Everything you need to know about Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

Gotta say, the practical effects make up for the Apes holds up almost 50 years later. They look great, no CGI needed just great actors under the make up.

First saw beneath at the pictures when it was first released. The cinema was packed. The ending was so sad that kids , myself included, I was eight I think, were crying. The adults were quiet , the whole cinema , was virtually silent as people left. A big contrast to the cheers when the movie started.

One of the most moving and saddest movies ever made. I can't watch it now but I have seen it a few times.

When I saw this movie I was only 4 years old and they killed off Cornelius and Zira I remember leaving the drive-in wanting to cry but my mother reminded me was just a movie. She didn't want to take me to see the next movie because she figured it would upset me again, but when we got to see it we were all happy the Apes got Redemption over the humans. Please do a conquest and the battle for the Planet of the Apes.

1:12, "The script throws logic out the window".....AMEN. To enjoy this movie you MUST be able to say to yourself, "It's just a MOVIE, so go with it....."

I really wish we could’ve seen that deleted sequence for the beginning of the film featuring the destruction of the earth… I love this film, have loved it since I first saw it as a kid on TV. Can’t get enough of those damn dirty ape‘s!

Very underrated film. I really liked it.

Cornelius loosing his temper and killing the waiter with his superior chimpanzee strength, is one thing they got right, rather than chimps being seen as cute harmless creatures... Different story now though.... Not seen as cute and harmless now but very formidable animals

It's a great movie, I've always loved it, but I can never quite get away from the idea that the apes could not possibly have even found Taylor's ship, much less salvaged it and made it airworthy again. It was at the bottom of a lake in the Forbidden Zone! Some have said it was Brent's ship that they found, but that was a burnt-out wreck, and would clearly never fly again. No, this story could not have transpired. Only in the days before video, rapid TV syndication and on-demand streaming, could film makers rely on the forgetfulness of their audience, and get away with such a gigantic hole in plot development.

Roddy and kim were incredible actors which made these movies even better. I like these films better than the new planet of the apes...they were fun.

Just watched this again after seeing it years ago as a child and can’t get away with how awful it was for zira to swap the chimp baby’s condemning the ‘normal’ chimp to death

And what do you think of our women? Very human.

Love Jerry Goldsmith's score to "Escape", which was directed by Don Taylor, who also directed "Damien: Omen II"(ALSO scored by Jerry Goldsmith).

I like how the destruction of earth in this movie was described

The film was a reflection of the changes in Hollywood going on at the time. It was one of a generation of dark and dystopian looks at the future based on cultural changes (some real and others just imagined) of the time. Hollywood would get so obsessed with this that the public ran to films like Star Wars when they came out.

I liked the Ricardo Montalban character. He should've been explored further in Escape and Conquest. The same with Dr. Milo played by Sal Mineo who was killed off too soon.

I was a huge POTA fan when I was a pre teen. I had all of the plastic model kits, the comic books, and the hard to find red, tin, trash can in my bedroom. I think I drove my parents crazy over my obsession. One thing I loved was the local ABC affiliate in Detroit, where I grew up, had an afternoon movie before the evening news. They always ran “Planet of the Apes” week in February every year. It just so happened it was shown the week of my birthday, it was like an extra birthday treat for me when I was a boy. Every once in a while I’ll watch the original first movie and remember how excited I’d get every time I saw it. I remember how disappointed I was when the television series was canceled when I was in junior high. After that, I lost interest in all things ape, and discovered disco music. I remember the year “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Years Eve” featured a new group called “The Village People”. I was more than curious, realizing my crush on James Franciscus was a little more involved than I wanted to admit. In the mis 80’s, I found myself invited to an after party for TVP. I could hardly believe that the young boy who loved POTA, was a few years later meeting and socializing with The Village People. It’s been a weird life.

I got to see the first 4 movies during their theatrical releases. The first 3 were at our local drive in with my family and the 4th was in a regular theater.

This was a great film. A reversal of the original film. In a way Beneath was the final movie; and Escape and the movies that followed were prequels. It was like a temporal paradox whereby the two apes go back in time and actually bring about the future of the earth as seen in the first two movies.

That damn "Grape Juice Plus" made Zira spill the beans.