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Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Movie
1971
1h 38m
G
English
Action, Science Fiction
User Score: 
6.1
Critic Score: 
73
Escape from the Planet of the Apes' Poster
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes

G
Movie
1971
1h 38m
English
Action, Science Fiction
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
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73

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Kim Hunter
Dr. Zira
Bradford Dillman
Dr. Lewis Dixon
Natalie Trundy
Dr. Stephanie 'Stevie' Branton
Eric Braeden
Dr. Otto Hasslein
William Windom
The President
Sal Mineo
Dr. Milo
John Randolph
Committee Chairman
Harry Lauter
General Winthrop
Roy Glenn
Lawyer (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.)
Norman Burton
Army Officer
William Woodson
Naval Officer
Tom Lowell
Orderly
Gene Whittington
Marine Captain
Bill Bonds
TV Newscaster
James Bacon
General Faulkner
John Alderman
Marine Corporal (uncredited)
Alan Baxter
General (uncredited)
Directed By: Don Taylor
Written By: Paul Dehn (Screenplay)

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Maarten Delfgou says...
2 years ago
1 Original film series 1.1 Planet of the Apes (1968) https://trakt.tv/movies/planet-of-the-apes-1968 1.2 Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) https://trakt.tv/movies/beneath-the-planet-of-the-apes-1970 1.3 Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) https://trakt.tv/movies/escape-from-the-planet-of-the-apes-1971 1.4 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) https://trakt.tv/movies/conquest-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-1972 1.5 Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) https://trakt.tv/movies/battle-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-1973 2 Remake film 2.1 Planet of the Apes (2001) https://trakt.tv/movies/planet-of-the-apes-2001 3 Reboot film series 3.1 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) https://trakt.tv/movies/rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-2011 3.2 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) https://trakt.tv/movies/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-2014 3.3 War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) https://trakt.tv/movies/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-2017
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Acoucalancha says...
a month ago
Yet another rehash of the first. We're back to the same plot but the roles are reversed, the apes are now the ones being alienated by the humans (how fresh and original). Perfect opening scene, i'll give it that. I like the focus on Zira and Cornelius they're interesting characters. Zira is especially funny and I think she just became my favorite character. The conversations about the lore were the best scenes of the movie, everything else was boring to me. Just like it's predecessor, some of the weirdest most pointless character deaths i've ever seen. How could this continue for two more movies I wonder...
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Davy Endgame X says...
one year ago
6.5/10 A vast improvement from that piss-poor beneath one but let's face it you'll find it hard to do any worse than that, because that was rock bottom, so the only way was up. This was back to the winning formula of the original but Vice Versa this "Time" around. Not as good as the original but still very entertaining and engaging albeit a little predictable. Dr Zira stole the hole show and Hunter definitely carried this installment to and across the finish line. This had some of the better acting Out of all the Installments so far, This was just a more superior movie compared to number 2 in every single way and honestly It held my attention from start to finish.
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r96sk says...
2 years ago
A very good sequel. 'Escape from the Planet of the Apes' is a clear improvement on (the good) 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' and isn't that far adrift from the 1968 original. The plot is out there but they make it believable, while the ending is quite something - unexpectedly so! Neat to see Roddy McDowall return to his role from 'Planet of the Apes', while co-star Kim Hunter continues once again. I like those two characters so enjoyed seeing them become 'the stars' of this third release of the franchise. Onwards to 'Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'.
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CinemaSerf
10 months ago
Now quite how, we don't know, but suffice to say that "Cornelius" (Roddy McDowall) and "Zira" (Kim Hunter) manage to find themselves a spaceship and travel back in time to an Earth when humans - here, more specifically, a bunch of rather numb-sculled Americans - rule their continent. On stepping out More
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r96sk
2 years ago
A very good sequel.

'Escape from the Planet of the Apes' is a clear improvement on (the good) 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' and isn't that far adrift from the 1968 original. The plot is out there but they make it believable, while the ending is quite something - unexpectedly More
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r96sk
2 years ago
A very good sequel.

'Escape from the Planet of the Apes' is a clear improvement on (the good) 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' and isn't that far adrift from the 1968 original. The plot is out there but they make it believable, while the ending is quite something - unexpectedly More
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Whitsbrain
6/10  2 years ago
This is the third of the "Planet of the Apes" series of films. This is a little better than the second movie. I'd say that this is Zira's (Kim Hunter) story to drive. Zira and Cornelius are in a similar situation to Taylor's (Charlton Heston) predicament in the first of the Apes film. The diffe More
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