Roddy McDowall,
Kim Hunter,
William Windom,
John Alderman,
Army Archerd
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Escape From the Planet of the Apes is the third in the series of films based upon the Planet of the Apes characters created by novelist Pierre Boulle. At the end of the second film, the centuries-in-t... read more
Directed by: Don Taylor
Release Date: January 1, 1971
Keywords:
first two,
first film,
roddy mcdowall,
kim hunter,
roddy mcdowell,
Kim Hunter ,
Ricardo Montalban ,
Beneath The Planet
DVD Release Date: December 26, 2000
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December 6, 2011Third film in the Planet Of The Apes franchise is an entertaining Sci-Fi action film that continues the solid storyline of the Apes films. Director Don Taylor directs a solid cast and he crafts a solid film based on a great script. For fans of the Planet Of The Apes, this third e... read more
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August 9, 2011Imagine you've just written a movie which ends with the world getting blown up, and then you get a telegram from the studio asking for a sequel! That was the unenviable position Paul Dehn found himself in in 1970 following the release of 'Beneath The Planet Of The Apes'. His solu... read more
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August 2, 2011Chairman of the President's Committee of Inquiry: [referring to Cornelius] Does the other one talk?
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June 25, 2011fb100000145236770Interesting way to keep the series going, since in the 2nd installment the world is blown up. Very campy, but overall a pretty fun and thought provoking film. Especially when you consider it is the third movie in the series, and it was made in 1971. That some of the things bro... read more
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December 28, 2010The story is pretty good, it sort of reverses the original idea, the apes come to a planet with humans. It could have been better, though.
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September 12, 2010After Beneath of the Planet of the Apes, it's hard to imagine a sequel could be possible. This really challenges and in turn strengthens the concepts dealt with in the previous movies. This has better costuming and effects, more on the same feel of the first. Even though we are n... read more
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September 18, 2009I like this film just as much as the first, if not a little more! McDowall and Hunter are brilliant, I honestly believe McDowall should have been nominated for the Oscar but an actor in a Monkey suit would never be considered Oscar material. Shame. Anyway, this is a brilliant film!
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December 15, 2008Escape From the Planet of the Apes doesn't even touch the original Planet of the Apes but beats the hell out of Beneath the Planet of the Apes. It basically reverses the roles from the original taking the series in a whole new direction. The premise is kind of interesting but the... read more
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August 3, 2007One of the nicer Planet of the Apes movies where Zira and Cornelius crash-down on Earth and enjoy celebrity status - for awhile. When their secret from the future leaks out, they are wanted apes. There's a cute little baby ape involved too. It's fun seeing the public fascination ... read more
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February 26, 2007Let's face it, all of the sequels to Planet Of The Apes were rubbish, but this one relocated to 70s america is not the worst. It has some charm; particularly during the courtroom sequence and when the apes get the "star" treatment on the talk show circuit, but it looks and feels ... read more
Critic Reviews
June 4, 2007
Variety
May 10, 2005
Roger Greenspun, New York Times
One of the better new movies in town, and better in a genre -- science-fiction -- that at the crucial middle level where the history of movies is made, if not written, has recently been not so much ba... Full Review
June 4, 2007
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Former actor Don Taylor directs smoothly and efficiently and elicits fine performances from the cast. Full Review
April 9, 2007
Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
Passable entertainment, but it's no fun watching the likable, witty Cornelius and Zira become hairy martyrs. Full Review
June 10, 2005
Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser
the film is a highly satisfying mix of satire and suspense
July 15, 2004
Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)
The last of the "Ape" sequels that's worth watching.
November 28, 2003
Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
Possibly the least of the series, but certainly not a predictable sequel.
September 27, 2002
Michael Szymanski, Zap2it.com
Oneof the best of the bunch!
September 15, 2002
James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk
feels like a quickie insert that is needed to progress the larger narrative, but doesn't have enough meat on it to deserve its own film Full Review
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