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(Roddy McDowall)
This is Malibu Creek State Park...
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...located near the city of Los Angeles.
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All of this once belonged...
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...to one of Hollywood's biggest and most
prestigious studios: Twentieth Century Fox.
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Nicknamed "The Fox Ranch"...
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...it was home to some of the most
memorable motion pictures ever made.
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But in 1968, this location was used
for a very different kind of film.
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Produced during one of the most
turbulent periods in our nation's history...
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...it explored religious,
social and political themes...
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...and managed to be wildly
entertaining at the same time.
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World gone insane.
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Upside-down civilisation.
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Take your stinking paws off me,
you damn dirty ape!
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The only good human is a dead human!
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My God, it's a city of apes!
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Now! Fight like apes!
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It's a madhouse!
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Planet of the Apes spawned four sequels,
two television series...
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...and a mountain of merchandise.
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It became a cultural phenomenon.
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And it started as the vision of two men.
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A French novelist named Pierre Boulle...
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...and a Hollywood film producer
named Arthur P Jacobs.
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Born in 1922, Arthur Jacobs began his career
as a messenger at MGM in the 1940s.
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Energetic, forceful and full of ideas...
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...he soon found himself working
in their publicity department.
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A master of promotion, he was
eventually lured away by Warner Bros.
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But Arthur wanted control of his own destiny.
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In 1949, he left Warners
to form his own public relations firm...
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...and within two years his client roster
included such high-profile celebrities as...
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...Gregory Peck, Jimmy Stewart...
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...Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe.
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Marilyn helped Jacobs make the transition
from publicist to producer in the early 1960s.
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She agreed to star in a film he was
developing called What a Way To Go.
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But, before production could begin,
Marilyn Monroe died on August 5th, 1962.
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Arthur had lost his star,
but not his determination.
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(wolf whistle)
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(trailer) Hi, folks! In case
you didn't know it, that's a girl - all girl.
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Yeah! Shirley MacLaine.
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Jacobs got his movie made.
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The film became one of Fox's
top moneymakers of 1964.
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Arthur's reputation as a skilful,
creative producer was assured.
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Just after the film's release,
Fox studio head, Richard Zanuck...
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...showed his appreciation by agreeing
to finance another Jacobs project...
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...called Dr Dolittle.
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Starring Rex Harrison,
the film featured original songs...
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...dazzling special effects,
hundreds of extras...
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...and a large supporting cast
of trained animals.
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The first film in which a human being -
myself - actually talks to animals.
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It was during Dolittle's lengthy
preproduction phase...
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...that Arthur approached Zanuck
with an idea for another motion picture.
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It, too, played with the concept
of talking to the animals, but...
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...in a much more serious way.
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It was called Planet of the Apes.
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In 1963, Jacobs had acquired the rights
to a novel entitled La Planete Des singes...
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...or The Monkey Planet...
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...by one of France's
most acclaimed authors, Pierre Boulle.
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La Planete Des singes...
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...told the story of three astronauts
who travel to an alien world...
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...where man is a primitive beast,
dominated by a race of superintelligent apes.
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Jacobs read the book shortly before
its official publication...
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...and quickly purchased the screen rights.
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He felt that the concept
would make for a visually intriguing...
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...highly original motion picture.
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But Boulle disagreed.
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He considered the novel one of his lesser
works, with no potential for screen success.
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During the next few months,
Jacobs commissioned sketches...
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...depicting his concept
of the apes' strange, alien world.
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Seven different artists worked on
various concepts as the story evolved.
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He prepared a merchandising book
for Planet of the Apes...
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...like nothing I have seen before or since.
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It was about 130 pages of ideas.
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And that's what Arthur was - an idea man.
And he was marvellous at it.
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(Roddy McDowall)
Jacobs also contacted Rod Sterling...
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...a prolific writer, most famous for his highly
acclaimed Twilight Zone television series.
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Intrigued by Boulle's novel,
Sterling began adapting it into a screenplay.
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But the challenge
proved harder than anticipated.
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After nearly a year,
he completed more than 30 drafts.
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With paintings and script in hand...
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...Jacobs spent the next year pitching
Planet of the Apes to all of the major studios.
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But everywhere he went,
he was met with the same response:
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No.
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Rejected and ridiculed...
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...Jacobs reached back to his roots
as a publicist.
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He knew that only one thing got Hollywood
executives excited about a project.
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A star.
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On June 5th, 1965,
Arthur made an appointment...
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...with one of the most respected
and powerful actors in Hollywood:
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Charlton Heston, a veteran of blockbusters
like The Ten Commandments...
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...and an Academy Award winner
for his performance in Ben Hur.
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I was approached by Arthur Jacobs with
Pierre Boulle's novel Planet of the Apes...
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...and a remarkable series of paintings of
scenes in the picture that Arthur envisioned.
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And it attracted me. I liked the idea of talking
monkeys and the different civilisation...
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...and it was simply
a marvellous idea for a movie.
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(Roddy McDowall) Heston also recommended
a director, Franklin Schaffner...
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...having just finished
a film with him called The War Lord.
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(Charlton Heston) So Arthur already had two
key ingredients - a lead actor and a director.
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And he would go from studio to studio
and they would say...
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..."What are you talking about?
Spaceships? Talking monkeys?"
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"You're outta your mind!
That's Saturday-morning serials!"
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(Roddy McDowall)
Their reluctance isn't hard to imagine.
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Looks like the real thing.
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Up to that time, actors in ape costumes...
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...were more often found
in low-budget B-pictures...
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...and tended to be
more laughable than believable.
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But, despite the obstacles...
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...Jacobs persevered.
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Finally Richard Zanuck, who then ran Fox,
having just taken it over from his father...
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...said "You know,
let's have a meeting on this."
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(Zanuck) I'd made a picture, too,
with Arthur at that time...
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...and we signed him
to a multiple-picture deal.
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So he presented the script, which needed
a lot of work, with these sketches...
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...and gave me a small pitch on it...
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...and I read it over the weekend
and was captivated by it.
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But I had some reservations.
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Dick Zanuck said "These monkeys, they're
really gonna be actors, right? In makeup?"
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"Not real monkeys."
We said "Well, sure, of course."
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And he said "What if
people laugh at the makeups?"
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You know,
it could be some very humorous idea...
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...if not done properly.
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And I asked him...
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...to make this test.
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(Roddy McDowall) On March 8th, 1966, Arthur
and his team went to Fox and shot the test.
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We erected a jury-rigged set.
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The whole test cost $5,000...
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...which was the limit Dick would give us.
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Good evening, Mr Thomas.
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Feeling fine, I hope?
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Considering I've been kept in a cage
for six weeks, I'm fine. Yes.
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Good.
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The test featured Charlton Heston...
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...and Hollywood legend Edward G Robinson
as the orangutan leader, Dr Zaius.
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Man here is an animal.
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Man here was an animal.
He had no civilisation.
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He wore no clothes, he thought
no thoughts, he spoke no language.
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Just a few feet from this tent,
you found a cemetery.
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Built and filled by a civilised race.
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A race which, according to you, never got
beyond a crawl and a couple of grunts.
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You found more than a cemetery, Doctor.
You found a question.
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Which came first? The chicken or the egg?
The ape or the man?
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Dr Xaius? You'd better take a look at this.
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We found it in some kind of artificial shaft.
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Look closely and you might
recognise James Brolin...
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...playing the chimpanzee Cornelius.
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What do you think you've found,
Mr Cornelius?
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Not found, Doctor. Lost.
And I'm afraid that would be a birthright.
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Mama!
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Mama!
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They had a language.
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While we swung from trees...
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...they had a language.
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Well, you were right, Mr Thomas.
We have uncovered a question.
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Now we must unearth an answer.
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If man had a civilisation here,
what happened to it?
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You'd better go and supervise
the preparations for our departure.
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(Roddy McDowall)
The makeup was the work of Ben Nye...
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...the head of Fox's makeup department.
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Although primitive, it did the trick.
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It proved that...
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...the idea could work. It wasn't laughable.
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(Roddy McDowall) After screening the test,
Zanuck gave Jacobs the green light...
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...he had long been waiting for.
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Planet of the Apes would, at last,
become a reality.
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Planet of the Apes was scheduled
to begin filming in the spring of 1967...
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...leaving the filmmakers
with only seven months to prepare...
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...an uncomfortably short time
for such an ambitious production.
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Although there was still some
dissatisfaction with the script...
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...everyone agreed that the biggest challenge
was the ape makeup.
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Ben Nye's test had been a good start...
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...but a makeup artist was needed
with experience in prosthetics...
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...lightweight latex appliances that could be
moulded and used for long periods of time.
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A call went out, and the man
who answered it was John Chambers.
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Chambers was a former World War Two
medical technician...
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...who had begun his career
working in a veterans' hospital...
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...designing prosthetic limbs and
facial restorations for injured soldiers.
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In the early 1950s, he moved to California...
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...believing his unique skills
would prove a valuable asset...
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...to the newly emerging television industry.
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His skill with prosthetics soon put him
at the top of his profession.
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Within a decade, he was developing creature
makeups for shows like...
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...The Munsters, The Outer Limits...
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...and Lost in Space.
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He even designed Mr Spock's famous ears
for the Star Trek television series.
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Chambers was innovative, clever and quick.
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Skills that would be put to the test...
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...when he began working on
Planet of the Apes in January 1967.
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The task was formidable.
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Chambers had to design appliances...
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...that could turn over 200 human beings
into walking, talking apes...
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...do it for under $1 million...
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...and make it happen
in less than four months.
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When I saw the test film,
I thought it was very good...
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...for what they had just tried offhand...
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...without any experimenting.
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When you do people like that...
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...you have to be very careful that
you don't make the audience laugh at you...
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...but laugh along with you.
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(Roddy McDowall) With Fox's makeup lab
at his disposal, Chambers got down to work.
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The first order of business
was to solve the technical challenges.
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The makeup needed to suggest
realistic mouth movements.
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The appliances worked more
with the facial muscles...
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...showing the animation through the...
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...actor creating
the over-extensive smile or talk.
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(Roddy McDowall) Surrounding himself
with talented artists and newcomers...
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...Chambers worked around the clock.
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And extras were hired just to sit in
for numerous makeup tests.
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Arthur Jacobs called me one day and he said
"We're not gettin' anywhere."
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"We gotta get goin'."
He said "See if you can help those guys."
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I said "Anybody ever thought of...
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...actually looking at an ape?"
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He said "Yeah. If you think you can
get us an ape, we'd love to see it."
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So I went back to Arthur
and I said "They need an ape."
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He said "Get 'em one."
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The next day I walk into makeup with
a chimpanzee, and these guys went crazy!
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(Roddy McDowall) Next, design choices were
made to differentiate various types of apes.
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Chimps, who were sympathetic
to man in the story...
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...were made to look
a little more human in appearance.
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The gorillas represented the ape military...
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...and were given faces much fiercer
than their real-life counterparts.
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And the aristocratic orang-outangs
were given a more noble visage.
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What Chambers was creating for
Planet of the Apes was not only ingenious...
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...it was breaking new ground.
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The actors actually were able to express
emotion through those makeups.
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It's kinda tough.
And John Chambers made it work.
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While John Chambers laboured
on the makeup design...
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...Arthur Jacobs turned his attention
to the script.
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Rod Serling's screenplay had remained
faithful to the original novel...
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...and depicted
a technologically advanced society.
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But the production team began to fear
that the apes were too evolved.
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Futuristic helicopters and cars
would be too expensive to film.
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The early designs were
very high-tech civilisation...
232
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...which meant you had to design all kinds
of special vehicles and so on. And buildings.
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And Frank said
"I don't have enough budget as it is."
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He said "Why don't we say
it's a very primitive society...
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...and they use horse and wagons
and very primitive buildings?"
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And that's what we did.
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(Roddy McDowall) After deciding on a more
rustic and cost-efficient ape society...
238
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...Jacobs contacted
screenwriter Michael Wilson.
239
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Wilson was an Academy Award winner
who had earlier collaborated...
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...on the screen adaptation of Pierre Boulle's
The Bridge on the River Kwai.
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(Mort Abrahams) Mike Wilson did a rewrite
which was very close to being right.
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We were already dealing
with a science fiction... central idea.
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And I had learned, because I'd done
a lot of science fiction things on television...
244
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...that you cannot present too many...
science fiction ideas...
245
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...and have them work,
unless you had characters.
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Believable human...
or characters with human responses.
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And we couldn't contain all the science
fiction that Pierre had envisioned.
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And we had to simplify it.
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(Roddy McDowall) As it took shape...
250
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...production designer William Creber began
designing the more primitive ape society.
251
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I needed to come up with some
ape unearthly architecture...
252
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...and so I looked at all the books I could find
of... you know, to be inspired.
253
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And I found in Turkey there's
a troglodyte city carved into a mountain.
254
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And I liked the shapes and that was
a very strange place. And that was it.
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It was like "That's what we're gonna do.
I don't know how."
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But we had our meeting with the director
and Arthur and they said "Yeah!"
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(Roddy McDowall)
With the start of filming drawing near...
258
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...the production was hit by the unexpected
loss of actor Edward G Robinson.
259
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Voicing concerns over
the lengthy makeup process...
260
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...he decided to withdraw
from the role of Dr Zaius.
261
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When we got to make the picture and
we said "Eddy, we gotta have a go"...
262
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...he said "Guys, I can't do it."
263
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He said "My heart's shot."
He said "I'm too old."
264
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And he said "That makeup
just drove me crazy."
265
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He said "I couldn't possibly do that,
day after day." He said "I gotta pass."
266
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(Roddy McDowall)
Studio executives were also concerned...
267
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...this time over the film's escalating budget.
268
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On April 28th, only three weeks
before filming was set to begin...
269
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...the studio cut the production's
55-day shooting schedule by ten days.
270
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All aspects of the production were affected...
271
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...with the exception of the makeup
and wardrobe budget...
272
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...which remained at almost
one million dollars.
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Jacobs and the studio finally settled
on a budget of $5.8 million.
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And, on May 21st, 1967...
275
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...Planet of the Apes
went before the cameras...
276
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...and Hollywood history
was about to be made.
277
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In less than an hour we'll finish
our sixth month out of Cape Kennedy.
278
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The earth has aged nearly 700 years
since we left it.
279
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While we've aged hardly at all.
280
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Seen from out here, space is... boundless.
281
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It squashes a man's ego.
282
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I feel lonely.
283
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I leave the 20th century with no regrets.
But... one more thing:
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Does man, that marvel of the universe, that
glorious paradox who sent me to the stars...
285
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...still make war against his brother?
286
00:20:33,184 --> 00:20:37,583
Following a prologue establishing
the character of astronaut George Taylor...
287
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...the film's opening sequence
depicted a dramatic spaceship crash.
288
00:20:47,983 --> 00:20:52,703
Striving for realism,
Franklin Schaffner and William Creber...
289
00:20:52,903 --> 00:20:56,463
...came up with a simple
yet effective visual approach.
290
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I convinced Frank to do it subjective...
291
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...as though you were looking out
the front of the spaceship.
292
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A whole montage
of kind of tumbling, crashing.
293
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You just see the hurtling at the water.
294
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And then the screen goes black,
and when it comes up...
295
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...the camera pulls back,
you're inside the spaceship.
296
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She's sinking! Dodge! Read the atmosphere.
297
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(Roddy McDowall)
To show the astronauts' escape...
298
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...a full-size mock-up of the ship's nose
section was constructed out of plywood.
299
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It was 24 feet long or longer, and we took that
to Lake Powell and I anchored it in the lake.
300
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Blow the hatch!
301
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Abandon ship!
302
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So those scenes with the guys
comin' out of it, we rigged it all.
303
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They could get inside and jump off of it.
304
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It was in 300 feet of water.
305
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(Roddy McDowall) A miniature
and a detailed matte painting...
306
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...were used for the shots of the sinking ship.
307
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Going.
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Going.
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Gone.
310
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OK, we're here to stay.
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(Roddy McDowall)
The first sequences to actually be filmed...
312
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...depicted the surviving astronauts'
trek across a desert wilderness.
313
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They were shot in a remote area surrounding
the Colorado River in Utah and Arizona...
314
00:23:07,938 --> 00:23:10,858
...by director of photography Leon Shamroy.
315
00:23:13,898 --> 00:23:16,978
The location was desolate and treacherous.
316
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Camera and sound equipment arrived
by helicopter, foot and mule-pack team.
317
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Jeff Burton, who played astronaut Dodge,
fainted from the heat...
318
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...which often reached 120 degrees.
319
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You're no seeker.
320
00:23:37,817 --> 00:23:41,897
You thought life on Earth was meaningless.
You despise people.
321
00:23:42,097 --> 00:23:44,217
So what did you do? You ran out.
322
00:23:44,417 --> 00:23:47,257
No, no. It's not like that, Landon.
323
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I'm a seeker too.
324
00:23:50,056 --> 00:23:54,536
But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help
thinking somewhere in the universe...
325
00:23:54,736 --> 00:23:58,576
...there has to be something
better than man. Has to be.
326
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(Mort Abrahams) At the beginning of the film,
little figures move across the landscape.
327
00:24:03,816 --> 00:24:06,736
The shooting went for days and days.
328
00:24:08,176 --> 00:24:13,576
I said "Frank, why are you so particular
about the opening sequence?"
329
00:24:14,976 --> 00:24:20,695
He said "It sets the mood, the tone
and the objective of the film."
330
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We're going.
We don't know where we're going.
331
00:24:28,975 --> 00:24:31,855
We have no idea of what's going to happen.
332
00:24:32,055 --> 00:24:34,055
Scarecrows?
333
00:24:35,055 --> 00:24:37,055
Let's see.
334
00:24:37,655 --> 00:24:40,455
And that sets the body of the film.
335
00:24:45,734 --> 00:24:47,734
To hell with the scarecrows!
336
00:24:48,974 --> 00:24:53,734
(Roddy McDowall) Most of the filming was
at the Fox Ranch, where this scene was shot.
337
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- Whoo-Hoo!
- Hey! Yay! Yay!
338
00:24:58,134 --> 00:25:03,654
This swimming hole was originally
created for Arthur Jacobs' Dr Dolittle.
339
00:25:04,174 --> 00:25:07,534
But the waterfall was enhanced
for this production...
340
00:25:07,734 --> 00:25:12,493
...courtesy of two dozen
carefully hidden fire hoses.
341
00:25:13,853 --> 00:25:15,853
Taylor, look!
342
00:25:23,133 --> 00:25:29,133
Obviously the intent here was to show
the astronauts from the touchdown...
343
00:25:29,333 --> 00:25:33,373
...very gradually going into the green area.
344
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(Taylor) They look more or less human
but I think they're mute.
345
00:25:39,572 --> 00:25:44,692
The logistics were tough.
For example, we had to grow a field.
346
00:25:44,892 --> 00:25:50,532
The location we selected on the ranch
was perfectly equipped to grow corn.
347
00:25:50,732 --> 00:25:55,092
If this is the best they've got around here,
in six months we'll be running this planet.
348
00:25:55,292 --> 00:25:57,612
(William Creber)
Franklin wanted the corn six feet high.
349
00:25:57,812 --> 00:26:00,692
(roaring)
350
00:26:01,372 --> 00:26:03,372
We had, like, ten weeks.
351
00:26:05,411 --> 00:26:09,051
We had sprinklers, you know,
goin' 24 hours a day watering it.
352
00:26:09,251 --> 00:26:14,371
And we'd fertilise the whole field
with special fertiliser and, you know...
353
00:26:14,571 --> 00:26:18,451
...everything to pump this stuff up
because of the amount of time we had.
354
00:26:18,651 --> 00:26:22,771
And about three days before shooting,
we had eight feet.
355
00:26:23,371 --> 00:26:26,251
So I went back to Franklin Schaffner
on the set.
356
00:26:26,451 --> 00:26:31,490
I said "Hey, Frank, we got the corn. It's
gonna be eight feet." He said "I said six feet."
357
00:26:31,690 --> 00:26:35,130
And I said "What do you want me to do?"
He says "Mow it at six feet"...
358
00:26:35,330 --> 00:26:40,290
...you know, then smiled and puffed his cigar.
That was his sense of humour.
359
00:26:41,130 --> 00:26:43,330
He destroyed that field of corn.
360
00:26:45,170 --> 00:26:48,410
(Roddy McDowall) The cornfield hunt
offered one of the most powerful...
361
00:26:48,610 --> 00:26:50,610
...and disturbing sequences.
362
00:26:54,850 --> 00:26:57,410
That sequence really had to grip you...
363
00:26:58,050 --> 00:27:01,449
...and convince you right away
what you were gonna see...
364
00:27:01,649 --> 00:27:03,529
...was going to be extraordinary...
365
00:27:03,729 --> 00:27:08,809
...was going to be shocking, was going to be
unlike anything you'd ever seen before.
366
00:27:13,729 --> 00:27:16,609
I knew right away we'd made
the right decision with Schaffner...
367
00:27:16,809 --> 00:27:20,129
...when I saw how he was shooting
that sequence. He hit it.
368
00:27:23,169 --> 00:27:26,728
(Roddy McDowall) Helping to create
an eerie, otherworldly atmosphere...
369
00:27:26,928 --> 00:27:31,848
...was the experimental music score
composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
370
00:27:34,848 --> 00:27:39,088
Goldsmith utilised unusual instruments,
like metal mixing bowls...
371
00:27:39,288 --> 00:27:41,288
...a ram's horn...
372
00:27:44,048 --> 00:27:48,568
...and a Brazilian cuica,
which could recreate eight vocalisations.
373
00:28:13,967 --> 00:28:16,207
At the conclusion of the hunt...
374
00:28:16,407 --> 00:28:18,807
...Taylor is taken captive.
375
00:28:25,566 --> 00:28:28,406
- Smile.
- (all chuckle)
376
00:28:30,486 --> 00:28:33,126
Now a prisoner of the apes...
377
00:28:33,326 --> 00:28:37,406
...Taylor attempts to make contact
with a sympathetic female chimpanzee...
378
00:28:37,606 --> 00:28:39,486
...named Dr Zira.
379
00:28:39,686 --> 00:28:43,086
Well, Bright Eyes. ls our throat feeling better?
380
00:28:45,046 --> 00:28:47,525
That Bright Eyes is remarkable.
381
00:28:47,725 --> 00:28:50,365
He keeps trying to form words.
382
00:28:50,565 --> 00:28:53,565
You know what they say.
Human see, human do.
383
00:28:55,325 --> 00:28:57,685
Zira was played by Kim Hunter...
384
00:28:57,885 --> 00:29:01,165
...best known for her Academy
Award-winning performance as Stella...
385
00:29:01,365 --> 00:29:03,445
...in A Streetcar Named Desire.
386
00:29:03,645 --> 00:29:06,565
My agent sent me a copy of the script...
387
00:29:06,765 --> 00:29:10,285
...wanted to know whether I was interested,
should he pursue it.
388
00:29:10,485 --> 00:29:12,365
And I thought it was fascinating.
389
00:29:12,565 --> 00:29:19,164
Eventually it came through and they flew me
out to LA for the costume tests.
390
00:29:19,564 --> 00:29:22,444
So I figured I'd be going
to the costume department, right?
391
00:29:22,644 --> 00:29:26,204
No. Went to John Chambers' department.
392
00:29:26,404 --> 00:29:31,124
And I couldn't believe it. What we had
to go through to get all of that on.
393
00:29:31,324 --> 00:29:34,164
It took about five hours, the first time.
394
00:29:35,324 --> 00:29:38,764
Not only in appliances,
but all the other stuff that went with it.
395
00:29:38,964 --> 00:29:42,443
The wig. We had fur on our hands.
396
00:29:42,643 --> 00:29:44,643
I had to wear brown nail polish.
397
00:29:44,843 --> 00:29:50,123
The only thing that was not covered
in some way or another were my eyeballs.
398
00:29:50,883 --> 00:29:54,363
We then, you know, did tests
out in front of camera.
399
00:29:58,243 --> 00:30:04,763
People asked me a lot "As an actress, didn't
it bother you that they couldn't see you?"
400
00:30:04,963 --> 00:30:08,962
Well, they saw the character I was playing.
That's all I care about.
401
00:30:10,002 --> 00:30:11,482
Julius!
402
00:30:11,682 --> 00:30:14,362
I loved the character - Dr Zira.
403
00:30:14,562 --> 00:30:18,162
- I told you what you'd get!
- Julius, don't hurt him!
404
00:30:18,642 --> 00:30:21,242
And I thought the script had much to say.
405
00:30:21,442 --> 00:30:22,602
Julius!
406
00:30:22,802 --> 00:30:28,682
Everybody seems afraid around those
creatures that are different from us.
407
00:30:28,882 --> 00:30:31,122
Natural-born thieves, aren't they?
408
00:30:32,322 --> 00:30:37,361
Zira, as a psychologist, of course,
was interested in finding out about them.
409
00:30:44,361 --> 00:30:47,001
Get me a collar and leash.
410
00:30:49,961 --> 00:30:53,201
(Roddy McDowall) Another leading
ape role was that of Cornelius...
411
00:30:53,401 --> 00:30:55,961
...Zira's archaeologist husband.
412
00:30:57,681 --> 00:31:00,161
What about your theory?
413
00:31:00,961 --> 00:31:04,280
The existence of someone
like Taylor might prove it.
414
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,280
Do you want to get my head chopped off?
415
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:10,120
A missing link between
the unevolved primate...
416
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,880
- ...and the ape.
- (Taylor bangs table)
417
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,960
- Touchy, isn't he?
- Hm.
418
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,560
"I am not a missing link."
419
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:24,160
Well, if he were a missing link, the sacred
scrolls wouldn't be worth their parchment.
420
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,960
Well, maybe they're not.
421
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:31,159
(laughs) Oh, no, thank you.
I'm not going to get into that battle.
422
00:31:34,639 --> 00:31:37,879
(Roddy McDowall) Jacobs personally
offered me the part of Cornelius...
423
00:31:38,079 --> 00:31:40,719
...on a plane flight back from London.
424
00:31:41,159 --> 00:31:44,479
I accepted immediately,
intrigued by the technical challenge...
425
00:31:44,679 --> 00:31:47,999
...of acting inside the elaborate ape makeup.
426
00:31:50,759 --> 00:31:56,919
I remember Roddy McDowall saying that
the trick for acting behind those makeups...
427
00:31:57,119 --> 00:31:59,838
...was to overact with your face.
428
00:32:00,038 --> 00:32:02,998
Then it would bleed through the makeup.
429
00:32:03,198 --> 00:32:07,078
(Kim Hunter) If we didn't
keep the appliances moving...
430
00:32:07,278 --> 00:32:09,718
...they began to look like masks.
431
00:32:09,918 --> 00:32:13,598
I got very used to
making them move all the time.
432
00:32:13,798 --> 00:32:18,918
We were doing all kinds of crazy things with
our face all the time, to keep them moving.
433
00:32:21,318 --> 00:32:24,757
Roddy and I had to kiss.
And we had no sense of feeling.
434
00:32:24,957 --> 00:32:29,517
We had to really work hard to make it look
as if we were properly kissing each other...
435
00:32:29,717 --> 00:32:32,477
...without squishing the appliances.
436
00:32:34,477 --> 00:32:36,477
Cornelius!
437
00:32:36,797 --> 00:32:39,917
Man has no understanding.
438
00:32:40,117 --> 00:32:43,917
He can be taught a few simple tricks.
Nothing more.
439
00:32:44,117 --> 00:32:49,277
To suggest that we can learn anything
about the simian nature...
440
00:32:49,477 --> 00:32:51,996
...from the study of man is sheer nonsense.
441
00:32:54,876 --> 00:32:58,596
(Roddy McDowall) One of the pivotal
ape characters in the film was Dr Zaius...
442
00:32:58,796 --> 00:33:00,756
...the elder orangutan statesman.
443
00:33:00,956 --> 00:33:03,836
Inheriting the role
after Edward G Robinson's departure...
444
00:33:04,036 --> 00:33:08,956
...was the noted Shakespearean stage
and screen actor, Maurice Evans.
445
00:33:09,356 --> 00:33:12,796
(Richard Xanuck) People said
"Why spend all the money on the actors?"
446
00:33:12,996 --> 00:33:15,156
"You never see their faces."
447
00:33:15,556 --> 00:33:17,636
To be convincing...
448
00:33:17,836 --> 00:33:22,035
...and for the idea to work,
we had to have great actors.
449
00:33:23,555 --> 00:33:27,755
People weren't expecting
for a science fiction picture...
450
00:33:27,955 --> 00:33:30,555
...to find that kind of talent.
451
00:33:31,235 --> 00:33:35,275
And I think that was surprising
and impressive to audiences.
452
00:33:35,475 --> 00:33:38,515
And it certainly lent
to the credibility of the piece.
453
00:33:38,715 --> 00:33:44,635
You hear their voices, and it's their delivery.
That was the key - unmistakable. Voices.
454
00:33:44,835 --> 00:33:46,714
Man is a nuisance.
455
00:33:46,914 --> 00:33:50,154
He eats up his food supplies in the forest...
456
00:33:50,354 --> 00:33:54,954
...then migrates to our green belts
and ravages our crops.
457
00:33:57,634 --> 00:34:00,554
The sooner he is exterminated the better.
458
00:34:03,794 --> 00:34:05,034
The role of Taylor...
459
00:34:05,234 --> 00:34:09,154
...was one of the most physically
demanding of Charlton Heston's career.
460
00:34:09,874 --> 00:34:14,073
In Planet of the Apes he's running around
half-naked half the time.
461
00:34:14,273 --> 00:34:16,793
He's getting beaten up by gorillas.
462
00:34:18,833 --> 00:34:22,353
He's burned, he's almost lobotomised,
castrated, almost killed.
463
00:34:22,553 --> 00:34:25,753
Charlton Heston is not having
his best day on Planet of the Apes.
464
00:34:27,033 --> 00:34:30,113
If you look at a lot
of Charlton Heston's earlier films...
465
00:34:30,313 --> 00:34:33,833
...he's often playing
these larger-than-life characters.
466
00:34:34,353 --> 00:34:38,233
And he's a tremendous hero
and vision of strength.
467
00:34:39,633 --> 00:34:42,432
But in Planet of the Apes,
all that's out the window...
468
00:34:42,632 --> 00:34:46,192
and the audience's
point of identification changed.
469
00:34:46,392 --> 00:34:50,232
The Charlton Heston hero,
who used to be counted on to win the day...
470
00:34:50,432 --> 00:34:53,592
...all of a sudden is
in a much more precarious position.
471
00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:55,792
(ape screams)
472
00:34:57,072 --> 00:35:01,952
So there's this sense of things aren't as
secure and stable as we thought they were.
473
00:35:02,152 --> 00:35:03,592
(gunshot)
474
00:35:03,792 --> 00:35:06,672
Actors should be able
to accept the circumstances...
475
00:35:06,872 --> 00:35:10,311
...the premises of
whatever project they're doing.
476
00:35:13,391 --> 00:35:16,911
But it was a very unusual
acting challenge. Painful.
477
00:35:20,551 --> 00:35:23,031
So I could run apparently barefoot -
478
00:35:23,231 --> 00:35:27,751
they had rubber booties
that were moulded to be feet -
479
00:35:27,951 --> 00:35:30,511
and that protected me from thorns.
480
00:35:33,191 --> 00:35:36,310
We were doing some stuff
where I'm running through the shrubbery...
481
00:35:36,510 --> 00:35:38,390
...and people are throwing things at me.
482
00:35:38,590 --> 00:35:40,910
And I said to Joe Canutt, who doubled me...
483
00:35:41,110 --> 00:35:45,430
..."Would you mind just doing these last
couple of run-throughs?" He says "No."
484
00:35:45,630 --> 00:35:51,550
I said "What do you mean?" He said "You've
been working all afternoon in poison ivy."
485
00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:56,750
And so I was! He says
"You'll notice it tomorrow." And I did!
486
00:35:58,910 --> 00:36:01,390
(Roddy McDowall) Exhausted
by the relentless schedule...
487
00:36:01,590 --> 00:36:03,829
...and subjected to
extremes in temperature...
488
00:36:04,029 --> 00:36:08,949
...Heston came down with a bad case of the flu
just before shooting this scene.
489
00:36:14,229 --> 00:36:19,029
Fortunately, the actor's hoarse voice
actually enhanced his performance.
490
00:36:19,229 --> 00:36:23,029
- Taylor! Why did you run away?
- Security police.
491
00:36:23,229 --> 00:36:25,109
I'm in charge of this man.
492
00:36:25,309 --> 00:36:28,069
He is in the custody
of the ministry of science.
493
00:36:28,549 --> 00:36:30,908
Take your stinking paws off me...
494
00:36:31,108 --> 00:36:33,348
...you damn dirty ape!
495
00:36:43,268 --> 00:36:45,268
No one'll listen to me.
496
00:36:47,548 --> 00:36:49,548
Only you.
497
00:36:52,548 --> 00:36:54,548
You.
498
00:36:55,468 --> 00:36:57,467
Nova.
499
00:36:57,867 --> 00:37:00,347
You... Nova.
500
00:37:00,547 --> 00:37:02,547
No...
501
00:37:04,547 --> 00:37:07,067
Yeah. Me Tarzan, you Jane.
502
00:37:09,547 --> 00:37:14,467
(Roddy McDowall) The role of Nova,
Taylor's mate, went to lovely Linda Harrison.
503
00:37:15,067 --> 00:37:16,947
Linda, a former beauty queen...
504
00:37:17,147 --> 00:37:21,547
...had made an appearance
in the original Apes test film as Zira.
505
00:37:22,827 --> 00:37:26,546
I was under contract at Fox and...
506
00:37:27,426 --> 00:37:31,426
...I was also dating the head of the studio,
Richard Zanuck.
507
00:37:31,626 --> 00:37:35,346
And he said "I think there might be
a part for you in it."
508
00:37:35,546 --> 00:37:39,146
So I eventually got the part of Nova.
509
00:37:39,586 --> 00:37:41,746
Everybody that was involved in it...
510
00:37:41,946 --> 00:37:45,426
...they all realised that I was a neophyte.
511
00:37:45,626 --> 00:37:50,506
I was, like, 21 years old.
So they kind of took me under their wing.
512
00:37:52,385 --> 00:37:57,865
Since I hadn't done acting that much,
I think I went instinctively with her.
513
00:37:59,025 --> 00:38:01,425
I thought about animal instincts.
514
00:38:02,705 --> 00:38:07,705
The way she would move and react
would be more like an animal would react...
515
00:38:07,905 --> 00:38:09,785
...more from fear...
516
00:38:09,985 --> 00:38:11,985
Where are you taking her?
517
00:38:12,625 --> 00:38:15,145
...and would seem to be
what the director wanted.
518
00:38:15,345 --> 00:38:18,144
Damn you! You hairy scum!
519
00:38:19,104 --> 00:38:20,984
Shut up, you freak!
520
00:38:21,184 --> 00:38:23,944
- Julius, you...
- I said shut up!
521
00:38:24,144 --> 00:38:26,144
It's a madhouse!
522
00:38:26,824 --> 00:38:29,144
A madhouse!
523
00:38:32,944 --> 00:38:35,104
(Roddy McDowall)
The Ape City and its surroundings...
524
00:38:35,304 --> 00:38:38,024
...were constructed on the Fox Malibu ranch.
525
00:38:38,224 --> 00:38:43,384
Urethane foam was just getting started
in the film business...
526
00:38:43,584 --> 00:38:47,143
...and to be able to spray this foam
in shapes and carve it.
527
00:38:47,343 --> 00:38:48,943
So we dreamed up a system...
528
00:38:49,143 --> 00:38:54,863
...where we would sculpt the building
out of pencil-rod metal and weld it all up.
529
00:38:55,063 --> 00:39:00,343
And then we would cover the building with
cardboard and then get inside that structure...
530
00:39:00,543 --> 00:39:04,623
...and spray the foam against the cardboard
and let it set up...
531
00:39:04,823 --> 00:39:10,383
...and then peel the cardboard off so it left
this sort of cement, but in these odd forms.
532
00:39:10,583 --> 00:39:14,902
And I remember coming across an article
by MIT a year or two later...
533
00:39:15,102 --> 00:39:20,622
...how they'd come up with this system,
and we'd already put it in the movies.
534
00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:33,862
Do you acknowledge kinship
with any of these creatures?
535
00:39:34,062 --> 00:39:37,942
- With one of them, yes.
- Identify him, then. Speak to him.
536
00:39:39,701 --> 00:39:41,701
Landon?
537
00:39:43,021 --> 00:39:44,541
Landon.
538
00:39:50,861 --> 00:39:52,341
You did it.
539
00:39:52,541 --> 00:39:55,981
You cut up his brain, you bloody baboon!
540
00:39:56,181 --> 00:39:58,181
(president) Stop him!
541
00:39:58,381 --> 00:40:00,901
Comparative to the makeup for the apes...
542
00:40:01,101 --> 00:40:04,461
...there were other
makeup challenges on this film.
543
00:40:04,661 --> 00:40:05,901
Take him inside!
544
00:40:06,101 --> 00:40:11,220
They're small things, but I wanted
to make sure they were realistic.
545
00:40:12,340 --> 00:40:18,100
For instance, there was this one astronaut.
The apes took him and gave him a lobotomy.
546
00:40:18,300 --> 00:40:23,740
I went to my medical histories
and books of surgery.
547
00:40:24,220 --> 00:40:29,340
And I knew what the lobotomy scars
looked like. Minor things like that.
548
00:40:29,540 --> 00:40:31,740
Small, but done right.
549
00:40:34,459 --> 00:40:39,899
(Roddy McDowall) But it was the ape makeup
that created the biggest logistical problems.
550
00:40:40,099 --> 00:40:43,739
Up to 80 makeup artists, hairstylists
and wardrobe personnel...
551
00:40:43,939 --> 00:40:47,939
...were required for scenes
involving as many as 200 apes.
552
00:40:48,659 --> 00:40:53,179
The number of craftsman utilised resulted
in other Hollywood films being delayed...
553
00:40:53,379 --> 00:40:57,059
...due to the unavailability
of qualified makeup artists.
554
00:40:57,259 --> 00:41:01,898
The principal actors
got new appliances every day.
555
00:41:03,538 --> 00:41:06,898
So I taught everyone
how to run the foam rubber.
556
00:41:07,098 --> 00:41:10,578
I had 'em workin' night and day
for some weeks...
557
00:41:10,778 --> 00:41:15,218
...to run enough rubber
so we had enough to go around.
558
00:41:15,618 --> 00:41:18,218
(Roddy McDowall)
Eventually the makeup process...
559
00:41:18,418 --> 00:41:21,058
...which had originally taken up to six hours...
560
00:41:21,258 --> 00:41:23,618
...was streamlined to a mere three.
561
00:41:24,178 --> 00:41:28,098
But I had people
that I had trained in my laboratory...
562
00:41:28,297 --> 00:41:31,297
...and it flowed just like an assembly line.
563
00:41:31,937 --> 00:41:33,977
They knew what they were doing.
564
00:41:35,137 --> 00:41:40,497
(Roddy McDowall) Actors had refrigerated
trailers to preserve appliances between shots.
565
00:41:40,697 --> 00:41:45,137
We had to be very careful. In those days,
of course, many people smoked.
566
00:41:45,337 --> 00:41:49,137
And so we were all presented
with cigarette holders...
567
00:41:49,337 --> 00:41:52,657
...to keep the cigarettes
far enough away from us.
568
00:41:52,857 --> 00:41:59,736
And had to look into the mirror as we ate
so we didn't destroy the appliances at lunch.
569
00:42:01,216 --> 00:42:05,136
(John Chambers) The actor's chin
would pop loose if it was overworked.
570
00:42:05,696 --> 00:42:09,016
So we used to say,
when lunch would come...
571
00:42:09,216 --> 00:42:14,656
..."Don't get any hard foods that you have
to chew. Get milkshakes, soft foods."
572
00:42:14,856 --> 00:42:17,056
And when they'd come back from lunch...
573
00:42:17,256 --> 00:42:20,736
...the lower chin'd be layin' down,
and there was a...
574
00:42:21,536 --> 00:42:24,135
...a sac in there, you know - a space.
575
00:42:24,855 --> 00:42:27,735
And there would be peas and carrots in 'em.
576
00:42:28,615 --> 00:42:32,695
I didn't mind. It didn't take much time
to put 'em back on.
577
00:42:34,495 --> 00:42:39,295
(Roddy McDowall) Many on the set noticed
another unusual lunchtime occurrence.
578
00:42:39,495 --> 00:42:43,575
There was kind of a self-segregation.
The gorillas would all eat at one table...
579
00:42:43,775 --> 00:42:48,935
...the chimpanzees would eat at another,
and the orangutans would eat at another.
580
00:42:49,135 --> 00:42:52,694
I have no explanation for that whatsoever.
But it was true.
581
00:42:54,614 --> 00:42:59,494
The gorillas sort of hung together
and the chimps did and...
582
00:42:59,694 --> 00:43:03,574
I didn't really talk to Maurice Evans much,
as a matter of fact...
583
00:43:03,774 --> 00:43:06,334
...while we were on the set together.
584
00:43:06,534 --> 00:43:11,934
And I knew him fairly well but...
he was an orangutan. One of those others.
585
00:43:13,294 --> 00:43:15,854
The actors were never conscious of it.
586
00:43:16,054 --> 00:43:19,133
They just drifted to their companions.
To their...
587
00:43:19,333 --> 00:43:21,333
To the same...
588
00:43:22,173 --> 00:43:25,133
...groupings as in the film.
589
00:43:25,773 --> 00:43:27,093
Fascinating.
590
00:43:27,293 --> 00:43:31,413
(Roddy McDowall) Ironically, the issues
of class separation and prejudice...
591
00:43:31,613 --> 00:43:34,613
...are one of the film's main themes.
592
00:43:35,853 --> 00:43:38,533
You promised to speak to Dr Xaius about me.
593
00:43:38,733 --> 00:43:42,493
I did. You know how
he looks down his nose at chimpanzees.
594
00:43:42,693 --> 00:43:46,492
The ape's society is given
a distinct class structure.
595
00:43:46,692 --> 00:43:49,092
The orangutans are the politicians.
596
00:43:49,292 --> 00:43:52,492
Learned judges, my case is simple.
597
00:43:52,692 --> 00:43:55,412
It is based on our first article of faith.
598
00:43:55,612 --> 00:43:58,812
That the Almighty created the ape
in his own image.
599
00:43:59,012 --> 00:44:02,212
The chimpanzees are the scientists
and intellectuals.
600
00:44:02,412 --> 00:44:03,932
I discovered evidence...
601
00:44:04,132 --> 00:44:08,332
...of a simian culture that existed
long before the sacred scrolls were written.
602
00:44:08,572 --> 00:44:12,571
The gorillas are the labourers
and the military enforcers.
603
00:44:13,651 --> 00:44:15,651
It was an allegorical device...
604
00:44:15,851 --> 00:44:20,931
...used by the filmmakers to make some
pointed observations about human society.
605
00:44:21,131 --> 00:44:23,531
Why are all apes created equal?
606
00:44:24,931 --> 00:44:27,411
Some apes, it seems,
are more equal than others.
607
00:44:27,611 --> 00:44:30,691
Michael Wilson said
the key point of Planet of the Apes...
608
00:44:30,891 --> 00:44:34,251
...was that it was more about
the human predicament than about apes.
609
00:44:34,451 --> 00:44:37,251
When Wilson wrote
the final Planet of the Apes script...
610
00:44:37,451 --> 00:44:41,730
...he brought much more of a political edge
to it, reflecting his own experience:
611
00:44:41,930 --> 00:44:44,250
being blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
612
00:44:44,450 --> 00:44:47,490
The question is: have you ever been
a member of the Communist Party?
613
00:44:47,690 --> 00:44:49,730
You refuse to answer that question?
614
00:44:49,930 --> 00:44:51,730
- I have told you that I will...
- All right.
615
00:44:51,930 --> 00:44:55,170
- Stand away from the stand.
- ...fight for the Bill of Rights...
616
00:44:55,370 --> 00:44:57,490
Take this man away from the stand.
617
00:44:58,010 --> 00:45:00,730
- My name is Taylor!
- Bailiff! Silence the animal!
618
00:45:00,930 --> 00:45:05,130
Probably the best example of Wilson's
political perspective is the trial scene...
619
00:45:05,330 --> 00:45:10,009
...where basically it's an inquisition that's held
against Zira and Cornelius and Taylor.
620
00:45:10,209 --> 00:45:12,089
By your leave, Mr President...
621
00:45:12,289 --> 00:45:16,369
...this tribunal has not yet defined
the purpose for this inquiry.
622
00:45:16,569 --> 00:45:21,489
At the very least, this man has the right to
know whether there's a charge against him.
623
00:45:21,689 --> 00:45:26,289
The accused is a non-ape
and therefore has no rights under ape law.
624
00:45:26,489 --> 00:45:28,569
Then why is he called the accused?
625
00:45:28,769 --> 00:45:31,849
Your Honours must think him
guilty of something.
626
00:45:32,209 --> 00:45:33,888
Let us warn our friends...
627
00:45:34,088 --> 00:45:37,928
...that they endanger their own careers
by defending this animal.
628
00:45:38,128 --> 00:45:40,808
(Richard Xanuck) I saw this
more as an adventure piece.
629
00:45:41,008 --> 00:45:46,488
I didn't see it as any kind of breakthrough
piece, either politically, socially...
630
00:45:46,688 --> 00:45:51,368
People have dissected it and added
a lot of layers of meaning to it...
631
00:45:51,568 --> 00:45:57,288
...that we... at least I, as the head
of the studio, never thought of.
632
00:45:57,488 --> 00:46:00,447
You didn't want the audience
to go up the aisle...
633
00:46:00,647 --> 00:46:03,927
...thinking anything
but that they'd been entertained.
634
00:46:04,127 --> 00:46:06,927
Maybe I was... in the dark.
635
00:46:07,127 --> 00:46:10,487
Maybe there was
some kind of hidden message...
636
00:46:10,687 --> 00:46:16,727
...that Michael Wilson and Arthur Jacobs
and these guys were trying to sneak through.
637
00:46:16,927 --> 00:46:18,967
But I never saw it like that at all.
638
00:46:19,167 --> 00:46:21,407
Without ever saying it...
639
00:46:21,607 --> 00:46:23,927
...we were doing a political film.
640
00:46:25,087 --> 00:46:28,286
We never even said it
very loudly among ourselves...
641
00:46:28,486 --> 00:46:31,006
...because at that time we were in Vietnam.
642
00:46:32,526 --> 00:46:36,326
And a political picture was
the last kind of film that the studio wanted.
643
00:46:36,526 --> 00:46:39,926
The country was having
very serious problems.
644
00:46:41,526 --> 00:46:44,526
(Eric Greene) We had
the assassination of John Kennedy.
645
00:46:45,126 --> 00:46:48,966
We had the assassination of civil rights
leaders like Martin Luther king Jr.
646
00:46:49,846 --> 00:46:51,846
Race riots.
647
00:46:52,606 --> 00:46:56,885
There were a lot of shocks
to America's image of itself...
648
00:46:57,085 --> 00:47:00,485
...and to America's sense of itself
as a kind of stable democracy.
649
00:47:00,685 --> 00:47:02,645
Dr Xaius...
650
00:47:02,845 --> 00:47:05,005
...I know who I am.
651
00:47:05,205 --> 00:47:07,085
But who are you?
652
00:47:07,285 --> 00:47:11,245
How in hell did this upside-down
civilisation get started?
653
00:47:11,445 --> 00:47:14,605
Huh! You may well call it upside-down...
654
00:47:14,805 --> 00:47:18,405
...since you occupy its lowest level.
And deservedly so.
655
00:47:18,605 --> 00:47:24,324
Science fiction can be a way
of presenting controversial material...
656
00:47:24,524 --> 00:47:27,804
...without the material
being attacked as controversial...
657
00:47:28,004 --> 00:47:30,484
...because it is slightly disguised.
658
00:47:30,684 --> 00:47:34,244
You can hear "All humans look alike
to most apes" or "Human see, human do".
659
00:47:34,444 --> 00:47:36,364
And you can laugh it off if you want to.
660
00:47:36,564 --> 00:47:39,444
But at the same time
you can let it sink in as far as:
661
00:47:39,644 --> 00:47:42,324
what is this saying about
how groups interact...
662
00:47:42,524 --> 00:47:45,404
...and how people in power
view people who aren't in power?
663
00:47:45,604 --> 00:47:48,004
You can cut pieces out of me.
You've got the power.
664
00:47:48,204 --> 00:47:50,403
Return this creature to his cage.
665
00:47:50,683 --> 00:47:52,363
But you do it out of fear!
666
00:47:52,563 --> 00:47:57,003
Remember that! Because you're afraid of me!
What are you afraid of, Doctor?
667
00:47:58,003 --> 00:48:00,803
(Roddy McDowall) But serious
thematic content on the screen...
668
00:48:01,003 --> 00:48:03,643
...did not prohibit a sense of fun on the set.
669
00:48:03,843 --> 00:48:06,883
(Charlton Heston) I remember
when we did the courtroom scene...
670
00:48:07,083 --> 00:48:10,323
...where they take the filthy loincloth.
671
00:48:10,523 --> 00:48:13,803
These rags he's wearing
give off a stench that's offensive.
672
00:48:14,003 --> 00:48:16,083
I think that was my first nude scene...
673
00:48:16,282 --> 00:48:19,842
...and when they were setting up the shot...
674
00:48:20,042 --> 00:48:24,602
...one of the coffee girls passing coffee
around walked behind me and said...
675
00:48:24,802 --> 00:48:26,802
..."Mm, nice buns!"
676
00:48:28,842 --> 00:48:32,242
The lighting people
would speak of us as monkeys...
677
00:48:32,442 --> 00:48:35,522
...and then they'd kid us with...
bringing us bananas.
678
00:48:38,002 --> 00:48:41,522
I got to hate bananas
during the course of the film!
679
00:48:42,282 --> 00:48:46,921
There was a famous day when the gorillas
were being made up at the studio...
680
00:48:47,121 --> 00:48:51,081
...and then hauled out to Fox Ranch
in a station wagon.
681
00:48:51,281 --> 00:48:56,241
And they took over from the driver one day
and they pushed him down in the back seat.
682
00:48:56,441 --> 00:49:00,641
So you have this gorilla
drivin' the station wagon down PCH...
683
00:49:00,841 --> 00:49:03,361
...you know, stoppin' traffic.
684
00:49:04,001 --> 00:49:08,561
(Roddy McDowall) An off-the-cuff gag
on the set between Heston and Schaffner...
685
00:49:08,761 --> 00:49:11,960
...resulted in one of the film's
most famous scenes.
686
00:49:12,160 --> 00:49:16,040
Let us assume
that the prisoner's story is false.
687
00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:19,560
But if he did not come from another planet...
688
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,840
...then surely he sprang from our own.
689
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:25,880
While shooting this sequence,
the star joked...
690
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:31,800
...that the director should film the ape tribunal
performing the oldest of simian clichés.
691
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:37,160
I have found no physiological defect
to explain why humans are mute.
692
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:39,239
- Objection!
- Sustained!
693
00:49:39,439 --> 00:49:44,479
(Zira) Their speech organs are adequate.
The flaw lies not in anatomy, but in the brain.
694
00:49:44,679 --> 00:49:46,559
- Objection!
- Sustained!
695
00:49:46,759 --> 00:49:49,399
(Mort Abrahams)
Frank said "I want you to see this."
696
00:49:49,599 --> 00:49:52,639
This was the examination
before the three judges.
697
00:49:55,599 --> 00:50:00,119
And of course, when the executives
looked at it, they said "Oh, my God!"
698
00:50:00,759 --> 00:50:06,158
And Frank said "You think it's too much?"
Then of course it appears in the final version.
699
00:50:06,438 --> 00:50:09,638
(Roddy McDowall) Schaffner had
a very specific vision for the film.
700
00:50:09,838 --> 00:50:14,478
And its success owed much to his
considerable abilities as a director.
701
00:50:14,678 --> 00:50:18,478
He was a visionary.
He was underrated as a director.
702
00:50:18,678 --> 00:50:21,478
This really was his first step up.
703
00:50:21,678 --> 00:50:24,998
We took a chance, really,
because he hadn't done anything.
704
00:50:25,198 --> 00:50:30,638
At least, I hadn't seen anything that indicated
that he could give it scope and meaning.
705
00:50:30,838 --> 00:50:36,357
And that's what it's all about. There's a lot
of guys that are technically competent...
706
00:50:36,557 --> 00:50:42,477
...but don't have a real vision,
or enthusiasm. But he did.
707
00:50:43,357 --> 00:50:44,477
(ape) Grab him!
708
00:50:46,477 --> 00:50:50,317
(Roddy McDowall) As the film draws
to its conclusion, Taylor escapes.
709
00:50:50,597 --> 00:50:53,237
- Who are you?
- So you can talk!
710
00:50:53,437 --> 00:50:57,237
I'm Dr Xira's nephew.
This abduction was her idea.
711
00:50:58,677 --> 00:51:00,316
Cornelius!
712
00:51:00,516 --> 00:51:03,836
He is pursued to an archaeological site
in the forbidden zone.
713
00:51:04,836 --> 00:51:08,076
- Lucius, don't fire at them!
- You're all under arrest!
714
00:51:12,316 --> 00:51:17,596
If there's any more shooting, Dr Xaius,
you'll be the first to go. You can count on it.
715
00:51:17,796 --> 00:51:20,236
There, an amazing discovery is made.
716
00:51:20,436 --> 00:51:24,316
One that challenges the ape's dominant role.
717
00:51:24,676 --> 00:51:28,115
You say these things were found
at the same level as that doll?
718
00:51:28,595 --> 00:51:31,235
Whoever owned them
must have been in pretty bad shape.
719
00:51:31,435 --> 00:51:33,995
He wore false teeth.
720
00:51:34,195 --> 00:51:36,235
And eyeglasses.
721
00:51:36,435 --> 00:51:39,315
I don't say he was a man
like I knew at home...
722
00:51:39,515 --> 00:51:43,795
...but he must have been a close relative.
He had all the same weaknesses.
723
00:51:43,995 --> 00:51:46,235
He was a weak...
724
00:51:46,435 --> 00:51:48,395
...fragile animal.
725
00:51:48,595 --> 00:51:50,635
But he was here before you...
726
00:51:50,835 --> 00:51:54,794
- ...and he was better than you are.
- That's lunacy!
727
00:51:54,994 --> 00:51:56,834
(doll) Mama!
728
00:52:03,714 --> 00:52:05,874
(doll) Mama!
729
00:52:08,194 --> 00:52:12,634
Dr Xaius, would an ape make a human doll...
730
00:52:12,834 --> 00:52:14,074
...that talks?
731
00:52:14,274 --> 00:52:17,954
It was a conflict of civilisations, if you like.
732
00:52:18,154 --> 00:52:21,393
What interested me particularly about it...
733
00:52:21,593 --> 00:52:26,513
...was the dichotomy of Taylor's character.
734
00:52:28,513 --> 00:52:32,113
He was a harsh, embittered man...
735
00:52:32,313 --> 00:52:36,913
...who had become so disenchanted
with his civilisation...
736
00:52:37,113 --> 00:52:39,553
...that he literally leaves the earth.
737
00:52:39,753 --> 00:52:43,193
You who are reading me now
are a different breed.
738
00:52:43,913 --> 00:52:45,913
I hope a better one.
739
00:52:47,793 --> 00:52:52,872
And then he finds himself
in an alien planet populated by apes.
740
00:52:55,512 --> 00:52:59,912
And he is alone
required to defend humankind.
741
00:53:00,112 --> 00:53:02,432
I oughta kill you right now.
742
00:53:02,632 --> 00:53:03,632
Come on!
743
00:53:03,872 --> 00:53:06,472
It's an interesting dichotomy and I...
744
00:53:06,672 --> 00:53:09,752
...I tried to get as much out of it as I could.
745
00:53:11,752 --> 00:53:15,391
(Roddy McDowall) The final scenes
were shot on the California coastline.
746
00:53:15,591 --> 00:53:17,991
At Zuma Beach near Malibu.
747
00:53:18,271 --> 00:53:25,351
Here, Taylor manages to subdue Dr Zaius
and they face off in one final confrontation.
748
00:53:25,551 --> 00:53:28,831
Don't try to follow us.
I'm pretty handy with this.
749
00:53:29,031 --> 00:53:30,911
Of that I'm sure.
750
00:53:31,111 --> 00:53:36,551
All my life I've awaited your coming
and dreaded it, like death itself.
751
00:53:36,751 --> 00:53:37,791
Why?
752
00:53:37,991 --> 00:53:41,551
I've terrified you from the first, Doctor.
I still do.
753
00:53:41,751 --> 00:53:44,590
You're afraid of me and you hate me. Why?
754
00:53:44,790 --> 00:53:47,030
Because you're a man.
755
00:53:47,230 --> 00:53:48,710
And you're right.
756
00:53:48,910 --> 00:53:52,110
I have always known about man.
757
00:53:52,670 --> 00:53:58,910
From the evidence, I believe his wisdom
must walk hand in hand with his idiocy.
758
00:53:59,110 --> 00:54:01,390
His emotions must rule his brain.
759
00:54:01,590 --> 00:54:04,310
He must be a warlike creature
who gives battle...
760
00:54:04,510 --> 00:54:07,390
...to everything around him, even himself.
761
00:54:07,590 --> 00:54:10,789
What evidence?
There were no weapons in that cave.
762
00:54:10,989 --> 00:54:14,149
The forbidden zone was once a paradise.
763
00:54:14,349 --> 00:54:18,589
Your breed made a desert of it... ages ago.
764
00:54:18,789 --> 00:54:20,789
It still doesn't give me the why.
765
00:54:20,989 --> 00:54:23,909
A planet where apes evolved from men.
766
00:54:25,189 --> 00:54:27,149
There's gotta be an answer.
767
00:54:27,349 --> 00:54:29,469
Don't look for it, Taylor.
768
00:54:30,269 --> 00:54:32,749
You may not like what you find.
769
00:54:34,749 --> 00:54:40,108
The film's ending was a source of
controversy for the studio and filmmakers.
770
00:54:41,188 --> 00:54:46,188
Shot, but later deleted, was a sequence
revealing Nova's pregnancy.
771
00:54:46,388 --> 00:54:49,468
We decided that the structure
would be badly affected...
772
00:54:49,668 --> 00:54:53,228
...changing her situation to a specific
such as her being pregnant...
773
00:54:53,428 --> 00:54:55,548
...cos you have to follow through.
774
00:54:55,748 --> 00:54:58,628
If she's pregnant,
that becomes an element of the story.
775
00:54:58,828 --> 00:55:02,908
And now we're off to...
something else entirely.
776
00:55:03,108 --> 00:55:06,187
If Taylor and Nova have a child,
will that child be able to speak?
777
00:55:06,387 --> 00:55:09,067
Will that child have the same kind
of intelligence as Taylor?
778
00:55:09,267 --> 00:55:13,787
What if they breed a new race of intelligent
humans? What could happen then?
779
00:55:17,107 --> 00:55:19,267
But when you take that notion out...
780
00:55:19,467 --> 00:55:23,507
...then this whole question about humans
being able to have some kind of rebirth...
781
00:55:23,707 --> 00:55:29,107
...gets eliminated, because really they weren't
telling a story of possible salvation.
782
00:55:41,906 --> 00:55:44,146
(Roddy McDowall)
The ending that was used...
783
00:55:44,346 --> 00:55:48,986
...had its genesis in one of Rod Serling's
early script drafts.
784
00:55:49,186 --> 00:55:52,226
It proved to be one of the most surprising...
785
00:55:52,426 --> 00:55:56,906
...memorable and chilling climaxes
in motion-picture history.
786
00:56:00,505 --> 00:56:02,505
Oh, my God!
787
00:56:03,265 --> 00:56:05,265
I'm back!
788
00:56:06,505 --> 00:56:08,505
I'm home.
789
00:56:09,065 --> 00:56:11,345
All the time, it was...
790
00:56:13,265 --> 00:56:16,505
We finally really did it.
791
00:56:16,705 --> 00:56:18,705
You maniacs!
792
00:56:20,105 --> 00:56:22,305
You blew it up!
793
00:56:22,505 --> 00:56:24,825
God damn you!
794
00:56:25,584 --> 00:56:29,704
God damn you all to hell!
795
00:56:38,304 --> 00:56:43,624
(Eric Greene) That final image is one of
the most memorable scenes of '60s cinema.
796
00:56:43,824 --> 00:56:49,544
The American hero is standing in front
of this fallen icon of American expectation.
797
00:56:49,744 --> 00:56:53,783
And it really speaks to
this sense of all America's aspirations...
798
00:56:53,983 --> 00:56:58,623
...the self-image that we had as defenders
of liberty and the beacon of hope.
799
00:56:58,823 --> 00:57:03,023
All of that now is laid waste - literally.
It's in ruins.
800
00:57:05,103 --> 00:57:08,103
It was really designed
not to send a message...
801
00:57:08,303 --> 00:57:15,263
...but to throw in a big surprise,
from an audience standpoint.
802
00:57:15,463 --> 00:57:19,703
So they say "Oh, my goodness!
Look where we've been all this time!"
803
00:57:21,982 --> 00:57:24,982
(Roddy McDowall) The haunting image
of a decayed Statue of Liberty...
804
00:57:25,182 --> 00:57:28,502
...entails some interesting
technical challenges.
805
00:57:29,702 --> 00:57:34,102
We found a location at the end of Zuma
Beach, which was about the right scale...
806
00:57:34,302 --> 00:57:37,302
...and it had rocks with moss on 'em
on the end of the beach...
807
00:57:37,502 --> 00:57:42,702
...that looked kind of like disintegrated...
bronze, or whatever.
808
00:57:42,902 --> 00:57:46,542
So we integrated those rocks
with the base of the statue...
809
00:57:46,742 --> 00:57:52,901
...which was a painting by Emil Kosa,
who was chief matte artist at the studio.
810
00:57:54,381 --> 00:57:58,421
And Frank was lamenting that he
just didn't want to cut to the master shot.
811
00:57:58,621 --> 00:58:03,261
He wanted to introduce the statue,
but you don't know what it is.
812
00:58:03,461 --> 00:58:09,101
And so I had envisioned, you know,
being up on the bluff on a dolly track...
813
00:58:09,301 --> 00:58:12,621
...and shooting down
over a foreground miniature.
814
00:58:12,821 --> 00:58:18,100
And what it entailed was building
the head and the torch, one half full-scale.
815
00:58:19,700 --> 00:58:22,300
I had the grips build a tower...
816
00:58:22,500 --> 00:58:24,500
...70 feet high...
817
00:58:25,340 --> 00:58:27,220
...to get the right perspective.
818
00:58:27,420 --> 00:58:32,500
Leon Shamroy was the cameraman
and Leon was close to 70...
819
00:58:32,700 --> 00:58:37,060
...and he looked at this 70-foot tower
and he says "I'm not goin' up there."
820
00:58:37,260 --> 00:58:38,980
So he didn't go up there.
821
00:58:39,180 --> 00:58:45,619
And the first assistant director was...
had acrophobia. He wasn't goin' up there.
822
00:58:45,819 --> 00:58:50,379
Frank handed me the megaphone. He says
"You build it. I'll meet you at the top."
823
00:58:50,579 --> 00:58:55,499
So Frank and I went up and made the shot.
The rest was history.
824
00:58:57,899 --> 00:59:01,619
(Roddy McDowall) Shooting was
completed on August 10th, 1967...
825
00:59:01,819 --> 00:59:05,899
...with the production coming in
on time and on budget.
826
00:59:09,618 --> 00:59:11,698
(trailer) Charlton Heston.
827
00:59:11,898 --> 00:59:14,258
The world he finds out in the galaxy...
828
00:59:14,458 --> 00:59:17,618
...will challenge every idea
you've ever had of civilisation.
829
00:59:19,418 --> 00:59:22,538
A planet where man
is the lowest order of living things...
830
00:59:22,898 --> 00:59:25,978
...and the superior beings are... apes.
831
00:59:26,178 --> 00:59:30,978
(Roddy McDowall) Planet of the Apes had
its world premiere on February 8th, 1968.
832
00:59:31,178 --> 00:59:34,818
It was a box-office smash,
grossing over $26 million...
833
00:59:35,018 --> 00:59:37,657
...and reaching audiences of all ages.
834
00:59:37,857 --> 00:59:42,457
They build the cities,
make the laws. The Gods.
835
00:59:42,657 --> 00:59:46,297
Adults responded to its intelligent
script and first-rate performances.
836
00:59:46,497 --> 00:59:48,977
Man has no understanding.
837
00:59:49,177 --> 00:59:52,297
Children thrilled to the film's
adventure and fantasy elements.
838
00:59:52,497 --> 00:59:56,497
Twentieth Century Fox transforms
the motion-picture screen into...
839
00:59:57,217 --> 01:00:01,337
The film also found favour with critics,
who praised its uniqueness...
840
01:00:01,537 --> 01:00:04,696
...timely political commentary
and entertainment value.
841
01:00:06,176 --> 01:00:09,296
Beyond your wildest dreams.
842
01:00:14,816 --> 01:00:18,216
Planet of the Apes was nominated
for two Academy Awards.
843
01:00:18,416 --> 01:00:22,496
Best Costume Design
and Best Original Score.
844
01:00:24,656 --> 01:00:28,056
But special Academy recognition
was reserved...
845
01:00:28,256 --> 01:00:31,295
...for the innovative
makeup wizard, John Chambers...
846
01:00:31,495 --> 01:00:33,255
...who was awarded a special Oscar...
847
01:00:33,455 --> 01:00:37,055
...for his outstanding achievement
on Planet of the Apes.
848
01:00:37,255 --> 01:00:40,695
The award was presented to him
by Walter Matthau...
849
01:00:41,335 --> 01:00:43,335
...and friend.
850
01:00:44,655 --> 01:00:46,775
It's a madhouse!
851
01:00:46,975 --> 01:00:50,775
It's a madhouse! A madhouse!
It's a madhouse!
852
01:00:52,215 --> 01:00:57,494
Planet of the Apes had reached a pinnacle
of success that no one could have predicted.
853
01:00:57,694 --> 01:01:00,494
It was now officially a phenomenon.
854
01:01:01,254 --> 01:01:05,414
With audience interest at its peak, a meeting
was called at Twentieth Century Fox...
855
01:01:05,614 --> 01:01:09,014
...between the producers
and elated studio executives.
856
01:01:09,374 --> 01:01:13,054
Stan Huff, head of production, says
"You gotta do a sequel."
857
01:01:13,254 --> 01:01:16,854
I said "Stan, there's no way we can
do a sequel. There's no place to go."
858
01:01:17,054 --> 01:01:19,534
I don't wanna do a thing on Mars.
859
01:01:19,734 --> 01:01:22,094
He said "You have to find a way."
860
01:01:23,054 --> 01:01:25,333
I had never thought of a sequel.
861
01:01:25,533 --> 01:01:28,373
At the time of Planet of the Apes...
862
01:01:28,573 --> 01:01:33,093
...no one was talking sequels
very much, or at all.
863
01:01:34,693 --> 01:01:37,693
For Twentieth Century Fox,
at that period of time...
864
01:01:37,893 --> 01:01:44,293
...this started the notion
of recapturing the success of the first.
865
01:01:45,053 --> 01:01:47,973
As thoughts inevitably turned
towards a sequel...
866
01:01:48,173 --> 01:01:51,373
...the producers faced
an impossible challenge.
867
01:01:51,573 --> 01:01:56,772
That half-buried Statue of Liberty had
become a cinematic and cultural milestone...
868
01:01:56,972 --> 01:01:59,892
...and it cast a very long shadow.
869
01:02:00,492 --> 01:02:04,292
How could anyone go
beyond the film's apocalyptic vision?
870
01:02:04,492 --> 01:02:08,252
How could they go beyond
the Planet of the Apes?
871
01:02:09,972 --> 01:02:12,972
With studio pressure mounting for a sequel...
872
01:02:13,172 --> 01:02:18,972
...Jacobs returned to two of the men who had
helped make the original film so successful...
873
01:02:19,171 --> 01:02:21,891
...Rod Serling and Pierre Boulle.
874
01:02:22,491 --> 01:02:27,491
During the next few months, both men
submitted a wide range of proposals.
875
01:02:27,891 --> 01:02:29,531
Jacobs rejected them all...
876
01:02:29,731 --> 01:02:33,131
...feeling the concepts did not provide
the kind of visual shocks...
877
01:02:33,331 --> 01:02:36,091
...that had made the original so successful.
878
01:02:39,891 --> 01:02:43,611
Planet of the Apes was indeed
proving a hard act to follow...
879
01:02:43,811 --> 01:02:46,610
...until associate producer Mort Abrahams
went to London...
880
01:02:46,810 --> 01:02:51,490
...and met with Academy Award-winning
screenwriter and poet Paul Dehn.
881
01:02:52,410 --> 01:02:55,770
Dehn was known for his work
on Cold War suspense thrillers...
882
01:02:55,970 --> 01:02:58,570
...like The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.
883
01:02:58,770 --> 01:03:02,770
He was also famous for co-writing
the James Bond classic, Goldfiinger.
884
01:03:02,970 --> 01:03:07,210
I was in London on something else entirely,
and met with Paul...
885
01:03:07,410 --> 01:03:13,370
...and told him frankly I was having trouble
with this development of this idea.
886
01:03:13,569 --> 01:03:15,609
He said "Let me toss it around."
887
01:03:15,809 --> 01:03:21,889
He called me two or three days Later and said
"I think I have an idea how to do this."
888
01:03:24,149 --> 01:03:26,189
(Roddy McDowall) Working with Abrahams...
889
01:03:26,389 --> 01:03:30,549
...he submitted his first outline
in September 1968.
890
01:03:30,749 --> 01:03:32,629
Called Planet of the Apes Revisited...
891
01:03:32,829 --> 01:03:37,429
...it contained many ideas that would
find their way into the final film...
892
01:03:37,629 --> 01:03:40,149
...and one that would not:
893
01:03:40,549 --> 01:03:46,908
the conception of a half-ape, half-human
child, seen here in a rare screen test.
894
01:03:47,108 --> 01:03:50,788
Curiously, the studio feared that
the implied mating of species...
895
01:03:50,988 --> 01:03:55,548
...could lose the film a G rating
and take away their family audience.
896
01:03:56,868 --> 01:04:01,188
With Franklin Schaffner already committed
to Fox's big-budget epic, Patton...
897
01:04:01,388 --> 01:04:07,907
...the job was given to veteran film
and television director Ted Post.
898
01:04:08,107 --> 01:04:13,347
But just after Post signed to direct
the new Apes film, he threatened to resign...
899
01:04:13,547 --> 01:04:17,307
...when told that Charlton Heston
was unwilling to return as Taylor.
900
01:04:17,507 --> 01:04:21,667
I had told Arthur that I don't think
that a sequel will hold...
901
01:04:21,867 --> 01:04:24,387
...without the original star being in it.
902
01:04:24,587 --> 01:04:28,667
And they took a little bit of time
to scratch their heads about that...
903
01:04:28,867 --> 01:04:34,667
...and finally came up with a solution which
hooked Chuck Heston back into the sequel.
904
01:04:34,867 --> 01:04:40,266
Dick Zanuck called me. He said "Chuck, we
have to do a sequel. This film is enormous."
905
01:04:40,466 --> 01:04:44,826
I said "I don't wanna do a sequel.
That's like the Andy Hardy series."
906
01:04:45,026 --> 01:04:49,266
And he said "Chuck, I can't
make the sequel if you're not in it."
907
01:04:49,466 --> 01:04:52,586
And I said "Well, you got me, Richard...
908
01:04:52,786 --> 01:04:56,826
...because we couldn't have made this film
if you hadn't given it a go."
909
01:04:57,026 --> 01:05:01,626
"So how about if I'm in the sequel
but I get killed in the opening scene...
910
01:05:01,826 --> 01:05:06,585
...and you pay me whatever you want
and we'll give it to a school or something?"
911
01:05:06,785 --> 01:05:11,145
He said "Ok, that's a deal." Then,
as the script developed, he called and said...
912
01:05:11,345 --> 01:05:15,185
..."Chuck, how about if we have you
disappear in the first scene...
913
01:05:15,385 --> 01:05:17,945
...and then you're killed in the last scene?"
914
01:05:18,145 --> 01:05:22,185
And I said "Yeah, I guess.
Ok, fine. What the heck."
915
01:05:24,025 --> 01:05:29,704
(Roddy McDowall) With the crisis resolved,
the production team still faced a final hurdle:
916
01:05:29,904 --> 01:05:33,304
the studio's insistence on a reduced budget.
917
01:05:34,584 --> 01:05:37,024
Since the release of the original Apes film...
918
01:05:37,224 --> 01:05:39,904
...Fox had undergone
a troubled financial period...
919
01:05:40,104 --> 01:05:44,744
...where a string of big-budget musicals
had performed below expectations.
920
01:05:44,944 --> 01:05:47,944
Among them, Arthur Jacobs' Dr Dolittle.
921
01:05:48,944 --> 01:05:53,584
They had a couple of failures, and the board
of directors got very anxious about that.
922
01:05:53,784 --> 01:05:58,023
They didn't want to invest any more
than they had to. So the order came down:
923
01:05:58,223 --> 01:06:02,423
cut the budgets of every production
that was being made at that time.
924
01:06:03,943 --> 01:06:09,143
Settling on a budget of $3 million
- barely half that of the original film -
925
01:06:09,343 --> 01:06:14,583
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
began filming in February 1969.
926
01:06:14,783 --> 01:06:16,863
Don't look for it, Taylor.
927
01:06:17,663 --> 01:06:19,943
You may not like what you find.
928
01:06:20,143 --> 01:06:23,463
The story picked up
exactly where the first film left off.
929
01:06:23,663 --> 01:06:25,902
What will he find out there, Doctor?
930
01:06:26,102 --> 01:06:27,502
His destiny.
931
01:06:27,702 --> 01:06:31,302
Taylor rides off into the forbidden zone,
accompanied by Nova...
932
01:06:31,502 --> 01:06:33,742
...played once again by Linda Harrison.
933
01:06:35,422 --> 01:06:38,302
After encountering a series
of strange phenomenon...
934
01:06:38,502 --> 01:06:41,102
...Taylor mysteriously disappears.
935
01:06:42,622 --> 01:06:45,662
A new leading man then takes centre stage:
936
01:06:45,862 --> 01:06:52,541
Brent, the leader and lone survivor of an
astronaut rescue team sent to find Taylor.
937
01:06:55,061 --> 01:06:57,541
Although Burt Reynolds was approached...
938
01:06:57,741 --> 01:07:02,581
...the producers ultimately cast
popular television actor James Franciscus.
939
01:07:02,781 --> 01:07:04,021
Hey!
940
01:07:04,221 --> 01:07:07,221
No. No, no, I don't wanna hurt you. I...
941
01:07:08,781 --> 01:07:10,661
I just wanna know where I am.
942
01:07:10,861 --> 01:07:17,101
When Brent meets Nova, he realises she is
his only link to finding his lost comrade.
943
01:07:17,301 --> 01:07:18,940
Taylor!
944
01:07:19,220 --> 01:07:20,820
Is he hurt? Is he alive?
945
01:07:21,020 --> 01:07:26,180
I think they picked Jim because he was like
a version - a smaller version - of Heston.
946
01:07:26,740 --> 01:07:30,740
They kinda looked alike,
and a very strong voice and...
947
01:07:31,460 --> 01:07:32,860
...took it very seriously.
948
01:07:33,060 --> 01:07:36,900
You... take me... to Taylor.
949
01:07:37,540 --> 01:07:40,940
(Roddy McDowall) Brent and Nova's search
brings them to Ape City...
950
01:07:41,140 --> 01:07:44,300
...most of which was still standing
at the Fox Studio Ranch...
951
01:07:44,500 --> 01:07:46,579
It's a city of apes!
952
01:07:46,779 --> 01:07:50,819
...allowing the filmmakers to save
valuable dollars on set construction.
953
01:07:51,019 --> 01:07:54,859
The only thing
that counts in the end is power.
954
01:07:55,059 --> 01:07:57,539
Naked, merciless force!
955
01:07:59,339 --> 01:08:03,499
But budgetary constraints did become
evident in crowd scenes like this one...
956
01:08:03,699 --> 01:08:08,019
...where the background apes were portrayed
by extras in pull-over masks.
957
01:08:08,219 --> 01:08:11,899
A cost-cutting device
that proved a little too obvious.
958
01:08:12,459 --> 01:08:15,578
The role of the gorilla military leader,
General Ursus...
959
01:08:15,778 --> 01:08:19,138
...was originally offered
to Hollywood legend Orson Welles.
960
01:08:19,338 --> 01:08:24,258
But when Welles declined, the noted
character actor, James Gregory, stepped in...
961
01:08:24,458 --> 01:08:26,498
...and gave a rousing performance.
962
01:08:26,698 --> 01:08:28,698
The only good human...
963
01:08:28,898 --> 01:08:30,898
...is a dead human!
964
01:08:33,058 --> 01:08:34,978
Nova takes Brent into the city...
965
01:08:35,178 --> 01:08:39,018
...and the audience is reintroduced
to some familiar ape faces:
966
01:08:39,218 --> 01:08:41,617
Zira, once again played by Kim Hunter.
967
01:08:41,817 --> 01:08:43,577
Taylor?
968
01:08:43,817 --> 01:08:46,217
No, not... not Taylor. My name's Brent.
969
01:08:46,417 --> 01:08:48,217
You... talked.
970
01:08:48,417 --> 01:08:50,657
And Dr Zaius, played by Maurice Evans.
971
01:08:50,857 --> 01:08:52,777
As minister of science, it is my duty...
972
01:08:52,977 --> 01:08:55,737
...to find out
whether some other form of life exists.
973
01:08:55,937 --> 01:08:59,857
- Where are you going?
- Into the forbidden zone, with Ursus.
974
01:09:00,297 --> 01:09:04,017
As fate would have it, I was directing a film
in England at the time...
975
01:09:04,217 --> 01:09:07,016
...and was unable
to reprise my role of Cornelius.
976
01:09:07,216 --> 01:09:11,016
The part went instead
to British actor David Watson.
977
01:09:11,216 --> 01:09:15,936
With the help of makeup, it was hoped that
the audiences wouldn't notice the difference.
978
01:09:16,136 --> 01:09:19,456
If you are caught by the gorillas,
you must remember one thing.
979
01:09:19,656 --> 01:09:21,656
- What's that?
- Never to speak.
980
01:09:23,336 --> 01:09:26,576
As Brent and Nova go underground
in their search for Taylor...
981
01:09:26,776 --> 01:09:30,656
...the filmmakers hoped to give audiences
an even more impressive visual...
982
01:09:30,856 --> 01:09:33,296
...than the half-buried Statue of Liberty.
983
01:09:33,496 --> 01:09:37,775
Their solution:
bury the whole city of New York.
984
01:09:38,255 --> 01:09:40,775
(William Creber) It was done almost for free.
985
01:09:40,975 --> 01:09:42,895
I got photos out of books...
986
01:09:43,095 --> 01:09:47,415
...and kind of imagined
angles that would work...
987
01:09:47,615 --> 01:09:52,575
...and I wrote a letter
to the studio in New York...
988
01:09:52,775 --> 01:09:55,775
...and asked them to specifically
shoot these pictures.
989
01:09:57,935 --> 01:10:01,175
We made big blow-ups
and cut 'em up with a razor blade...
990
01:10:01,374 --> 01:10:04,374
...and then had the matte artist
kinda touch 'em up.
991
01:10:04,574 --> 01:10:07,334
And that was our matte shots.
992
01:10:09,614 --> 01:10:12,254
(Roddy McDowall)
Here, in the forgotten city,..
993
01:10:12,454 --> 01:10:15,574
...Brent and Nova
encounter a mutant civilisation.
994
01:10:15,774 --> 01:10:19,974
Genetically altered beings
who possess telepathic powers.
995
01:10:20,454 --> 01:10:22,894
Your lips... don't move...
996
01:10:23,694 --> 01:10:25,054
...but I can hear.
997
01:10:25,254 --> 01:10:26,734
I know what you're thinking.
998
01:10:26,934 --> 01:10:33,493
To save costs, this scene was actually shot
on a set previously used in Fox's Hello Dolly.
999
01:10:35,333 --> 01:10:37,653
- (rapid bleeps)
- No, wait! Wait a minute!
1000
01:10:39,453 --> 01:10:41,133
I can't understand you...
1001
01:10:41,333 --> 01:10:45,933
By the way, that's Natalie Trundy
playing the female mutant, Albina.
1002
01:10:46,613 --> 01:10:49,973
In real life, she was Mrs Arthur P Jacobs.
1003
01:10:50,373 --> 01:10:52,933
Are we to understand that
you were in the city of the apes?
1004
01:10:53,133 --> 01:10:55,892
- You're talking.
- Certainly we can talk.
1005
01:10:56,092 --> 01:10:59,012
It's a primitive accomplishment.
We use it when we must.
1006
01:10:59,212 --> 01:11:01,132
When we sing to our God.
1007
01:11:01,332 --> 01:11:04,252
Another Hello Dolly set
was also transformed...
1008
01:11:04,452 --> 01:11:08,972
...into this chapel, where the mutants
pray to a most unusual god.
1009
01:11:10,652 --> 01:11:12,892
The heavens declare the glory of the Bomb...
1010
01:11:13,092 --> 01:11:15,252
...and the firmament showeth His handiwork.
1011
01:11:15,452 --> 01:11:21,892
- I reveal my inmost self unto my God.
- Unto my God.
1012
01:11:23,611 --> 01:11:26,971
The mutant society raised
some new and unique makeup challenges...
1013
01:11:27,171 --> 01:11:30,531
...for director Ted Post
and makeup designer John Chambers.
1014
01:11:30,731 --> 01:11:36,211
(Chambers) It looked like tissue that was
destroyed by exposure to the atomic bomb.
1015
01:11:36,411 --> 01:11:41,611
It was challenging,
how far we should create the mutation.
1016
01:11:44,931 --> 01:11:50,250
(Ted Post) In the makeup room, they showed
me all the faces they had in mind...
1017
01:11:50,450 --> 01:11:52,650
...that would depict a mutant...
1018
01:11:52,850 --> 01:11:55,370
...with Cyclops one eye and three eyes...
1019
01:11:55,570 --> 01:11:57,730
...with the ear here, the ear there.
1020
01:11:57,930 --> 01:12:03,930
Everything was kind of jangled, mangled and
disjointed, etc. It looked terrible to me.
1021
01:12:05,210 --> 01:12:08,130
So I looked at a book of anatomy,
Gray's Anatomy...
1022
01:12:08,330 --> 01:12:12,490
...and saw a face that had been
stripped of the epidermis...
1023
01:12:12,690 --> 01:12:16,490
...and saw the dermal region,
with the vessels and the nerves.
1024
01:12:16,970 --> 01:12:21,449
I said "That's the kind of look
I think would make the mutants work for me."
1025
01:12:21,649 --> 01:12:23,729
And they went ahead and made it that way.
1026
01:12:23,929 --> 01:12:27,249
O God, bless, we pray You...
1027
01:12:27,449 --> 01:12:29,169
May the blessing of the Bomb Almighty...
1028
01:12:29,369 --> 01:12:32,889
...our great army
and its supreme commander...
1029
01:12:33,089 --> 01:12:34,729
...and the fellowship of the Holy Fallout...
1030
01:12:34,929 --> 01:12:36,729
...on the eve of a holy war...
1031
01:12:36,929 --> 01:12:39,369
...descend on us all this day...
1032
01:12:39,569 --> 01:12:40,489
Amen.
1033
01:12:43,769 --> 01:12:47,248
(Roddy McDowall) The subtle
social satire of the first Apes film...
1034
01:12:47,448 --> 01:12:51,288
...gave way to more obvious and direct
political commentary...
1035
01:12:51,488 --> 01:12:56,248
...as the apes moved closer to a planned
military invasion of the forbidden zone.
1036
01:12:56,448 --> 01:13:01,128
It's the sense of this unnecessary war
that the people are being led into...
1037
01:13:01,328 --> 01:13:05,488
...that the liberal youth and many
of the intellectuals are opposed to...
1038
01:13:05,688 --> 01:13:08,488
...but that the political elite winds up backing.
1039
01:13:08,688 --> 01:13:11,607
There's one scene
where there is a chimpanzee protest...
1040
01:13:11,807 --> 01:13:14,647
...with the chimpanzees
carrying protest signs saying...
1041
01:13:14,847 --> 01:13:17,127
- Peace and freedom!
- Get 'em out of the way.
1042
01:13:17,367 --> 01:13:20,927
Very much like you would expect
to see at the anti-Vietnam rallies.
1043
01:13:21,127 --> 01:13:24,167
Not one of the more subtle uses
of political commentary...
1044
01:13:24,367 --> 01:13:29,087
...but a very direct paralleling of
what was going on in the US at the time.
1045
01:13:30,847 --> 01:13:32,847
Advance!
1046
01:13:33,207 --> 01:13:35,287
(Roddy McDowall) The apes declare war...
1047
01:13:35,487 --> 01:13:38,567
...and a battle between
mind and muscle begins.
1048
01:13:42,566 --> 01:13:45,046
Hold your positions!
1049
01:13:53,926 --> 01:13:57,806
Charlton Heston also makes his promised
appearance near the end of the film.
1050
01:13:58,446 --> 01:14:01,366
- Taylor!
- You're... Brent!
1051
01:14:01,566 --> 01:14:03,566
My God! Taylor!
1052
01:14:05,486 --> 01:14:07,965
And, as the ape-mutant war rages...
1053
01:14:10,925 --> 01:14:14,325
...the action moves towards
its apocalyptic finale.
1054
01:14:16,325 --> 01:14:18,005
Someone at the pillar!
1055
01:14:18,205 --> 01:14:20,485
(cry of pain)
1056
01:14:24,925 --> 01:14:27,565
The ending was suggested
by Heston himself...
1057
01:14:27,765 --> 01:14:31,245
...who was very wary of any more ape sequels.
1058
01:14:31,445 --> 01:14:33,045
It's Doomsday.
1059
01:14:33,244 --> 01:14:38,884
I said "How about if I set off this atom bomb
and blow up the whole earth?"
1060
01:14:39,444 --> 01:14:41,244
And they said "That's very good."
1061
01:14:41,444 --> 01:14:44,924
Man is evil,
capable of nothing but destruction!
1062
01:14:48,764 --> 01:14:51,444
And I thought, that's the end of the sequels.
1063
01:14:56,244 --> 01:15:00,523
(trailer) The Planet of the Apes was only the
beginning. What lies beneath may be the end.
1064
01:15:00,723 --> 01:15:02,723
Released on May 26th, 1970...
1065
01:15:03,163 --> 01:15:06,803
...Beneath the Planet of the Apes
opened to a mixed critical reaction.
1066
01:15:08,443 --> 01:15:10,403
Invade!
1067
01:15:10,603 --> 01:15:12,683
(trailer) The gorillas are on the march.
1068
01:15:12,883 --> 01:15:16,723
Human mutants strike back with new,
frightening weapons of the mind.
1069
01:15:16,923 --> 01:15:20,403
But there was no debating
its success at the box office.
1070
01:15:20,603 --> 01:15:23,443
The film made $14 million -
1071
01:15:23,643 --> 01:15:25,763
over three times its production cost.
1072
01:15:25,963 --> 01:15:28,722
(trailer) Can a planet long endure,
half ape, half human?
1073
01:15:28,922 --> 01:15:32,002
The answer lies
Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
1074
01:15:32,202 --> 01:15:33,642
Rated G.
1075
01:15:33,842 --> 01:15:39,282
I'd say we were moderately successful. I don't
know whether that's all we could have been.
1076
01:15:39,482 --> 01:15:41,082
But I think that's all we were.
1077
01:15:41,282 --> 01:15:46,282
Which is not to downplay the project at all,
but to be honest about it.
1078
01:15:47,562 --> 01:15:51,322
The surprise of the first picture
was not to be topped.
1079
01:15:52,322 --> 01:15:54,202
With Beneath the Planet of the Apes...
1080
01:15:54,402 --> 01:15:58,241
...the ape saga now seemed to have reached
a logical conclusion.
1081
01:15:58,441 --> 01:16:02,121
The prophecies of the apes'
sacred scrolls had come true.
1082
01:16:02,321 --> 01:16:06,201
The beast man had wielded
his final weapon of destruction.
1083
01:16:06,401 --> 01:16:10,001
But, just four months after the film's release,..
1084
01:16:10,201 --> 01:16:14,681
...screenwriter Paul Dehn
received a telegram from Arthur Jacobs.
1085
01:16:14,881 --> 01:16:17,961
"Apes exist. Sequel required."
1086
01:16:18,921 --> 01:16:23,240
Dehn was now faced with
a seemingly insurmountable task.
1087
01:16:23,440 --> 01:16:26,840
How do you carry on
after you've blown up the world?
1088
01:16:30,120 --> 01:16:34,480
While puzzling over the problem of
how to create a third Apes adventure...
1089
01:16:34,680 --> 01:16:39,560
...Paul Dehn thought of astronaut Taylor's
spaceship from the first film.
1090
01:16:44,320 --> 01:16:45,920
It gave him an idea.
1091
01:16:48,160 --> 01:16:50,399
- All right, open her up.
- Open it up!
1092
01:16:50,599 --> 01:16:55,719
What if, just prior to the world's destruction
in Beneath the Planet of the Apes...
1093
01:16:55,919 --> 01:16:59,919
...the abandoned craft had somehow
been salvaged and repaired?
1094
01:17:00,119 --> 01:17:02,079
Now the story could move forward...
1095
01:17:02,279 --> 01:17:04,679
Welcome, gentlemen, to the United St...
1096
01:17:06,319 --> 01:17:08,599
...by bringing the apes back in time.
1097
01:17:08,799 --> 01:17:11,399
And, through the magic of science fiction...
1098
01:17:11,599 --> 01:17:16,079
...that's exactly what happened
in Escape from the Planet of the Apes.
1099
01:17:17,198 --> 01:17:19,758
This time I was able to
take the role of Cornelius...
1100
01:17:19,958 --> 01:17:23,358
...with Kim Hunter also returning
as my wife, Zira.
1101
01:17:24,118 --> 01:17:28,198
There was also a third ape accompanying us
on the journey: Dr Milo.
1102
01:17:28,398 --> 01:17:33,798
He was played by Sal Mineo, acclaimed
for his role in Rebel Without a Cause.
1103
01:17:35,158 --> 01:17:39,678
Having only three apes made sense
storywise... and budgetwise.
1104
01:17:39,878 --> 01:17:42,838
The number of makeups and effects
was greatly reduced...
1105
01:17:43,038 --> 01:17:47,397
...and made it no problem to work
within the film's $2.5 million budget.
1106
01:17:47,597 --> 01:17:50,717
Because number two did not do
as well as number one did...
1107
01:17:50,917 --> 01:17:54,637
...number three should then
not probably do as well as number two did.
1108
01:17:54,837 --> 01:17:58,997
So you've got to look at something more
contained, which is what we tried to do.
1109
01:17:59,197 --> 01:18:00,957
Action! A little more on the left!
1110
01:18:01,597 --> 01:18:04,717
(Roddy McDowall)
Filming began on November 30th, 1970...
1111
01:18:04,917 --> 01:18:06,757
...under the direction of Don Taylor.
1112
01:18:06,957 --> 01:18:10,117
Hey, Bill Creber, take your cue on action!
1113
01:18:12,436 --> 01:18:17,636
You must realise that mine was
the third film of this particular series...
1114
01:18:17,836 --> 01:18:20,276
...and I inherited everything, practically.
1115
01:18:20,476 --> 01:18:23,356
I inherited the two actors, Roddy and Kim...
1116
01:18:23,716 --> 01:18:27,116
...who certainly knew more
about the characters than I did.
1117
01:18:27,316 --> 01:18:32,036
The only thing that I didn't inherit was
the plot. It was different. It was fresh.
1118
01:18:32,916 --> 01:18:37,276
(Roddy McDowall) The story showed the
ape-onauts brought back to a laboratory...
1119
01:18:37,476 --> 01:18:40,395
...and put under scientific examination.
1120
01:18:40,595 --> 01:18:43,915
The two animal psychiatrists
were played by Bradford Dillman...
1121
01:18:44,115 --> 01:18:49,435
...and Natalie Trundy, now making
her second appearance in an Apes film.
1122
01:18:59,635 --> 01:19:02,195
Well, why doesn't she take it?
1123
01:19:02,395 --> 01:19:04,395
Because I loathe bananas!
1124
01:19:04,595 --> 01:19:07,594
- Xira!
- I don't believe it.
1125
01:19:09,394 --> 01:19:11,514
Use your heads and start thinking.
1126
01:19:11,714 --> 01:19:15,274
Now that they know we can speak,
how much will we tell them?
1127
01:19:15,474 --> 01:19:16,434
Milo!
1128
01:19:19,194 --> 01:19:23,714
The character of Dr Milo
meets an untimely end early in the film...
1129
01:19:23,914 --> 01:19:27,754
...much to our disappointment,
and to Sal Mineo's relief.
1130
01:19:28,234 --> 01:19:30,634
We did have to hug Sal a lot.
1131
01:19:31,034 --> 01:19:33,473
It was very, very difficult for him...
1132
01:19:33,673 --> 01:19:36,633
...being confined in the appliances.
1133
01:19:36,833 --> 01:19:41,913
He was not comfortable at all
being a chimpanzee.
1134
01:19:42,193 --> 01:19:45,193
If you'll just be seated,
we'll get right down to business.
1135
01:19:45,633 --> 01:19:48,713
Dr Dixon. As a zoologist,
I know and respect your work...
1136
01:19:48,913 --> 01:19:51,713
...but if you want to turn
a Presidential Inquiry...
1137
01:19:51,913 --> 01:19:54,393
...into a ventriloquist's act,
I have to inform you...
1138
01:19:54,593 --> 01:19:58,913
And I have to inform you
that these apes have the power of speech.
1139
01:19:59,832 --> 01:20:02,112
It was during the filming of this scene...
1140
01:20:02,312 --> 01:20:05,672
...that Kim and I had
one of our most unusual experiences...
1141
01:20:05,872 --> 01:20:08,032
...while working on an Apes picture.
1142
01:20:08,472 --> 01:20:10,752
- Have you a name?
- Xira.
1143
01:20:10,952 --> 01:20:13,072
(public gasps)
1144
01:20:13,272 --> 01:20:16,952
- One might as well be talking to a parrot.
- A parrot?!
1145
01:20:17,152 --> 01:20:18,112
(laughter)
1146
01:20:18,312 --> 01:20:21,232
(Kim Hunter) We had to face
this Presidential Commission.
1147
01:20:21,432 --> 01:20:25,192
Roddy and I were facing the commission,
which was up on a stage...
1148
01:20:25,392 --> 01:20:27,231
...sort of in a semicircle.
1149
01:20:27,431 --> 01:20:30,631
And we were here,
and behind us were members of press.
1150
01:20:30,831 --> 01:20:33,311
Does the other one talk?
1151
01:20:34,711 --> 01:20:37,831
- Only when she lets me.
- (laughter)
1152
01:20:38,471 --> 01:20:40,631
So, in order to get rid of all those extras...
1153
01:20:40,831 --> 01:20:43,391
...of course, they shot us first.
1154
01:20:43,591 --> 01:20:49,711
Then the director said "Look, you and Roddy
can start getting the appliances off...
1155
01:20:49,911 --> 01:20:52,911
...because we won't be shooting you
the rest of the day."
1156
01:20:53,111 --> 01:20:57,270
"Just come back to be off camera
for the Presidential Commission...
1157
01:20:57,470 --> 01:21:01,870
...for their questions,
and respond to the other actors."
1158
01:21:02,070 --> 01:21:06,510
So it was marvellous. We started taking it off.
But it was so weird.
1159
01:21:06,710 --> 01:21:09,750
"Roddy," I said,
"are you feeling the same thing I'm feeling?"
1160
01:21:09,950 --> 01:21:16,630
It didn't feel like Zira and Cornelius
when they started taking this stuff off.
1161
01:21:16,830 --> 01:21:19,870
I finally said "Stop taking it all off."
1162
01:21:20,070 --> 01:21:22,709
"Leave on some."
1163
01:21:22,909 --> 01:21:24,749
"I've gotta have it."
1164
01:21:24,949 --> 01:21:28,269
It just didn't work without the appliances.
1165
01:21:28,469 --> 01:21:31,589
The character just... sort of disappeared.
1166
01:21:32,829 --> 01:21:35,629
Internally I was thinking
and feeling the same thing...
1167
01:21:35,829 --> 01:21:39,989
...but it didn't come out properly
without the appliances.
1168
01:21:40,189 --> 01:21:41,949
It was very strange.
1169
01:21:45,349 --> 01:21:48,988
(Roddy McDowall) The film was
primarily set in and around Los Angeles.
1170
01:21:49,188 --> 01:21:54,108
This helped the studio to control costs
and keep the production close to home.
1171
01:21:54,308 --> 01:21:56,308
Address, please?
1172
01:22:00,188 --> 01:22:01,948
- The zoo.
- (laughter)
1173
01:22:02,828 --> 01:22:07,148
It also gave us the opportunity to create
some of the film's most memorable scenes...
1174
01:22:07,348 --> 01:22:10,748
...as Cornelius and Zira
become media celebrities.
1175
01:22:10,948 --> 01:22:14,308
Dr Cornelius. Tell me,
how do you find our women?
1176
01:22:17,267 --> 01:22:19,347
- Very human.
- (laughter)
1177
01:22:19,547 --> 01:22:24,027
Many of these scenes were inspired by
episodes in the original Pierre Boulle novel.
1178
01:22:24,227 --> 01:22:26,227
How do you like it, Cornelius?
1179
01:22:27,387 --> 01:22:28,347
Beastly.
1180
01:22:28,547 --> 01:22:32,827
...and recaptured much of the original film's
humour and social satire.
1181
01:22:33,027 --> 01:22:35,227
- How is that?
- Soothing...
1182
01:22:36,307 --> 01:22:38,387
...but very wet.
1183
01:22:40,907 --> 01:22:43,826
But the light-hearted tone of the film
began to shift...
1184
01:22:44,026 --> 01:22:47,346
...when Zira offered this surprising revelation.
1185
01:22:54,266 --> 01:22:57,466
- It must have been the shock.
- Shock, my foot!
1186
01:22:58,266 --> 01:23:00,106
I'm pregnant.
1187
01:23:01,826 --> 01:23:05,946
Eventually, fearful government officials
put the apes into custody.
1188
01:23:06,146 --> 01:23:08,466
- Cornelius?
- (Cornelius) Xira!
1189
01:23:09,066 --> 01:23:12,065
They made me tell them everything,
Cornelius.
1190
01:23:12,945 --> 01:23:14,905
We can't live with lies.
1191
01:23:15,105 --> 01:23:18,265
After this, I doubt we shall
be allowed to live at all.
1192
01:23:18,705 --> 01:23:22,385
You have evidence, Mr President, that
one day talking apes will dominate Earth.
1193
01:23:22,585 --> 01:23:25,585
Now, what do you expect me to do about it?
1194
01:23:26,905 --> 01:23:30,905
Alter what you believe to be the future
by slaughtering two innocents...
1195
01:23:31,105 --> 01:23:33,985
...or rather three, now that
one of them is pregnant?
1196
01:23:34,185 --> 01:23:36,705
Herod tried that and Christ survived.
1197
01:23:36,905 --> 01:23:39,704
Do you want their progeny
to dominate the world?
1198
01:23:40,344 --> 01:23:43,664
The commission unanimously recommends...
1199
01:23:44,464 --> 01:23:48,584
...that the birth of the female ape's
unborn child should be prevented.
1200
01:23:49,664 --> 01:23:53,104
Savages! They are savages!
1201
01:23:53,304 --> 01:23:55,104
This is a major change in the series...
1202
01:23:55,304 --> 01:23:58,384
...because now the apes are
predominantly the heroes...
1203
01:23:58,584 --> 01:24:00,904
...and humans have become the antagonists.
1204
01:24:01,104 --> 01:24:04,983
And Zira and Cornelius, now they're
the strangers in a strange land.
1205
01:24:05,183 --> 01:24:07,983
Kind of an inverse of Taylor's situation.
1206
01:24:08,183 --> 01:24:11,223
They treated you like dirt.
1207
01:24:11,423 --> 01:24:14,103
Ma'am. Sir. Chow time.
1208
01:24:14,303 --> 01:24:18,583
You better have your soup and oranges
for the sake of that... little monkey...
1209
01:24:21,463 --> 01:24:23,063
The apes killed their orderly.
1210
01:24:23,263 --> 01:24:24,823
- Where are they?
- On the run.
1211
01:24:25,823 --> 01:24:28,703
Now they've killed,
and for that they must be killed.
1212
01:24:29,703 --> 01:24:32,382
Because they bring it back
to modern-day America...
1213
01:24:32,582 --> 01:24:37,262
...it shifts the focus away from the future
to the present, to the here and now.
1214
01:24:37,462 --> 01:24:40,342
- Cornelius, what have you done?
- I didn't mean to kill him.
1215
01:24:40,542 --> 01:24:43,702
- Please believe me.
- I do, Cornelius, I do. But they won't.
1216
01:24:43,902 --> 01:24:49,942
And it opens the door for a much more direct
address to the America of the time.
1217
01:24:50,142 --> 01:24:52,022
We'll catch 'em sooner or later.
1218
01:24:52,222 --> 01:24:56,262
That's what I'm worried about - later.
Later we'll do something about pollution.
1219
01:24:56,462 --> 01:24:58,981
Later we'll tackle the population explosion.
1220
01:24:59,181 --> 01:25:01,941
Later we'll do something about
the nuclear war.
1221
01:25:02,141 --> 01:25:04,461
We think we got all the time in the world.
1222
01:25:04,661 --> 01:25:06,421
How much time has the world got?
1223
01:25:08,021 --> 01:25:10,861
I think my pains have begun.
1224
01:25:12,261 --> 01:25:14,061
Let me get this straight.
1225
01:25:14,261 --> 01:25:19,621
You are asking me to risk imprisonment
for the sake of two fugitive apes?
1226
01:25:19,821 --> 01:25:22,901
The answer is a thousand times... yes.
1227
01:25:23,701 --> 01:25:28,540
(Roddy McDowall) Cornelius and Zira
find temporary refuge in a travelling circus.
1228
01:25:28,940 --> 01:25:31,540
Look. Look at Heloise.
1229
01:25:33,740 --> 01:25:36,580
She's showing an expectant mother
what to expect.
1230
01:25:36,780 --> 01:25:38,980
Mama. Mama.
1231
01:25:39,180 --> 01:25:42,820
- Xira...
- I'm getting into practice.
1232
01:25:43,020 --> 01:25:47,900
The sympathetic circus owner, Armando,
was played by Ricardo Montalban.
1233
01:25:48,100 --> 01:25:51,260
I identify very much
with this man's compassion...
1234
01:25:51,460 --> 01:25:53,899
...for these so-called beasts...
1235
01:25:54,419 --> 01:25:58,019
...which were remarkably
good and wonderful and kind.
1236
01:25:58,219 --> 01:26:00,219
(Lewis) There, that's good.
1237
01:26:02,259 --> 01:26:03,339
Come on.
1238
01:26:03,539 --> 01:26:08,059
Because the message, to me,
was man's inhumanity to man...
1239
01:26:08,259 --> 01:26:10,419
...that we have not conquered prejudice.
1240
01:26:10,619 --> 01:26:13,419
Are we ever going to
conquer prejudice? Ever?
1241
01:26:14,019 --> 01:26:15,899
That's a very powerful theme.
1242
01:26:16,099 --> 01:26:19,699
You have done enough
to make us grateful to you for ever.
1243
01:26:19,899 --> 01:26:23,418
I did it because
I like chimpanzees best of all apes.
1244
01:26:25,218 --> 01:26:27,858
And you, the best of all chimpanzees.
1245
01:26:28,418 --> 01:26:31,058
And if it is man's destiny
one day to be dominated...
1246
01:26:31,258 --> 01:26:35,138
...then, oh, please God,
let him be dominated by such as you.
1247
01:26:35,338 --> 01:26:36,338
Thank you.
1248
01:26:37,938 --> 01:26:41,858
(Roddy McDowall) The climax of the film
takes place on an abandoned freighter...
1249
01:26:42,058 --> 01:26:45,178
...as Cornelius and Zira
are brutally hunted down.
1250
01:26:46,258 --> 01:26:47,817
Xira.
1251
01:26:48,017 --> 01:26:51,377
I want that baby.
If you won't give it to me, I'll shoot.
1252
01:26:56,937 --> 01:26:59,257
- My God, stop him!
- (gunshot)
1253
01:26:59,657 --> 01:27:03,697
(Ricardo Montalban) What's interesting to me
about the Planet of the Apes is that...
1254
01:27:03,897 --> 01:27:06,657
...the endings were really not happy.
1255
01:27:06,857 --> 01:27:08,857
- (gunshots)
- No!
1256
01:27:09,097 --> 01:27:09,977
(wails)
1257
01:27:10,177 --> 01:27:14,656
But in a science fiction film,
you have a little more margin...
1258
01:27:14,856 --> 01:27:17,176
...to be able to express certain things.
1259
01:27:17,376 --> 01:27:21,376
So the public accepted the unhappy ending
because it was truthful.
1260
01:27:21,576 --> 01:27:23,496
It wasn't just to make you sad.
1261
01:27:24,816 --> 01:27:26,416
It was: that's the way it is.
1262
01:27:29,416 --> 01:27:35,016
It's a love story. Paul and I - Paul Dehn,
that is - we both said that to each other.
1263
01:27:35,216 --> 01:27:37,496
He said "That's what I wrote."
1264
01:27:38,696 --> 01:27:41,695
And a love story always ends unhappily.
1265
01:27:41,895 --> 01:27:44,095
Most love stories do.
1266
01:27:44,295 --> 01:27:47,695
That's what makes them a love story.
So, there you are.
1267
01:27:48,375 --> 01:27:53,255
(Roddy McDowall) The film's ending caused
much debate amongst the production team...
1268
01:27:53,455 --> 01:27:58,295
...the biggest question being: what if
the studio asks for another sequel?
1269
01:27:58,695 --> 01:28:01,535
(Armando) All hands on the guy lines.
1270
01:28:01,735 --> 01:28:04,495
- Drop the bail ring!
- Come on, let's go!
1271
01:28:04,695 --> 01:28:09,894
As soon as you get that canvas packed,
I want every hand in the menagerie tent.
1272
01:28:10,094 --> 01:28:12,694
Producer Jacobs and screenwriter Dehn...
1273
01:28:12,894 --> 01:28:16,414
...decided not to paint themselves
into another corner this time.
1274
01:28:16,614 --> 01:28:18,614
Intelligent creature.
1275
01:28:20,014 --> 01:28:22,694
But then, so were your mother and father.
1276
01:28:27,894 --> 01:28:29,894
Mama.
1277
01:28:31,014 --> 01:28:33,854
Mama. Mama. Mama.
1278
01:28:34,414 --> 01:28:37,093
(trailer) Escape from the Planet of the Apes.
1279
01:28:38,213 --> 01:28:41,213
Their adventures are
completely fresh, completely new.
1280
01:28:41,413 --> 01:28:43,373
Released in May, 1971...
1281
01:28:43,573 --> 01:28:48,293
...Escape from the Planet of the Apes
proved to be another box-office success.
1282
01:28:48,493 --> 01:28:53,453
Adult audiences loved the humour
and subtle social commentary of the film...
1283
01:28:53,653 --> 01:28:58,493
...and the elements of fantasy and adventure
continued to captivate children.
1284
01:28:59,013 --> 01:29:03,532
The Apes films were still considered
ideal family entertainment.
1285
01:29:05,292 --> 01:29:08,332
Planet of the Apes was becoming
a full-grown franchise...
1286
01:29:08,532 --> 01:29:11,132
...and there seemed to be no end in sight.
1287
01:29:11,332 --> 01:29:13,212
Planning began for another instalment.
1288
01:29:13,412 --> 01:29:18,692
But, this time, the filmmakers would find
themselves going down a darker path...
1289
01:29:18,892 --> 01:29:20,692
...than they ever had before.
1290
01:29:20,892 --> 01:29:26,212
One that threatened to lose them
their loyal and profitable family audience.
1291
01:29:28,092 --> 01:29:33,251
The fourth Apes film
began shooting on January 31st, 1972...
1292
01:29:33,451 --> 01:29:36,051
...under the direction of J Lee Thompson.
1293
01:29:36,451 --> 01:29:38,451
You just take the book.
1294
01:29:38,731 --> 01:29:42,851
He was a prolific craftsman whose credits
included The Guns of Navarone...
1295
01:29:43,051 --> 01:29:44,651
...the original Cape Fear...
1296
01:29:44,851 --> 01:29:47,851
...and Arthur Jacobs'
first production, What a Way to Go.
1297
01:29:48,051 --> 01:29:50,451
(Thompson) keep low. keep low.
1298
01:29:54,491 --> 01:29:57,491
Once again, the script
was provided by Paul Dehn.
1299
01:29:58,530 --> 01:30:02,650
The title was
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.
1300
01:30:05,490 --> 01:30:10,530
The film is set in a city of the future
which resembles an oppressive police state.
1301
01:30:10,730 --> 01:30:12,850
- Go!
- (screams)
1302
01:30:14,410 --> 01:30:18,450
A mysterious plague has wiped out
all dogs and cats from the face of the earth.
1303
01:30:18,650 --> 01:30:19,610
Do.
1304
01:30:19,810 --> 01:30:22,370
Apes have been domesticated
to take their place...
1305
01:30:22,570 --> 01:30:24,969
...and trained to perform like slaves.
1306
01:30:25,889 --> 01:30:26,689
No!
1307
01:30:28,529 --> 01:30:32,889
The main focus of the story
is on a new central ape character.
1308
01:30:33,089 --> 01:30:36,169
- Are you authorised to dress him like that?
- Oh, yes, sir.
1309
01:30:36,369 --> 01:30:40,769
He is Caesar, the now fully grown
child of Cornelius and Zira.
1310
01:30:40,969 --> 01:30:42,249
A circus ape, huh?
1311
01:30:42,449 --> 01:30:45,289
- Circuses are past history.
- Not while I live and breathe.
1312
01:30:45,489 --> 01:30:48,409
- All right, Senor Armando. Go ahead.
- Thank you.
1313
01:30:48,609 --> 01:30:50,169
Come, come.
1314
01:30:50,369 --> 01:30:54,368
Owing to the loyalty of Arthur P Jacobs,
I was given the leading role...
1315
01:30:54,568 --> 01:30:57,608
...and had the unique opportunity
of playing my own son.
1316
01:30:57,808 --> 01:31:01,208
That was the great leap for Roddy,
and that was wonderful because...
1317
01:31:01,408 --> 01:31:04,288
...it still brought his personality
to the character.
1318
01:31:04,488 --> 01:31:09,328
Maybe he's not the same exact individual,
but it's still his spirit coming through.
1319
01:31:09,528 --> 01:31:14,728
And then he became so identified with the
series that the continuity to an audience is:
1320
01:31:14,928 --> 01:31:16,688
"Roddy McDowall in Planet of the Apes."
1321
01:31:16,888 --> 01:31:18,888
Well, for heaven's sakes! A circus!
1322
01:31:19,088 --> 01:31:20,687
- (gorilla grunts)
- (Caesar screeches)
1323
01:31:20,887 --> 01:31:22,287
Home, Lisa.
1324
01:31:22,487 --> 01:31:26,167
Making her third appearance in the series
was Natalie Trundy.
1325
01:31:26,367 --> 01:31:32,767
This time, however, she joined me behind the
makeup for her role as the chimpanzee Lisa.
1326
01:31:32,967 --> 01:31:37,367
(Natalie Trundy) Arthur said "Natalina..."
He used to call me Natalina.
1327
01:31:37,567 --> 01:31:40,087
I said "I know what you're gonna ask."
1328
01:31:40,287 --> 01:31:45,207
I really didn't wanna play an ape,
having seen what everyone went through.
1329
01:31:46,167 --> 01:31:51,726
You know, for the makeup, there were
hours and hours of that... crap. (laughs)
1330
01:31:52,366 --> 01:31:53,766
Of course I did it.
1331
01:31:54,526 --> 01:31:59,846
(Roddy McDowall) Ricardo Montalban also
returned as kindly circus owner Armando...
1332
01:32:00,046 --> 01:32:02,366
...Caesar's mentor and conscience.
1333
01:32:02,566 --> 01:32:05,126
- Did I do all right?
- Yes, yes, yes.
1334
01:32:05,766 --> 01:32:09,006
But try to walk a little more
like a primitive chimpanzee.
1335
01:32:09,206 --> 01:32:13,126
After 20 years, you've picked up
evolved habits from me.
1336
01:32:13,326 --> 01:32:16,405
That could be dangerous. Even fatal.
1337
01:32:16,605 --> 01:32:20,485
(PA) Attention. Attention.
Disperse apes gathering in the mall.
1338
01:32:20,685 --> 01:32:25,205
(Ricardo Montalban) Facing Roddy, the way
he looked could be a little distracting.
1339
01:32:26,085 --> 01:32:30,925
So I had to concentrate more on thinking
of him as an actor, not as a monkey.
1340
01:32:33,205 --> 01:32:36,085
I remember very distinctly
the rapport with Roddy...
1341
01:32:36,285 --> 01:32:39,405
...when he's dying to speak in rebellion...
1342
01:32:39,605 --> 01:32:44,164
...of the mistreatment
of his brothers and sisters.
1343
01:32:44,524 --> 01:32:45,364
(ape moans)
1344
01:32:45,564 --> 01:32:47,524
Lousy human bastards!
1345
01:32:47,724 --> 01:32:53,044
The theme was so important to make
a parallel to the terrible thing of slavery.
1346
01:32:53,244 --> 01:32:55,244
Who said that?
1347
01:32:56,084 --> 01:32:58,084
I did.
1348
01:32:58,644 --> 01:33:00,844
He's a performing ape for my circus.
1349
01:33:01,044 --> 01:33:03,484
- A talking ape?
- It's right! The ape spoke!
1350
01:33:03,684 --> 01:33:05,924
- (crowd) Yeah!
- No! No, they're mistaken.
1351
01:33:06,124 --> 01:33:08,843
We better take him
to headquarters for interrogation.
1352
01:33:10,563 --> 01:33:14,163
When Armando is arrested,
Caesar hides among the ape servant class...
1353
01:33:14,363 --> 01:33:17,643
...and is subjected to a brutal training process.
1354
01:33:19,083 --> 01:33:21,403
Take a good look at this specimen.
1355
01:33:21,883 --> 01:33:26,123
Caesar soon finds himself
the prized object in a slave auction...
1356
01:33:26,323 --> 01:33:27,483
- Buy him.
- 1500!
1357
01:33:27,683 --> 01:33:29,883
1500 from Mr MacDonald!
1358
01:33:30,083 --> 01:33:32,683
For His Excellency, Governor Breck.
1359
01:33:32,883 --> 01:33:36,762
...and becomes a servant to the governor,
played by Don Murray.
1360
01:33:37,762 --> 01:33:39,762
Name yourself.
1361
01:33:46,002 --> 01:33:47,202
"Caesar."
1362
01:33:49,082 --> 01:33:51,162
A king.
1363
01:33:52,642 --> 01:33:55,802
Working in proximity
to the human seat of power...
1364
01:33:56,002 --> 01:33:58,122
...Caesar learns the value of power...
1365
01:33:58,322 --> 01:33:59,202
No!
1366
01:33:59,402 --> 01:34:00,922
...and force.
1367
01:34:01,122 --> 01:34:02,881
(screams)
1368
01:34:04,921 --> 01:34:09,561
About your sworn statement
that the circus ape is incapable of speech.
1369
01:34:09,761 --> 01:34:11,201
Hell, no!
1370
01:34:13,721 --> 01:34:16,241
Armando's death
at the hand of the government...
1371
01:34:16,441 --> 01:34:20,561
...kills any notion that Caesar has
of man's potential for good.
1372
01:34:20,761 --> 01:34:22,761
(roars)
1373
01:34:24,081 --> 01:34:26,121
He begins to plot a revolution...
1374
01:34:26,321 --> 01:34:29,640
...whose purpose is
the ultimate destruction of mankind.
1375
01:34:30,400 --> 01:34:32,400
(screaming)
1376
01:34:33,200 --> 01:34:34,360
Action!
1377
01:34:34,560 --> 01:34:40,040
With a budget of only $1.7 million, the
producers had difficulty finding a location...
1378
01:34:40,240 --> 01:34:43,880
...where they could film
an epic revolution in a city of the future.
1379
01:34:45,880 --> 01:34:47,760
But, as luck would have it...
1380
01:34:47,960 --> 01:34:51,760
...there was a recently completed
commercial and residential complex...
1381
01:34:51,960 --> 01:34:53,840
...right next to the studio.
1382
01:34:54,040 --> 01:34:55,480
Called Century City...
1383
01:34:55,680 --> 01:35:00,879
...it had been built on land that was formerly
part of Twentieth Century Fox's backlot.
1384
01:35:01,079 --> 01:35:07,039
It was pretty new and had a lot of
concrete stone and nice sharp angles.
1385
01:35:08,079 --> 01:35:11,759
So it became a kind of a natural thing
that, if we could shoot there...
1386
01:35:11,959 --> 01:35:16,079
...we could create a city of the future,
but not so far removed from today.
1387
01:35:19,639 --> 01:35:24,358
The main band of rioting apes are,
at this very moment, marching on the city.
1388
01:35:24,558 --> 01:35:26,838
Commander, I understand the situation.
1389
01:35:27,038 --> 01:35:29,718
Assemble as large a force
as you can and follow them.
1390
01:35:29,918 --> 01:35:33,638
(Roddy McDowall) Conquest also had
striking costume and colour design...
1391
01:35:33,838 --> 01:35:36,878
...making it look unlike
any other film in the series.
1392
01:35:37,078 --> 01:35:39,358
(Frank Capra Jr)
The black costumes conveyed...
1393
01:35:39,558 --> 01:35:43,598
...this rigid and
not-so-pleasant world of humans.
1394
01:35:43,798 --> 01:35:48,718
Not necessarily a dictatorship, but
it seemed to be a pretty controlled society.
1395
01:35:48,918 --> 01:35:51,957
- They've reached the Plaza.
- Good God! They're armed!
1396
01:35:52,157 --> 01:35:53,397
And organised.
1397
01:35:56,397 --> 01:35:57,397
No!
1398
01:35:59,117 --> 01:36:03,397
(J Lee Thompson) We definitely
set out to give it a city look.
1399
01:36:03,597 --> 01:36:08,597
I suppose you'd call it,
in its day, a modern look. And...
1400
01:36:09,797 --> 01:36:12,637
...we went for certain colours.
1401
01:36:12,837 --> 01:36:14,717
Ready!
1402
01:36:15,557 --> 01:36:21,036
Black and red were
the primary colours we used in the film.
1403
01:36:21,236 --> 01:36:22,676
Aim!
1404
01:36:23,516 --> 01:36:28,556
At night we would highlight
the costumes with cross-lighting...
1405
01:36:28,756 --> 01:36:32,316
...and opened it up as much as was possible.
1406
01:36:32,516 --> 01:36:37,356
And I think that helped the picture
look more expensive than it was.
1407
01:36:37,756 --> 01:36:38,916
Fire!
1408
01:36:43,396 --> 01:36:47,275
(Roddy McDowall) In the scenes where
the ape revolution reaches its zenith...
1409
01:36:47,475 --> 01:36:50,835
...director Thompson pushed
for a level of on-screen violence...
1410
01:36:51,035 --> 01:36:54,595
...that had never been seen
in an Apes film before.
1411
01:36:57,715 --> 01:37:00,355
In the first preview at Phoenix...
1412
01:37:00,875 --> 01:37:07,075
...mothers took their children, running down
the aisles, to get out of the theatre...
1413
01:37:07,875 --> 01:37:11,875
...because of the bloodiness of the riots.
1414
01:37:12,874 --> 01:37:14,754
Shoot them! Shoot them all!
1415
01:37:14,954 --> 01:37:16,314
(gunfiire)
1416
01:37:17,914 --> 01:37:22,114
(Frank Capra Jr) We made a conscious
decision to go to more action-adventure.
1417
01:37:23,354 --> 01:37:27,274
It was felt that that would be
a successful turn for the series.
1418
01:37:29,634 --> 01:37:33,514
We were always concerned about
the level of violence we could put in...
1419
01:37:33,714 --> 01:37:36,594
...because it was still a young people's picture.
1420
01:37:38,474 --> 01:37:42,513
The censor wouldn't
pass the film the first time.
1421
01:37:44,633 --> 01:37:47,233
Too much blood and too much gore.
1422
01:37:47,873 --> 01:37:52,513
Fox wanted to try and retain
the family audience...
1423
01:37:52,713 --> 01:37:56,073
...and they made us cut it a great deal.
1424
01:37:59,313 --> 01:38:01,353
It was a violent film...
1425
01:38:01,553 --> 01:38:04,553
...and politically very disturbing.
1426
01:38:09,632 --> 01:38:13,432
(Roddy McDowall) Dehn and Thompson
modelled the apes' revolt...
1427
01:38:13,632 --> 01:38:16,352
...on the 1965 Watts Riots...
1428
01:38:18,232 --> 01:38:22,312
...an event that had left an indelible
impression on the American landscape.
1429
01:38:26,872 --> 01:38:31,432
(Eric Greene) In 1972, there's no way
any major studio was gonna release a film...
1430
01:38:31,632 --> 01:38:34,791
...where the hero was
the leader of the Watts Riots.
1431
01:38:35,031 --> 01:38:40,871
But you could release a film where the leader
of an ape-slave revolution is your hero.
1432
01:38:43,351 --> 01:38:47,071
You can capture the audience's attention,
and try to get people...
1433
01:38:47,271 --> 01:38:51,111
...to maybe rethink the way they were
looking at the current events of the time.
1434
01:38:51,311 --> 01:38:54,631
That's one of the beauties of
well-done science fiction.
1435
01:38:56,991 --> 01:38:59,351
Why did you turn us into slaves?
1436
01:38:59,791 --> 01:39:02,550
Because your kind were once our ancestors.
1437
01:39:03,070 --> 01:39:06,310
And there's still an ape
curled up inside of every man.
1438
01:39:06,510 --> 01:39:10,030
The beast that must be
whipped into submission.
1439
01:39:10,310 --> 01:39:12,630
You are that beast, Caesar.
1440
01:39:13,190 --> 01:39:15,670
When we hate you, we're...
1441
01:39:15,870 --> 01:39:19,030
...we're hating the dark side of ourselves.
1442
01:39:19,990 --> 01:39:23,110
(J Lee Thompson)
We had quite a lot of discussion...
1443
01:39:23,310 --> 01:39:26,870
...about the political aspect of the film.
1444
01:39:27,070 --> 01:39:30,109
Eventually, we showed it in Inglewood...
1445
01:39:30,309 --> 01:39:33,429
...and a largely black audience cheered.
1446
01:39:33,749 --> 01:39:34,629
Caesar!
1447
01:39:34,829 --> 01:39:40,989
- By what right are you spilling blood?
- The slaves' right to punish his persecutors.
1448
01:39:41,189 --> 01:39:46,509
Caesar. I, a descendant of slaves,
am asking you to show humanity.
1449
01:39:47,029 --> 01:39:49,509
But I was not born human.
1450
01:39:49,709 --> 01:39:54,829
The African-American audience was very
vocal. They'd get up and yell and scream...
1451
01:39:55,029 --> 01:39:58,588
...all on the side of the apes.
It was like: revolution has come.
1452
01:39:59,028 --> 01:40:02,308
Where there is fire, there is smoke.
1453
01:40:02,508 --> 01:40:06,388
And, in that smoke, from this day forward...
1454
01:40:06,588 --> 01:40:09,828
...my people will crouch and conspire...
1455
01:40:10,028 --> 01:40:15,188
...and plot and plan
for the inevitable day of man's downfall.
1456
01:40:15,508 --> 01:40:20,388
And we shall build our own cities in which
there will be no place for humans...
1457
01:40:20,588 --> 01:40:22,388
...except to serve our ends.
1458
01:40:22,588 --> 01:40:26,227
And we shall found our own armies,
our own religion...
1459
01:40:26,427 --> 01:40:28,067
...our own dynasty!
1460
01:40:28,267 --> 01:40:32,867
And that day is upon you... now!
1461
01:40:33,067 --> 01:40:36,147
(Roddy McDowall)
As originally shot, Caesar's final speech...
1462
01:40:36,347 --> 01:40:38,787
...was a militant call for revolution.
1463
01:40:38,987 --> 01:40:41,707
(whimpers) No.
1464
01:40:42,467 --> 01:40:45,347
But, responding to test audience reaction...
1465
01:40:45,547 --> 01:40:50,746
...the studio and producer Jacobs decided
to alter this speech in postproduction.
1466
01:40:50,946 --> 01:40:56,306
I was called in to record some additional
lines, ending the film on a more hopeful note.
1467
01:40:56,506 --> 01:40:57,666
But now...
1468
01:40:57,866 --> 01:41:01,266
Now we will put away our hatred.
1469
01:41:01,466 --> 01:41:04,506
Now we will put down our weapons.
1470
01:41:08,106 --> 01:41:11,826
And we, who are not human...
1471
01:41:12,346 --> 01:41:15,346
...can afford to be humane.
1472
01:41:15,546 --> 01:41:19,345
If it is man's destiny to be dominated...
1473
01:41:19,545 --> 01:41:21,745
...it is God's will...
1474
01:41:21,945 --> 01:41:26,145
...that he be dominated with compassion.
1475
01:41:26,345 --> 01:41:30,065
So, cast out your vengeance.
1476
01:41:31,785 --> 01:41:34,985
Tonight, we have seen...
1477
01:41:35,185 --> 01:41:39,105
...the birth of the Planet of the Apes!
1478
01:41:39,305 --> 01:41:42,065
(screeching)
1479
01:41:45,944 --> 01:41:48,464
War, urban violence, racial unrest.
1480
01:41:50,184 --> 01:41:55,864
Issues that were strongly influencing
popular movie entertainment in 1972.
1481
01:41:57,944 --> 01:41:59,904
Films like Dirty Harry...
1482
01:42:00,104 --> 01:42:01,944
...The French Connection...
1483
01:42:02,304 --> 01:42:03,864
...Shaft, and yes...
1484
01:42:04,824 --> 01:42:07,984
...even Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.
1485
01:42:09,104 --> 01:42:12,063
(trailer) Watch the screen explode
as man faces ape...
1486
01:42:12,263 --> 01:42:16,103
...in the most horrifying spectacle
in the annals of science fiction.
1487
01:42:16,303 --> 01:42:22,423
But, despite the initial test reactions,
parental outcries and a final PG rating...
1488
01:42:22,623 --> 01:42:25,663
...Conquest still found
an audience at the box office.
1489
01:42:25,863 --> 01:42:31,303
This will be the end of human civilisation
and the world will belong to a planet of apes!
1490
01:42:35,743 --> 01:42:39,142
Once again, Fox was asking
for the inevitable sequel.
1491
01:42:39,342 --> 01:42:43,262
And, for the first time,
producer Arthur Jacobs and the studio...
1492
01:42:43,462 --> 01:42:46,102
...found themselves at a crossroads.
1493
01:42:46,302 --> 01:42:51,982
Had Conquest gone too far in succumbing
to the trend of escalating screen violence?
1494
01:42:52,182 --> 01:42:57,822
Was it possible to move the story forward
and still make a family picture?
1495
01:42:59,022 --> 01:43:02,142
Soon after Conquest's release in 1972...
1496
01:43:02,342 --> 01:43:05,142
...producer Arthur Jacobs
once again asked Paul Dehn...
1497
01:43:05,342 --> 01:43:09,141
...to develop and script the fifth Apes feature.
1498
01:43:09,341 --> 01:43:14,541
Dehn quickly submitted a treatment entitled
Battle for the Planet of the Apes.
1499
01:43:17,501 --> 01:43:21,501
It continued the story of Caesar as he
fights against a group of human rebels...
1500
01:43:21,701 --> 01:43:23,701
...who possess an atomic bomb.
1501
01:43:26,341 --> 01:43:29,621
Ultimately, Caesar is killed
by one of his own generals...
1502
01:43:29,821 --> 01:43:32,901
...and a group of ape politicians
and military commanders...
1503
01:43:33,101 --> 01:43:36,700
...hold final governance
over the Planet of the Apes.
1504
01:43:38,460 --> 01:43:43,100
But Dehn's outline was rejected. Arthur
thought it was too bleak and too violent...
1505
01:43:43,300 --> 01:43:46,980
...for the more upbeat film that
both he and the studio wanted to make.
1506
01:43:47,780 --> 01:43:50,420
Dehn reshaped the story and script.
1507
01:43:50,620 --> 01:43:54,420
But two new writers were also hired
to give a fresh perspective.
1508
01:43:54,620 --> 01:43:58,100
They were John and Joyce Corrington,
a husband-and-wife team...
1509
01:43:58,300 --> 01:44:01,419
...who had found science fiction success
with The Omega Man...
1510
01:44:01,619 --> 01:44:04,739
...a recent film
that had starred Charlton Heston.
1511
01:44:08,179 --> 01:44:11,219
Keeping the title
Battle for the Planet of the Apes...
1512
01:44:11,419 --> 01:44:16,779
...the fifth Apes film
went into production on January 2nd, 1973...
1513
01:44:16,979 --> 01:44:20,099
...with a budget of $1.8 million.
1514
01:44:21,059 --> 01:44:22,899
J Lee Thompson returned to direct...
1515
01:44:23,099 --> 01:44:27,259
...having impressed both Jacobs and
associate producer Frank Capra Jr...
1516
01:44:27,459 --> 01:44:31,498
...with the epic and visual flair
he had achieved on Conquest.
1517
01:44:31,698 --> 01:44:35,978
Right from the start, Arthur said
"We're gonna make a kid picture...
1518
01:44:36,618 --> 01:44:39,818
...and something that will appeal to families."
1519
01:44:40,018 --> 01:44:43,418
We had no real political implications.
1520
01:44:43,618 --> 01:44:47,178
It was simply a kids' science fiction film.
1521
01:44:48,018 --> 01:44:51,978
(Roddy McDowall) For me, it was back
to the makeup chair to play Caesar again.
1522
01:44:52,178 --> 01:44:56,777
I was anxious to do it because I'd enjoyed
the role even more than the part of Cornelius.
1523
01:44:57,577 --> 01:45:00,017
Seen only in a brief prologue and epilogue...
1524
01:45:00,217 --> 01:45:02,817
...the role of the Lawgiver
had little screen time...
1525
01:45:03,017 --> 01:45:06,417
...but proved a most notable casting choice:
1526
01:45:06,617 --> 01:45:10,897
legendary producer, writer,
director and actor, John Huston.
1527
01:45:11,097 --> 01:45:14,617
"In the beginning,
God created beast and man...
1528
01:45:14,817 --> 01:45:20,777
...so that both might live in friendship
and share dominion over a world of peace."
1529
01:45:22,536 --> 01:45:27,176
"The surface of the world
was ravaged by the vilest war."
1530
01:45:27,696 --> 01:45:31,336
"Our saviour led a remnant
of those who survived...
1531
01:45:31,536 --> 01:45:34,016
...in search of greener pastures...
1532
01:45:34,216 --> 01:45:38,576
...where ape and human might
forever live in friendship...
1533
01:45:38,776 --> 01:45:41,056
...according to divine will."
1534
01:45:42,216 --> 01:45:44,896
The story focused on the ape leader Caesar...
1535
01:45:45,096 --> 01:45:48,816
...just a few years after
he has led the ape revolution.
1536
01:45:49,016 --> 01:45:50,895
A nuclear war has occurred...
1537
01:45:51,095 --> 01:45:55,135
...and Caesar now rules over
a surviving band of apes and humans.
1538
01:45:55,335 --> 01:45:59,295
- No humans in Council!
- They are here because I sent for them.
1539
01:45:59,495 --> 01:46:03,735
The two species have forged
a fragile coexistence.
1540
01:46:04,095 --> 01:46:07,855
The apes are also working with the humans
to educate themselves...
1541
01:46:08,055 --> 01:46:10,615
...and have begun forming their own laws.
1542
01:46:11,455 --> 01:46:15,375
- Read me what I've written.
- "Ape shall never kill ape."
1543
01:46:15,575 --> 01:46:17,414
"Ape shall never kill ape."
1544
01:46:17,614 --> 01:46:20,334
Shall ape ever kill man?
1545
01:46:23,294 --> 01:46:26,974
Oh, if only my mother and father,
whom I was too young to remember...
1546
01:46:27,174 --> 01:46:29,054
...if only they'd lived.
1547
01:46:29,254 --> 01:46:33,254
Perhaps they would have taught me
if it was right to kill evil...
1548
01:46:34,174 --> 01:46:36,054
...so that good should prevail.
1549
01:46:36,254 --> 01:46:40,294
In keeping with Jacob's new concept,
Caesar's character was softened.
1550
01:46:40,494 --> 01:46:41,774
Cornelius.
1551
01:46:41,974 --> 01:46:44,293
He is no longer militant and angry...
1552
01:46:44,493 --> 01:46:45,613
Cornelius.
1553
01:46:45,813 --> 01:46:48,333
...but patient and benevolent.
1554
01:46:49,253 --> 01:46:51,253
Father.
1555
01:46:52,213 --> 01:46:56,613
- I'm going on a journey.
- Mm... What will you bring me back?
1556
01:46:57,573 --> 01:46:59,933
What would you like?
1557
01:47:02,093 --> 01:47:05,853
More nuts for my squirrel. He's growing fast.
1558
01:47:06,053 --> 01:47:08,053
So are you.
1559
01:47:09,533 --> 01:47:13,412
One day you will be as tall as a king.
1560
01:47:13,612 --> 01:47:17,532
This was very much part
of the arc of what we felt...
1561
01:47:17,732 --> 01:47:21,212
...seemed to be a logical situation for him.
1562
01:47:21,772 --> 01:47:24,492
And it was also
more attractive as a character...
1563
01:47:24,692 --> 01:47:29,052
...that he becomes a more paternalistic
and a sort of a healer...
1564
01:47:29,252 --> 01:47:31,852
...rather than a revolutionary character.
1565
01:47:33,132 --> 01:47:37,052
(Roddy McDowall) Natalie Trundy
again signed on to play my wife, Lisa.
1566
01:47:37,252 --> 01:47:40,251
This was the fourth Apes film for both of us.
1567
01:47:40,771 --> 01:47:44,691
I don't want to have to remember
my husband. I want to love him now.
1568
01:47:44,891 --> 01:47:48,891
Look. Virgil will be with us.
Now, we'll take good care.
1569
01:47:49,771 --> 01:47:52,611
There it is... or was.
1570
01:47:54,171 --> 01:47:57,931
Some carefully placed rubble
and a clever matte painting...
1571
01:47:58,131 --> 01:48:01,171
...created the illusion
of a bombed-out forbidden city...
1572
01:48:01,371 --> 01:48:05,091
...where a group of
radiation-scarred humans continued to live.
1573
01:48:05,290 --> 01:48:06,170
Governor, look!
1574
01:48:06,370 --> 01:48:09,050
Somebody's breached
the warning system at F6.
1575
01:48:09,690 --> 01:48:11,730
For the interior of the forbidden city...
1576
01:48:11,930 --> 01:48:16,970
...the producers used the Hyperion water
treatment plant located in Los Angeles.
1577
01:48:17,170 --> 01:48:22,570
This background radiation alone
will give us 300 roentgens per hour.
1578
01:48:23,130 --> 01:48:26,330
Another interesting casting note:
the orangutan Virgil...
1579
01:48:26,530 --> 01:48:29,850
...was played by
singer/songwriter Paul Williams.
1580
01:48:30,450 --> 01:48:33,169
Can anything live down here?
I mean, for long?
1581
01:48:33,369 --> 01:48:37,289
Oh, yes. But in the end, not recognisably.
1582
01:48:43,289 --> 01:48:46,729
(Frank Capra Jr) The series
began to be more and more human-orientated.
1583
01:48:46,929 --> 01:48:49,049
We were thinking in terms of time always...
1584
01:48:49,249 --> 01:48:54,289
...because these long makeup sessions
cut the time of filming down.
1585
01:48:54,489 --> 01:49:00,048
It was difficult to get enough apes because of
the time constraints of the makeup.
1586
01:49:02,368 --> 01:49:06,248
And actually audiences wanted to see
more and more ape-orientated shots.
1587
01:49:06,448 --> 01:49:08,848
So it worked counterproductively.
1588
01:49:12,848 --> 01:49:16,328
(Roddy McDowall) When the humans
from the forbidden city attack...
1589
01:49:16,848 --> 01:49:19,648
Aldo will make the future... with this!
1590
01:49:19,848 --> 01:49:24,968
...Caesar engages in a power struggle with the
commander of the military, General Aldo...
1591
01:49:25,168 --> 01:49:27,327
We want guns!
1592
01:49:27,527 --> 01:49:30,527
...played by the noted character actor,
Claude Akins.
1593
01:49:30,727 --> 01:49:36,207
We will smash the humans!
And then, we will smash Caesar!
1594
01:49:36,447 --> 01:49:38,287
Look!
1595
01:49:43,127 --> 01:49:44,127
Caesar's son.
1596
01:49:50,527 --> 01:49:51,527
Father!
1597
01:49:56,286 --> 01:49:57,286
To the barricade!
1598
01:49:59,846 --> 01:50:02,046
Like all the entries in the series...
1599
01:50:02,246 --> 01:50:07,406
...Battle for the Planet of the Apes contained
plenty of rousing action sequences.
1600
01:50:08,846 --> 01:50:12,126
(J Lee Thompson) It was very low-budget...
1601
01:50:12,326 --> 01:50:15,366
...so we had to reduce everything.
1602
01:50:15,726 --> 01:50:21,006
I had to come in closer,
not use so many people. Come in closer...
1603
01:50:21,365 --> 01:50:22,365
Here they come.
1604
01:50:22,565 --> 01:50:25,325
...and rely more on quick cuts.
1605
01:50:29,605 --> 01:50:35,245
Then, putting it all together, it gave
a feel of a lot of numbers and a big battle.
1606
01:50:36,885 --> 01:50:38,645
Fall back! Fall back!
1607
01:50:38,845 --> 01:50:43,245
It's a pity that they downgraded
the budget for each film...
1608
01:50:43,445 --> 01:50:46,725
...instead of trying to go bigger and better.
1609
01:50:47,845 --> 01:50:53,004
But that was a decision
taken by the money people...
1610
01:50:53,204 --> 01:50:55,084
...and we had to live with it.
1611
01:50:55,284 --> 01:50:57,324
Now! Fight like apes!
1612
01:51:00,244 --> 01:51:04,604
(Roddy McDowall) Near the film's conclusion
the mutant humans are defeated.
1613
01:51:04,804 --> 01:51:07,844
No! No, no, no! Don't kill them.
Take them prisoner.
1614
01:51:08,044 --> 01:51:13,364
But the action is tempered by a much more
pacifistic tone than in previous Apes films.
1615
01:51:14,764 --> 01:51:16,763
No.
1616
01:51:17,283 --> 01:51:19,283
No, Virgil.
1617
01:51:21,203 --> 01:51:23,083
(apes chanting) Ape has killed ape.
1618
01:51:23,283 --> 01:51:27,483
Caesar also discovers that Aldo
is responsible for the death of his son...
1619
01:51:29,443 --> 01:51:31,843
Ape has never killed ape...
1620
01:51:32,883 --> 01:51:36,003
...let alone an ape child.
1621
01:51:39,923 --> 01:51:43,562
...and one final battle
for the Planet of the Apes is fought.
1622
01:51:51,122 --> 01:51:52,682
Aaargh!
1623
01:52:01,082 --> 01:52:03,482
As I look at apes and humans...
1624
01:52:04,162 --> 01:52:08,122
...living in friendship, harmony and at peace...
1625
01:52:09,122 --> 01:52:12,641
...now, some 600 years after Caesar's death...
1626
01:52:12,841 --> 01:52:15,921
...at least we wait with hope for the future.
1627
01:52:16,121 --> 01:52:19,201
Lawgiver, who knows about the future?
1628
01:52:21,681 --> 01:52:24,201
Perhaps only the dead.
1629
01:52:25,721 --> 01:52:29,761
Although Jacobs ultimately wanted
to send a positive social message...
1630
01:52:29,961 --> 01:52:33,241
...the film's final image is rather ambiguous.
1631
01:52:34,401 --> 01:52:40,680
Is the statue of Caesar crying a tear of joy
because man and ape are finally at peace?
1632
01:52:40,880 --> 01:52:43,200
- We have a destiny too.
- Respecting each other.
1633
01:52:43,400 --> 01:52:44,520
As equals.
1634
01:52:44,720 --> 01:52:48,840
Or is it a tear of sorrow because
he knows that is an impossibility?
1635
01:52:49,040 --> 01:52:51,640
The human way is violence and death.
1636
01:52:52,040 --> 01:52:54,080
These questions would never be resolved...
1637
01:52:54,280 --> 01:52:57,240
...because,
during the early stages of production...
1638
01:52:57,440 --> 01:53:02,520
...it had been decided that this would be
the final chapter in the Apes series.
1639
01:53:02,720 --> 01:53:08,479
And that is how it was advertised
when it reached theatres in May of 1973.
1640
01:53:09,359 --> 01:53:12,239
We felt like we had come pretty far.
1641
01:53:12,439 --> 01:53:15,839
Again, production-value wise,
we'd gotten to a point...
1642
01:53:16,039 --> 01:53:18,479
...where we'd practically boxed ourselves in.
1643
01:53:18,679 --> 01:53:22,399
If we went any further into the future
and told a continuing story...
1644
01:53:22,599 --> 01:53:25,149
...it would have been
a much more expensive picture.
1645
01:53:26,399 --> 01:53:28,519
(Roddy McDowall) But the story wasn't over.
1646
01:53:28,719 --> 01:53:31,638
Battle had done surprisingly well
at the box office...
1647
01:53:31,838 --> 01:53:35,358
...and the CBS network
had recently garnered tremendous ratings...
1648
01:53:35,558 --> 01:53:38,758
...with the broadcast premieres
of the first three films.
1649
01:53:38,958 --> 01:53:43,278
Although Jacobs and Fox briefly considered
producing another Apes movie...
1650
01:53:43,478 --> 01:53:47,398
...it was agreed that the future of the franchise
might best be explored...
1651
01:53:47,598 --> 01:53:50,838
...in the uncharted universe of television.
1652
01:53:51,038 --> 01:53:56,718
Jacobs had considered a Planet of the Apes
television series as early as 1971.
1653
01:53:56,918 --> 01:54:02,597
But the continued success of the theatrical
features delayed his plans for two years.
1654
01:54:02,797 --> 01:54:06,197
He had also been busy
on a number of non-Ape films...
1655
01:54:06,397 --> 01:54:09,197
...that included Woody Allen's
Play it Again, Sam...
1656
01:54:09,397 --> 01:54:13,797
...and family musicals like
Goodbye, Mr Chips and Tom Sawyer.
1657
01:54:14,717 --> 01:54:17,277
But during the production of his latest...
1658
01:54:17,477 --> 01:54:20,757
...a musical adaptation of
Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn...
1659
01:54:20,957 --> 01:54:23,437
...Arthur Jacobs died of a heart attack.
1660
01:54:23,637 --> 01:54:25,877
He was only 51 years old.
1661
01:54:26,796 --> 01:54:31,196
Arthur was very, very tough.
But everybody loved him.
1662
01:54:31,916 --> 01:54:34,156
But he was always there. Always on the set.
1663
01:54:34,356 --> 01:54:37,516
I tell you, the man worked
29 hours, eight days a week.
1664
01:54:37,716 --> 01:54:39,716
He was with everything, all the time.
1665
01:54:39,916 --> 01:54:42,876
He was just wonderful.
He was an extraordinary man.
1666
01:54:43,076 --> 01:54:46,476
Arthur's strongest point...
1667
01:54:46,916 --> 01:54:50,676
...was his intense sense of the meticulous.
1668
01:54:50,876 --> 01:54:53,275
But it generated results.
1669
01:54:54,035 --> 01:54:57,515
He was one of a kind, and I do miss him.
1670
01:55:02,595 --> 01:55:05,915
(Roddy McDowall)
With Jacobs' death, the Apes TV series...
1671
01:55:06,115 --> 01:55:08,755
...was in the hands of Twentieth Century Fox.
1672
01:55:08,955 --> 01:55:12,155
With the help of writers
Anthony Wilson and Art Wallace...
1673
01:55:12,355 --> 01:55:15,435
...they began to hammer out
a workable concept.
1674
01:55:16,035 --> 01:55:19,155
And, on September 13th, 1974...
1675
01:55:19,355 --> 01:55:22,154
...Planet of the Apes premiered on CBS.
1676
01:55:24,394 --> 01:55:28,154
I starred,
along with Ron Harper and James Naughton.
1677
01:55:28,354 --> 01:55:31,474
They played
astronauts Alan Virdon and Peter Burke...
1678
01:55:31,674 --> 01:55:36,714
...who are propelled through a time warp
and land on Earth in the year 3085.
1679
01:55:37,714 --> 01:55:42,514
By the way, their vehicle was the same
plywood spaceship used in the original film.
1680
01:55:42,834 --> 01:55:45,194
Well, we could've landed in a worse place.
1681
01:55:49,233 --> 01:55:52,313
Soon they're captured
and find themselves face to face...
1682
01:55:52,513 --> 01:55:56,513
...with a favourite Apes
feature film character, Dr Zaius...
1683
01:55:56,713 --> 01:55:59,633
...now played by stage actor Booth Colman.
1684
01:55:59,833 --> 01:56:03,753
Do you want this sacrilege and heresy
to infect the rest of the humans?
1685
01:56:03,953 --> 01:56:05,993
Certainly not, Urko.
1686
01:56:06,193 --> 01:56:09,553
And by questioning them,
we will learn how to avoid it.
1687
01:56:10,553 --> 01:56:14,513
Galen, you want to visit
our time period, don't you?
1688
01:56:14,992 --> 01:56:19,632
Oh... Look, I really don't know about...
it would be interesting, wouldn't it?
1689
01:56:19,832 --> 01:56:22,712
Maybe the humans who made that grenade
are still on Earth.
1690
01:56:22,912 --> 01:56:25,392
- And maybe they have the knowledge to...
- To what?
1691
01:56:25,592 --> 01:56:27,672
Build a spaceship and a computer?
1692
01:56:27,872 --> 01:56:31,032
- Yeah! Maybe.
- What's a computer?
1693
01:56:31,872 --> 01:56:36,032
With the help of a sympathetic ape
named Galen, the astronauts escape.
1694
01:56:36,232 --> 01:56:38,072
Watch out!
1695
01:56:39,832 --> 01:56:44,111
We kind of became The Fugitive. Each week
we were caught, and then we escaped.
1696
01:56:44,311 --> 01:56:46,311
That's what each show was about.
1697
01:56:46,751 --> 01:56:51,111
And I think that television frequently
winds up in a kind of a formulaic role.
1698
01:56:51,311 --> 01:56:53,831
Who's the bad guy and how will you escape?
1699
01:56:54,671 --> 01:56:57,751
(Roddy McDowall)
Week after week, the trio was pursued...
1700
01:56:57,951 --> 01:57:01,151
...by the ape military commander,
General Urko.
1701
01:57:01,351 --> 01:57:06,031
I'll quarrel with anything
that keeps these two humans alive.
1702
01:57:06,431 --> 01:57:11,230
Urko was played by Mark Lenard, best known
for his portrayal of Mr Spock's father...
1703
01:57:11,430 --> 01:57:14,870
...in another famous science fiction series,
Star Trek.
1704
01:57:15,430 --> 01:57:19,750
The show tried to retain the elements that
had made the motion picture so successful.
1705
01:57:20,710 --> 01:57:21,590
Drama.
1706
01:57:21,790 --> 01:57:24,630
Urko! You kill me, you kill yourself!
1707
01:57:24,830 --> 01:57:26,070
A bit of humour.
1708
01:57:26,270 --> 01:57:29,430
- There's a smell about you.
- Well, nobody's perfect.
1709
01:57:29,630 --> 01:57:31,430
Some social commentary.
1710
01:57:31,630 --> 01:57:35,350
These humans,
they think they're as good as we are.
1711
01:57:36,789 --> 01:57:38,709
And plenty of action.
1712
01:57:38,909 --> 01:57:42,789
(James Naughton) We were always whackin'
some guy over the head with a stick...
1713
01:57:42,989 --> 01:57:45,549
...or drop-kicking a guy in a monkey suit.
1714
01:57:47,469 --> 01:57:50,029
We had apes Fallin' out of trees everyhere.
1715
01:57:51,069 --> 01:57:55,269
(Roddy McDowall) The television series'
most loyal audience were children.
1716
01:57:55,469 --> 01:58:01,389
But network executives claimed this was not
the audience advertisers wanted to attract.
1717
01:58:01,909 --> 01:58:06,548
The show was also scheduled up against two
of the highest-rated comedies of the day:
1718
01:58:06,748 --> 01:58:09,628
Sanford and Son and Chico and the Man.
1719
01:58:09,828 --> 01:58:12,828
It wasn't long before the inevitable happened.
1720
01:58:13,788 --> 01:58:19,348
On December 6th, 1974,
after only four months and 13 episodes...
1721
01:58:19,548 --> 01:58:21,668
...Planet of the Apes was cancelled.
1722
01:58:21,868 --> 01:58:28,028
And, for the first time in its history,
the future of Apes was uncertain.
1723
01:58:31,427 --> 01:58:34,867
(trailer) In the beginning,
there was Planet of the Apes.
1724
01:58:35,067 --> 01:58:39,307
And the most exciting series
in motion-picture history began.
1725
01:58:41,627 --> 01:58:46,267
Although the demise of the television series
had proved disappointing to fans...
1726
01:58:46,827 --> 01:58:49,947
...its premiere had been accompanied
by a media blitz...
1727
01:58:50,147 --> 01:58:55,467
...that included the re-release
of all five films to theatres in 1974.
1728
01:58:56,027 --> 01:58:58,426
(trailer) Now is your chance to go ape.
1729
01:59:01,746 --> 01:59:06,066
Twentieth Century Fox, long aware of
Apes' popularity with children...
1730
01:59:06,266 --> 01:59:10,026
...also launched an extensive
marketing and merchandising campaign...
1731
01:59:10,226 --> 01:59:13,986
...encouraging kids
all over the country to "Go ape".
1732
01:59:17,346 --> 01:59:19,306
It was phenomenally successful.
1733
01:59:19,506 --> 01:59:23,786
There were 60 companies that were licensed
to turn out something like 300 items...
1734
01:59:23,986 --> 01:59:26,865
...and just this flood
of Apes products on the market.
1735
01:59:27,265 --> 01:59:31,025
(Roddy McDowall) Ape action figures,
masks, posters, games...
1736
01:59:31,225 --> 01:59:33,265
...lunch boxes and colouring books.
1737
01:59:33,465 --> 01:59:36,865
There was even a Planet of the Apes
wastepaper basket.
1738
01:59:37,585 --> 01:59:42,665
(Eric Greene) I think Apes helped
pave the way for later films like Star Wars...
1739
01:59:42,865 --> 01:59:48,425
...where you had mass merchandising blitzes,
which are now common, not extraordinary.
1740
01:59:50,185 --> 01:59:52,384
(trailer) Return to the Planet of the Apes!
1741
01:59:53,784 --> 01:59:58,944
In 1975, NBC TV launched
Return to the Planet of the Apes...
1742
01:59:59,144 --> 02:00:01,704
...a half-hour Saturday morning
cartoon series...
1743
02:00:01,904 --> 02:00:04,704
...that depicted a more evolved simian culture.
1744
02:00:04,904 --> 02:00:08,264
- We got all of 'em, Urko.
- Good. Take them to Ape City.
1745
02:00:08,464 --> 02:00:12,864
As in the original novel,
apes were finally allowed to drive cars...
1746
02:00:14,104 --> 02:00:16,104
...and fly airplanes.
1747
02:00:20,023 --> 02:00:23,063
Though the animated series
lasted only one year...
1748
02:00:23,263 --> 02:00:26,743
...other Ape incarnations
proved to have greater longevity.
1749
02:00:26,943 --> 02:00:30,263
More than three decades
after the premiere of the first film...
1750
02:00:30,463 --> 02:00:35,023
...Apes references still manage to
find their way into American pop culture.
1751
02:00:35,223 --> 02:00:37,823
♪ THE SIMPSONS ♪
1752
02:00:38,023 --> 02:00:41,663
♪ I hate every ape I see ♪
1753
02:00:41,863 --> 02:00:45,663
♪ From chimpan A to chimpan X ♪
1754
02:00:45,903 --> 02:00:52,382
♪ No, you'll never make a monkey out of me ♪
1755
02:00:53,222 --> 02:00:55,222
(whistling)
1756
02:00:57,502 --> 02:01:01,142
From films and television
to merchandising and memorabilia...
1757
02:01:01,342 --> 02:01:03,862
...Planet of the Apes
and its numerous sequels...
1758
02:01:04,062 --> 02:01:07,222
...have conquered audiences
all over the world.
1759
02:01:07,422 --> 02:01:11,542
And people continue to be captivated,
for many different reasons.
1760
02:01:12,662 --> 02:01:18,301
I think it just struck people's imagination.
It was different. And it still is.
1761
02:01:18,621 --> 02:01:20,381
You led me around on a leash!
1762
02:01:20,581 --> 02:01:23,581
- We thought you were inferior.
- Now you know better.
1763
02:01:23,941 --> 02:01:26,701
They're just as valid now
as when they first came out.
1764
02:01:26,901 --> 02:01:29,141
They probably will be 30 years from now.
1765
02:01:29,661 --> 02:01:32,221
We have heads as well as hands.
1766
02:01:32,501 --> 02:01:35,501
I call upon men to let us use them.
1767
02:01:35,701 --> 02:01:40,821
Some of the social statements,
unfortunately, remain with us.
1768
02:01:41,780 --> 02:01:44,500
Planet of the Apes
brings them back to our attention.
1769
02:01:44,860 --> 02:01:49,300
- What's the difference? You're all monkeys.
- Please! Do not say "monkey".
1770
02:01:49,900 --> 02:01:53,260
The only thing that counts
in the end is power!
1771
02:01:54,220 --> 02:01:56,660
Naked, merciless force!
1772
02:01:56,860 --> 02:02:00,060
(Linda Harrison) The possibility
we could do something horrible...
1773
02:02:00,260 --> 02:02:02,380
...lurks in our consciousness.
1774
02:02:02,740 --> 02:02:06,980
To me, that is the element
which has stirred so much interest.
1775
02:02:07,180 --> 02:02:08,819
It's Doomsday.
1776
02:02:10,459 --> 02:02:16,499
The films hold up as a way of getting at those
issues in an accessible, entertaining way.
1777
02:02:16,699 --> 02:02:18,579
I'd like to kiss you goodbye.
1778
02:02:18,779 --> 02:02:20,659
You're so damned ugly.
1779
02:02:20,859 --> 02:02:24,219
(J Lee Thompson) Planet of the Apes
depended on characterisation...
1780
02:02:24,419 --> 02:02:26,179
...as well as adventure.
1781
02:02:26,379 --> 02:02:30,619
If you've got good characters,
they'll stand the test of time.
1782
02:02:31,099 --> 02:02:34,819
If man was superior, why didn't he survive?
1783
02:02:35,019 --> 02:02:38,338
Those particular stories
have had a kind of a timeless theme...
1784
02:02:38,538 --> 02:02:42,418
...with premises that were very,
very applicable to...
1785
02:02:42,618 --> 02:02:45,738
...what people were feeling,
what people should feel.
1786
02:02:47,338 --> 02:02:51,418
It has relevance in that it, as a film...
1787
02:02:52,138 --> 02:02:54,698
...took a step up in that genre.
1788
02:02:57,898 --> 02:03:00,538
(Don Taylor)
Apes is a trailblazer in this genre.
1789
02:03:00,738 --> 02:03:04,457
It probably helped to push into
the things that have happened since.
1790
02:03:05,177 --> 02:03:08,737
I think the makeup, of course,
is the most innovative.
1791
02:03:08,937 --> 02:03:13,937
For the first time, really,
these were actors working...
1792
02:03:14,137 --> 02:03:16,617
...and emotions coming through this makeup.
1793
02:03:17,457 --> 02:03:21,217
I was a guy that helped
make those pictures work...
1794
02:03:21,417 --> 02:03:24,697
...and it's a wonderful feeling,
to go that long...
1795
02:03:24,897 --> 02:03:28,697
...and that those pictures stand up
as well as they have.
1796
02:03:29,737 --> 02:03:31,496
I believe they have a life of their own.
1797
02:03:31,696 --> 02:03:34,736
I don't think you can kill totally
the Planet of the Apes.
1798
02:03:35,776 --> 02:03:37,576
There will always be an audience.
1799
02:03:38,016 --> 02:03:40,266
I still get fan mail from all over the world.
1800
02:03:40,816 --> 02:03:43,816
I think it's gonna carry, carry, carry, carry on.
1801
02:03:44,296 --> 02:03:46,176
It appeals to everybody.
1802
02:03:46,376 --> 02:03:49,856
Little kids, grown-ups, anybody...
1803
02:03:51,296 --> 02:03:55,016
...because it widens
the avenue of the imagination.
1804
02:04:01,455 --> 02:04:07,295
Ape and man, ancestors and brothers,
their fates hopelessly intertwined.
1805
02:04:07,495 --> 02:04:09,855
One holds the secret of the past...
1806
02:04:10,055 --> 02:04:13,055
...the other, the key to the future.
1807
02:04:13,255 --> 02:04:15,535
But which is which?
1808
02:04:16,095 --> 02:04:22,455
Planet of the Apes holds up a mirror
and asks us simply to look at ourselves.
1809
02:04:22,655 --> 02:04:24,854
At our fears and prejudices.
1810
02:04:25,054 --> 02:04:27,054
At our hopes and dreams.
1811
02:04:27,534 --> 02:04:30,054
But, as a new millennium dawns...
1812
02:04:30,254 --> 02:04:34,574
...can we expect more exciting adventures
on the Planet of the Apes?
1813
02:04:34,774 --> 02:04:37,774
Perhaps the answer lies
somewhere in the stars.
1814
02:04:38,174 --> 02:04:39,574
Or maybe...
1815
02:04:39,774 --> 02:04:41,574
...right here...
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...on Earth.
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