Escape from the Planet of the Apes
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1971 • 98 min • Action · Science Fiction
Synopsis
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
Our family guide
Best from age 9- 100 Reviewers · 4 · 60%
- 64 Audience · 1254 · 40%
Three intelligent chimpanzees arrive from the future in a spacecraft, becoming celebrities before facing distrust and persecution. They must protect their unborn child while struggling to survive in a hostile human world. A thought-provoking sci-fi tale about prejudice.
- Violence & peril
- 4/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Persecution and prejudice
- Loss of loved ones
- Chimpanzees are hunted
What it models well
- Empathy and understanding
- Protecting family
- Challenging prejudice
Talk about it after
- How people react to the unknown
- The responsibility of power
- What makes someone a "monster"
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Top billed cast
Director: Don Taylor • Crew: Paul Dehn
Trailers & clips
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) ORIGINAL TRAILER
Reviewer notes
Recommended**_The reverse of the first film_** After Taylor’s space vessel lands in the waters near the coast of SoCal, military officials are astonished to find it occupied by three apes in spacesuits (including Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter). While there are those who embrace the talking chimpanzees (Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy and Ricardo Montalban), there are also those who view them as a threat to humankind (Eri...
RecommendedNow quite how, we don't know, but suffice to say that "Cornelius" (Roddy McDowall) and "Zira" (Kim Hunter) manage to find themselves a spaceship and travel back in time to an Earth when humans - here, more specifically, a bunch of rather numb-sculled Americans - rule their continent. On stepping out of their craft, they must sigh the sigh of all aliens whose first glimpse of man is a man with loads of braid and no...
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersA very good sequel. <em>'Escape from the Planet of the Apes'</em> is a clear improvement on (the good) <em>'Beneath the Planet of the Apes'</em> and isn't that far adrift from the 1968 original. The plot is out there but they make it believable, while the ending is quite something - unexpectedly so! Neat to see Roddy McDowall return to his role from <em>'Planet of the Apes'</em>, while co-star Kim Hunter con...
Recommended**A picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a picture of the artist painting a landscape.** Indeed. Talk, talk and some more talk. Then they all decide to talk some more - taking a break for a little more talking - before finally deciding on talking just a little while longer. These actors must have had sore tongues after the film was completed. Some o...
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.4/10 (1,254)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2,500,000
- Box office
- $12,348,905
- Franchise
- Planet of the Apes (Original) Collection
- IMDb
- tt0067065
