The IMDB Project #225 - Planet of the Apes
Monkeying around in space!
Planet of the Apes is the story of a group of astronauts led by Taylor (Charlton Heston) sent out from Earth to find a new planet. The spaceship they travel in allows them to sleep while time races by 2,000 years into the future. They crash-land on a planet that they find is inhabited by super apes that run the planet while the humans are treated as animals.
The
title of this one really sums up 
the story, there are no shocks there, but this
sci-fi movie isn't your standard 1970s B movie standard. The story alone is
great and the sets; stone built caves apparently influenced by architect
Gaudi's work, really give this film a quality.
This movie could quite easily fall into the trap of being a real trashy TV movie but I think it's in the make-up that it becomes credible. Apparently a huge amount of the budget was spent on the ape outfits and it was money well spent. The creatures are so life-like I'm sure even today's make up artists would struggle to achieve what they did.
The upside down world of the planet poses a few theological questions too without it getting in the way of the action. Another family movie that thoroughly entertains and if you've watched the recent remake I'd definitely recommend visiting the original!
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Fact: During breaks in
filming, actors made up as different ape species tended to hang out together,
gorillas with gorillas, orang-utans with orang-utans, chimps with chimps. It
wasn't required, it just naturally happened.
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I really don't dig this film. Although the whole thing is not that bad,but the thought of apes ruling over us makes me uncomfortable. I prefer to be the top of the food chain. - Instant Tax Solutions Scam