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The franchise is based on French author Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel La Planète des singes, translated into English as Planet of the Apes or Monkey Planet. Its 1968 film adaptation, Planet of the Apes , was a critical and commercial hit, initiating a series of sequels, tie-ins, and derivative works.
Linda Melson Harrison (born July 26, 1945) is an American television and film actress. She played Nova in the science fiction film classic Planet of the Apes (1968) and the first sequel, Beneath the Planet of the Apes; she also had a cameo in Tim Burton's 2001 remake of the original.
At the start of Planet of the Apes, Taylor and two of his crew wake from hibernation to discover their spaceship has crash-landed in a lake on what they take to be an Earth-like, but largely barren, planet orbiting a Sun-like star in the constellation Orion. The ship's chronometer reads as Earth year 3978, 2,010 Earth years after their take-off.
Ball is referencing the Planet of the Apes’ first onscreen adventure, when Charlton Heston starred in the 1968 film famous for its twist ending. Adapted from the 1963 novel by Pierre Boulle, the ...
The films were given what scholar Eric Greene calls "the most outlandish titles of the Apes corpus": Back to the Planet of the Apes; Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes; Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes; Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes; and Farewell to the Planet of the Apes. [59]
Where does ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ stack up in the simian film series?
On television he is best known as astronaut Pete Burke in the 1974 single-season television series Planet of the Apes. He has won two Tony Awards : for Best Actor in a Musical in 1990 for City of Angels, and again in 1997, he won a second Tony Award originating the role of lawyer Billy Flynn in the long-running revival of the musical Chicago.
In the list below you'll find funny movie quotes, serious sayings and the most memorable utterances by some of film's most iconic actors. Think Jack Nicholson , Matthew Broderick , Bette Davis ...