Planet of the apes

Resource Information

The work Planet of the apes represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Planet of the apes

Statement of responsibility

Apjac Productions and Twentieth Century-Fox presents an Arthur P. Jacobs production ; producer, Arthur P. Jacobs ; director, Franklin Schaffner

Creator

• Planet of the apes (Motion picture : 1968)

Contributor

• Schaffner, Franklin J
• trueSerling, Rod, 1924-1975
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Apjac Productions
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• trueBoulle, Pierre, 1912-1994
• Shamroy, Leon
• Daly, James
• Evans, Maurice, 1901-1989
• Fowler, Hugh S., 1912-1975
• Goldsmith, Jerry
• Harrison, Linda
• Heston, Charlton
• Whitmore, James, 1921-2009
• Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978
• Hunter, Kim, 1922-2002
• Jacobs, Arthur P
• McDowall, Roddy

Actor

• McDowall, Roddy
• Daly, James
• Evans, Maurice, 1901-1989
• Harrison, Linda
• Heston, Charlton
• Hunter, Kim, 1922-2002
• Whitmore, James, 1921-2009

Screenwriter

• trueSerling, Rod, 1924-1975
• Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978

Composer

• Goldsmith, Jerry

Cinematographer

• Shamroy, Leon

Director

• Schaffner, Franklin J

Distributor

• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc

Film editor

• Fowler, Hugh S., 1912-1975

Presenter

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Apjac Productions

Producer

• Jacobs, Arthur P

Subject

• Apes
• Apes -- Drama
• Astronauts
• Astronauts -- United States -- Drama
• Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994
• Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994 -- Film adaptations
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Dystopian films
• Dystopian films
• Fantasy
• Feature
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• Science fiction
• Science fiction films
• Science fiction films
• Time travel
• Time travel -- Drama
• United States
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Fiction films
• Action and adventure films
• Action and adventure films
• Adaptation
• Adventure

Genre

• Dystopian films
• Action and adventure films
• Feature films
• trueDrama
• Feature
• DVD-Video discs
• Adventure
• Fantasy
• trueFilm adaptations
• Science fiction
• Science fiction films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Fiction films
• Adaptation

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

"Astronaut Taylor (Heston) crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist (McDowall)."--Back of container

Awards note

Academy Awards, 1969: Honorary Award (John Chambers, "For his outstanding make-up achievement in the movie.")

Cataloging source

LAS

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Screenplay, Michael Wilson, Rod Serling ; music, Jerry Goldsmith ; director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; film editor, Hugh S. Fowler

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Rated G

Language note

• In English and French; subtitles in English and Spanish
• Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

LC call number

• PN1997
• PN1995.9.S26

LC item number

• .P53 2000
• .P53 2000

PerformerNote

Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Maurice Evans, Kim Hunter, James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison

Runtime

112

Technique

live action