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starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 0024543007913 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, THX, Widescreen, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Letterbox Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 21, 2001 Running Time: 112 minutes Sales Rank: 59826 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: April 03, 1968 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: Many early science fiction films are now, quite inadvertently (and in most cases undeservedly), objects of camp attention: we laugh at the silly makeup, tin-can special effects, and the naive 'high-tech' dialogue. Planet of the Apes is no such film. Its intelligent script, frightening costuming, and savagely effective conclusion (which needs no big-budget special effects to augment its impact) remain both potent and relevant. When Colonel George Taylor (the fabulous Charlton Heston) crash lands his spacecraft on what seems to be an unfamiliar planet, he is captured and held prisoner by a dominant race of hyperrational, articulate apes. However, the ape community is riven with internal dissention, centered in no small part on its policy toward humans, who, on this planet, are treated as mindless animals. Befriended and ultimately assisted by the more liberal simians, Taylor escapes--only to find a more terrifying obstacle confronting his return home. Heavy-handed object lessons abound--the ubiquity of generational warfare, the inflexibility of dogma, the cruelty of prejudice--and the didactic fingerprints of Rod Serling are very much in evidence here. But director Franklin Schaffner has a dark, pop-apocalyptic sci-fi vision all his own, and time has not dulled the monumental emotional impact of the film's climactic payoff shot. If you don't know what I'm talking about here, you owe it to yourself to check out this stone classic, and even if you do, see it with fresh eyes; and don't be surprised if you get the chills all over again... and again... and again. --Miles Bethany Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Enthralling and Amazing !If you're going to see this 1968 movie for the first time, as I did only a few weeks ago, you're in for a treat. I can see why it has, despite its occassional camp and references to '60s youth radicalism, withstood the test of time. It has all the elements of a great movie: astonishing performances that shine through the ape masks and costumes; superb cinematography that makes effective use of the widescreen (if you can, watch it on a large projector screen); thought-provoking screenplay which deals ... Read More Rating:  - Planet of the Apes (1968) - Blu-ray InfoVersion: U.S.A / FOX / Region A, B, C Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / BD+ / High Profile 4.1 Running time: 1:52:02 Movie size: 27,96 GB Disc size: 44,95 GB Total bit rate: 33.28 Mbps Average video bit rate: 26.33 Mbps DTS-HD Master Audio English 2312 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2312 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital Audio French 448 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz ... Read More Rating: - It's a very clean, sharp blu-ray experienceIf you're a fan of the Planet of the Apes movie series, you will be very pleased at the blu-ray transition. This campy delight really pops with blu-ray. I watched it on a 58 inch plasma, and it lost very little crispness. I was too young to see it first run at theaters, but I'll bet this experience rivals that one. In fact, it's so clear, you'll no doubt see things you never saw when watching it on standard TV. I never noticed the masks on some of the "extra" apes were much less detailed. Some had ... Read More Rating: - Great Quality transferI was very impressed at the quality of this transfer. Very sharp, with close ups of Charlton Heston and other characters. Not sure if they used the transfer to make the ape costumes look more genuine. If not, then kudos to the makeup men who did the ape costume because in HD transfer you really cannot tell these are masks and not actual living creatures. Loved this purchase! Rating: - Crowning jewel presentation of underrated classicI may be a bit biased, having authored the MAKING OF book on the APES series ,PLANET OF THE APES REVISITED, however that doesn't alter the facts. This is THE best presentation of PLANET OF THE APES ever done for home video---in fact all the APES blu-ray masterings are superior to their dvd counterparts. This is one of the most classic films ever, especialy in the sci-fi genre, and on virtually every level, it holds up extraordinarily well and has a fresh atmosphere even 40 years after it's release. I would ... Read More |
