- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Boxtree Ltd; illustrated edition edition (21 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752261681
- ISBN-13: 978-0752261683
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,046,856 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Planet of the Apes" was a film success when it was first released in 1967, and it has since received cult status with videos and original merchandise changing hands at ridiculous prices. The film spawned four sequels, two television series and a remake is set to hit the cinema screen in the summer of 2001. This book covers the entire "Planet of the Apes" phenomenon, from Boulle's novel through to the remake, though the focus is on the original movie. One chapter will preview the Tim Burton remake while another contains an interview with Charlton Heston, star of the original film.
About the Author
Brian Pendreigh was film correspondent of The Scotsman for ten years. He is now a freelance film journalist writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian and the Scottish press. His books include Mel Gibson and His Movies, Ewan McGregor and The Scot Pack. He has won the Ainsworth Film Journalist of the Year award twice, in 1995 and 1999.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
In the wake of Tim Burton's "re-imagining" It's ironic that one of the best things to come out of a rekindled interest in Planet of the Apes is a book that deals with the making of the original 1968 movie.
Brian Pendreigh is a fan of movies, NOT particularly Planet of the Apes and this lends his writing an impartial, irreverent distance that enables him to examine the faults of the movie - and the people that made it - with just as much enthusiasm as its widely celebrated virtues.
Fans of the POTA sequels and spin offs might feel shortchanged as "Legend" deals primarily with just "Planet of the Apes", but it manages to do so in such unprecedented detail that anyone with an interest in how the movie ever came to be will find it indispensable.
The style is relaxed and always accessible and separates the facts from the fiction in a truly entertaining manner. This isn't some dry academician or Fan Boy boring you with facts and figures, it's your best mate down the pub capturing your attention with his always enjoyable and often downright funny stories.
I've been a fan of the Ape Saga for over thirty years, I've read all the books and magazines that can be found, even so I find myself deliciously entertained by this gold mine of previously unknown or little known facts.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Brian Pendreigh thinks he has done a thorough and interesting job in researching how the original Planet of the Apes movie came to the screen but most of the ground he feels he is covering for the first time is not as untrodden as he thinks (or makes out). He claims on his trek to Century Lake in Malibu Creek State Park where the original Ape City was built that he had to get down on his hands and knees and fight his way through undergrowth. This is a path even I, as a crazy fan of the series, have been along and either Brian took the wrong route or is blind as it is a wide dirt track popular with ramblers, cylists, joggers and rock climbers. What I'm trying to say is that in the wake of the Burton movie there are at least 3 other books (and endless magazine articles) that have covered the making of the first movie in detail in the last 12 months. However, his research into the Apjac memos and files threw up some new information I hadn't heard as a true fanboy. These are how Edward G. Robinson was actually dumped from the production and that Julie Harris was originally to have played Zira. Hardly revelatory. The big find is the true originator of the Statue of Liberty ending (which I won't give away). For this alone Brians struggle through that imaginary undergrowth to Ape City is worthwhile.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Go Ape Over This Book
31 May 2003
The Legend Of The Planet Of The Apes By Brian Pendreigh is right
up there with Eric Greene's Planet Of The Apes As American Myth,
and almost quite ae scholarly. Pendreigh's book uncovers the REAL reason why Edward G. Robinson did not become Dr. Zaius. Moments of unintended humor, such as the author being shut out of Charleton Heston's limo pick up, due to the actor's need for
leg room, with the author following behind the limo on foot.
The small, yet interesting color photo section contained many
behind the scenes photographs I have never seen before. For
example I have never seen a photograph of a miniature of Ape City. The wonderful thing about this book is that the author
did his homework by backing himself up with named sources. Mr.
Pendreigh showed a real appreciation for his subject matter.
This book is great for either the casual Apes fan or The Keeper's Of The Faith. Personally I could not put this book down. Thank you Brian, great work!
up there with Eric Greene's Planet Of The Apes As American Myth,
and almost quite ae scholarly. Pendreigh's book uncovers the REAL reason why Edward G. Robinson did not become Dr. Zaius. Moments of unintended humor, such as the author being shut out of Charleton Heston's limo pick up, due to the actor's need for
leg room, with the author following behind the limo on foot.
The small, yet interesting color photo section contained many
behind the scenes photographs I have never seen before. For
example I have never seen a photograph of a miniature of Ape City. The wonderful thing about this book is that the author
did his homework by backing himself up with named sources. Mr.
Pendreigh showed a real appreciation for his subject matter.
This book is great for either the casual Apes fan or The Keeper's Of The Faith. Personally I could not put this book down. Thank you Brian, great work!
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Terrific.... Rivals "Planet of the Apes Revisited"!
23 Feb 2005
Do you enjoy reading about the conception, development, and execution of films (especially ground-breaking films?)? Then without reservation, get this book. I loved it... the author revealed behind-the-scenes info I've never heard, as well as supplied pics I've never seen. Super entertaining!
I will say that the ONLY stick in the craw is the author's apparent "pouting" over how Chuck Heston wouldn't talk with him. The author goes on to poke at Heston's heading the NRA, as well was his behavior at various times during the making of the first two films. The reader can't help but feel that the author's portrayal of Heston is the result of an "author scorned."
The author does get one thing right, repeatedly: he mocks Eric Greene's over-the-top analysis of Planet of the Apes as some time of metaphor for America in the twentieth century. I was relieved with each jab! Thank God somebody still thinks these are just movies!
I will say that the ONLY stick in the craw is the author's apparent "pouting" over how Chuck Heston wouldn't talk with him. The author goes on to poke at Heston's heading the NRA, as well was his behavior at various times during the making of the first two films. The reader can't help but feel that the author's portrayal of Heston is the result of an "author scorned."
The author does get one thing right, repeatedly: he mocks Eric Greene's over-the-top analysis of Planet of the Apes as some time of metaphor for America in the twentieth century. I was relieved with each jab! Thank God somebody still thinks these are just movies!
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