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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD EAN: 0024543107583 Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Live, Subtitled, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 03, 2004 Running Time: 112 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: April 03, 1968 Sales Rank: 93074 MPN: 2220758
Description: Rule the planet with this thrilling, action-packed "wild ride" (The Washington Post) from legendary director Tim Burton (Sleepy Hollow, Batman).
Amazon.com essential video: Many early science fiction films are now, quite inadvertently (and in most cases undeservedly), objects of camp attention: we laugh at the silly makeup, tin-can special effects, and the naive "high-tech" dialogue. Planet of the Apes is no such film. Its intelligent script, frightening costuming, and savagely effective conclusion (which needs no big-budget special effects to augment its impact) remain both potent and relevant. When Colonel George Taylor (the fabulous Charlton Heston) crash lands his spacecraft on what seems to be an unfamiliar planet, he is captured and held prisoner by a dominant race of hyperrational, articulate apes. However, the ape community is riven with internal dissention, centered in no small part on its policy toward humans, who, on this planet, are treated as mindless animals. Befriended and ultimately assisted by the more liberal simians, Taylor escapes--only to find a more terrifying obstacle confronting his return home. Heavy-handed object lessons abound--the ubiquity of generational warfare, the inflexibility of dogma, the cruelty of prejudice--and the didactic fingerprints of Rod Serling are very much in evidence here. But director Franklin Schaffner has a dark, pop-apocalyptic sci-fi vision all his own, and time has not dulled the monumental emotional impact of the film's climactic payoff shot. If you don't know what I'm talking about here, you owe it to yourself to check out this stone classic, and even if you do, see it with fresh eyes; and don't be surprised if you get the chills all over again... and again... and again. --Miles Bethany
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Rating: - Planet of the Apes Blu-ray set ROCKS!
I have bought every Planet of the Apes release in the past on VHS and every DVD release. I have to say that this new Blu-ray transfer has let me experience all 5 Apes films like I have never seen them ... Read More
Rating: - A Truly Exeptional Collection Arrives on Blu-ray in STYLE!!!
I have loved this series ever since I was a young boy who saw the original movie on TV. When the TV series came out, I was glued to the set for every episode, and then the cartoon series became a part ... Read More
Rating: - Planet OF The Apes (Bluray) 4 Stars for some misses.
First off, I should mention, I am a Big Fan of the series and fans never seem to have any imput on putting together what they might want in a boxset, but I guess they would get it right the first time ... Read More
Rating: - Cases Please?
I love the films and the transfers, but the DVD mounts in the case are hard to use. I fear the discs will fall out at some point. I'd love it if the company would offer us a deal on additional slim cases ... Read More
Rating: - Blu-Ray Box Set Design
I'd advise buying the box set and never opening it. Keep it for its novelty and future worth as a collector's item. Then buy each each title on Blu-ray DVD separately and watch those.
- Planet of the Apes Blu-ray set ROCKS!
- Planet OF The Apes (Bluray) 4 Stars for some misses.