May 15, 2024
Escape from the Planet of the Apes - A New Dawn (1971)
In a stunning reversal of fate, three time-traveling apes – Cornelius (played by Roddy McDowall), Zira (played by Kim Hunter), and Milo (played by Sal Mineo) – find themselves stranded in 1970s America. As they navigate a world dominated by humans,...
In a stunning reversal of fate, three time-traveling apes – Cornelius (played by Roddy McDowall), Zira (played by Kim Hunter), and Milo (played by Sal Mineo) – find themselves stranded in 1970s America. As they navigate a world dominated by humans, they become both objects of curiosity and targets of fear. With the help of sympathetic scientists (played by Ricardo Montalbán and Bradford Dillman), the apes struggle to carve out a new existence while facing prejudice, political intrigue, and the looming threat of extinction.
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Calarogu Shark Media. Welcome back to
TV in the Basement, your sanctuary for
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00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:18.039
all things Simian Cinema. I'm your
host, Journey Joe Mitchell, and today
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00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:21.839
we're talking about Escape from the Planet
of the Apes, the third and most
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00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:26.280
unique entry in the original Apes series. How do you continue a series after
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00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:29.839
the world has been blown up?
How do you make a compelling movie without
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00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:35.759
your biggest star? These were the
questions facing the filmmakers after the cataclysmic ending
7
00:00:35.799 --> 00:00:39.560
of Beneath the Planet of the Apes. The solution they came up with was
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00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:44.719
pretty and genius, a time travel
plot that allows the story to continue while
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00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:49.520
also serving as a prequel to the
original film. By having Zira and Cornelius
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00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:53.520
escape to the past, the movie
can explore how the Apes came to dominate
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00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:57.840
the Earth while still featuring the beloved
characters from the first movie. It's a
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00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:02.000
clever way to keep the franchise going
without Charlton Heston, and that brings us
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00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:06.959
to the importance of Roddy McDowell returning
as Cornelius. McDowell had been absent from
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00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.120
Beneath the Planet of the Apes due
to a scheduling conflict and his presence was
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00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:15.799
sorely missed. He brought such warmth, intelligence, and subtle humor to the
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00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:19.239
role that made Cornelius one of the
most memorable and sympathetic characters in the series.
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00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:23.959
In Escape from the Planet of the
Apes, McDowell gets to take center
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00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:30.239
stage and really shine. He plays
Cornelius as a brilliant but naive outsider struggling
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00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:36.439
to understand the strange world of twentieth
century Earth. There's a wonderful playfulness to
20
00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:41.560
his performance, whether he's gleefully riding
a tricycle or baffled by the concept of
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00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:45.799
money. But he also brings great
depth and pathos to the role, especially
22
00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:49.079
in the tragic final act. The
movie simply wouldn't work as well without McDowell's
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00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:56.000
heartfelt performance. He and Kim Hunter
have such lovely chemistry as Zira and Cornelius,
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00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.280
playing them as a devoted couple trying
to make a life for themselves and
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00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:04.319
their child in any hostile world.
Their relationship forms the emotional core of the
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00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:08.319
movie, and their ultimate fate packs
a real punch. It's a testament to
27
00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:14.319
McDowell's talent that he was able to
step back into the role so effortlessly after
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00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:17.759
missing a film. He would go
on to appear in every subsequent Apes movie.
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00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:22.639
The success of Escape from the Planet
of the Apes also opened up new
30
00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:28.199
storytelling possibilities for the series. By
depicting how the Apes first rose to power,
31
00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:32.439
it set the stage for further prequels
exploring that backstory. The next film,
32
00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:37.199
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, would depict the birth of the
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00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:40.759
Ape Revolution in a dark, violent
and provocative way, and the final film,
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00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.639
Battle for the Planet of the Apes, would bring the saga full circle.
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00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:50.560
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
is a real odd ball, completely
36
00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:54.159
shifting genres and tones from the previous
films. It's less a sci fi adventure
37
00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:59.759
and more a satirical fish out of
water comedy with some tragic elements. After
38
00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:02.639
the the uber downer ending of Beneath
the Planet of the Apes, the filmmakers
39
00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:07.879
had written themselves into a corner.
The Solution a prequel sequel hybrid that brings
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00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:14.120
our lovable chimp scientists Zerra and Cornelius
to then present day nineteen seventy three.
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00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:19.039
The movie opens with a spaceship splashing
down off the California coast, revealed to
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contain Zerra, Cornelius, and their
colleague, doctor Milo, turns out before
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00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:29.080
Taylor detonated the Earth in the last
film, they salvaged and repaired Taylor's spaceship,
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00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:32.919
launching themselves through the same time warp
and arriving in the past. After
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00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:38.879
initial military suspicion and a hilarious sequence
where the chimps try to pass as mute
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00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:43.960
primitives, Zerra and Cornelius become beloved
celebrities, adored by the public and the
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scientific community. But their newfound fame
is threatened when Zera let slip that she
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dissected and lobotomized humans in the future. The US President played by William Windham
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00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:59.680
grows paranoid that the chimp's offspring will
spawn a future ape rebellion against mankind.
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00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:03.879
He orders them to be sterilized,
forcing Zerra and Cornelius on the run.
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00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:10.080
In a tragically ironic ending, the
gentle chimp parents are killed in a shootout
52
00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:19.759
while protecting their baby, who secretly
survives to carry on their legacy. The
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00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:25.240
genius of Escape from the Planet of
the Apes lies in inverting the formula,
54
00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:30.399
showing twentieth century human society through the
eyes of hyperintelligent chimps. Watching Zerra and
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00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:36.240
Cornelius navigate. Our world provides plenty
of opportunities for social satire and rye observation.
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00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:41.360
A lot of it is played for
laughs, like the couple becoming swing
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00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:46.439
in seventies jet setters, Zerra's fondness
for women's lib or Cornelius gleefully riding a
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00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:51.759
tiny tricycle. But there's a poignant
undercurrent to their struggle as they go from
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00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:59.240
beloved media darlings to feared enemies of
the state in record time. The parallels
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00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:03.800
to the civil rights movement and other
activist causes are clear. One powerful scene
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00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:09.480
has a bitter Cornelius sneer at the
Statue of Liberty, that supposed symbol of
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00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:14.319
equality and acceptance. The heart of
the movie belongs to Roddy McDowell and Kim
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00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:19.399
Hunter as Cornelius and Zerra. McDowell
in particular shines bringing puckish wit and soulful
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00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:25.560
humanity to Cornelius. He and Hunter
have such endearing chemistry playing the chimp couple
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00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:30.120
as a loving, playful, fiercely
devoted duo, you really root for them
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00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:34.040
and feel the unfairness of their plight. Other standouts in the cast include Ricardo
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00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:39.680
montalban as Armando, the kind circus
owner who shelters the chimps, and Eric
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00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:44.519
Braden as the bigoted doctor Otto,
determined to prevent the ape future at all
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00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:49.199
costs. But the human characters are
really secondary to Zerra and Cornelius, the
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00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:55.079
first time the apes were truly the
protagonists of an ape's film. Behind the
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00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:59.439
scenes, McDowell faced a crisis when
he had a severe allergic reaction to the
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00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:03.079
new ape Men makeup formula, causing
his face to swell up grotesquely. He
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00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:09.000
had to be hospitalized and filming shut
down for several weeks. When he returned,
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00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:13.800
the makeup process was less arduous,
but still grueling, with frequent touchups
75
00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:17.160
needed as the masks deteriorated under the
hot lights. The film also sparked a
76
00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:21.959
minor controversy with its shock ending as
spoiler alert for a fifty year old movie.
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00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:27.879
Zerra and Cornelius are gunned down in
a bloody shootout. While relatively tame
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00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:31.399
by modern standards, the sight of
the beloved chimps being machine gun to death
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00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:36.160
was pretty intense for a PG rated
film in nineteen seventy one. Some critics
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00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:40.079
felt it was too dark for what
had been a fairly light hearted romp up
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00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:44.560
until that point. Despite that,
Escape from the Planet of the Apes was
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another box office success, proving the
franchise was still going strong. It was
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even nominated for a couple Golden Globes
for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy,
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Yes Really, and Best Acting Debut
for Zerra and Cornelius's baby Milo. The
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film mix of satire, humor and
tragedy may not be to everyone's taste,
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but it was a bold way to
keep the Apes series going while saying something
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meaningful about tolerance and fear of the
other. And it's anchored by genuinely wonderful
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performances from McDowell and Hunter, who
make you believe in Zira and Cornelius as
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fully realized characters, not just talking
apes. Escape from the Planet of the
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Apes opened the door for even more
prequels exploring how the Apes came to rule
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the world. Next up was nineteen
seventy two's Conquest of the Planet of the
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Apes, which, well, we'll
save that discussion for another day. In
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the end, Escape from the Planet
of the Apes is a fun, funny,
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ultimately poignant detour in the Ape saga
that tries something completely different and mostly
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succeeds. It may not be as
epic or action packed as the other films,
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but it's got a big heart and
a sly satirical bite. If you
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can roll with the tonal shifts,
it's a charming and thought provoking entry in
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the franchise. So what's your take
on Escape from the Planet of the Apes.
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Does the humor work for you or
do you prefer the more serious sci
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fi approach? Is the ending two
bleak or a necessary gut punch? And
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then, keep watching the skies and the screens
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00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:13.679
Calarogu Shark Media. Welcome back to
TV in the Basement, your sanctuary for
2
00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:18.039
all things Simian Cinema. I'm your
host, Journey Joe Mitchell, and today
3
00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:21.839
we're talking about Escape from the Planet
of the Apes, the third and most
4
00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:26.280
unique entry in the original Apes series. How do you continue a series after
5
00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:29.839
the world has been blown up?
How do you make a compelling movie without
6
00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:35.759
your biggest star? These were the
questions facing the filmmakers after the cataclysmic ending
7
00:00:35.799 --> 00:00:39.560
of Beneath the Planet of the Apes. The solution they came up with was
8
00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:44.719
pretty and genius, a time travel
plot that allows the story to continue while
9
00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:49.520
also serving as a prequel to the
original film. By having Zira and Cornelius
10
00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:53.520
escape to the past, the movie
can explore how the Apes came to dominate
11
00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:57.840
the Earth while still featuring the beloved
characters from the first movie. It's a
12
00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:02.000
clever way to keep the franchise going
without Charlton Heston, and that brings us
13
00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:06.959
to the importance of Roddy McDowell returning
as Cornelius. McDowell had been absent from
14
00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.120
Beneath the Planet of the Apes due
to a scheduling conflict and his presence was
15
00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:15.799
sorely missed. He brought such warmth, intelligence, and subtle humor to the
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00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:19.239
role that made Cornelius one of the
most memorable and sympathetic characters in the series.
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00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:23.959
In Escape from the Planet of the
Apes, McDowell gets to take center
18
00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:30.239
stage and really shine. He plays
Cornelius as a brilliant but naive outsider struggling
19
00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:36.439
to understand the strange world of twentieth
century Earth. There's a wonderful playfulness to
20
00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:41.560
his performance, whether he's gleefully riding
a tricycle or baffled by the concept of
21
00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:45.799
money. But he also brings great
depth and pathos to the role, especially
22
00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:49.079
in the tragic final act. The
movie simply wouldn't work as well without McDowell's
23
00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:56.000
heartfelt performance. He and Kim Hunter
have such lovely chemistry as Zira and Cornelius,
24
00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.280
playing them as a devoted couple trying
to make a life for themselves and
25
00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:04.319
their child in any hostile world.
Their relationship forms the emotional core of the
26
00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:08.319
movie, and their ultimate fate packs
a real punch. It's a testament to
27
00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:14.319
McDowell's talent that he was able to
step back into the role so effortlessly after
28
00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:17.759
missing a film. He would go
on to appear in every subsequent Apes movie.
29
00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:22.639
The success of Escape from the Planet
of the Apes also opened up new
30
00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:28.199
storytelling possibilities for the series. By
depicting how the Apes first rose to power,
31
00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:32.439
it set the stage for further prequels
exploring that backstory. The next film,
32
00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:37.199
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, would depict the birth of the
33
00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:40.759
Ape Revolution in a dark, violent
and provocative way, and the final film,
34
00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.639
Battle for the Planet of the Apes, would bring the saga full circle.
35
00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:50.560
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
is a real odd ball, completely
36
00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:54.159
shifting genres and tones from the previous
films. It's less a sci fi adventure
37
00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:59.759
and more a satirical fish out of
water comedy with some tragic elements. After
38
00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:02.639
the the uber downer ending of Beneath
the Planet of the Apes, the filmmakers
39
00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:07.879
had written themselves into a corner.
The Solution a prequel sequel hybrid that brings
40
00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:14.120
our lovable chimp scientists Zerra and Cornelius
to then present day nineteen seventy three.
41
00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:19.039
The movie opens with a spaceship splashing
down off the California coast, revealed to
42
00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:23.319
contain Zerra, Cornelius, and their
colleague, doctor Milo, turns out before
43
00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:29.080
Taylor detonated the Earth in the last
film, they salvaged and repaired Taylor's spaceship,
44
00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:32.919
launching themselves through the same time warp
and arriving in the past. After
45
00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:38.879
initial military suspicion and a hilarious sequence
where the chimps try to pass as mute
46
00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:43.960
primitives, Zerra and Cornelius become beloved
celebrities, adored by the public and the
47
00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:47.560
scientific community. But their newfound fame
is threatened when Zera let slip that she
48
00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:53.159
dissected and lobotomized humans in the future. The US President played by William Windham
49
00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:59.680
grows paranoid that the chimp's offspring will
spawn a future ape rebellion against mankind.
50
00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:03.879
He orders them to be sterilized,
forcing Zerra and Cornelius on the run.
51
00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:10.080
In a tragically ironic ending, the
gentle chimp parents are killed in a shootout
52
00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:19.759
while protecting their baby, who secretly
survives to carry on their legacy. The
53
00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:25.240
genius of Escape from the Planet of
the Apes lies in inverting the formula,
54
00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:30.399
showing twentieth century human society through the
eyes of hyperintelligent chimps. Watching Zerra and
55
00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:36.240
Cornelius navigate. Our world provides plenty
of opportunities for social satire and rye observation.
56
00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:41.360
A lot of it is played for
laughs, like the couple becoming swing
57
00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:46.439
in seventies jet setters, Zerra's fondness
for women's lib or Cornelius gleefully riding a
58
00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:51.759
tiny tricycle. But there's a poignant
undercurrent to their struggle as they go from
59
00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:59.240
beloved media darlings to feared enemies of
the state in record time. The parallels
60
00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:03.800
to the civil rights movement and other
activist causes are clear. One powerful scene
61
00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:09.480
has a bitter Cornelius sneer at the
Statue of Liberty, that supposed symbol of
62
00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:14.319
equality and acceptance. The heart of
the movie belongs to Roddy McDowell and Kim
63
00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:19.399
Hunter as Cornelius and Zerra. McDowell
in particular shines bringing puckish wit and soulful
64
00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:25.560
humanity to Cornelius. He and Hunter
have such endearing chemistry playing the chimp couple
65
00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:30.120
as a loving, playful, fiercely
devoted duo, you really root for them
66
00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:34.040
and feel the unfairness of their plight. Other standouts in the cast include Ricardo
67
00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:39.680
montalban as Armando, the kind circus
owner who shelters the chimps, and Eric
68
00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:44.519
Braden as the bigoted doctor Otto,
determined to prevent the ape future at all
69
00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:49.199
costs. But the human characters are
really secondary to Zerra and Cornelius, the
70
00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:55.079
first time the apes were truly the
protagonists of an ape's film. Behind the
71
00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:59.439
scenes, McDowell faced a crisis when
he had a severe allergic reaction to the
72
00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:03.079
new ape Men makeup formula, causing
his face to swell up grotesquely. He
73
00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:09.000
had to be hospitalized and filming shut
down for several weeks. When he returned,
74
00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:13.800
the makeup process was less arduous,
but still grueling, with frequent touchups
75
00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:17.160
needed as the masks deteriorated under the
hot lights. The film also sparked a
76
00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:21.959
minor controversy with its shock ending as
spoiler alert for a fifty year old movie.
77
00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:27.879
Zerra and Cornelius are gunned down in
a bloody shootout. While relatively tame
78
00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:31.399
by modern standards, the sight of
the beloved chimps being machine gun to death
79
00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:36.160
was pretty intense for a PG rated
film in nineteen seventy one. Some critics
80
00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:40.079
felt it was too dark for what
had been a fairly light hearted romp up
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until that point. Despite that,
Escape from the Planet of the Apes was
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another box office success, proving the
franchise was still going strong. It was
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even nominated for a couple Golden Globes
for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy,
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Yes Really, and Best Acting Debut
for Zerra and Cornelius's baby Milo. The
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film mix of satire, humor and
tragedy may not be to everyone's taste,
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but it was a bold way to
keep the Apes series going while saying something
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meaningful about tolerance and fear of the
other. And it's anchored by genuinely wonderful
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performances from McDowell and Hunter, who
make you believe in Zira and Cornelius as
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fully realized characters, not just talking
apes. Escape from the Planet of the
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Apes opened the door for even more
prequels exploring how the Apes came to rule
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the world. Next up was nineteen
seventy two's Conquest of the Planet of the
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Apes, which, well, we'll
save that discussion for another day. In
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the end, Escape from the Planet
of the Apes is a fun, funny,
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ultimately poignant detour in the Ape saga
that tries something completely different and mostly
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succeeds. It may not be as
epic or action packed as the other films,
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but it's got a big heart and
a sly satirical bite. If you
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can roll with the tonal shifts,
it's a charming and thought provoking entry in
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the franchise. So what's your take
on Escape from the Planet of the Apes.
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Does the humor work for you or
do you prefer the more serious sci
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fi approach? Is the ending two
bleak or a necessary gut punch? And
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of the Ape Revolution continues. Until
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