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Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall star in this legendary science fiction masterpiece. Astronaut Taylor (Heston) crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist (McDowall).

Sci-Fi · 1968 · 1 hr 52 min

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Planet of the Apes

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Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall star in this legendary science fiction masterpiece. Astronaut Taylor (Heston) crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist (McDowall).

COMMON SENSE

Original Apes mixes smart sci-fi and fighting, sexy stuff.

TOMATOMETER
Average 7.6
Reviews 96
Fresh 83
Rotten 13

Information

Studio
20th Century Fox
Released
1968
Run Time
1 hr 52 min
Rated
G
Region of Origin
United States
© 1967 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Apjac Productions, Inc. Renewed 1995 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio
English (United States) (AD, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Spain) (AAC)
Subtitles
English (United States) (CC, SDH), and 33 more...

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.