Agree. I sure miss the era of real genuine and properly thought out science fiction. Brilliant acting all round. Not some crap made on a computer with no soul.This film deserves the title of masterpiece.
@@RideAcrossTheRiverThe people of 2024 are fed soulless crap. They don't have a choice because the film industry has gone to hell. Modern movies cause perdition.
As it turned out Doctor Zaius was right to be fearful and there was a hidden nest of mutated humans. All leading to one of the darkest sequels and one of the darkest endings in films.
I saw this movie, at the Cinema in 1968. I was 15 years old. It was the only time in my life that I chose to stay and watch it a second time!!! Truly a fascinating film !
Notice something that was missing? It took me 3 rewatches over a course of 20 years (35) and it dawned on me due to me learning the importance of a scene. No music. That is because this scene speaks for itself, it does not require emphasis. The script alone along with acting, brought forth the message of the scene: The doctor is afraid. He knows what it means for a talking human and implied connection to a long forgotten world. He knows far too many have witnessed this human. He knows he himself could be accused of heresy simply of speaking to the human, acknowledging it, and even thinking it. He knows he should have shot the human instead of thinking of science. He knows…for all his bluster and fear, he is curious and that curiosity may have doomed this world.
@@SunnnyDay As I learned, both films came out in the April of 1968 and in just a few days apart. That must have been a great April for sci-fi cinema fans.
LOL..... I Remember that and then... Do you remember going to the zoo maybe a week or so later and you sort of looked at the monkeys really closely and there was 1 that you thought really could talk but he was holding out on you so you tried to communicate with him secretly while not letting anyone else know that you know that he could talk ? LOL
I was about 9 when I saw it on TV, a few days later watching the news with my dad, there was a story about Guerillas attacking troops somewhere in Africa, maybe Angola, I thought shit was going down...
At first, you think it's corny. The sets corny, the ape costumes are corny. But by the end of the scene, I totally bought in and believed the situation. Great actors.
That's exactly how the movie was funded! They shot one small scene and went to the bigwigs in Hollywood saying "You probably think it's a stupid idea, but just watch this!"
@@michaelmartin9022 Edward G. Robinson played Zaius in that test scene. He finally backed out of the role for health reasons, but he would have been terrific in it.
This is a real film. It has real acting, costume, script, cinematography, stunt work, ect. They only put CGI very scarcely in. Effort has no time limit. The effort they put in to it still holds up today. There is nothing worse than Sci fi made with only CGI trying to achieve maximum profit, and clout, for minimal effort.
@@scottmatheson3346 Still plenty of room for sequels and spin-offs. The Ape Who Loved Me. The Ape Who Came in from the Cold The Ape Who Knew Too Much I'll stop now.
@@charlesmiller6281 The second movie, "Beneath The Planet of the Apes", staring James Franciscus, wasn't bad, but the rest were way below the quality of the first two.
These actors are in costumes that are obviously costumes. However their facial expressions and body language quickly make you forget that they are and immerse you into the story itself. Truly well done. And like all movies from this time period, the characters engage in dialogue in natural and mature ways. Not merely acting out of ego, emotion, and acting like manchildren like you see in movies made after 1995 (not every movie, but its gotten progressively worse over time).
@@kennethwayne6857 I agree. Only After her Oscar for Streetcar, Kim kinda got blacklisted in Hollywood for awhile so she did theater. I've just loved Roddy in everything he did from HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY to FRIGHT NIGHT..
Their make-up was designed by John Chambers, he won an Oscar for "Special Costume Design". He was also a top secret consultant to the CIA for many years.
A very interesting thing happened during the filming of this movie, because the makeup for each actor took so many hours to perform, when lunch and breaks were called on set, the actors had to go on break with their makeup and costumes on and it became very apparent that the actors grouped together by their makeup and costumes, Humans went on break with other "humans", even if they did not know each other personally, people dressed as Gorillas gathered together, the actors were drawn to take lunch with other actors who were dressed like they were.
thats what intelligence brings you to have gotten there u had to get to the top of the food chain where majority of animals will fear you so u can be left long enough to evolve and breed. violence among ourselves and the desire to do better for the species and to defend the good from evil... its a long road.
I think Heston took this role as a paycheck but then realized there was way more to it during filming. It’s actually quite deep and has so many morality questions that it can’t be dismissed as just another sci fi movie from the 60’s. Near the end when Cornelius is reading from the scroll referencing to beware mankind, you see Heston’s reaction and wonder if he’s acting or really taking the message in.
@@dragonlord1689 I must admit the sets of the original were a bit cheesy but loved how the actors in smaller parts really seemed to try and behave like their primate in the wild. I thought that well done. The main actors could aped the primate cousins a bit more but I enjoyed that. I guess I’m an old curmudgeon who prefers an actor in latex to a computer graphic simulation
Heston did not do it for a paycheck.. His involvement got it made, schaffner and him did the warlord together, budget was cut, but they had confidence to ride it out, it was a big gamble by the studio... It turned out OK, don't ou all think?
An underlying and unappreciated theme of the film is that Rod Serling was questioning the very idea of scientific progress. Back then, we were in a space race with the Soviets and the need for technological superiority was a given. What Serling was saying: what’s the point of progress if in the end, it sows the seeds of our own destruction? When I first saw the movie, I rooted against Zaius. Today I’m more sympathetic to his viewpoint.
Just a bit of hope for you, do not forget humans were capable pf such great things, even at darkest times.. even if it looks like we are fated for doom, humans can achieve great things and prevail, maybe in a complete different way as we know today, but I think there is hope, I stand against Zeus still
The best scene in the entire film. A masterpiece. The mutual disdain - and a certain respect - they have for one another is both striking and poignant.
@AgentRayGun - Oh, sorry, I did indeed misread what you wrote. But even so, what do you mean by a certain respect, as all I saw was contempt? Zaius clearly loathes Taylor, and Taylor hates Zaius not only for the treatment he has suffered and may yet suffer due to the good doctor, but also for what happened to his fellow shipmates. I'm actually glad they had the girl of Taylor's crew die before the landing, as it's horrifying to think of the indignities she may have suffered at the hands of the apes.
@@thecowboy9698 No, AgentRayGun is right. If Zaius truly had nothing but contempt he would simply have had Heston dissected at once. He recognizes that Heston is not a dumb brute and gives him a legitimate chance to retain his "identity."
Thank you so much for posting this powerful scene from a classic that I respect as much as "A Clockwork Orange." Brilliant screenplay by Rod Sterling, Musical Score by Jerry Goldsmith. The ending is signature Rod Serling. I get the sense that "Planet of the Apes" was Serling's most proud achievement. It's the best "Twilight Zone" episode!!!
Each to their own, but I thought "A Clockwork Orange" was unmitigated rubbish that doesn't deserve to occupy the same sentence as this movie. I seriously believe that some people have convinced themselves that it is a great movie because they have been told that it is, over and over again. The Emperor's New Clothes in operation.
The first time I watched the first movie, in the early 1970s on a color TV, I was really strung along believing they were on a truly alien planet, until that scene.
If the new movies continue, I hope we get some reimagined version of Zaius. The guy was one of the best characters of the original, and I'd love to see what he'd be like in one of today's films 😊
I think the modern series of movies is far superior with better effects and is more realistic, but I am hoping that they will culminate with a "Planet of the Apes" movie with the returning astronauts that were mentioned in the first "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" movie, with all of the characters in this original.
Incorrect. Forts were established on the frontier as an OFFENSIVE measure, a means to project power. When you build a wall around an existing settlement, that’s defensive. When you build fortifications out in the middle of nowhere, as the American settlers did (and numerous empires and kingdoms did before them), then it’s staking a claim, expanding your borders, establishing control. In other words, it’s an offensive structure.
He is a little bit hypocritical. The purpose of this scene is to show that Dr Zaius is wary of man to the point that he gives Taylor no quarter. He is being over protective of his species.
@@timmartin7664 Yeah, a strange irony of the franchise is that they kept reducing budget on each expecting a flop, but the movies literally kept grossing more on each release. Just imagine that in today’s world lol !
Maurice (pronounced "Morris") Evans was in his late 60s during filming. He had a delivery that could put a theater audience through the fourth wall. That must have been a factor in his casting given the relative novelty of the prosthetic makeup. Now seek, find and view the "test shoot" where none other than Edward G. Robinson played a proto-Zaius through very different makeup. Eddie could do anything...but by his own admission he couldn't breathe...hence the makeup rethink.
@@9999deoxys lol there was a bit on the simpson where they had a plant of the apes musical where Troy McClure was Taylor and they sang that what he wrote to that song lol
you say beware mankind, but I say beware intelligence. for all the wonders and magnificence that intelligence can bring, there are just as much sadness and despair that is wrought when that intelligence is misused.
Edward G. Robinson tried out for the part but he said his heart couldn't take the make up and the hours it took to put it on so he declined the part. You can find the test video of him on RUclips.
One of the most telling things about this movie happened off screen - The make up was so intensive and time consuming, that everyone wearing it spent the whole day in it...by the end of filming, the individuals in the make up had paired off into groups of chimps, gorillas and Orangutans, they hung together, ate lunch together etc - They basically formed little tribes within the film set, all based on their "common identity". I believe they used to drive around town in full make up as well, which freaked people the Hell out when they saw a bunch of apes rolling down the road in their rides! This film deserves its cult status, it really was and still is an incredible feat of story telling, special effects, acting and pure adventure. One of the greats IMO.
Yeah I would have known I was on Earth as soon as those apes started talking in English. Like, how would they speak perfect English if they were on some distant planet? It never even dawned on Taylor to even wonder about that.
Kids, watching this 1970s movie, notice the quality of the writing and the serious themes that mirror today's society. No comic book CGI with terrible writing and even worse story lines.
Zaius was right when he said he did know who Taylor was. He had enough knowledge of human history to Taylor and crew were astronauts. Taylor thought this was another planet, not Earth, and that probably frustrated Zaius to no end.
Not personally sure Zaius's understanding or belief went quite that far. I rather think he considered Taylor's story to be inconsequential in contrast to his actual appearance and the potential catalystic threat he posed: A thinking, talking human who might lead a human charge and counter-revolution. Zaius saw himself and his kind back in cages, with the humans back in charge, as he knew things once were.
Right. Funny though, if you travel to most Asian countries or Central or South America, smoking never stopped or slowed down. It's still like the 1960's there.
@@HtfsikZaius was an orangutan not a gorilla didn't you notice the cigarette holder Zaius had at the beginning of the scene? Unless you are thinking of the gorilla smoking the cigar who was guarding the cages?
You never can tell I guess. I was completely transported by the concept, sets, writing, acting, makeup/costumes, the groundbreaking score. (A triumph on it's own). Now, let's talk about that ending...
This is one of the best Sci-Fi movies ever made. Sequel after ever-more-contrived sequel diminished the status of the brand, but the original movie is a masterpiece. As for the remakes: you can't remake a masterpiece, you can only parody it, intentionally or otherwise.
The ape society was based on the feudalism of the middle ages approximately so the orangutans were the upper class like aristocracy lords barons duke of the English upper class they had powerful aristocracy English accents// the other apes were beneath the orangutans//when the orangutan was lecturing the human it reminded me of an upper class white talking down to a working class white man
The original tripple box set has a great archive of info, it explains why the films got worse as they made more. All down to budget at the end of the day. Now they seem to have as much as they want, but it's all churn to me.
2:22 Zaius: _"You're a mutant."_ This makes me wonder if the mutants were an idea they had during the original movie, because we don't actually get introduced to them until the next movie.
Taylor’s ship likely crashed on the Northeastern coast, near New York City. The ocean that Taylor and Nova rode alongside by horseback was the Atlantic. So how could there be an unexplored eastern desert? Shouldn’t it have been to the west?
Most of the geography seems to be California, but they wanted the symbolism of the Statue of Liberty. Of course we could excuse it all by saying Ape Geographical differs from our own.
The story and makeup might seem goofy, but the writing and acting are top notch. Many modern movies have incredible special effects, but the scripts are often so terrible that even great actors can't do anything to make the audience care about the story and characters.
@@chrissmith7669 that's because anything with that kind of message today would get review-bombed as "woke". it's not that film-makers don't have messages, it's that anti-wokers want those messages silenced.
This movie could have been a lot more risque. They decided to omit a sex scene between a human and a female ape woman. There was also a human ape combiantion which got omitted.
One astronauts says there is "no" moon, Balony, well trained astronaut's, as they were, would have realized they were back on the Earth the first night. The moon had to be there and would be visible. The stars/constellations would have been seen right away on what would have been pitch black nights even with the moon. Well trained astronauts would have also seen Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn too. Cornelius mentions in the movie that "you can't ride along the shore during high tide". He says he found this out on his expedition. Without a moon there are no tides. The moon had to be there. Also, at the end of the movie we see the ocean and the tide going out, so more proof the moon was there all along. With the sun rising in the east, setting due west, the moon, the constellations and the other planets would have "all" added up to being back on Earth.
The orangutans occupy the highest echolons of ape society they remind me of the British aristocratic rulers lords barons dukes and of course the king // Dr z accent is definitely upper class british
Actually woke is just a slur word for enlightenment and these movies were about as woke as anything ever made if you pay attention to the plots and subplots It was a thinly veiled critique of the racism and sexism prevalent in society.
@@chrissmith7669 Not so. They are an open castigation of everything that was ever right and good in the world (nuclear families, men as protectors, etc.) painted in false accusations and openly hate-filled reverse discrimination.
@@chrissmith7669 Hollywood did not contract the woke, the Woke had been in Hollywood since before Hattie McDaniel got an Oscar. What killed Hollywood was the "woke." Today Hollywood is a rotten carcass lying on a pool of dried vomit and pus.
If I was in that situation I would just tell Doctor Zaius that my nest is long gone due to me being the last of my kind. I would even ask Doctor Zaius if he could send some apes to help my mate and I learn how to build a nice home that is like the ones that the apes have because I want my mate and I to live peacefully with the apes while my mate and I living together in the jungle. I would rather be Doctor Zaius's friend rather than his enemy. I would even try to ask Doctor Zaius if he would like to watch me paint something for him too.
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Excellent performances, brilliant writing, great practical effects. "You may well call it 'upside-down' because you occupy its lowest level!"
"And deservedly so!"
Agree. I sure miss the era of real genuine and properly thought out science fiction. Brilliant acting all round. Not some crap made on a computer with no soul.This film deserves the title of masterpiece.
@@StuartRyan-yi5ok "We like soulless crap. We understand it" - People of 2024
@@RideAcrossTheRiverThe people of 2024 are fed soulless crap. They don't have a choice because the film industry has gone to hell. Modern movies cause perdition.
Thank you for including the gorilla guard smoking a stogie at the end. Brilliant film
As it turned out Doctor Zaius was right to be fearful and there was a hidden nest of mutated humans. All leading to one of the darkest sequels and one of the darkest endings in films.
Yeah, "Beneath" was epic, a perfect ending to the saga.
@@nordattack Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes were the best films in the original franchise!!!
Ain’t that the damn truth.
Yeah just go to the hood 😂😂😂
@@nordattack IMO, James Franciscus was an underrated actor.
I saw this movie, at the Cinema in 1968. I was 15 years old. It was the only time in my life that I chose to stay and watch it a second time!!!
Truly a fascinating film !
Saw it at the drive-in then!
Notice something that was missing?
It took me 3 rewatches over a course of 20 years (35) and it dawned on me due to me learning the importance of a scene.
No music.
That is because this scene speaks for itself, it does not require emphasis.
The script alone along with acting, brought forth the message of the scene:
The doctor is afraid.
He knows what it means for a talking human and implied connection to a long forgotten world.
He knows far too many have witnessed this human.
He knows he himself could be accused of heresy simply of speaking to the human, acknowledging it, and even thinking it.
He knows he should have shot the human instead of thinking of science.
He knows…for all his bluster and fear, he is curious and that curiosity may have doomed this world.
“Curiosity killed the cat”, it is the nature of any intelligent creature to seek and ask why.
Sorry but ALL of the dialog scenes have no music. Only the action scenes.
*hits blunt* whoa. you ever notice how there's like... no music when they talk?
The scene speaks for itself, but he has to shout "you're afraid!" At the end just to be sure.
The irony is that the doctor's fears and flaws made him human despite being an ape.
1968 was an incredible year for fantastic films, this was one of them, !!!!!
I agree, 2001: A Space Odyssey being another and I'm happy to say that although being quite young, I saw them both in the theater that year !
@@SunnnyDay As I learned, both films came out in the April of 1968 and in just a few days apart. That must have been a great April for sci-fi cinema fans.
I was 9 years old when I saw this at the movie theater, I don’t think I slept a wink that night.
I can remember my friend going to see this movie at the theater and telling me what a great movie it was.
It's a madhouse @@picklerix6162
I was 7 years old and didnt sleep either .
LOL..... I Remember that
and then... Do you remember going to the zoo maybe a week or so later and you sort of looked at the monkeys
really closely and there was 1 that you thought really could talk but he was holding out on you
so you tried to communicate with him secretly while not letting anyone else know that you know that he could talk ?
LOL
I was about 9 when I saw it on TV, a few days later watching the news with my dad, there was a story about Guerillas attacking troops somewhere in Africa, maybe Angola, I thought shit was going down...
At first, you think it's corny. The sets corny, the ape costumes are corny. But by the end of the scene, I totally bought in and believed the situation. Great actors.
That's exactly how the movie was funded! They shot one small scene and went to the bigwigs in Hollywood saying "You probably think it's a stupid idea, but just watch this!"
@@michaelmartin9022 Edward G. Robinson played Zaius in that test scene. He finally backed out of the role for health reasons, but he would have been terrific in it.
It’s why the original Star Trek still holds up, you quickly ignore the cheesy set pieces because the writing was so strong
It was selling out the theaters, when it was released in 1968 for weeks and weeks. There had been nothing like it before.
Great acting & writing can overcome a multitude of sins.
This film has stood the test of time. The practical PX & makeup are still great even in 2024!
This is a real film. It has real acting, costume, script, cinematography, stunt work, ect. They only put CGI very scarcely in. Effort has no time limit. The effort they put in to it still holds up today. There is nothing worse than Sci fi made with only CGI trying to achieve maximum profit, and clout, for minimal effort.
None of the many sequels comes even close to this masterpiece of science-fiction.
The modern version of this film is silly.
Absolutely. I read a critic who said that the best science fiction has the feel and the power of myth. This movie proves that.
except for "stop the planet of the apes, i want to get off"
@@scottmatheson3346 Still plenty of room for sequels and spin-offs.
The Ape Who Loved Me.
The Ape Who Came in from the Cold
The Ape Who Knew Too Much
I'll stop now.
@@charlesmiller6281 The second movie, "Beneath The Planet of the Apes", staring James Franciscus, wasn't bad, but the rest were way below the quality of the first two.
That ape at the end chilling with a cigar
Great scene
One of the best films of 1968.
Seems to be the way modern government acts towards people that see through them today.
Is that you have to say? That's such a nothing statement.
One of the best films ever!
@@ianrastoski3346apparently so nothing that it's cause you to speak in incoherent sentences
@@ianrastoski3346Did you just have a stroke?
These actors are in costumes that are obviously costumes. However their facial expressions and body language quickly make you forget that they are and immerse you into the story itself. Truly well done.
And like all movies from this time period, the characters engage in dialogue in natural and mature ways. Not merely acting out of ego, emotion, and acting like manchildren like you see in movies made after 1995 (not every movie, but its gotten progressively worse over time).
Roddy and Kim were 2 of the most underrated actors in film history.
@@maestroclassico5801 Well, Kim was an Oscar winner. Roddy is still spoken of with reverence. Many actors would love to have the careers they've had.
@@kennethwayne6857 I agree. Only After her Oscar for Streetcar, Kim kinda got blacklisted in Hollywood for awhile so she did theater. I've just loved Roddy in everything he did from HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY to FRIGHT NIGHT..
The Tim Burton costumes were a pretty good compromise. Far better than using obvious CGI apes.
Their make-up was designed by John Chambers, he won an Oscar for "Special Costume Design". He was also a top secret consultant to the CIA for many years.
"You may well call it upside-down, since you occupy its lowest level."
No joke, that's some brilliant writing right there.
A very interesting thing happened during the filming of this movie, because the makeup for each actor took so many hours to perform, when lunch and breaks were called on set, the actors had to go on break with their makeup and costumes on and it became very apparent that the actors grouped together by their makeup and costumes, Humans went on break with other "humans", even if they did not know each other personally, people dressed as Gorillas gathered together, the actors were drawn to take lunch with other actors who were dressed like they were.
Just like blacks in a modern cafeteria. Hmm.
@@5Ring racist much?
@@5Ring - Exactly. lol
Yep that was really cool and very unique
@@mountainghost5044 Rodney McDowell did a mid day interview as did Paul Williams with Carson Show in full mack up.
Funny how right Dr. Zaius was, however, in this society apes are no better than humans.
thats what intelligence brings you to have gotten there u had to get to the top of the food chain where majority of animals will fear you so u can be left long enough to evolve and breed. violence among ourselves and the desire to do better for the species and to defend the good from evil... its a long road.
I think Heston took this role as a paycheck but then realized there was way more to it during filming. It’s actually quite deep and has so many morality questions that it can’t be dismissed as just another sci fi movie from the 60’s. Near the end when Cornelius is reading from the scroll referencing to beware mankind, you see Heston’s reaction and wonder if he’s acting or really taking the message in.
That’s exactly why I dislike the new movies. They lack all social messaging of the original movies
@@chrissmith7669I like the new ones for their own charm I also love primates so it was fascinating seeing what if
@@dragonlord1689 I must admit the sets of the original were a bit cheesy but loved how the actors in smaller parts really seemed to try and behave like their primate in the wild. I thought that well done. The main actors could aped the primate cousins a bit more but I enjoyed that.
I guess I’m an old curmudgeon who prefers an actor in latex to a computer graphic simulation
Heston did not do it for a paycheck.. His involvement got it made, schaffner and him did the warlord together, budget was cut, but they had confidence to ride it out, it was a big gamble by the studio... It turned out OK, don't ou all think?
@@stewarthanson1293 still the best ending of any movie in my humble opinion. Rod Serling was a master storyteller.
I didn't see this in the theater, but remember when it came on TV in the early 70s. It was the most fascinating, riveting thing I had ever seen!
An underlying and unappreciated theme of the film is that Rod Serling was questioning the very idea of scientific progress. Back then, we were in a space race with the Soviets and the need for technological superiority was a given. What Serling was saying: what’s the point of progress if in the end, it sows the seeds of our own destruction? When I first saw the movie, I rooted against Zaius. Today I’m more sympathetic to his viewpoint.
Who's we?
@@jamiesimms7084 The US. Sputnik to Apollo 13.
Just a bit of hope for you, do not forget humans were capable pf such great things, even at darkest times.. even if it looks like we are fated for doom, humans can achieve great things and prevail, maybe in a complete different way as we know today, but I think there is hope, I stand against Zeus still
@@jamiesimms7084 We is the United States so if you’re prone to conspiracies or magical thinking, hold your fire; I lived through it.
@@DJ-bj8ku it's not me
The best scene in the entire film. A masterpiece. The mutual disdain - and a certain respect - they have for one another is both striking and poignant.
Mutual respect? How do you figure? All I see is contempt.
@@thecowboy9698 Learn how to read. I said "a certain respect."
@AgentRayGun - Oh, sorry, I did indeed misread what you wrote. But even so, what do you mean by a certain respect, as all I saw was contempt?
Zaius clearly loathes Taylor, and Taylor hates Zaius not only for the treatment he has suffered and may yet suffer due to the good doctor, but also for what happened to his fellow shipmates.
I'm actually glad they had the girl of Taylor's crew die before the landing, as it's horrifying to think of the indignities she may have suffered at the hands of the apes.
@@thecowboy9698 That's on you if you can't see it. Sorry, but it's as plain as the warning Zaius gives Taylor before he rides off at the end.
@@thecowboy9698 No, AgentRayGun is right. If Zaius truly had nothing but contempt he would simply have had Heston dissected at once. He recognizes that Heston is not a dumb brute and gives him a legitimate chance to retain his "identity."
Thank you so much for posting this powerful scene from a classic that I respect as much as "A Clockwork Orange." Brilliant screenplay by Rod Sterling, Musical Score by Jerry Goldsmith. The ending is signature Rod Serling. I get the sense that "Planet of the Apes" was Serling's most proud achievement. It's the best "Twilight Zone" episode!!!
Yes, took the basic plot device of "I Shot an Arrow..." and turned it into something very deep and poetic.
Each to their own, but I thought "A Clockwork Orange" was unmitigated rubbish that doesn't deserve to occupy the same sentence as this movie. I seriously believe that some people have convinced themselves that it is a great movie because they have been told that it is, over and over again. The Emperor's New Clothes in operation.
Love the Statue of Liberty scene at the end of the movie.
Supposedly a last minute addition
@@chrissmith7669 Was Rod Serling idea to add the Statue of Liberty.
Spoiler alert! Ugh, thanks alot.
@@Fhhhhhhhhhgee lol It is 50+ year old movie.
The first time I watched the first movie, in the early 1970s on a color TV, I was really strung along believing they were on a truly alien planet, until that scene.
If the new movies continue, I hope we get some reimagined version of Zaius. The guy was one of the best characters of the original, and I'd love to see what he'd be like in one of today's films 😊
I think the modern series of movies is far superior with better effects and is more realistic, but I am hoping that they will culminate with a "Planet of the Apes" movie with the returning astronauts that were mentioned in the first "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" movie, with all of the characters in this original.
A gay black female will play him.
The new movies completely ignored the social messaging in the original movies.
"A fort! Unconsciously you chose a name that is belligerent!" Uh, no, orangy, a fort is _defensive._ YOU are belligerent.
Incorrect.
Forts were established on the frontier as an OFFENSIVE measure, a means to project power.
When you build a wall around an existing settlement, that’s defensive.
When you build fortifications out in the middle of nowhere, as the American settlers did (and numerous empires and kingdoms did before them), then it’s staking a claim, expanding your borders, establishing control.
In other words, it’s an offensive structure.
Never become a writer.
@@TylerD288 You must be an orangy too!
@@RideAcrossTheRiver 😅
He is a little bit hypocritical. The purpose of this scene is to show that Dr Zaius is wary of man to the point that he gives Taylor no quarter. He is being over protective of his species.
Truly a masterpiece of the time
👍💯Exactly
In the new franchise the orangutan is named Maurice in honor of actor Maurice Evans who played Dr Zaius
Back when real movies with great scripts were made and written. no cgi bs
amen sib
saw that movie at drive-in when I was 7 still remember it esp ending.
People use invisible VFX and CGI in every modern movie without telling anyone
VS people telling a story with a great script & they wanted everyone to know they did it.
You people are luddites . If used correctly it can help to produce scenes or movies that would be unfilmable otherwise.
@@SpockBorg5 I mean who doesn't want to watch a Dodge Challenger drive underwater next to a typhoon class submarine?
My only comment is the admiration I have for Heston for acting with his arms bound behind his back.
That looked very uncomfortable.
I was just thinking the same thing! For a man with his physique, that must have been agony.
He had a REALLY hard time. He didn't want to come back for a second movie.
Nobody who ever saw this movie would ever look at the Gorilla's at the zoo in the same way again. "What have you done with Taylor???"
I really need to sit down and rewatch all these, they were fantastic.
All except the last one. I only got through half of it before I had to turn in off.
@@timmartin7664 Yeah, a strange irony of the franchise is that they kept reducing budget on each expecting a flop, but the movies literally kept grossing more on each release. Just imagine that in today’s world lol !
Maurice (pronounced "Morris") Evans was in his late 60s during filming. He had a delivery that could put a theater audience through the fourth wall. That must have been a factor in his casting given the relative novelty of the prosthetic makeup. Now seek, find and view the "test shoot" where none other than Edward G. Robinson played a proto-Zaius through very different makeup. Eddie could do anything...but by his own admission he couldn't breathe...hence the makeup rethink.
Dr. Zaius! Dr. Zaius!
Oh, Dr. Zaius!
Dr. Zaius! Dr. Zaius!
Falco on your mind?
@@9999deoxys lol there was a bit on the simpson where they had a plant of the apes musical where Troy McClure was Taylor and they sang that what he wrote to that song lol
@@lars1701again Thanks. I had not seen that before...I just watched it...classic
Dr Zaius is a traitor to his people.
Doctor Zaius was such an amazing antagonist. The way he acted out of his fear and hate for humanity was inhumane, yet his fear was not unfounded.
you say beware mankind, but I say beware intelligence. for all the wonders and magnificence that intelligence can bring, there are just as much sadness and despair that is wrought when that intelligence is misused.
Took a long time before I realized Dr. Z was played by Samantha's dad, Maurice.
Me too! I kept thinking to myself, "I know that voice! Who is it?" And finally ended up looking up the cast for the movie.
Edward G. Robinson tried out for the part but he said his heart couldn't take the make up and the hours it took to put it on so he declined the part.
You can find the test video of him on RUclips.
One of the most telling things about this movie happened off screen - The make up was so intensive and time consuming, that everyone wearing it spent the whole day in it...by the end of filming, the individuals in the make up had paired off into groups of chimps, gorillas and Orangutans, they hung together, ate lunch together etc - They basically formed little tribes within the film set, all based on their "common identity".
I believe they used to drive around town in full make up as well, which freaked people the Hell out when they saw a bunch of apes rolling down the road in their rides!
This film deserves its cult status, it really was and still is an incredible feat of story telling, special effects, acting and pure adventure. One of the greats IMO.
You're describing high school and shopping malls in the 1990s.
One of the best surprise movie endings of all time when he discovers he is actually on Earth in the future.
Yeah I would have known I was on Earth as soon as those apes started talking in English. Like, how would they speak perfect English if they were on some distant planet? It never even dawned on Taylor to even wonder about that.
Kids, watching this 1970s movie, notice the quality of the writing and the serious themes that mirror today's society. No comic book CGI with terrible writing and even worse story lines.
Y'all should grow up
Fantastic film.
Zaius was right when he said he did know who Taylor was. He had enough knowledge of human history to Taylor and crew were astronauts. Taylor thought this was another planet, not Earth, and that probably frustrated Zaius to no end.
Not personally sure Zaius's understanding or belief went quite that far. I rather think he considered Taylor's story to be inconsequential in contrast to his actual appearance and the potential catalystic threat he posed: A thinking, talking human who might lead a human charge and counter-revolution. Zaius saw himself and his kind back in cages, with the humans back in charge, as he knew things once were.
IN MY OPINION THE GREATEST FILM EVER MADE
The position Charlton Heston is in during this scene cannot be comfortable at all.
A masterpiece and fantastic franchise
In the sixties everyone smoked . Even orangutans .
Right. Funny though, if you travel to most Asian countries or Central or South America, smoking never stopped or slowed down. It's still like the 1960's there.
Um…that was a gorilla.
@@HtfsikZaius was an orangutan not a gorilla didn't you notice the cigarette holder Zaius had at the beginning of the scene?
Unless you are thinking of the gorilla smoking the cigar who was guarding the cages?
Yes, that’s right. I had forgotten that Dr. Z was smoking, too.
Maurice Evans was on a role in 68, this and as Hutch in Rosemary's Baby.
That last Gorilla was vibing
The Marlboro monkey
Classic movie based on a classic book. The same author that wrote "Bridge on the River Kwai", which amazes me.
Man I was looking for this clip!
Love the sets in this film.
A timeless classic!
Yet very dated.
A movie that makes you think about things !!!!
You never can tell I guess. I was completely transported by the concept, sets, writing, acting, makeup/costumes, the groundbreaking score.
(A triumph on it's own). Now, let's talk about that ending...
I'd love to have one of those movie prop scrolls in Dr. Zaius' office for the man cave.
This absolutely classic is pure Shakespeare ❤
Rod Serling set the screen play.
1968 This won an Oscar for best makeup achievement. The judges thought the apes at the beginning of 2001 A Space Odyssey were real.
I guess CPT Taylor a NASA astronaut never noticed the moon and stars?
The astronauts said there was a haze at night that blocked them from seeing the sky.
This is one of the best Sci-Fi movies ever made. Sequel after ever-more-contrived sequel diminished the status of the brand, but the original movie is a masterpiece.
As for the remakes: you can't remake a masterpiece, you can only parody it, intentionally or otherwise.
The ape society was based on the feudalism of the middle ages approximately so the orangutans were the upper class like aristocracy lords barons duke of the English upper class they had powerful aristocracy English accents// the other apes were beneath the orangutans//when the orangutan was lecturing the human it reminded me of an upper class white talking down to a working class white man
Maurice Evans was great in this role!
I loved this movie but now all i hear when Zaius talks is Sam's dad from Bewitched 😂
I love this channel
All this time and I've never noticed what a sweet desk Dr. Zaius has.
Rod Serling (Twilight Zone creator) had a hand in writing the movie. I read the book that the movie was based in High School; liked the movie better.
So do I.
That monkey wasn’t buying his alibi.
He didn’t like mutants and their nests.
He did have a pretty cool pad for his hangout.
Ape
i love the fact that dr zaius is gonna cut off his jumblies just for the hell of it.
The original tripple box set has a great archive of info, it explains why the films got worse as they made more. All down to budget at the end of the day. Now they seem to have as much as they want, but it's all churn to me.
Superb movie
Never noticed just how weird the sets were in this movie.
"I'm a dude, playin' a dude, disguised as another dude!" -Whoops! Wrong "I know who I am!" scene. lol
I watched the 2001 remake and fell asleep half way through
Makes my neck feel better watching this. I working on my posture.
Dr. Zaius knew all along where Taylor came from........earth the planet they both inhabit.
@@RockBrentwood Great observastion...details left out
2:22 Zaius: _"You're a mutant."_
This makes me wonder if the mutants were an idea they had during the original movie, because we don't actually get introduced to them until the next movie.
in my top 5 all time...
A MASTERWORK
Taylor’s ship likely crashed on the Northeastern coast, near New York City. The ocean that Taylor and Nova rode alongside by horseback was the Atlantic. So how could there be an unexplored eastern desert? Shouldn’t it have been to the west?
Most of the geography seems to be California, but they wanted the symbolism of the Statue of Liberty. Of course we could excuse it all by saying Ape Geographical differs from our own.
🎵 OOOOOH ROCK ME DOCTOR ZEUS! OOOOOH ROCK ME DOCTOR ZEUS!
DOCTOR ZEUS DOCTOR ZEUS
DOCTOR ZEUS
DOCTOR ZEUS DOCTOR ZEUS
DOCTOR ZEUS
OH OH DOCTOR ZEUS 🎵
I could watch a meeting between these two characters for the entire movie.
What an era!
FALLOUT: New York
He could've said, "I'll show you my spaceship and space suits.
the final shot of the ape smoking a cigar.
The story and makeup might seem goofy, but the writing and acting are top notch. Many modern movies have incredible special effects, but the scripts are often so terrible that even great actors can't do anything to make the audience care about the story and characters.
Movies today don’t touch the social questions movies (and tv shows) once did. It’s all bread and circuses with no attempt to make the viewer think.
@@chrissmith7669 that's because anything with that kind of message today would get review-bombed as "woke". it's not that film-makers don't have messages, it's that anti-wokers want those messages silenced.
This movie could have been a lot more risque. They decided to omit a sex scene between a human and a female ape woman. There was also a human ape combiantion which got omitted.
You’re thinking of the Tim Burton version
@@mikeg2491 Those were actually proposed for the 1968 version, based on suggestions from author Pierre Boulle. =^[.]^=
and they are all smoking, pretty cool. I remember when they had smoking and non-smoking sections everywhere...
“Dr. Zaius,this is inexcusable!”
One astronauts says there is "no" moon, Balony, well trained astronaut's, as they were, would have realized they were back on the Earth the first night. The moon had to be there and would be visible. The stars/constellations would have been seen right away on what would have been pitch black nights even with the moon. Well trained astronauts would have also seen Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn too. Cornelius mentions in the movie that "you can't ride along the shore during high tide". He says he found this out on his expedition. Without a moon there are no tides. The moon had to be there. Also, at the end of the movie we see the ocean and the tide going out, so more proof the moon was there all along. With the sun rising in the east, setting due west, the moon, the constellations and the other planets would have "all" added up to being back on Earth.
That and the apes speaking perfect english, riding domesticated horses should have given them an idea. Still a awesome movie.
OK...For real, this is one of the best points I have seen made about this film and that they should have known sooner. Well done.
apparently, some people never heard of the suspension of disbelief...
The orangutans occupy the highest echolons of ape society they remind me of the British aristocratic rulers lords barons dukes and of course the king // Dr z accent is definitely upper class british
All he had to say to Dr Zaius was “I came from another planet called Earth.” And Dr. Zaius would have said “This IS Earth.”
dr zaius would have said "welcome to earth" and punched him in the face
'Come on and rock me...'
Best court drama ever.
You can see this any day of the week in the Chicago public schools. Detroit, Atlanta, Baltimore and Cleveland too.
You forgot to mention New York, also known as ZooYork.
@@RobertodelaVega-t3w yep. Zoo York.
3:02 - I know who I am...
i'm a dude, playin a dude, disguised as another dude.
Who knew Dr. Z would be the most successful of all these simian folks with his own late night show?
This one is way better than all the new ones together.
Back, long before Hollywood contracted the woke and died, twisted and alone.
Actually woke is just a slur word for enlightenment and these movies were about as woke as anything ever made if you pay attention to the plots and subplots
It was a thinly veiled critique of the racism and sexism prevalent in society.
@@chrissmith7669 Not so. They are an open castigation of everything that was ever right and good in the world (nuclear families, men as protectors, etc.) painted in false accusations and openly hate-filled reverse discrimination.
this is woke, lol. thanks for confirming you anti wokers aren't capable of rational thought or intellectual consistency.
@@chrissmith7669 Hollywood did not contract the woke, the Woke had been in Hollywood since before Hattie McDaniel got an Oscar. What killed Hollywood was the "woke." Today Hollywood is a rotten carcass lying on a pool of dried vomit and pus.
If I was in that situation I would just tell Doctor Zaius that my nest is long gone due to me being the last of my kind.
I would even ask Doctor Zaius if he could send some apes to help my mate and I learn how to build a nice home that is like the ones that the apes have because I want my mate and I to live peacefully with the apes while my mate and I living together in the jungle.
I would rather be Doctor Zaius's friend rather than his enemy.
I would even try to ask Doctor Zaius if he would like to watch me paint something for him too.
Dr Zaius would be too fearful to permit that I reckon. He couldn't keep a talking human alive.
he's just gonna cut off your jumblies anyway, might as well keep your dignity
He would never have believed it. He was frantic, almost hysterical with fear.
Actor Charlton Heston is just a magnificent actor all around including his other roles in movies
"Dr Zaius Dr Zaius... Dr Zaius - Dr Zaius Dr Zaius... Dr Zaius - Dr Zaius Dr Zaius... Ooooooooh Dr Zai-us! Dr Zaius Dr Zaius"
"I hate every chimp I see, from chimpan A to chimpan Z.."
@@SteveLomas-k6k "No you'll never make a monkey out of meeee..."