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Planet of the Apes [Widescreen]

Actor(s): Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kris Kristofferson
Director(s): Tim Burton
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Violence, Questionable for Children
Movie Release: 2001
DVD Release: 11/20/2001
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Edition: Special Collection
Audio Tracks: English, Spanish
Subtitles: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 2
Number of Discs: 2
Run Time: 2 hrs 4 mins
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Total Copies: 139
Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction, Adventure Drama, Sci-Fi Action
See Also: Planet of the Apes [Widescreen] [Special Edition], Planet of the Apes, Planet of the Apes [UMD for PSP], Planet of the Apes [Blu-ray], Planet of the Apes [En Espanol], Planet of the Apes

DVD Synopsis

This big budget "re-imagining" of the 1968 original departs somewhat from both that classic science fiction film and the source novel by author Pierre Boulle. Mark Wahlberg stars as Leo Davidson, an astronaut of the early 21st century whose unauthorized mission to rescue a chimp companion from a mysterious space storm goes awry when he and his ship are lost through a rip in the fabric of time. Leo crash-lands on a planet where intelligent, talking apes are the dominant species and humans a conquered slave class. Befriending both a chimpanzee activist named Ari (Helena Bonham Carter), who's sympathetic to humans, and a beautiful human rebel, Daena (Estella Warren), Leo quickly becomes a prominent figure of resistance to his fellow humans. This makes him an instant source of irritation for the militant and ambitious General Thade (Tim Roth) and his trusted adjutant, Attar (Michael Clarke Duncan), who intend to hunt Leo down and crush the burgeoning human uprising. War looms between ape and human as Leo and his band head for a sacred site deep in an off-limits desert, where secrets about the planet's ape and human ancestry wait to be revealed. Planet of the Apes is directed by Tim Burton and features the original film's star, Charlton Heston, in a cameo role as the dying father of Thade. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Actors

Mark Wahlberg - Leo Davidson
Tim Roth - Thade
Helena Bonham Carter - Ari
Michael Clarke Duncan - Attar
Kris Kristofferson - Karubi
Estella Warren - Daena
Paul Giamatti - Limbo
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - Krull

Editorial Review of DVD

Tim Burton's summer blockbuster Planet of the Apes comes to DVD with a spectacular package from 20th Century Fox. The disc boasts a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Closed-captioned English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1, while a Spanish soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. English subtitles are accessible. The extensive supplemental materials include commentary from Burton and composer Danny Elfman, many featurettes that can be accessed while watching the film, a half dozen making-of documentaries, deleted scenes, theatrical trailers, television promotional spots, and the ability to watch some scenes from multiple angles. Those with access to a DVD-ROM drive can look at a script-to-screen comparison. This is a state-of-the-art DVD that should please both the film's fans and DVD enthusiasts. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

Jennifer F. (KnJFisher) from GILLETT, PA wrote on 5/24/2008...

4 of 4 member(s) found this review helpful.

Thank you Hollywood. Yet another movie classic utterly ruined by a cheap, shallow, effect-heavy and redundant remake. The original "Planet of the Apes" was an intelligent and thought-provoking movie with a very clear message. It was a movie that focused almost entirely on dialogue, which sounds very dull but was in fact very interesting.

This movie, on the other hand, seems to have done away with pretty much ALL the dialogues. Instead of a great movie we get an incredibly stupid two hour chase movie. Dialogue has been reduced to a mere minimum, character interaction and development are non-existent and most of the time it's extremely hard to figure out what's going on. Instead, we get a bunch of pointless action scenes, some marginally funny one-liners and some very hollow quasi-intelligent conversations.

The only thing worth mentioning about this movie is that it looks absolutely fantastic. The make-up of the apes is magnificent, and the sets and backgrounds are beautiful too. However, this does not distract from the fact that "Planet of the Apes (2001)" is a very shallow and simplistic movie, filled with paper-thin characters, stupid dialogue and a nearly non-existent plot. Please Hollywood, stop ruining great movies by turning them into senseless blockbusters.

Oh yeah, the ending did not make ANY SENSE WHATSOEVER.