Planet of the apes / Twentieth Century-Fox presents an Arthur P. Jacobs production ; screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling ; produced by Arthur P. Jacobs ; directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.
Wide screen (2.35:1). Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967; released in 1968. Special features: Audio commentary by actors Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter and Natalie Trundy, and makeup artist John Chambers; audio commentary by composer Jerry Goldsmith; text commentary by Eric Greene.
Summary:
Four American astronauts crash-land on an uncharted planet and discover it is ruled by a race of intelligent apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Astronaut Taylor (Heston) soon finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist (McDowall).
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