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"Planet of the Apes" Cast Signed Matted To 11X18. Austin Stoker and Paul Williams. Each signature is on a 3X5 Card which has been Professionally Matted. This item is certified authentic by.

And comes with their Letter of Authenticity. And loosely based on the 1963 French novel.

In the film, an astronaut crew. On a strange planet in the distant future. Although the planet appears desolate at first, the surviving crew members stumble upon a society in which apes have evolved into creatures with human-like intelligence and speech. The apes have assumed the role of the. And humans are mute creatures wearing animal skins.

The outline of Planet of the Apes originated in script, originally written by Serling, underwent many rewrites before filming eventually began. Were approached, but the film's producer Arthur P.

Jacobs, upon the recommendation of Charlton Heston, chose Franklin J. Schaffner to direct the film.

Schaffner's changes included an ape society less advanced-and therefore less expensive to depict-than that of the original novel. Filming took place between May 21 and August 10, 1967, in. With desert sequences shot in and around. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

The film was groundbreaking for its. And was well received by critics and audiences, launching a. Including four sequels, as well as a short-lived television show, animated series, comic books, and various merchandising.

In particular, Roddy McDowall had a long-running relationship with the Apes series, appearing in four of the original five films absent, from the second film of the series. Beneath the Planet of the Apes. In which he was replaced by. In the role of Cornelius, and also in the television series. The original series was followed by. Rise of the Planet of the Apes. In 2001, Planet of the Apes was selected for preservation in the United States. As being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" Astronauts Taylor, Landon, and Dodge awaken from deep. Stewart, the lone female crew member, is dead due to a sleep chamber malfunction. Their spacecraft crashes into a lake on an unknown planet and the men abandon the sinking vessel. The men travel through desolate wasteland, coming across eerie scarecrow-like figures and a freshwater lake with lush vegetation. While swimming, the men's clothes are stolen and shredded by primitive mute humans. Soon after, armed gorillas raid a cornfield where the humans are gathering food.

Taylor is shot in the throat as he and the others are captured. Dodge is killed and Landon rendered unconscious in the chaos. Taylor is taken to Ape City.

Two chimpanzees, animal psychologist Zira and surgeon Galen, save Taylor's life, though his throat injury renders him temporarily mute. Taylor is placed with a captive female, whom he later names Nova.

He observes an advanced society of talking apes with a strict caste system. Are the military force and laborers. Oversee government and religion; and intellectual. Are mostly scientists and doctors. The ape society is a. While the apes consider the primitive humans as vermin to be hunted and either killed outright, enslaved, or used in scientific experiments. Taylor convinces Zira and her fiancé, Cornelius, that he is intelligent as they are; one way by making a paper airplane. Zaius, their orangutan superior, arranges for Taylor to be castrated against Zira's protests. Taylor escapes and finds Dodge's stuffed corpse on display in a museum, he is soon recaptured revealing in the process he can speak, which alarms the apes. A hearing to determine Taylor's origins is convened. Taylor mentions his two comrades, learning that Landon was.

Believing Taylor is from an unknown human tribe beyond their borders, Zaius privately threatens to castrate and lobotomize Taylor for refusing to reveal his origins. Ape law has ruled the area out of bounds for centuries.

Cornelius and Zira are intent to gather proof of an earlier non-simian civilization - which Cornelius discovered a year earlier - to be cleared of heresy; Taylor focuses on proving he comes from a different planet. When the group arrives at the cave, Cornelius is intercepted by Zaius and his soldiers.

Taylor holds them off by threatening to shoot Zaius, who agrees to enter the cave to disprove their theories. Inside, Cornelius displays remnants of a technologically advanced human society pre-dating simian history.

Taylor identifies artifacts such as dentures, eyeglasses, a heart valve, and to the apes' astonishment, a child's talking doll. Zaius admits he has always known about the ancient human civilization. Taylor wants to search for answers, ignoring Zaius' warning he may dislike what he finds.

After Taylor and Nova are allowed to leave, Dr. Zaius has the cave sealed-off to destroy the evidence while charging Zira, Cornelius, and Lucius with heresy. Aylor and Nova follow the shoreline on horseback and eventually discover the remnants of the. Revealing that this'alien' planet is actually Earth long after an apocalyptic. Understanding Zaius' earlier warning, Taylor falls to his knees in despair and condemns humanity for destroying the world.