At the Movies w/ Robert & Bianca: Planet of the Apes (1968)

Hey guys, today Bianca & I start a planet of the apes marathon going over all the movies (at least up to the Tim Burton one, we may do the remake trilogy). And this is such a classic movie, rightfully so!

In the year A.D. 3978, a spaceship with a crew of 4 crashes on a distant planet. One of the crew members had died in space, and the other 3 head out to explore the planet. They soon learn that the planet is much like their own. They then find the planet is inhabited by intelligent apes. One of the men is shot and killed, and the others are taken to the apes' city. There, one undergoes brain surgery and is put into a state of living death. The other befriends some of the apes but is feared by most. After being put through ape trial, he escapes with a female human native to the planet. After helping his ape friends escape a religious heresy trial, he escapes out into the wilderness with the female. There he learns the planet might not be so distant after all.

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