
Producer
Hugh S. Fowler
Editor
Joe Scully
Casting
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Pierre Boulle
Novel
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Joe Canutt
Stunt Coordinator
William Kissell
Assistant Director
Morton Haack
Costume Design
Lightning Bear
Stunts
William J. Creber
Art Direction
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
Johnny Borgese
Special Effects
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Norman Rockett
Set Decoration
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Irving Rosenberg
Camera Operator
David Dockendorf
Sound
William Eckhardt
Unit Production Manager
Art Cruickshank
Visual Effects
L.B. Abbott
Visual Effects
Steve Bonner
Driver
Emil Kosa Jr.
Visual Effects
Chris Haynes
Driver
Robert Doudell
Assistant Director
Herman Lewis
Sound
Eve Newing
Hairstylist
Robert Fuca
Assistant Costume Designer
Rose Steinberg
Script Supervisor
Mort Abrahams
Associate Producer
Frank Orsatti
Stunts
Kim Kahana
Stunts
Chema Hernández
Other
Tap Canutt
Stunts
John Chambers
Makeup Designer
Fred Hall
Gaffer
Michael Wilson
Screenplay
Rod Serling
Screenplay
Terry Leonard
Stunts
Eddie Hice
Stunts
Kent Hays
Stunts
Nick Dimitri
Stunts
George P. Wilbur
Stunts
Ted White
Stunts
Jack Tyree
Stunts
Alex Sharp
Stunts
Ernest Robinson
Stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.
Stunts
Robert Renegade Renneke
Stunts
Roy N. Sickner
Stunts
Lars Lundgren
Stunts
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 7, 1968
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Content RatingG
Budget$5,800,000
Box Office$32,589,624
Filming LocationsUtah · Malibu · Arizona · California, United States
Genres
Wiki.
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 species and humans are mute creatures wearing animal skins.
The outline Planet of the Apes script, originally written by Serling, underwent many rewrites before filming eventually began. Directors J. Lee Thompson and Blake Edwards were approached, but the film's producer Arthur P. Jacobs, upon the recommendation of Heston, chose Franklin J. Schaffner to direct the film. Schaffner's changes included an ape society less advanced—and therefore less expensive to depict—than that of the original novel. Filming took place between May 21 and August 10, 1967, in California, Utah, and Arizona, with desert sequences shot in and around Lake Powell, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The film's final "closed" cost was $5.8 million.
Planet of the Apes premiered on February 8, 1968, at the Capitol Theatre in New York City, and was released in the United States on April 3, by 20th Century-Fox. The film was a box-office hit, earning a lifetime domestic gross of $33.3 million. It was groundbreaking for its prosthetic makeup techniques by artist John Chambers and was well received by audiences and critics, being nominated for Best Costume Design and Best Original Score at the 41st Academy Awards, and winning an honorary Academy Award for Chambers. In 2001, Planet of the Apes was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".Planet of the Apes' success launched a franchise, including four sequels, as well as a television series, animated series, comic books, and various merchandising. In particular, Roddy McDowall had a long-running relationship with the franchise, appearing in four of the original five films (he was absent from the second film, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, in which he was replaced by David Watson in the role of Cornelius) and also in the television series. The original film series was followed by Tim Burton's remake of the same name in 2001 and a reboot series, which began with Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011.