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Planet of the Apes (2001)

 -  Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi  -  27 July 2001 (USA)
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An Air Force astronaut crash lands on a mysterious planet where evolved, talking apes dominant a race of primitive humans.

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Storyline

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. Written by Tim1370

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

planet | astronaut | chimpanzee | wormhole | cage | See more »

Taglines:

Rule the planet. See more »

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Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sequences of action/violence | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

27 July 2001 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Return of the Apes  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$100,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,753,679 (Italy) (14 September 2001)

Gross:

$180,011,740 (USA) (25 January 2002)
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Trivia

Linda Harrison:  "Nova" from Planet of the Apes, plays one of the humans in the rolling cage that takes Leo to Ape City. She is the woman next to him who shakes her head "no" when Leo speaks. See more »

Goofs

When Leo enters the the delta pod he puts on his helmet and it loosely touches the collar of his spacesuit. In the next shots it fits perfectly in the collar. See more »

Quotes

Limbo: [after being cuffed by cuffs used for humans] Ow! These things hurt!
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Crazy Credits

Uncredited Stuntman Precious Othell Garrett ( credited on screen credits as Othell Garrett) See more »

Connections

Referenced in Will & Grace: The Third Wheel Gets the Grace (2001) See more »

Soundtracks

"Rule The Planet Remix"
A Paul Oakenfold Mix
Additional Production by: Paul Oakenfold and Povi
Additional Guitars: Emerson Swinford
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AWFUL!!!
31 July 2001 | by (New Haven) – See all my reviews

"Why can't we all get along?" the Rodney King ape asks. Maybe it's because Hollywood insists on doing awful re-makes of classic movies! There is NOTHING worth seeing in this film (except, maybe, Charlton Heston's cameo). The remake is cliché-ridden, wholly predictable, and the ending makes no sense whatsoever . Why would anyone even THINK of tampering with a work of art like the original version of the Planet of the Apes? Avoid this travesty of a movie and rent the video of the 1968 classic.
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