1970 sequel to the first film of the series, dvd.
Added 11/17/2009
Not a bad sequel, and one of the better films of the film series. It goes in unseen directions, not previously explored. Later, when Tim Burton remade the original, it didn't have what the the earlier version contained, namely, originality.
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Oh man! What's not to love about this movie!!
Added 5/18/2009
If you can check off most of the following then you definitely need to buy Beneath the Planet of the Apes!
Do you enjoy
Mutants living underneath the earth that use telepathy to torture the beans out of everybody
Mutants with burned faces that cover them up with rubber masks
Mutants that worship an active nuclear warhead inside of a church
Dialogue like: "Glory be to the bomb and the holy fall-out"
Mutants, talking apes, sexy mute cave women, James Franciscus AND Chuck Heston all together....
oh yeah, and armageddon!
Then, for crying out loud, what's not to love about this movie!!
This is a typical 70's sci-fi treat....dark, antiheroes, grim view of the human race, apocalyptic, bizarre, and bold.
I'm a big "Apes" fan. Great movies mostly. I like the first two movies the best. I hope you like this one, too. I have great memories of seeing this movie as a young kid on Action Theater on local TV at noon on Saturdays. Fun fare...
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Great Sequel to a Great Series!
Added 7/24/2008
Charles Heston again stars in this sequel to Planet of the Apes. Beneath the Planet of the Apes continues where the original Planet of the Apes left off. Taylor, a USA astronaut crashlanded onto a "distant planet" ruled by apes only to find in the end that he was on earth thousands of years later. Now, Taylor is with his mate Nova when he mysteriousely disappears. Nova somehow manages to find Brent, another astronaut who crashlanded onto earth. Together Nova and Brent go on a search to find Taylor.
This movie has a lot of action and has great acting. I enjoyed watching the original Planet of the Apes much less this one. More apes chasing humans and all that. The ending is also pretty good. I was pretty impressed with this movie. If you enjoyed the original, I definitely recommend this to you!
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a great & unique sequel
Added 5/16/2008
Although the movie begins in a way which is similar to the 1st movie, the 2nd half is really interesting & different. It explores the carnage which remains of NYC after the holocaust, & also shows what remains of the human race which previously ruled the Earth [i.e. us]. The surviving humans have mutant powers but also physical deformities, & pray to a new God. Really cool sci-fi. Charlton Heston even makes an appearance at the end.
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The movie that reveals its inner self
Added 5/6/2008
In the far future apes have taken over the world and mankind is made up of two groups... speechless primitives and subterranean mutants. Once again, it isn't necessary to really be into sci-fi to enjoy this movie. Lots of fun as well as some preachiness.
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Planet of the Apes
Added 10/27/2009
Great movie for the period. I am a Heston fan, He carries the movie for the most part. I recommend this to anyone.
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less great the older you get
Added 10/3/2009
First of all, if you can find it, you should buy this two-disk edition (the one with the silver cover), rather than the edition that seems to be more ubiquitous on Amazon: Planet of the Apes, since that one doesn't have all the goodies this has. Unfortunately, I think the two-disk one is going out of print.
As for the movie itself, I don't think I'll be watching it again: I know you're supposed to suspend your disbelief before you pop in a movie like this, but watching it in middle age, I couldn't get around the plot holes. They were simply too enormous. Sure, I know it's a classic movie and all. And sure, when I was a teenager this really fired my imagination.
But this time around, the only thing I marveled at was how hoodwinked I had been before at such second-rate entertainment. In this case, the plot-hole that triggered my dissatisfaction was the fact that Heston wasn't struck at all by the fact that the apes spoke English. At least in Boulle's book, they spoke another language which he slowly had to learn.
I know that sounds like a minor matter, but once you start to notice that, a whole lot of other things seem to go wrong, until the point where you're just rolling your eyes instead of taking the movie on its own merits.
Another thing that seemed completely off was the direction: think of the crashing-to-earth scene. I realize they had a limited budget, but that has got to be some of the most inept direction I've ever seen.
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The First and the Best
Added 9/9/2009
That's true both in terms of the sequels (Beneath, Escape, Conquest, Battle) as well as compared to the Tim Burton remake.
A groundbreaking film (it won an Oscar for best makeup before there was even such a category), I can only imagine the audience's reaction in theaters at the film's final reveal!
Just one question: How in the name of all that is good was this film rated G? I know the ratings system has changed over the years, but even the classic line, "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!" should have bumped it up to PG, no?
Charlton Heston was at his best in the "last man" role, and is perfect here. (creepy laugh and all) And was there a more beautiful woman in 1968 than Linda Harrison (Nova)? She had been a beauty pageant winner and runner-up in the 1965 Miss USA. She must not have spoken well or else surely she would have found more work in Hollywood.
I've been tempted to purchase the 6-disc collection, although it can be had for quite a bit cheaper on the UK amazon, where it's called the The Planet of the Apes Collection (6 Disk Box Set). In the meantime, the one I'm reviewing is the one to have. It comes with three commentaries so I can't understand why anyone would pay more than twice as much for the more recent 35th Anniversary Edition:
Planet of the Apes (Widescreen 35th Anniversary Edition)
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