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The Planet of the Apes Collection (6 Disc Box Set) [1968] [DVD] [2017]

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 3,382 ratings
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Genre Science Fiction & Fantasy
Format PAL
Contributor Claude Akins, Lew Ayres, Paul Williams (III), Severn Darden, Natalie Trundy, Austin Stoker, France Nuyen, Noah Keen, Richard Eastham See more
Language English
Runtime 7 hours and 42 minutes

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Product Description

DVD Special Features:

Planet of the Apes:
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 anamorphic 16:9
Sound: 5.1 Surround
Photo Gallery
Original Theatrical Trailers
Language: English
Subtitles: Hard of hearing English, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish

Beneath the Planet of the Apes:
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 anamorphic 16:9
Sound: 2.0 Surround
Photo Gallery
Cast Page
Language: English
Subtitles: Hard of hearing English, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish.

Escape from Planet of the Apes:
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 anamorphic 16:9
Sound: 2.0 Mono
Cast Page
Original Theatrical Trailers
Language: English
Subtitles: Hard of hearing English, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes:
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 anamorphic 16:9
Sound: 2.0 Surround
Original Theatrical Trailers
Cast Page
Language: English
Subtitles: Hard of hearing English, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish

Battle for the Planet of the Apes:
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 anamorphic 16:9
Sound: 2.0 Surround
Original Theatrical Trailers
Cast Page
Language: English
Subtitles: Hard of hearing English, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish

Behind the Planet of the Apes: (two-hour documentary disc) Aspect ratio:1.33:1 (4:3)
Sound: 2.0 Stereo
TV Spots
Original Theatrical Trailers
Language: English
Subtitles: Hard of hearing English, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish

Amazon.co.uk Review

The five films in the Planet of the Apes series are enjoyable as pure entertainment and yet substantial enough to have inspired academic studies about the film's broader political themes. Loosely adapted from the novel by French author Pierre Boulle, Planet of the Apes was released at the height of racial and political unrest in America, adding resonance to its story of a NASA astronaut (Charlton Heston) stranded on a planet where superior apes dominate inferior human slaves. The film's final image--in which a horrified Heston realises the fate of humankind--remains one of the most indelible in all of science-fiction cinema.

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) continues the original's distant future scenario, pitting militant apes against mutant humans dwelling in the subterranean ruins of New York City. Its phenomenal success spawned Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), in which simian scientists Cornelius and Zira (Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter, reprising their roles from Planet) travel backward in time, setting the stage for the ape supremacy of the first two films. McDowall returned in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) as Caesar, the son of Cornelius, leading an ape revolution that bridges the historical gap of the previous films. Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) ended the five-film cycle with McDowall again playing the chimpanzee leader Caesar, defeating gorillas and human mutants to establish the hierarchy introduced in the original film.

The Apes films present a classic what-if scenario that hasn't lost a bit of its potency. As if to prove its cultural endurance, the cycle returned to its origins with director Tim Burton's remake of Planet of the Apes in 2001. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

On the DVD: A glorious indulgence for diehard fans of the series, this handsomely packaged six-disc set contains all five original" Apes" movies, from the wonderful 1967 original to 1973's low-budget Battle. It all look as good as possible in widescreen anamorphic transfers, the first movie's starkly wonderful cinematography in particular is a treat to see on DVD. Planet has been remixed in vivid Dolby 5.1, highlighting the bold sound design and JerryGoldsmith's masterful avant-garde score. The others are good Dolby stereo, with the odd exception of Escape, which is mono. There are trailers on each disc, but no commentaries sadly. The sixth bonus disc consists of a relatively new two-hour documentary hosted by Roddy McDowall which takes us through the entire saga in detail, pointing out the series' daring social commentary and the increasing difficulties of working with progressively smaller budgets. Sensibly, the documentary spends about an hour on the first movie and then an hour discussing all the rest. Overall, this is a very attractive package. --Mark Walker

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ Unknown
  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.4 x 13.4 x 3.8 cm; 441 g
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 22371DVD
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 7 hours and 42 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ 8 Oct. 2001
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy, Severn Darden, Lew Ayres, Paul Williams (III)
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Czech, English, Portuguese, Swedish, Polish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Hungarian, Finnish, Hebrew, Danish
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Walt Disney Studios HE
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00005NOMI
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 6
  • Customer reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 3,382 ratings

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 July 2024
It's lovely to have the complete box set of the original Planet of the Apes films all in one set.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 November 2011
This region A box set wisely omits the Burton missfire and gives us a spectacular presentations of the five original movies.

Planet of the Apes.

Heston's cynical nihilsist performance, McDowall, Hunter and Evans incredibly nuanced acting through layers of John Chambers groundbreaking make-ups, Jerry Goldsmith's weird and beautiful soundtrack and one of the greatest endings in cinema history. Planet is one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time and still stands up well today.
The disc comes loaded with far too many extras to list here both archive and new.

Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

The first sequel is good but lacks focus. James Fransiscus arrives on what we now know to be future Earth looking for Taylor but discovering an ape army and the last mutated survivors of the human race who worship total destruction. Heston appears bookending the movie and making sure mankind goes out with a bang in a downer of an ending for everyone. Knock a star off for the abscence of McDowall and the obvious drop in budget.
The disc features an isolated score, a good featurette and loads of stills and behind the scenes material

Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

Three Hairy survivors from the apocalypse crash in modern day, (OK 70's) California. One is accidentaly killed leaving Cornelius and Zira, (McDowall and Hunter) to become the toast of Hollywood until the truth about the fate of mankind comes out when Zira is on the grape juice plus. Essentially a backwards reworking of the original with the apes becoming fugitives from the oppressive government forces the movie starts off light and frothy but the ending is grim and brutal. I must admit this is my least favourite as it loses the sci-fi setting of the other movies and only has three apes but McDowall and Hunter have real chemistry and the ending packs an emotional punch.
Extras similar to Beneath with some archive footage of Don Taylor directing.

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

Presented here in the far superior original cut that Fox extensively edited for the ratings board, Conquest is a revelation . Dark, oppressive and filmed in a hand held documentary style this is strong allegorical stuff. Detailing the revolution of the apes lead by Ceasar, (McDowall playing his son from the previous film) against thier tyranical human masters. Conquest packs a wallop that far exceeded what Fox executives were expecting. McDowalls performance in this movie is incredible. Even more so considering the thick latex that covers his face. Featuring extensvely more violence and blood than the theatrical version and the original hope destroying ending this movie is the suprise trump card of the set. There is evidence of extreme penny-piching however but the film is powerful and unrelenting.
The usual slew of exras. The featurette is very interesting as it details the censorship problems and also the theatrical cut which is a bit redundant after seeing the unrated version.

Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

Last time out for the original films and Battle also is presented in an unrated version but fails to keep the impetus of Conquest as Fox were wary of losing the child audience so mortified by the tone of the last film. This can really be blamed on the drastic scaling down of the budget with each film costing substantially less than the previous until veteran director J. Lee Thompson (who also helmed Conquest) had the budget of a T.V. movie to portray man vs ape's final showdown. Shots of trees and cars exploding are filmed from multiple angles and replayed through the final battle scenes to give prodiction value but it's a dated trick that never really convinces. Still McDowall is his dependable self and Claude Akins nasty gorrila General Aldo is good fun, especially when he knocks Ceasar's son out of a tree and kills him which leads to his final undoing. Ape shall never kill ape!
It all ends with an unprobable harmonious finale and some fine ham from the Lawgiver (John Huston).
Battle also has similar extras to Conquest including the theatrical cut.

The set comes in a slip case with a very nicely produced book that features lots of information. My only critcism would be that the book is more or less verbatim from the featurettes but it's a very minor quibble.

The UK blu-ray set is a fraction of the price of this US couterpart but is cheap looking and has no book and most importantly does not contain the unrated versions of Conquest or Battle. So if you intend to go ape and have region A plaback (please note this will NOT play in a standard UK player) this is the only way to go.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2024
I LIKE THE FILMS
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 November 2023
Great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 December 2011
So how do you give a star rating to a film series of such varying quality? Well the films almost speak for themselves. Chances are you have seen at least some of them before... If you have, then be prepared to see them as spruced up as possible, with some genually informative extras.. if not, prepare for one of the most unique movie franchises out there.. in fact, the franchise that really set a trend in having merchandising and tie-ins, before Star Wars came along and ran with the concept. What's fascinating now watching these, along with the short documentaries accompanying each movie, is the discussion around the issues of the day which influenced, and maybe even spawned, the movies themselves. The writers of the screenplays wanted to use a fantasy world to explore issues of race and civil unrest that they might not otherwise get to tell... so while you can take these movies as adventure fantasies or action movies on one level, it's looking at them obliquely that one gets the roundest experience of them.
That said, the quality of the movies is most definitely variable. Planet of the Apes (*****) is the classic one here even if the effects and style have somewhat dated, and comes with a plethora of extras in the form of stills, trailers, the 2 hour documentary narrated by Roddy MacDowall which explores the whole world of Planet of the Apes through all the movies and TV series, games, vintage documentaries and more. Charlton Heston plays the astronaut who was happy to go on a long term mission since he is cynical about Earth's chances of survival anyway, only to find himself on a world where the social order is upside down - apes are the intelligent species.. man (and not forgetting Linda Harrison as woman) is mute and the inferior species. The commentary however comes more often than not through the ape hierarchy and how they treat each other, than how they treat man. Certainly, watching it again will remind you what an ill conceived exercise Tim Burton's remake was. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (**) benefits from at least a cameo from Charlton Heston, with James Franciscus gamely trying to hold his own, against a script which falls woefully short of the first one, eschewing the subtleties of message for a blatant anti war tone. Its tale of a weird society of mutant humans worshipping an atomic bomb, climaxes in a nihilistic ending which fails to shock or involve in anything like the way the first did. Charlton Heston adds the only element of class in the exercise. By the time of Escape from Planet of the Apes (***) came along the following year, the production values were a shadow of their former glories, but despite an uneven tone moving from broad humour in the first half through to serious and bleak in the second half this story works surprisingly well, as Roddy MacDowell and Kim Hunter return from the first movie, having escaped the planet in Heston's spacecraft (some of the ideas are best just accepted rather than thought about too hard..) and gone back in time to `current day'. The change to ape being the odd one out in a human society adds a needed fresh twist. Ricardo Montalban in a small role is a treat. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (***) suffers from lowest of all the budgets, and darkest least family friendly in its levels of violence as we chart the beginning of the Apes rise to supremacy as they start revolution. However, given the budget they had, they did a good job, with MacDowell giving arguably his best performance in the series, and the alternative directors cut here not only restores some of the cuts made for violence (don't expect too much, it's just more tomato ketchup on display), but restores the original bleaker ending, which fits the tone of the movie and indeed the movie series much better than the studio enforced more hopeful ending in the theatrical version. Battle for the Planet of the Apes (**) at least brings the story full circle, but is so watered down and lacking a coherent narrative drive or underpinning idea, it is the weakest of the series, and it is probably good they stopped where they did - on the big screen at least. The second * is based on goodwill carried over from the previous movies more than anything. Look out for a cameo from John Huston, if you can recognise him. And if nothing else, it's fun debating the meaning of that final shot...
All in all, as a package this is not as `must see' as it once was, but good entertainment with enough issues woven in to give it an additional dimension. There's a nice 20 minute to half an hour documentary exploring personalities and themes of each movie on each disc. Worth capturing at the bargain price it is currently available at. Go Ape, and treat yourself..
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2010
Whilst I sympathise with some of the hardcore fans not getting the full package that the US got...all I`m bothered about are the films. These are the best they`ve ever looked and at this current price an absolute steal.

The set comes in a normal blu-ray case, slightly fatter than normal to house all 5 discs. Personally I`ll take this any day over some fancy packaging that takes up half my shelf. The first film remains an absolute classic and the transfer is beautiful. The other 4 don`t come close but are all fun to watch and there are bags of extras for each.

So yeah, no book, no fancy case and just the deleted scenes for Battle instead of an extra cut. Sure it would have been nice to get all that, and it sucks we`ve been short changed compared to the States...but I`m reviewing what I`ve got...not what I haven`t. £23 for all 5 films on blu-ray? That`s worth 5 stars.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 September 2023
Excellent product
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2011
I purchased this as an upgrade to the DVD box set.. I have been waiting for the price to come down and at 17.98GBP you can't go wrong even with all the reviews about Battle for not being the extended version..
I have done a quick check on all the discs and it is worth the upgrade, the picture is clearer, sharper and more vivid than the previous DVD's.. one thing to mention which nobody else has is that Conquest has 2 versions to choose from, the Theatrical or Extended version..
Battle For runs at 86 Minutes rather than the old DVD version at 83 Minutes, so I am assuming it's got extra footage..
All in all at this price go for it!
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O.C. Goleman
5.0 out of 5 stars Great dvd
Reviewed in the United States on 26 August 2024
Great movie set. Works flawlessly. Gift for aunt
Danny
5.0 out of 5 stars Apes
Reviewed in Canada on 15 June 2024
A classic movie series. Delivered in a timely manner.
Vanessa Hewitt
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in Australia on 30 August 2018
Great!
Phrank
4.0 out of 5 stars 4/5
Reviewed in Spain on 12 October 2013
It's an Special edition but besides the documentary dvd there's not much special in there. Every disc contains the trailers for the whole saga,so you're not gonna watch them in every disc.
The good thing about this special edition box is to have the whole saga in the same pack.
The movies are great. The first movie is a classic and a master piece but the other four are pretty good too. You'll enjoy them as science fiction movies but if you go deeper they'll make you think as they raise many questions and moral dilemas. Darwin would love them!
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SD1981
5.0 out of 5 stars Großartige Science-Fiction-Reihe
Reviewed in Germany on 13 November 2011
Die vorliegende Sammlbox enthält alle fünf zwischen 1968 und 1973 entstandenen Teile
jener faszinierenden und ausgezeichnet inszenierten Filmreihe rund um den Planeten der Affen, auf dem die Evolution auf dem Kopf gestellt ist und sprechende Affen über völlig verwilderte, stumme Menschen herrschen.

Der erste, wirklich hervorragende Teil "Planet der Affen" handelt dabei im Jahr 3955 ad, eine US-Raumfähre aus dem Jahr 1973 wird durch ein Zeitloch auf einen mysteriösen, der Erde frappierend ähnelnden, Planeten verschlagen, der der Besatzung unter Captain Taylor (Charlton Heston) zunächst unbewohnt erscheint, bis sie schließlich auf eine menschenjagende Affenzivilisation treffen und in deren Stadt verschleppt werden. Die Szene mit der Menschenjagd und vor allem auch die Schlussszene gehören dabei sicherlich zu den besten der Filmgeschichte.

Nach dem großen Erfolg von "Planet der Affen" folgte 1969 der zweite Teil "Rückkehr zum Planet der Affen" in diesem landet ein zweites Raumschiff, welches sich auf der Suche nach Taylors Schiff befindet, ebenfalls, nur ein wenig zeitlich versetzt, im Jahr 3955 auf dem Planeten, wo sich mittlerweile ein alles entscheidender Krieg zwischen den Affen und den verborgenen und vollends pervertierten Resten der alten Menschenzivilisation anbahnt.

Der dritte Teil "Flucht vom Planeten der Affen" von 1971 spielt im Jahre 1973 als drei der sprechenden und intelligenten Affen aus dem Jahr 3955 mit der Raumfähre Taylors in dessen Zeitalter landen und hier zunächst natürlich eine Sensation, zunehmend bei den menschlichen Verantwortlichen Furcht vor der eigenen Zukunft auslösen und schließlich liquidiert werden sollen.

Der vierte Teil, "Eroberung von Planet der Affen" (1972) spielt schließlich 20 Jahre später, die Voraussagen der in 1973 gelandeten Affen sind Realität geworden und in ihrem intelligenten Abkömmling Cesar ist die Grundlage zur Machtübernahme der Affen gegeben.

Noch ein wenig weiter geht Teil 5 "Schlacht um den Planet der Affen" von 1973 hier ist die Erde bereits als menschliche Gegenreaktion auf den Affenaufstand durch einen massiven Atomschlag verwüstet, Cesar hat mit überlebenden Affen und Menschen eine neue provisorische Gesellschaftsordnung errichtet und
muss sich mit den verstrahlten Vertretern der menschlichen Restzivilsation sowie einen unbotmäßigen Gorillageneral aus den eigenen Reihen herumschlagen.

Es gibt noch, als Bonus, eine sechste DVD auf der eine gut zweistündige, nett gemachte Dokumentation zur Vorgeschichte und Umsetzung der Filmreihe enthalten ist.

Mir persönlich gefällt an der Filmreihe natürlich das Gesamtszenario (Umkehrung der Evolution, verrückte Folgen einer Zeitschleife, philosophische Zivilisationskritik aus menschlicher und primatiger Sicht, die als Parabel auf die von Rassismus und sozialen Ungleichheiten geprägte Menschheitsgeschichte verstanden werden kann) und die sehr gute filmische Umsetzung, die wohl für den Erfolg dieser ja eher hanebücheren und absurden Story (der Autor der Grundstory Pierre Boulle schätzte sie selbst als eher schwächere Leistung ein) ausschlaggebend war (als B-Movie wäre sie wohl schon längst vergessen).

Die fünf Filme sind dabei nicht die einzigen filmischen Produkte des Affenhypes, so gab es Anfang der
1970er Jahre den eher erfolglosen Versuch eine TV-Serie daraus zu machen und natürlich etwa 30 Jahre später den Versuch einer Wiederbelebung mit Mark Wahlberg, wobei ich auf die im Abspann angekündigte Fortsetzung jenes durchaus gut gewordenen Filmes bis heute warte.

Bild- und Tonqualität entsprechen dem Alter der Filme, als Extras sind neben der Dokumentation, auch die 5 Kinotrailer, Besetzungslisten und Szenenbilder vorhanden.

Insgesamt ein sehr gutes Preis-Leistungsverhältnis bei diesem Produkt.
Fans der Filmreihe können hier unbesorgt zugreifen. Einziger Wermutstropfen ist das die 6 DVD's auf einer einzelnen Spindel übereinander gestapelt sind, die ihren Inhalt nur nach einiger banger Mühe und Sorgfalt unzerbrochen preisgibt. Mein Tipp ist hier immer jeweils drei DVD's auf einmal zu lösen, dies geht wesentlich einfacher und bedenkenloser.
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