Conquest of the Planet of the ApesDirected By: J. Lee Thompson
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalbán, and Natalie Trundy
Caesar (Roddy McDowall): "The King is dead. Long live the King! Tell me Breck, before you die - how do we differ from the dogs and cats that you and your kind used to love? Why did you turn us from pets into slaves?"
Breck (Don Murray): "Because your kind were once our ancestors. Because man was born of apes, and there's still an ape curled up inside of ... Continue reading ...
REVIEW: With Time Travel, A Presidential Commission, & A Pregnant Zira, Escape from the Planet of the Apes Scoffs at Conventional Narrative Wisdom
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Directed By: Don Taylor
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Eric Braeden, Sal Mineo, and Ricardo Montalbán
Beneath the Planet of the Apes has a pretty definitive conclusion. After all, just about everybody dies. The film's explosive ending could not kill Hollywood's addiction to sequels, however. Studio execs somehow resurrect the series and march onward. This is some pretty unbelievable stuff for the early 70s. This se... Continue reading ...