Planet of the Apes
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
- CravanThePugilist7 May 2026I love the new ones. Made me go back & watch the original series... which I liked much less. Idk I know this is a classic, but it just felt so slow & uneventful. Absolutely classic ending - what I wouldn't give to somehow not have that completely spoiled by the world for myself & every other person so that it's not a surprise to absolutely anybody... the sequels were pretty nuts. I remember the second one kinda being okay, the absolute nuts retcon at the start of the third made me laugh hysterically, & I think I got up to the 5th one, which starts with a tribe of the talking apes riding around on horses that I just kinda noped out of finishing it.
- ChromaticRanger6 January 2026Some movies just stick with you your whole life. I was probably about 10 when I first saw Planet of the Apes and my mind was blown within the first few minutes just thinking about the fact that the crew had been away from Earth time for around 2000 years. When Taylor looks at the ships clock and sees the year 3970 I was hooked. I come back to this film again and again. For me it and absolute masterpiece. "Get your hands off me you filthy Ape"
Planet of the Apes Trivia
Planet of the Apes was released on 3 April 1968.
Planet of the Apes was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.
Planet of the Apes has a runtime of 1h 51m.
Planet of the Apes was produced by Arthur P. Jacobs.
After being kept in hypersleep during a long expedition into deep space, an astronaut crew crash-lands in the 40th century on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
The key characters in Planet of the Apes are George Taylor (Charlton Heston), Cornelius (Roddy McDowall), Zira (Kim Hunter).
Planet of the Apes is rated PG.
Planet of the Apes is an Adventure, Action, Science Fiction film.
Planet of the Apes has an audience rating of 8.8 out of 10.
Planet of the Apes had a budget of US$5.8M.
Planet of the Apes has made US$32.6M at the box office.