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Name: Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Released: 1971-5-21
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Eric Braeden

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

G
1h 38m
1971

76%

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Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter reprise their roles from the original Planet of the Apes in this third chapter of the Apes saga. Two intelligent simians from the future, Cornelius (McDowall) and Zire (Hunter) travel to present-day Earth. They become instant sensations, wined and dined and treated like celebrities - until a high-level plot forces them to run for their lives!

Director:

Don Taylor

Writer:

Paul Dehn

Cast:

Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Eric Braeden, William Windom, Sal Mineo, Ricardo Montalban

EXTRAS

Locked video

THE SECRET BEHIND ESCAPE

16 MIN

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

76%

Critics Consensus: One of the better Planet of the Apes sequels, Escape is more character-driven than the previous films, and more touching as a result.

Reviews

Guardian

Michael McNay

It is efficiently directed by Don Taylor and sanely scripted by Paul Dehn.

it isn't really up to standard.

The film is likeable as well as amusing; it even has a note of pathos, something alien from its predecessors.

Rather splendid, rather encouraging.

Escape looks more like a made-for television movie than anything else. The first half, in fact, might pass for a situation comedy in which people are amused at apes who act like humans.

January 18, 2019

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