I saw this film as a child and absolutely fell in love with it. I am so glad that I grew up in the era without CGI effects. Most of today's blockbuster films are nothing but CGI which is so obvious that it destroys my enjoyment and believably at times. Planet of the Apes is a true classic.
I took was a toddler when first movie and then on TV series and later the cartoon series too! These pre-CGI movies & TV series were great classics with truly real acting! Still admireit& inspired by it!
It's not like cgi is just people pressing a button and then the computer goes "here you go" cgi still requires lots of work to do. But I get what you mean there's a charm to traditional costumes
My girlfriend worked in a 24 hour movie theater that played this outstanding movie continously. I had the pleasure of watching this movie at least 50 times and it never got boring. Thank you for posting.
I liked the third one, where the apes come back to 1970's Earth. The ending (last 10 minutes) was very memorable because of all the emotions involved in the last scenes.
Same here I remember watching this on Friday nights and my parents went to football games because my sister played in the marching band and I was at home watching CBS Friday night movies. This is where I also fell in love with the movie Tora Tora Tora. Being born and raised in Arizona I have always had this affection for the battleship Arizona I kind of got off the subject here but it's hard to stay on subject when you reminiscing
This movie holds a special place in my heart because it was the first one I saw at a drive-in. I remember Planet of the Apes trading cards being big at my school. I watched it for the first time in decades a couple months ago and it did tale me back to that time. The movie still holds up for the most part and the ending, where Charlton Heston breaks down when he discovers his ship never left Erath's orbit and he is back where he started just not in a way he expected is still cool. It's a neat play on the Theory of Relativity, though I didn't get that as a kid.
This has to be one of my favorite movies from back in the day! Who could forget that classic line from Charleton Heston, "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!" The sequels were just as good!
I concur with many of the comments comparing this film (which set the bar for future Sci-Fi films at least up until Star Wars ), that the artistry and care to make the film compared with today’s CGI-ladened films, well, there is no comparison. A side note, I am a big fan of Recollection Road and quickly becoming a fan of this channel as well, kudos. I am also a fan of ‘Landrum C, Goes There’ , however, as he blocks his channel from comments, I feel that takes away from his channel compared to this, keep up the good work 👍
I remember seeing this as a 5 year old. The twist at the end of The Statue Of Liberty half destroyed was a brilliant ending thought up by Rod Serling, writer and creator of The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery. The first Planet Of The Apes is still the best of the 5 original movies, in my opinion.
I saw Planet of the Apes in N.Y.C. when it premièred back in 1968. And it was the movie I went to see, just before I was drafted (Vietnam War) into the Army! My basic training was as Charleston Heston's famously quoted in The Planet of the Apes! "It's A Mad House!" LOL That was the most life changing times for a just turned 19 year old, born in NYC. Indoctrinated into army in the south, then traveled half way around the world to South Korea, and the jungles of Vietnam. This film came out at my cross roads of my young life, and left a profound memory of an alternate reality, which I experienced.
As a 5 year old child- I would translate this movie to my dear grandmother (Mama Linda) who knew no English. I barely understood myself, but she would sigh-and clap at appropriate times. I remember her asking if they (the apes) were "real?" I think I told her, "I don't know." It was astonishing for me to see such special effects as the ape masks/makeup were extraordinarily real. I am now 50 years old and just finished watching this movie all over again-from start to end. I now understand my life-long memories. Such an amazing film.
Rod Serling was the master at creating macabre and surreal stories. The makeup for this movie was awesome. No CGI back then, however the scenarios they created, were convincing and worked a treat.
The first time I watched this movie was some 39 years ago and probably have watched it some 10 times more since, here in Turkiye and I still love it. I learnt a lot of things about it that I did not know. 👍
I loved this movie when I first saw it as a ten year old.Then while I was older and on vacation my uncle took me and my cousin to see all the 5 ape movies in one day plus now I have all of them on DVD’s
There are clues early in the movie that they were actually on Earth in the New York city area. There was a map on the wall that was quite similar to the NYC metro area including Manhattan. It also showed the "Forbidden Zone" which was to the West on the map.
English was for the audience! The directors of the film even toyed with the idea of having everyone speaking in an ape language that Taylor would need to learn and using subtitles for the movie viewer. The executives quickly shut that idea down.
I was aboutr 10 or 11 when I first saw this, and was amazed and engrossed by it. This, along with "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" and "2001:A Space Odyssey, ignited a lifelong love of science-fiction and reading.
Thank you for your hard work producing this Before & After Video. VERY VERY INTERESTING! The movie saved the studio. Earning over $33 million on a $5 million Budget. Their 1967 Dr. Dolittle movie was a huge financial loss and a flop. Costing $17 million to produce and only earning $9 million
It's one of my favorites, when it shows on TV I record it and watch it. Ove seen all the new ones. They really don't match up to the original. I remember the cartoon versions on Saturday mornings as well.
I was 5 when this movie came out. I’ve never seen it in its entirety. I’ve seen some parts of the middle and the ending scene, so I know what it’s about. I should probably watch the full movie. Thanks for the background information. It must have been brutally hot for the actors in full makeup to film this movie.
I read the comic book first, I could do that for free on the comic rack at the drug store. I had to wait for the movie to come on TV. I also had to watch while staying the night at a friend's house, Mom and Dad didn't want to watch a "Monkey Movie".
A good Samaritan got a friend and I into this movie, pretending to be our uncle, I was 12. Most amazing thing I had seen. Still one of my all time favs. Watched the Blue ray just the other day One of those very special kind of movies
The make-up test featured Heston, Robinson, James Brolin and Linda Harrison. The make-up was actually minimal with Robinson Brolin and Harrison moving as the director thought apes moved in upright postures. There is a box set with some interesting how it was done videos.
My parents smugled me into the cinema ,under my dads coat , to watch all of the first 4 films in an evening. It was magical , cried my eyes out on the ship scenes , but never forgot what an amazing set of films they were and I still think They're much better than Tim burton's new versions,
I was always wondering how the apes could have modern weapons while living in mediveal-like huts and caves. Had they some hidden modern factories to produce these wapons and amunition somewhere else? How could they have the knowledge and abilities to build such weapons and at the same time seem to miss so much other knowledge?
the 1968 movie (and the following 4) was REMARKABLE because it was all shot with film with live actors and edited BY HAND by cutting film. The recent POTA movies were WAY too sterile with WAY too much CGI.
Keep them waving, the flags of discontent. Remember, never trust anyone over 30. You finally did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! Ahh, damn you. Damn you all to Hell! A great movie when my family saw it at the drive-in.
