Planet of the apes [videorecording (DVD)] / produced by Apjac Productions, Inc. and released by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation ; an Arthur P. Jacobs production ; screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling ; directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.
Title from disc label. Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison. Originally released in 1968. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle. Special features: audio commentaries by composer Jerry Goldsmith, actors Roddy MacDowell, Natalie Trundy, Kim Hunter, producer Richard Zanuck, and more; "Behind the Planet of the apes" documentary; dailies and outtakes; film reviews from the original 1968 release; stills; theatrical posters; galleries; more.
Summary:
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
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