Planet of the Apes (1968)

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With a screenplay by Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone) and Michael Wilson (The Bridge on the River Kwai), based on the novel by Pierre Boulle, this classic sci-fi tale brings us an astronaut crew that crash-lands on a planet in the distant future, where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species — and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.

Gorgeously shot by Leon Shamroy (Cleopatra) and edited by Academy Award-winner Hugh S. Fowler (Patton, The Seven Year Itch).

• Country USA
• Year 1968
• Running Time 112 minutes
• Distributor Swank
• Director Franklin J. Schaffner
• Writer Pierre Boulle (novel), Rod Serline (screenplay), Michael Wilson (screenplay)
• Editor Hugh S. Fowler
• Cinematographer Leon Shamroy
• Cast Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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