Planet of the Apes Page #3

Synopsis: It is the year 2029: Astronaut Leo Davidson boards a pod cruiser on a Space Station for a "routine" reconnaissance mission. But an abrupt detour through a space time wormhole lands him on a strange planet where talking apes rule over the human race. With the help of a sympathetic chimpanzee activist named Ari and a small band of human rebels, Leo leads the effort to evade the advancing Gorilla Army led by General Thade and his most trusted warrior Attar. Now the race is on to reach a sacred temple within the planet's Forbidden Zone to discover the shocking secrets of mankind's past - and the key to its future.
Director(s): Tim Burton
Production: 20th Century Fox
  Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 10 wins & 27 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
PG-13
Year:
2001
119 min
$178,094,583
Website
900 Views


24LONG SHOT - WHAT TAYLOR SEES:

water

The porthole is no more than six inches above the line. In the

distance we discern a shoreline of red desert.

TAYLOR'S VOICE

(o.s.)

We're in the soup. We're sinking.

25INT. CABIN - FULL SHOT

The leak in the seam becomes a growing spray of water. Taylor

turns away from the porthole, calling:

TAYLOR:

Dodge! Read the atmosphere!

Dodge moves instantly to the ladder beneath an escape hatch and

mounts it. Taylor stumbles down the aisle of the rolling ship toward

the console and addresses Landon, who is still staring at Stewart's

skeleton.

TAYLOR:

Landon! Send a last signal.

LANDON:

(dazed)

What signal?

TAYLOR:

To Earth! That we've landed!

As Landon lurches toward the communications equipment in f.g.

CUT TO:

26EXT. TIM STRANGE PLANET - LONG PANORAMIC SHOT - LATE AFTERNOON (LONE

ROCK, LAKE POWELL)

We are looking at a lifeless desert of sandstone buttes and pinnacles.

There is no sign of vegetation anywhere. CAMERA PANS DOWN to a body

of water that could be the bay of an inland sea. The deep blue of the

sea contrasts sharply to the red sands of the shoreline. CAMERA HOLDS

on the stricken spaceship, wallowing like a beached whale a hundred

yards offshore. The portholes of the craft are beneath the water, and

only its roof and the tail fin of its tail assembly are visible. The

red-hot skin of the ship vaporizes the water around it.

Suddenly a snorkel-like tube sprouts from the escape hatch, which is

located amidships.

27INT. CABIN - CLOSE ON CLOSED ESCAPE HATCH

Dodge, standing halfway up the ladder., has fastened a kit of gauges

to the end of the snorkel tube. He reads the dials, removes the kit,

sniffs the air in the tube and then, taking a deep breath, announces:

DODGE:

It's breathable.

TAYLOR'S VOICE

(o.s.)

Okay! Blow the hatch before we lose

auxilliary power.

Dodge reaches for a control mechanism near the escape hatch.

28CLOSE ON TAYLOR AND LANDON

The spray of water coming through the ruptured seam is increasing.

The LIGHTS DIM again and the SOUND of the warning signal FADES. While

Landon fiddles with the radio, Taylor tries to get the tape recorder

rolling, but all we hear are scrambled and unintelligible noises.

LANDON:

It's no use ... there she goes.

TAYLOR:

Forget it. Abandon ship.

29WIDER ANGLE - TIM CABIN

The escape hatch is now open. Taylor darts over to the ladder and

passes a folded life raft up to Dodge. When Landon reaches the ladder,

Taylor hands him two neatly packed rucksacks, and Landon climbs

through the escape hatch. Taylor is about to follow with a third

rucksack, then turns and crosses the cabin for a last look at:

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William Broyles Jr.

William Dodson "Bill" Broyles Jr. is an American screenwriter, who has worked on the television series China Beach, and the films Apollo 13, Cast Away, Entrapment, Planet of the Apes, Unfaithful, The Polar Express, and Jarhead. more…

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