Country: USA
Year: 1968
Duration: 112'
Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle, starring Charlton Heston and scripted by Rod Serling, this is the original, restored forefather of the series. On an apparently unfamiliar planet, a man and a woman are captured by a warlike population of highly-evolved apes. The roles have been reversed and the humans have become the enslaved animals. Tightly-paced, with remarkable effects and an eternally surprising finale, a humanistic and secular parable of social science fiction. The spirit of Darwin hovers.
Biography
film director
Franklin J. Schaffner
FILMOGRAFIA
The Good Years (1962), The Stripper (Donna d’estate, 1963), The Best Man (L’amaro sapore del potere, 1964), The War Lord (Il principe guerriero, 1965), The Double Man (Doppio bersaglio, 1967), Planet of the Apes (Il pianeta delle scimmie, 1968), Patton (Patton, generale d’acciaio, 1970), Nicholas and Alexandra (Nicola e Alessandra, 1971), Papillon (id., 1973), Islands in the Stream (Isole nella corrente, 1976), The Boys from Brazil (1978), Sphinx (Sfinge, 1980), Yes, Giorgio (id., 1982), Lionheart (Cuor di leone, 1987), Welcome Home (Ritorno dalla morte, 1989).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Franklin J. Schaffner
soggetto/story
dall’omonimo romanzo di/from the novel of the same title by Pierre Boulle
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Michael Wilson, Rod Serling
fotografia/cinematography
Leon Shamroy
montaggio/film editing
Hugh S. Fowler
costumi/costume design
Morton Haack
musica/music
Jerry Goldsmith
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Charlton Heston (George Taylor), Roddy McDowall (Cornelius), Kim Hunter (Zira), Maurice Evans (Dr Zaius), James Daly (Honorious)
produttore/producer
Arthur P. Jacobs
produzione/production
Apjac Productions, 20th Century Fox
Franklin J. Schaffner
soggetto/story
dall’omonimo romanzo di/from the novel of the same title by Pierre Boulle
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Michael Wilson, Rod Serling
fotografia/cinematography
Leon Shamroy
montaggio/film editing
Hugh S. Fowler
costumi/costume design
Morton Haack
musica/music
Jerry Goldsmith
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Charlton Heston (George Taylor), Roddy McDowall (Cornelius), Kim Hunter (Zira), Maurice Evans (Dr Zaius), James Daly (Honorious)
produttore/producer
Arthur P. Jacobs
produzione/production
Apjac Productions, 20th Century Fox