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¶ … Planet of the apes series is one of the most successful series in American cinematic history. Product of the anti-Vietnam War sentiment, open racial tension, the War on Poverty, fear of nuclear war and lingering Cold War anti-USSR passions, the first 5 films in the series were also based on knowledge of and research about apes up to and including the 1960's and 1970's. Rise of the planet of the apes was released 38 years later and placed its emphasis squarely on apes as a valuable subject rather than a symbol.
Development of the Planet of the Apes Series up to and Including Rise of the Planet of the Apes in Historical Context
Planet of the Apes
Planet of the apes (Schaffner, 1968), is the first in the film series. In the film, 4 astronauts travel to and crash on a strange planet. Prior to the crash, Stewart, the white female crew member, has died in her sleep because her life support system was damaged. The remaining crew members, Taylor, Landon and Dodge, are all males: Taylor is the white flight commander; Landon is also white; Dodge is black. Shortly after crash landing, these three crewmen encounter mute, primitive humans. Almost immediately, all the humans are attacked by Gorillas, who are riding horses, wearing uniforms, and using rifles and nets against the humans. Dodge is shot and apparently killed, Taylor is shot in the throat and captured, and Landon is captured. The three astronauts are separated during the melee and from that point, much of the movie is seen through Taylor's eyes, as he experiences the brutality of the...
Eventually, Dodge is stuffed and put on display, Landon is lobotomized and Taylor regains his ability to speak in a climactic moment in which he yells at one of his captures, "Take your hands off me, you damned dirty ape!" Upon realizing that Taylor can speak, an ape psychologist named Zira and an ape archeologist named Cornelius become exceptionally protective of Taylor. The administrator, Dr. Zaius, wishes to have Taylor castrated, as Dr. Zaius believes that humans are a threat to ape civilization. However, Zira and Cornelius help Taylor and his chosen mute mate, Nova, escape into the Forbidden Zone. The Forbidden Zone, a desert area that the apes' Sacred Scrolls forbid any ape to enter, reveals a human doll from the distant past. The fact that the doll says "Mama" supports Taylor's claim that his ability to speak is not an aberration; however, Dr. Zaius destroys the doll, believing that the revelation of a normally speaking human race undermines the Sacred Scrolls and the foundations of the ape race. Eventually, Taylor and Nova are grudgingly allowed to leave, riding a horse further into the Forbidden Zone until they discover a Statue of Liberty, buried chest-deep in the sand. At this point, Taylor realizes that his spaceship has crash back into earth far into the future and that the human race destroyed itself at some point in the distant past (Greene, 1999, pp. 21-2).
The film is based on the English translation of a 1963 novel called La planete des singes (Monkey Planet) by the French novelist, Pierre Boulle (Greene, 1999, p. 2). A social satire, Boulle's book was adapted by American screenwriters Michael Wilson and Rod Serling, who either brought out or infused dominant American themes of that time period into the screenplay. That period in American history…
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Beneath the planet of the apes (Post, 1970), the first sequel to Planet of the apes, shares the historical context of the first film and was propelled by the added impetus of the first film's financial success (Greene, 1999, p. 48b). Based on the story by Mort Abrahams and Paul Dehn, Paul Dehn wrote the screenplay for Beneath the planet of the apes (Greene, 1999, p. 22). In this film, a white astronaut named John Brent has been sent to find Taylor. Brent's ship crashes onto the same planet and Brent finds Nova alone in the desert. Brent and Nova are both captured by the apes but escape, travel to the Forbidden Zone and find Taylor in Manhattan, which is now a bombed-out underground city. Taylor is being held hostage by radiation-induced mutants who communicate by mental telepathy and worship an atomic bomb as God's instrument. A gorilla army led by General Ursus invades the city and shoots Taylor. Taylor's final act is detonation of the atomic bomb, which destroys the entire planet.
Still following the controversial topics of the 1960's - distinct anti-Vietnam War sentiment, open racial
Rise of the Planet of the Apes The interaction of human beings and the natural world has always been one of conflict because of the inhumane way that people can behave. Animal have been used by human beings as pets, as entertainment, and in the course of scientific research. Fictional depictions of this interaction have reflected the nature of this relationship between man and animal. Some people value animal research as
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