Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Beneath the Planet of the Apes is a 1970 American science fiction film directed by Ted Post from a screenplay by Paul Dehn, based on a story by Dehn and Mort Abrahams. The film is the sequel to Planet of the Apes (1968) and the second installment in the original Planet of the Apes film series. It stars James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, and Linda Harrison, and features Charlton Heston in a supporting role. In the film, a second spacecraft arrives on the planet ruled by apes, carrying astronaut Brent (Franciscus), who searches and finds Taylor (Heston) only to realize the apes are not their greatest threat.
Plot
Time-displaced astronaut Taylor and the mute Nova travel through the desert of the Forbidden Zone in search of a new life away from Ape City. Without warning, fire shoots up from the ground and chasms open. Confused by this, Taylor investigates a cliff wall and disappears through it. Unable to reach him, Nova is left alone.
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| author | Paul Dehn Pierre Boulle |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Ted Post |
| editor | Marion Rothman |
| events | time travel |
| genre | adventure science fiction |
| keywords | brent capture chimpanzee cobalt cornelius dog tag dog tags doomsday bomb dr. zaius forbidden zone general ursus gorilla kill mendez mutate new life new york city subway nova nuclear bomb nuclear holocaust orangutan pan planet of the apes queensboro plaza scream spaceship crash spoken word st. patrick\'s cathedral target practice taylor telepathic telepathy their way warn wound zira |
| musicBy | Leonard Rosenman |
| producer | Arthur P. Jacobs |
| productionCompany | APJAC Productions |
| recordedAt | California Los Angeles |
| theme | dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure science fiction war sequel the future time war |