Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967. Special features: feature commentary by Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Natalie Trundy and makeup artist John Chambers ; Feature Commentary by composer Jerry Goldsmith ; Feature Text Commentary by Eric Greene, author of "Planet of the Apes as American Myth". Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Maurice Evans, Kim Hunter, James Whitmore.
Summary:
Four American astronauts crashland on an unchartered 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 himelf among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist (McDowall).
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