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  Conquest of the Planet of the Apes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is the third sequel to the 1968 science fiction film Planet of the Apes.
It continues the exploration of the fictional future history of mankind set out in the previous film, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, and considered to be the most violent of the Ape sequels.
However, this is a temporal paradox, as Caesar is himself the child of two of the talking apes of the future, a future that is a result of the Ape rebellion.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conquest_of_the_Planet_of_the_Apes   (1103 words)

  
 Escape from the Planet of the Apes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Escape from the Planet of the Apes is a 1971 science fiction film that is the second sequel to the Planet of the Apes movie of 1968, the first sequel being Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
The apes at first become celebrities, but they are soon watched by a scientist, futuristic consultant Dr. Otto Hasslein (Eric Braeden), who discovers Zira is pregnant and fears for the future of the human race.
The concepts of Ape slavery and Ape uprising became the central theme of the next sequel, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Escape_from_the_Planet_of_the_Apes   (947 words)

  
 Battle for the Planet of the Apes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battle For the Planet of the Apes (1973) is the fifth and final entry in the Planet of the Apes series.
Set in flashback to the turn of the 21st century, this sequel focuses on the ape leader, Caesar (Roddy McDowall), about ten years after he led the ape revolution in the previous film, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.
It turns out that the story is being told by an elderly ape (the Great Lawgiver, played by John Huston) over 600 years later to a group of young humans and apes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_for_the_Planet_of_the_Apes   (323 words)

  
 US.Sunnydale.jp: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes / Movie
The fugitive ape conceals himself by infiltrating a cage of "immigrant" ape orangutans imported from Indonesia and is taken to a worker conditioning center where apes are harshly trained to become subservient to human domination.
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes explodes into a riotous and violent action packed climax that inevitably sets the stage for the entire Apes Saga and the birth of The Planet of the Apes.
While the ape revolt was patterned directly after the 1965 Los Angeles Watts Riots, it could easily parallel the racial Alabama and Chicago civil protest riots of the 50's and 60's or the L.A. riots of the 90's.
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 Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - Planet of the Apes
Because Planet of the Apes was written by Rod Serling, we are subjected to long scenes of sweaty men hiking through a desert discussing philosophy and the baser portions of human nature.
Planet of the Apes has been maligned many times in the past for its hokey acting and implausible story, but we're actually quite fond of it.
While not the most entertaining of the Planet of the Apes series (that honor would probably go to Escape from the Planet of the Apes), the original film is certainly the most important film in the series, both for its thought-provoking premise and stage-setting qualities.
www.stomptokyo.com /movies/planet-of-the-apes.html   (916 words)

  
 Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes (1972)
Probably the silliest of the sequels, Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes is never boring or lame enough to be genuinely bad, but it's too mindless and lacking in logic to approach good either.
The problem is, people don't really like the apes as pets...but they sure do like them as slave labor, teaching them to perform a great number of fairly specialized tasks, like waiting tables and polishing shoes.
Caesar's influence over the apes is largely conveyed in a montage where he seems to convince them to revolt with his awesome glare power.
www.geocities.com /tyrannorabbit/conquestplanet.html   (672 words)

  
 DVD Review: Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes
Although the first two sequels to "Planet Of The Apes" were able to pose new questions and at least continue part of the magic of the first one, this one is somewhat less successful.
Apes are angered by their treatment from the humans and prepare a revolt against the human race.
One of the apes, Caesar, is the one who decides to lead the apes in the revolt.
www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews/conquestoftheplanetdvd.html   (428 words)

  
 conquest of the planet of the apes, slave revolt, 1965 August Watts Los Angeles riot
conquest of the planet of the apes, slave revolt, 1965 August Watts Los Angeles riot
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes takes place before the first Planet of the Apes movie.
When apes would cause trouble they were dealt with swiftly and the situation was quickly resolved.
www.movieprop.com /tvandmovie/PlanetoftheApes/conquest.htm   (308 words)

  
 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Cast & Crew :: Hollywood.com
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Cast & Crew :: Hollywood.com
Apes are imported from Africa and auctioned off as household pets and trained to perform menial tasks.
Eighteen years earlier, Armando had hidden the baby Caesar, whose parents were intelligent and articulate apes who had traveled back from the 22nd century and were killed in an attempt to prevent future ape domination.
www.hollywood.com /movies/fulldetail/id/173487   (120 words)

  
 Conquest Of The The Planet Of The Apes (1972)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Out of all the sequels to Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is it's true predecessor, able to match it's intelligence and grit.
Conquest is a fireball of a wake up call, that screams out for people to open their eyes to the injustices, the hypocrisy, the hidden bucolic brutalities that betide their tidy society.
He teaches the docile apes, through lessons and via a telekinetic-like power, how they will stage their revolt, and when they are properly prepared, he leads them in the violent revolution.
www.dvdtohome.co.uk /review/ConquestPlanet.html   (1786 words)

  
 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
Montalban does his best to try to protect the chimp but ultimately the apes' plight is best understood by an American of African origin working for the government whose own people have been through the same humiliation and degradation (that the apes are experiencing) with their long and painful struggle against slavery.
One fateful night, the apes turn on their tormentors and though they are met with brutal firepower, their resolve remains unshaken.
Wave after wave of apes rise up in defiance and the humans are confronted with an enraged mass demanding justice for all the horrors that have been perpetrated on them.
www.thehotspotonline.com /moviespot/holly/c/ConquestApes.htm   (604 words)

  
 Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
The next-to-last film in the Planet of the Apes series is the most politically charged; its obvious parallels to the civil rights struggle that continued through the 1970's were tolerated by Hollywood censors because of the fantastic story line.
In the first two films (Planet and Beneath) the apes may be in charge, but they are somewhat ineffectual and even buffoonish, the Gorilla soldier caste in particular.
In Escape From the Planet of the Apes, chimps Cornelius, Zira, and Milo are the gentle, civilized victims of irrational human fear.
www.stomptokyo.com /movies/c/conquest-pota.html   (1099 words)

  
 Phobos Entertainment - Reviews - DVD's - Conquest of the Planet of the Apes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes begins in a future where, after a great plague has killed all of the world's dogs and cats, humans have made primates into their pets.
He then takes over Ape Management by force and leads the apes in a revolution that heralds the dawning of the age of the ape.
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes also acts as a kind of prequel, bringing the story full circle and explaining how the apes assumed dominion over man.
www.phobosweb.com /reviews/dvds/conquestofpota.html   (277 words)

  
 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This was the fourth of the films begun with Planet of the Apes (1968).
was preceded by the underrated Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), which has some moments of greatness, and the time travel effort Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), which has an ingenuity and sense of humour that makes it the best of the sequels.
And the anthropology that suggests that all apes really need to do in order to talk, despite their lack of vocal chords, is simply have someone show them how is just hokey.
www.moria.co.nz /sf/conquestpota.htm   (674 words)

  
 Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes - Movie Review
Apes have since replaced those furry domestic animals, first as pets and then as slaves to the upper society classes.
The ape makeup is now made up of more of those cheap gorilla masks, the acting is horrible, and Roddy McDowall lends a dark, militaristic tone to the role of Caesar.
Planet of the Apes (1968) Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) Planet of the Apes (2001 remake)
www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/conquestoftheplanetoftheapes   (549 words)

  
 channel4.com/film - Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes
Conquest Of The Planet Apes tells the story of Caesar (McDowall), a "talking ape" trapped in a time when there were none.
His parents - apes from the future, Cornelius and Zira - were killed off in the third instalment, Escape From The Planet Of The Apes, but with the help of circus owner Armando (Montalban) Caesar has survived.
Armando explains that after a space virus wiped out all the household pets, apes were seen as their natural replacements, but due to their inherent intelligence they were soon elevated to the role of servants.
www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=102277   (319 words)

  
 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes characters, Ricardo Montalban, Don Murray   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
His parents were talking Apes from the future, and the world feared he would be a talking Ape too and perhaps one that would lead his fellow Ape brothers in revolt.
Lisa and Cesar marry an dhave an offspring in the last Planet of the Apes movie, Battle for the Planet of the Apes.
Aldo later becomes power mad himself in the last Planet of the Apes movie in which he is the first Ape to kill another Ape.
www.movieprop.com /tvandmovie/PlanetoftheApes/character4.htm   (646 words)

  
 The Film Asylum - Conquest of the Planet of the Apes film review
Caesar, the son of apes Cornelius and Zira prepares for an ape revolt in a society where humans use them as slaves.
Given that this is the second ape character the guy has played in the series, it's an even more remarkable achievement.
But this is the fl sheep of the Ape family in my view, with many of the worst elements of 70s sci-fi.
www.thefilmasylum.com /reviews/conquest_planet_apes/conquest_planet_apes.htm   (864 words)

  
 CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES review
Apes are everywhere, performing every menial task imaginable, from sweeping and mopping to running errands to working as waiters.
Apes are wild animals and would make extremely poor pets and worse servants.
Plus, unfortunately, most of the great apes are endangered species, and there simply aren’t enough in the world to serve as a slave underclass.
www.feoamante.com /Movies/Apes/apes_co.html   (781 words)

  
 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It's now the year 1991 (no, it's not supposed to be considered the same '91 that we all experienced, but actually an altered version for the "next" time it comes 'round, having been changed by the arrival of Zira and Cornelius and their events of ESCAPE).
To replace their lost pets, a business called APE MANAGEMENT (which I presume to be a franchise throughout the world) has been established to train gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans to serve humans in their homes, as waiters, sweepers, bed-makers, and general servants.
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
www.imdb.com /title/tt0068408   (852 words)

  
 BBC - Films - review - Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
The film that finally connects the dots between our present and the ape future is high on concept and drama, but makes for depressing viewing.
Over the 20 years that he has been in hiding, behaviour-conditioned apes have been introduced into human society as servants and pets.
"Conquest" is a pure slice of dystopian cheese, but somehow if you can get past the implausible speed of ape evolution, the savage cruelty of humanity, the unsettling civil rights parallels and the expanse of plot holes, you can still uncover a perfectly adequate (if grim) film.
www.bbc.co.uk /films/2001/06/07/conquest_of_the_planet_of_the_apes_1971_review.shtml   (379 words)

  
 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Review (1972)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
But now apes have become slaves to their human masters, and one intelligent talking chimpanzee, Caesar (Roddy MacDowall), is determined to set the apes free...
The fourth episode in producer Arthur P. Jacobs' Planet of the Apes series was written by Paul Dehn.
Still, considering Conquest is basically a third cash-in sequel, it's surprising it goes as far as it does with its civil rights message and pretentions to social commentary, and is none the worse for that.
www.thespinningimage.co.uk /cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=208   (494 words)

  
 buysoundtrax.com - Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Conquest for the Planet of the Apes (1972) is the darkest film in the series, set in futuristic and fascist 1991 where humans have forced apes into slavery.
Cornelius' son Caesar (also played by Roddy McDowall) rallies the apes into a fighting force that takes over the society in a violent allegory of the then-recent Watts riots.
This CD features his complete Conquest score as heard in the picture plus numerous cues which were dropped from the film and have never before been heard -- including his original seven-minute finale, eliminated when a revised ending was concocted in the editing room.
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 Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes Soundtrack & Battle for The Planet of the Apes Soundtrack
Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes Soundtrack & Battle for The Planet of the Apes Soundtrack
The excellent soundtracks to the fourth and fifth Planet of the Apes movies composed by Tom Scott and Leonard Rosenman, respectively.
This CD features his complete Conquest score as heard in the picture plus numerous cues which were dropped from the film and have never before been heard - including his original seven-minute finale, eliminated when a revised ending was concocted in the editing room.
www.moviegrooves.com /shop/conquesoftheplanetoftheapes.htm   (488 words)

  
 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Rating Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is rather simple.
Gradually, Caesar begins to build an army of apes, and they gather in the basement of a building, where they stash their weapons and make plans for a revolution.
Though Caesar is the only ape who can talk, he can still communicate with his fellow simians, and they ambush the soldiers and engage in a series of well-directed and exciting battle scenes.
www.geocities.com /~moviecritic/reviews/c/conquestof.html   (573 words)

  
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