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Planet of the apes [videorecording] / 20th Century Fox ; screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling ; produced by Arthur P. Jacobs ; directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2006.

Astronauts -- Drama.

Interplanetary voyages -- Drama.

Life on other planets -- Drama.

After crash-landing on an uncharted planet, astronaut Taylor (Charlton Heston) finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Soon, Taylor's life depends on the kindness of the chimpanzee scientists Cornelius (Roddy McDowall) and Zira (Kim Hunter) and his escape to the Forbidden Zone, where he uncovers an earth-shattering secret that may hold the key to his own destiny.

1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert in container.

Videodisc release of the 1968 motion picture.

Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle.

Special features: feature commentary by Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Natalie Trundy, and makeup artist John Chambers; feature commentary by composer Jerry Goldsmith; feature text commentary by Eric Greene, author of "Planet of the apes as American myth."

Publisher's no.: 2232974.

Director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; editor, Hugh S. Fowler ; music, Jerry Goldsmith ; art direction, William Creber, Jack Martin Smith ; set decoration, Norman Rockett, Walter M. Scott ; costume designer, Morton Haack ; creative makeup designer, John Chambers.

Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison.

DVD, region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1); THX digitally mastered.

Dialogue in English with optional soundtracks in French and Spanish and optional subtitles in English (for the hearing impaired) and Spanish; closed-captioned.

Academy Awards, 1968: Honorary Award (To John Chambers for his Outstanding Makeup Achievement).

Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978.

Serling, Rod, 1924-1975.

Jacobs, Arthur P.

Schaffner, Franklin J.

Heston, Charlton.

McDowall, Roddy

Hunter, Kim, 1922-2002.

Evans, Maurice, 1901-1989.

Whitmore, James, 1921-2009.

Daly, James, 1918-1978.

Harrison, Linda, 1945-

Goldsmith, Jerry.

Shamroy, Leon, 1901-1974.

Chambers, John, 1923-2001.

Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994. Planète des singes.

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

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