Burton is stuffed for the wildlife exhibit in the museum of natural history. Humans are considered the lower beasts of prey. Another crew member, Jeff Burton, is slaughtered when the astronauts and a herd of human animals, mute natives, are captured by an army of gorillas, the apes having evolved as the rulers of this planet. The female among his crew, the link to a future, dies in the landing. Thereupon, begin the adventures which will humble this embittered cynic, an unlikely Adam upon whom will rest the future of man’s dominion and destiny. “You who are reading me are a different breed,” he muses, closing with the hope that the intervening years have served to squash both man’s ego and the wars which have picked his history. Heston closes his tape recorded final report with words which will ironically apply to him alone. Wilson and Serling introduce us to astronaut Heston and his space crew 2,000 years in space from their launching from Earth as they prepare to put down on an unidentified planet.
Planet of the Apes equals gargantuan box office. Schaffner with an unfaltering ability to invest the basic fantasy with credibility while bringing the deeper implications into relief, and benefiting from a finely crafted Michael Wilson-Rod Serling screenplay adapted from the novel by Pierre Boulle, Planet of the Apes stars Charlton Heston, in whose performance man the individual and man the symbol are uniquely conjoined. Jacobs’ production, Planet of the Apes, is that rare film which will transcend all age and social groupings, its multiple levels of appeal and meaning winning response in similar kind if not degree at each.ĭirected by Franklin J. The Hollywood Reporter’s original film review is below:īy its appeal to both the imagination and the intellect within a context of action and elemental adventure, in its relevance to the consuming issues of its time, by the means with which it provides maximum entertainment topped with a sobering prediction of the future of human folly, 20th-Fox’s release of Arthur P. On March 27, 1968, Fox brought Planet of the Apes to Los Angeles for its opening day at the Beverly Theatre, where moviegoers lined up “around the block” and grosses “smashed all opening day marks” at the location.
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