Planet of the Apes 1968 Movie Review with Spoilers - Deep Dive
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I first saw Planet of the Apes on its television premiere when I was a kid and I fell in love with it. As a teenager, I got to meet Maurice Evans who played Dr. Zaius. He was a noted Shakespearean actor, and this was at a fairly posh Shakespeare event in Stratford, Ontario. I was there with my teacher and some of the other people from my English class. After the event people were mingling and I saw him standing alone for a moment, so I went over and introduced myself. I asked him if we could talk about Planet of the Apes, and he was delighted. As he said, he was quite tired of talking about Shakespeare. We had a good little chat.
Wow! What a super cool memory! Thanks for sharing this with us! Maurice really did a fantastic job playing Dr. Zaius. I never had any doubt he was a Shakespearean actor. I am not sure I could have been as collected as you were.😊
Wasn't it premiered on CBS Friday or Saturday Night Movie? I was 4 or 5 and that was first time for me as well. It was 1970 something as the song says lol. I also fell in love with it.
Planet of the Apes... first memories. The movies, toys, the very ideas all part of my earliest investigations of our world. Also the reruns over the next couple decades really informed how my own views and observations of 'adult' social dynamics and human-animal relationships were developed.
Thank you for the incredible timing and your powerful insights RNG!
Than you!!! I'm so happy you enjoyed this review. It means so much to me and thank you for your generous support!😊
Jerry Goldsmith used steel mixing bowls as instruments to make unique sounds. His score has been released many times on CD. La-La Land Records released a 5CD box set of all five POTA scores a couple years ago. The sound quality is spectacular on that box set.
I want that set! Love the musical scores. Especially from first film. Great stuff!
Watched the DVD just two days before this review. What a birthday present this review was.
Taylor's opening monologue at the beginning as well as Cornelious reading the 7th scroll
Beware the beast man, has been with me since I watched the TV premiere as a boy.
Great review for a great movie.
Oh wow! What great timing! Happy belated and thanks for sharing a few memories with us!😊
People have forgotten that this is the movie that really started the whole post apocalyptic motif. It was brilliant and groundbreaking.
I appreciate your thumbnail phrase "Go Ape!" because that was exactly the phrase used in a giant local newspaper ad for a downtown movie palace (back when they still had those, instead of far-off megaplexes) showing all five movies in a row. My father and I arrived halfway through, in the middle of Escape. (Dad commented on how haggard and red-eyed some of the other dads looked coming out.) These movies were amazing because they did boffo box office (as they say) and yet always ended on a down note. Now those were the days. (If you never do the sequels, that's okay, though I have to say that as kooky as they got, the big payoff was Roddy McDowall's epic rant as Caesar, son of Cornelius and Zira, at the end of Conquest.) I understand that Ben Stiller is a major fan of these, and I know that my best friend loved them. This movie came out around the same time as 2001 and was the bigger hit, but with the drug culture at that time 2001 came to be sold with the winking promise "The ultimate trip." Heston was actually ill while shooting, so the anguish in his voice when he snarled "Get your stinking paws off me!" was real. So much to love about this. Cornelius and Zira, what a sweet couple who captured the public imagination, in three consecutive movies -- and ahhh, we nerd boys appreciated Linda Harrison as Nova. Roddy McDowall once appeared on the great Carol Burnett Show in full Cornelius makeup. The real makeup artist John Chambers is played by John Goodman in Argo, a movie about an operation sneaking hostages out of revolutionary Iran, an operation to which Chambers contributed. No, he provided no makeup, but he helped to dream up a fake science fiction epic movie, the titular "Argo," as a ruse to get people in for the extraction. When at the end Taylor screams "Damn you!" he's not using it in the all too casual way we usually hear it, he is literally raining down divine damnation upon the human race for what they did. (Hey, he once played Moses, so he can do that.) I never agreed much with Heston, but between this and Soylent Green he did American science fiction proud. (The Omega Man I can take or leave -- the best version of that story is probably the old Vincent Price one.) My best friend dreads a world in which bears take over, he doesn't like bears much. By the by, I notice that Dave Sundstrom is a supporter, I look in on his great work from time to time and I appreciated your getting together to discuss the TV Wonder Woman, of which I liked the first season best, the retro one with Nazis to fight. Loved this, RNG, thanks -- and Excelsior!
This might be your greatest message ever! I loved reading it found myself laughing, nodding in agreement and smiling along the way. I am so glad we got a crossover RUclips retroverse with Dave Sundstrom who has a wonderful channel! I hope we can do something like that again in the future. As for the POA sequels reviews, they will come, but not for a while at least. They are definitely worth a deeper look in my opinion. In the meantime, I hope you are enjoying the holidays!😊
Charlton Heston is fantastic as Col. George Taylor. 😀👍
I saw this as a kid on the 4:30 movie. I rushed home from school, got my homework done and then watched this. I was amazed. It had already come out before I was born.
One of Charlton Heston's three Sci-Fi movies. All three very different from each other.
I can't believe you have been on RUclips for so long without me finding you. This seems right up my alley.
The old PotA-movies are a favorite series of mine, even if it was driven into the dirt with their budget being about cut in half for each sequel. Except for the fifth, I think they made a good job with that. But whenever I return to them (once every seventh leap year or so and when there is a blue moon on my birthday), I still watch them all.
One of my dads favorite films, he even did a couple parody drawings of the statue of liberty scene that were quite hilarious (such as replacing the statue with the various mascots) Would love to see you cover the Godzilla movies sometime in the future!
I'll have to investigate Godzilla movies because it's been a while since I've seen one of those films. I do remember having a lot of fun watching the older ones.😊
I go ape for RNG going ape for this movie.
YEAH!😊
Awesome movie review Retro!! I loved this and I never knew half of what went on behind the scenes
Oh thank you so much!😊
Finally! This brings back childhood memories, watching it on TV. I’ll never forget the chills I got from that WTF twist at the end. 😂
Great job, RNG. This is my favorite review of this movie. 🔥 Looking forward to more classics! 🖖 ✌️
I am so happy! Yep more classics are coming!😊
This Landmark Movie was written by Rod Serling, Creator of The Twilight Zone! It plays out like a Twilight Zone type story...bizarre, with many moral lessons completed by a shocking ending🗽
Fantastic review! I recently watched all 5 of the classic movies and they are a wonderful time capsule of early 70s film making and human's attitudes about the future. Thanks for the great review video!
OMG, thank you so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it!😊
But the first one was filmed/released in the 60's!
Saw this opening week when I was kid. Still one of my favorite Sci-fi movies. The only criticism I have is the indoor lighting makes it look like a TV production (too bright and evenly lit.) And the repetitious use of sound effects of the rifles standing out. Other than that a perfect movie.
I'm with you on that. It did seem kind of bright. I also did see it opening weekend. Became such a fan after that.
good day retro nerd girl. they had this movie on comet last night. i saw it back in the 70s. i watched all the planet of the apes movies.
Great review!!!!! This is a an example why I love your reviews.
OMG! Thank you!😊
The doll had more lines then Linda Harrison Nova. This film is outstanding. Heston was never better I wished he fully starred in the sequel would have been a better film. John Chambers did a great job with the makeup. And the cast themselves with all that makeup on gave terrific performances. Enjoyed your RUclips videos as always doing a outstanding job on your commentary
Ah, Planet of the Apes. One of the great classics of Science Fiction and one of my personal favorites. I think one of the reasons that it's often lumped with 2001 is not only that it came out the same year, but is also in that rarified top echelon of SF films (which would also include stuff like Forbidden Planet and The Day The Earth Stood Still). It is also iconic Americana, full of so many classic scenes and moments-- most of all that final scene of the Statue of Liberty half buried in the wasteland. Quite an Ozymandias moment for Vietnam-era America.
And, as you say, there's so much social commentary to unpack-- most of it dedicated to philosophy, rather than propaganda, making it that much stronger. I wonder if that was the Twilight Zone influence of Rod Serling (somewhere on the Internet, there is a 20-minute B&W cut of POTA with Rod Serling narration, and it works very well). Man has brought about his downfall, but the apes that took his place are far from superior. Taylor is a bitter cynic, yet the most iconic moment is him pounding the sand in existential despair. I've thought that much of the impact of the film is that it has a gut-punch realism in its own inconsistencies and contradictions. Its world building is so successful because it makes as little sense as our own world.
And talk about those inconsistencies and contradictions-- has there ever been a classic movie that is so vulnerable to scrutiny? So many questions. How did this interstellar flight come about in less than five years from the current date? Was it a research mission or a colonization mission or both-- pretty badly planned either way. What went wrong with the flight? Why didn't they try to retrieve more supplies from the ship? Where was the Moon? Why were the apes carrying 1968 weapons? Why were they speaking and writing English? Why didn't the astronauts question this? And on and on. I got a million of them. 😀
And: Gotta mention Roddy McDowall, right? I love Roddy McDowall. 'nuff said. 😎
As always, you really do amazing research on the background and larger world of the subject. It was nice to see a few covers from Marvel's B&W Apes magazine from the early 70s-- these stories are by Doug Moench and Mike Ploog, two of the greatest creators of the 70s, and are available on Amazon as part of a larger collection. Great stuff, like a 6th movie set maybe a century after Battle. And I noticed that you were also pondering the possibilities of other intelligent animals taking over, so I must mention the legendary Jack Kirby's comic Kamandi from about the same time-- it's basically POTA on steroids, as ALL animals are intelligent and speak. 😀
Okay, I'll shut up now, but this was a great review, as always, and you certainly did justice to a wonderful work of art (and, as usual, mirrored by own feelings). Thanks again, and I can't wait for the next one. 🙂
Thank you so much!😊
I saw this at the cinema when it first came out. I loved it. Thank you for your review.
Was Obsessed with PotA when I was a kid! (Still am on some level!)
You are a amazing person. You show so much respect for films with your honest reviews. A real film buff. Like I am. Always watch your reviews.
Oh Wow! Thank you! 😊
"Get your paws off of me your damn dirty apes...and can I get a Pellegrino, I am parched...?"
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This is still one of my favorite movies. Thank you for the video!
One of the best, even stands up in 2022. Story and Acting at least. It still works...
Great review. Nicely scrutinized. It's a big topic with many films on this genre. (Minus Mark Walberg's movie). I applaud your enthusiastic view on this topic. I hope you dont mind my small take on the apes in the movies. I understand it's in part an allegory of how man is and what man is capable of doing and has done. (Eventhough the argume t the movies made are slanteted). The apes and their society weren't any better. The apes treated the humans inhumane. And were as aggressive arrogant hateful warlike hunters, etc. Rhe films focus much on the humans having been bad and evil. But the Apes, as intelligent and advanced, pretty much acting the same without realizing it. I would like to add the apes adapted (or appropriated) most if not all the politics, culture, weapons, science, etc., from man. I think the, The Law Giver laws were based on the U.S. Constitution and references from the Bible. The guns and method of riding horses, language, political system were also from man. These as taylor put it were things before the apes took over the planet. That's my take. Not as well as your review.
Oh, I like your take and agree as well! The apes were following in the human's footsteps. I think Futurama made an episode featuring just that premise where civilization kept repeating it's self in may forms of dominant species and each time there was always statue of liberty in al of them. That is why I adore this film! It's hitting all angles! 😊
my old man worked as a ticket collector,snack bar food maker and picker up of rubbish at the starline drive in holden hill south australia during this time
Sweet! I bet he had some great stories about it.
Fantastic Deep dive review!! 👍🏾
Thank you!😊
One of the things I don't see discussed or touched on(I don't know if this was intentional with the filmmakers)Is that Dodge is stuffed because he is black. Possibly considered a deviant. Since there are no other black humans presented in the film. Something that would make an interesting museum piece.
Interesting! From a scientific perspective they wound treasure him as a unique find for the Simians. It's creepy and disturbing. 😊
@@RetroNerdGirl Agreed. I always felt the film was an allegory on current events. And that Dodge being stuffed was a hidden subtext. I wanted to add that I really enjoyed your in-depth review!
This is the second of your commentaries I have watched, and it was as good as the first one (Conan) so I went ahead and subbed. I hope you keep at it. Your perspective is brilliant.
WoW! Thank you so much!
Great stuff my friend!! You've certainly done your behind the scenes research! Have you seen the documentary Behind The Planet of the Apes hosted by Roddy McDowell? It's included in DVD box set. I saw it when AMC began airing the Apes movies with a weekend marathon in 98 I believe.
I am pretty sure I saw everything. What a fun franchise!
Great review. Love Heston he really carries the film. Also love The Omega Man.
Couldn't agree more! :)
Like always a great channel
Enjoyed your review of one of my favorite sci fi movies.
Film Threat brought me here! Wow, such an amazing vid!! Cheers! 😎🍻
Thank you! Chris is awesome!😊
this was a interesting video. i loved planet of the apes.
amazing review!
Are you serious or just a plant?
I agree with charelton I'm almost fed up with humans myself
I watch planet of apes every day . True fact . I have so much in common with the movie .
Nice video. Loved this movie since I was a kid. With regard to the flag scene- I believe that Taylor laughs because it was such a pathetic attempt to replicate what we did on the moon landing. His thought being how can you be serious planting a flag on a planet when you don’t even know where or when you are?!
Sweet interpretation!
@@RetroNerdGirl thanks but then as I thought about it a little more I realized that PoA was released in 1968-a year before we landed on the moon! So much for my theory. 😬🤷🏼♂️
charleton heston was president of the n.r.a.
This is a gratuity simply for being so classy when you handle your business!
Oh thank you! I shall continue to do so!😊
But I'm trying really hard to believe that we can save humanity from destroying itself??
As much as I love the film there are a couple things that make no sense. We see a fire hose used in the cage sequence. Where did they get the electric pumps for that hose? LOL. Also, the twist ending is kind of bogus. The crew launched from Earth and traveled for many years only to wind up right back on the same planet they came from? Pretty lousy guidance system if you ask me.
Even if the guidance system was fried, they were astronauts: All they had to do is look up on a relatively cloudless night and they would know EXACTLY where they were in an instant. They could even figure out their latitude with a reasonable degree of accuracy without any instruments.
Aside from the fire hose, the rifles (not just smooth-bore muskets) are also another giveaway - it would take at least the equivalent of late 19th century technology and manufacturing to create those. When I watched that I was half expecting to to see a sizeable ape city somewhere, not just a tiny hamlet.
@@GaryCameron The producers didn't have the money to build a modern ape city. It turned out for the best as the film shows an ape society that's emerging from chaos.
Yes, Taylor should have noticed that the moon is the same as on earth.
I actually love Taylor he reminds me of how I actually feel
Good movie, I have still not seen the latest one.
Ps But it is up to each of us to try and do our part even if it's just talking to others
The first POTA just as the book story is surprisingly progressive for the day in that the crux is one of portraying racism abstractly
It doesn’t portray a simplistic colour or culture “they’re different from us” type of racism, reality is never that black and white
Instead it shows how a difference where one group has an extant power structure can block or thwart agency by any other group, tiers of tradition, behaviour, and most of all language and literature to point to to justify actions
In many ways this touches on the historic power of religion to justify race-based power differentials, but has abstracted it to a different scenario
There’s also similarities to Jane Elliot’s blue eyes/brown eyes experiment 50 years ago, where power differentials are abstracted into a different frame
Also, like many prominent actors Roddy was not alone in shooting a lot of cine and stills of the day’s work (eg see Jeff Bridges’ love of his Widelux camera) - here he is in makeup for POTA (not sure how to post yt links but put the following in yt search) lCm74dnwujk
Rod serling deserves respect from everyone . He was so sensored
Still love this movie to death. Will you plan on doing the sequels?
Hopefully. I want to know how Zira and Cornelius, who were Astonished at a paper airplane that "floats on the air", were able to salvage Taylor's space ship, understand all the controls, launch it into space, and travel backwards in time, to land safely back on Earth. LOL! Silliest premise for a movie ever
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Yes, but it might be a long while. I have a few movies I need to review first. However, Beneath the Planet of the Apes is in my sights.😊
@@fredWaxBeans11111 it was dr. Milo who figured it out. But my main beef. The shot out the escape hatch. You can't go into space without it. Un less he found the door. And how did they find it and fish it out of the water. ??? And the astronauts couldn't figure that out?. But I'll let it go. Because they just wanted to figured how to make a sequel. What they should had made Brent's ship have a better landing. Where they could have used that ship. But beneath trash his ship so that wouldn't have worked it out. That's why I believe the original plan was to end it with beauty the planet of the apes.
Hi there, sorry l been away . Prefect review my favourite movie , l have seen this classic story of the planet of the apes so many times , l know this movie more l do anything other science fiction movie. Chunk Heston is so prefect Geroge Taylor at the start he's he can't stand Earth . " somewhere in the universe, there must be some better than man "
The score is most important thing Jerry Goldswith incredible music that l love so much " Scarcrows"
" that's see "
I probably see it 200 times it was first video l ever got in the 1980s . The madeups of the apes are simply ground breaking.
Though proving makes you think, the twist at the End is still l get goosebumps, " l am home ,we finally really did it , God dam you all to hell "
Roddy was prefect to play Apes .
Good seeing you are back! 😊
This was a great review and intelligently done, but just a few notes:
1. Your Heston is fine, but the line was misquoted; it's "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!" Taylor didn't hold back, lol.
2. 8:40 I think you are absolutely right. Eventually there would be resistance or a revolt against the kind of oligarchy Zaius and his kind have built.
3. 9:50 it's not just reflecting old laws but oppressive religious orthodoxy. "We hold these truths to be self-evident" is from the Declaration of Independence, but the rest is a rewording of the Bible.
4. 18:10 Landon has been given a primitive lobotomy. It hasn't made him despondent, it basically destroyed his brain and made him incapable of speech.
5. 22:50 Taylor is a classic 1960s antihero; not easy to like, possessing plenty of negative traits. It was very popular at the time to have protagonists, especially in films for younger people, who were NOT square-jawed, all-American 1950s heroes. The young people, particularly in the counterculture, were very tired of the trope by the late '60s.
I hope you review the other four films in the original series!
Oh yes. I've already reviewed Beneath the Planet of the Apes. More will be coming. :)
@@RetroNerdGirl I watched that one! Looking forward to the others.
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Hmmm. You hardly emphasize the iconic jaw-dropping ending to this film. Hmmm. It was like you were just saying oh yeah at the end you find out that we're back on planet Earth, ignoring the jaw-dropping way in which they revealed that fact!!!
P.s. with other animals taking over it's not so impressive but what makes planet of the apes concept so impressive instead of sharks or giraffes taking over is that apes, chimpanzees and orangutans all have a common ancestor with homo sapiens.
I wish I could cover everything, but that is why your input is vital. Thank you for mentioning it. 😊
@@RetroNerdGirl I appreciate your RUclips channel, mucho!
P.s. Variety magazine for the first time in its history in their most recent issue has given their top 100 films of all time. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho tops the list of the greatest film of all time. And I don't necessarily disagree.
My dog's name is Nova. Just sayin lol 😊
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