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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: Blu-ray Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT EAN: 0024543414575 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled Label: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 13, 2007 Running Time: 119 minutes Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: July 27, 2001 Sales Rank: 9583 MPN: 2241457
Product Description: After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet brash astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by ruthless General Thade (Tim Roth) and his most trusted warrior Attar (Michael Clarke Duncan). Now the pulse-pounding race is on to reach a sacred temple that may hold the shocking secrets of mankind's past - and the last hope for it's salvation!Episodes-Bonus Features:**Widescreen Feature**Commentary by Tim Burton**Easter Egg: Chimp Commentary (Video)**Theatrical Trailer**Trailers (BEHIND ENEMY LINES ICE AGE LXG)System Requirements:Running Time: 124 minsFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: Unknown UPC: 024543414575 Manufacturer No: 2241457
Amazon.com: Billed as a "reimagining" of the original 1968 film, Tim Burton's extraordinary Planet of the Apes constantly borders on greatness, adhering to the spirit of Pierre Boulle's original novel while exploring fresh and inventive ideas and paying honorable tribute to the '68 sci-fi classic. Burton's gifts for eccentric inspiration and visual ingenuity make this a movie that's as entertaining as it is provocative, beginning with Rick Baker's best-ever ape makeup (hand that man an Oscar®!), and continuing through the surprisingly nuanced performances and breathtaking production design. Add to all this an intelligent screenplay that turns Boulle's speculative reversal--the dominance of apes over humans--into a provocative study of civil rights and civil war. The film finally goes too far with a woefully misguided ending that pays weak homage to the original, but everything preceding that misfire is astonishingly right.
While attempting the space-pod retrieval of a chimpanzee test pilot, Major Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) enters a magnetic storm that propels him into the distant future, where he crash-lands on the ape-ruled planet. Among the primitively civilized apes, treatment of enslaved humans is a divisive issue: senator's daughter Ari (Helena Bonham Carter) advocates equality while the ruthless General Thade (Tim Roth) promotes extermination. While Davidson ignites a human rebellion, this conflict is explored with admirable depth and emotion, and sharp dialogue allows Burton's exceptional cast to bring remarkable expressiveness to their embattled ape characters, most notably in the comic relief of orangutan slave trader Limbo (played to perfection by Paul Giamatti). Classic lines from the original film are cleverly reversed (including an unbilled cameo for Charlton Heston, in ape regalia as Thade's dying father), and while this tale of interspecies warfare leads to an ironic conclusion that's not altogether satisfying, it still bears the ripe fruit of a timeless what-if idea. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating: - Wheres the other disc????
Ok, where's the second disc??? I just bought the DVD and it doesn't have the second disc with the extra features on it. I know for a fact that it should have one. The disc I got refers to me to the second ... Read More
Rating: - Yikes!
This film is a mess. There is no need to go into detail. Skip it! Buy or rent the original with Charlton Heston. We watched this one again the other night (I have it in my Apes DVD limited edition head set) ... Read More
Rating: - The worst Tim Burton movie ever.
This remake is only a money machine for "20th Cash Fox", betting that the 2001 audience will not remember the two Charlton Heston movies(Two first of the original series), and from a financial standpoint it ... Read More
Rating: - Planet of the Apes
The video arrived within a few days. The BluRay format is wonderful. I enjoyed it very much.
Rating: - There is little redeeming about this movie
It's amazing how half-hearted this movie is. The scenes, costumes, and especially the dialogue are all worse than the original. If this wasn't a remake, the first whole hour you'd be asking yourself "why did ... Read More
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- Yikes!
- Planet of the Apes
- There is little redeeming about this movie