Summary:
Originally intended as a project for Blake Edwards, the film version of Pierre Boule's semisatiric sci-fi novel came to the screen in 1968 under the directorial guidance of Franklin J. Schaffner. Charlton Heston is George Taylor, one of several astronauts on a long, long space mission whose spaceship crash-lands on a remote planet, seemingly devoid of intelligent life. Soon the ... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Charlton Heston - (Taylor)
Roddy McDowall - (Cornelius)
Kim Hunter - (Zira)
Maurice Evans - (Zaius)
James Whitmore - (President of the Assembly)
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Review:
Mike Wilson and Rod Serling's script plays heavily (and sometimes simple-mindedly) on the conflicts between faith and science, while the paradoxically inverted relationship of man to apes allows the filmmakers to drive home some rather pointed attacks on racist behavior and intolerant attitudes on our planet. Charlton Heston's performance ... Continue >>

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