Battle for the Planet of the Apes
| Battle for the Planet of the Apes | |
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| Directed by | J. Lee Thompson |
| Produced by | Arthur P. Jacobs |
| Screenplay by |
John William Corrington Joyce Hooper Corrington |
| Story by | Paul Dehn |
| Based on | Characters created by Pierre Boulle |
| Starring |
Roddy McDowall Claude Akins Natalie Trundy Severn Darden Lew Ayres Paul Williams John Huston |
| Music by | Leonard Rosenman |
| Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
| Edited by | Alan L. Jaggs John C. Horger |
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APJAC Productions
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,710,000 |
| Box office | $8,844,595 |
Battle for the Planet of the Apes is a 1973 science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson. It is the fifth and final entry in the original Planet of the Apes series produced by Arthur P. Jacobs, following Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. It stars Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy, Severn Darden, Lew Ayres, Paul Williams and John Huston.
The 2014 sequel in the reboot series Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has a similar premise to Battle, but is not officially a remake.
Told as a flashback to the early 21st century with a wraparound sequence narrated by the orangutan Lawgiver (John Huston) in "North America - 2670 A.D.", this sequel follows the ape leader Caesar (Roddy McDowall) years after a global nuclear war has destroyed civilization. In this post-nuclear society, Caesar tries to cultivate peace between the apes and the surviving humans. A gorilla general named Aldo (Claude Akins) however opposes this and plots Caesar's downfall. Caesar is married to Lisa (Natalie Trundy), the female ape of the previous film, and they have a son named Cornelius (Bobby Porter) in honor of Caesar's father.
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