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‘Escape from the Planet of the Apes’, is a 1971 science fiction film starring
Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter and Ricardo Montalbán. It’s the third of five
films in the original Planet of the Apes series. The film was well
received, getting the best reviews of the four Planet of the Apes
sequels. Despite ‘Beneath the Planet of the Apes’ ending in
it prevented the series from moving on, 20th Century
Fox wanted a sequel, so producer Arthur P. Jacobs
sent screenwriter Paul Dehn a telegram that
read “Apes exist, Sequel required.”
Production was rushed due to its low
budget and was filmed in only
six weeks. ‘Escape from the
Planet of the Apes’ begins by
establishing that three apes;
Cornelius, Zira and Dr. Milo, escaped
Earth’s destruction by salvaging and
repairing the astronaut Taylor’s spaceship.