r/70s • u/BollyLuvr68 • 25d ago
Movies Going Back In Time
ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES (1971) is a science fiction adventure film directed by Don Taylor and is the third installment in the original PLANET OF THE APES film franchise. It is a direct sequel to BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (1970).The films stars Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Eric Braeden, Ricardo Montalban, and Sal Mineo. The film received mostly positive reviews and was commercially successful at the box-office. Two more films followed: CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (1972) and BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (1973).
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u/iwastherefordisco 25d ago
I've seen them all and think this.. is from that movie:
mama mama mama mama mama
12 year old me 👀
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u/BollyLuvr68 25d ago
Yes, that is how this film ends: with baby Milo crying for his mother.
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u/iwastherefordisco 25d ago
Thanks. I know it's old, but didn't want to spoil.
Thinking about it, one of the better (more scary) sci-fi endings I've seen.
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u/Crazy_Banshee_333 25d ago
These movies came out when I was growing up and I absolutely loved them!
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u/BollyLuvr68 25d ago
Yes, me too! I was obsessed! I guess I still am! 😁
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u/lazygerm 25d ago
So was I. POTA for much of the recent past was a lost franchise.
I loved all the movies and the cartoon. The show was just all right. I even had the board game back in the mid 1970s.
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u/dajacketfanOG 25d ago edited 25d ago
I remember being somewhere in SoCal as a kid during filming of one of the TV episodes. One of the theme parks. The set was in a little arena with seats for viewing.
Edit: Suppose I could have bothered to look it up.
“The 1974 Planet of the Apes TV Series was filmed almost entirely on location at what is now Malibu Creek State Park (formerly the 20th Century Fox Movie Ranch / Century Ranch) in Calabasas, California. [1, 2, 3]”. So not really the theme park I remember. Memories get jumbled when you’re 4.
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u/Sunset-at-the-shore 25d ago
I personally didnt care for this because it doesn't make any sense how they got back.
The Icarus sunk to the bottom of the salt lake. The End. Unless you can explain how the apes recovered it, dried it out, figured out how it operated, refueled it,launched it, and figured how to time jump back to exactly the right decade, I cant come along for the ride.
I love the original PotA, and like BtPotA, but Escape is just to goofy for me.
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u/BollyLuvr68 25d ago
That's fair. When I first saw these films, I was a little kid and didn't go that deep. I mean, honestly, these films are science fiction, not reality. There is actually a comic book that explains the events that you just wrote about. The character of Dr. Milo was supposed to be a bigger role in this film but, because Sal Mineo became extremely claustrophobic in the makeup, his character was killed off early.
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u/Normal-Error-6343 25d ago
Love it!
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u/BollyLuvr68 25d ago
Other than the original film, this one was my favorite "Apes" film!
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u/HoselRockit 25d ago
I was watching it a few years ago and realized that they save a lot of time and money with this plot since they only had to put two people in ape make up.
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u/BollyLuvr68 25d ago
Yes, exactly! Even though these films always made a profit, the budgets were consistently lowered on each film!
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u/TheHearseDriver 25d ago
The most disturbing of the 5 original “Apes” movies.
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u/BollyLuvr68 25d ago
Yes, absolutely. To me, this movie was a tragic love story. I hated that Zira and Cornelius were murdered.
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u/Blucola333 25d ago
I was obsessed with the Apes movies and TV show, but Escape From the Planet Of the Apes was my favorite.
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u/Flaky_Yam3843 25d ago
I told this woman the other day her wig look just like Zera and she had no idea who I was talking about but said that was a lovely name.
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u/SnapIsHere65 25d ago
I was fascinated by all these movies but had to watch them on the sly. My mom didn't want me to see them, I guess she thought they were scary and she generally didn't like sci fi anything... ? They were so ground breaking and captivating to me and still are.
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u/Dangerous_Shoe_8388 24d ago
I recently read the original book by Pierre Boule - and it was much philosophical and introspective than the movie, delving into what makes a man human; why people exist etc It chronicles the life of an astronaut who lands on an incredible planet and how he adapts to life there….
It has the one of the most stunning last lines of any book I’ve read but I can’t spoiler it for you…
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u/RoughSpinach9776 25d ago edited 25d ago
Spaceballs?! Oh shit… there goes the planet!
(I realize it’s an 80s reference, but I couldn’t help it.)
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u/OpusDeiPenguin 25d ago
Sal Mineo. Damn, killed by an animal in movies & reality. RIP Sal.
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u/Trid1977 25d ago
Just like Zira, I loathe bananas