Escape from the Planet of the Apes Page #2

Synopsis: Following the events in "Beneath the Planet of the Apes", Cornelius and Zira flee back through time to 20th Century Los Angeles, where they face fear and persecution similar to what Taylor and Brent suffered in the future, and discover the origins of the stream of events that will shape their world.
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Don Taylor
Production: Fox
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
G
Year:
1971
98 min
718 Views


I'd better do this alone.

Um, we mean you no, uh, harm.

D- Do you understand?

We will not hurt you.

Poor Dr. Milo.

- Doctor?

- Yes. Doctor. You killed him!

No, I didn't. He did.

One of your own kind.

He's a gorilla.

Well, look, uh, there's nothing to be afraid of.

You see, he's in chains.

He's under sedation.

Do you understand that?

I should. I've been doing it

half my life to humans.

Humans?

I'm a psychiatrist.

Oh, uh, well,

I'm I'm a psychiatrist too.

Do you, uh, have a name?

My name is Cornelius.

This is my wife, Zira.

And I'm Lewis. Lewis Dixon.

Nobody's going to believe this.

- Believe what?

- That primitive apes can talk.

Primitive?

Uh, well, I mean that in our, um...

uh, primitive, um, civilization...

apes just don't talk.

I mean, I think it's important...

that when our primitive

security precautions are lifted...

that the first time

you say anything in public...

you should talk to

what we primitively call...

"the right people. "

May I say something... personal?

Please.

I like you.

I have from the beginning.

- Good afternoon, gentlemen.

- Mr. President.

I'm aware that what I have to tell you

may conceivably create a credibility gap...

somewhat wider than the Grand Canyon.

Nonetheless, it is true.

Yesterday, a U.S. spacecraft...

splashed down

off the Southern California coast.

It was one of two that have been

missing in space for over two years now.

To be exact,

the one commanded by Colonel Taylor.

Have they identified the bodies, Mr. President?

They have identified three bodies, yes.

- All living.

- Taylor's alive?

At the time of their rescue,

through an unfortunate accident...

one of them was killed early this morning

in the Los Angeles Zoo.

Zoo?

What would astronauts

be doing in a zoo, Mr. President?

They are not astronauts,

General Faulkner.

They are apes.

Chimpanzees, to be more precise.

They're harmless, friendly

and, by all reports...

extremely intelligent

and sophisticated creatures.

But naturally, being animals...

they cannot tell us

where the ship came from...

or how they came to be in it.

I have, therefore, decided to convene...

a presidential commission of inquiry

in Los Angeles tomorrow.

The two surviving apes...

will be presented

to the commission for their inspection.

The press will be invited

to attend, not to participate.

I don't believe that we can withhold...

this extraordinary discovery

from the world any longer.

One of the two American spaceships

believed until now...

to have disintegrated in orbit...

splashed down unexpectedly yesterday...

in the Pacific Ocean

off the coast of Southern California...

and is stated to have been manned

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Paul Dehn

Paul Dehn (pronounced “Dane”; 5 November 1912 – 30 September 1976) was a British screenwriter, best known for Goldfinger, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Planet of the Apes sequels and Murder on the Orient Express. Dehn and his partner, James Bernard, won the Academy Award for best Motion Picture story for Seven Days to Noon. more…

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