Planet of the Apes

Overview

Planet of the Apes (2001)
Producers: Tim Burton, Tony Grillo, Chris Takami, Michael Viner, Michael Yanover
Screenplay: Tim Burton
Animation dep.: Will Amato, Jeremy Bernstein, Sean Shimoda
Music: Jason Wells, Danny Elfman (main theme)
Production Designer: Tim Burton
Cast: Glenn Shadix (Sgt. Glen Dale, Bowling Ball Head, Charity Home Matron, TV Announcer #2), Lisa Marie (Match Girl, Stainboy's Mother, Cracker Girl), Will Amato (Stainboy's Father, TV Announcer #1), Michael Viner (Boy With Nails In His Eyes)
Running time: 5 minutes (6 episodes)


It is the year 2029: Astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) boards a pod cruiser on a Space Station for a "routine" reconnaissance mission. But an aburupt detour through a space time wormhole lands him on a strange planet where talking apes rule over the human race. With the help of a sympathetic chimpanzee activist named Ari (Helena Bonham-Carter) and a small band of human rebels, Leo leads the effort to evade the advancing Gorilla Army led by General Thade (Tim Roth) and his most trusted warrior Attar (Michael Clarke Duncan). Now the race is on to reach a sacred temple within the planet's Forbidden Zone to discover the shocking secrets of mankind's past - and the key to its future.

Planet of the Apes is a 2001 science fiction film directed by Tim Burton and adapted by William Broyles Jr., Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal from the novel La planete des singes by Pierre Boulle and the earlier film adaptation. The film features an astronaut who crash-lands on a planet where humans are enslaved by apes. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, Estella Warren, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, David Warner and Kris Kristofferson. It was released on July 27, 2001. Charlton Heston, star of the 1968 version, also makes a cameo appearance, as does Linda Harrison.