Matinee Monday: Planet of the Apes (1968)

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Film

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Adults
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Astronauts crash-land on a planet where the human inhabitants are mute savages who are despised, preyed upon and enslaved by a race of highly civilized and intelligent apes. The film was an Oscar winner for its simian makeup. Rod Serling and Michael Wilson adapted the script from a novel by Pierre Boulle. The film spawned a number of sequels and a short-lived TV series and was remade in 2001.The movie series was rebooted in 2011.