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“Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!”
Complex sociological themes run through this science-fiction classic about three astronauts marooned on a futuristic planet where apes rule and humans are slaves. The stunned trio discovers that these highly intellectual simians can both walk upright and talk. They have even established a class system and a political structure. The astronauts suddenly find themselves part of a devalued species, trapped and imprisoned by the apes.
Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowell and Kim Hunter bring life to a screenplay adapted by Rod Serling (“The Twilight Zone”). The film had a huge social and cultural impact upon its release and in the decades following, winning an Oscar (for John Chambers‘ groundbreaking prosthetic work) and spawning several sequels, two television series, and even a franchise reboot.
