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Beneath the Planet of the Apes

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The second installment in "The Planet of the Apes" series. Here, an earthling sent to find the astronauts of the original film discovers not only a world of intelligent, talking apes, but an underground cult of grotesque "humans" who are the survivors of a nuclear blast years ago.
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Critics Consensus

Beneath the Planet of the Apes delivers more action than its predecessor -- unfortunately, at the expense of the social subtext that elevates the franchise's best entries.

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Ian Nathan Empire Magazine 03/26/2019
4/5
We've been there, done that, and bought the plastic orang-utan figurines. Go to Full Review Penelope Gilliatt The New Yorker 03/18/2019
The whole movie is often frightening in the wrong way -- not by force of satire but by weight of attitudinizing. Go to Full Review Variety Staff Variety 06/04/2007
Hokey and slapdash. Go to Full Review Scott Collura IGN Movies Apr 4
A world where it’s better to destroy ourselves than admit we’re wrong? There’s gotta be an answer. Go to Full Review Don Kaye Den of Geek 03/26/2019
There's no question that with its mishmash of half-baked ideas, lack of strong characterization and clear budgetary issues, Beneath represents a steep drop in overall quality from the magnificent Planet of the Apes. Go to Full Review Matt Goldberg Collider 03/26/2019
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The ending of Beneath the Planet of the Apes has shock value, but it's hollow. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C @bob25009 Oct 13 All ages admitted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The worldwide gross is $18,999,718.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Mark B Aug 31 Worth watching as part of the series. Some moral philosophy classic scifi but I liked the next one better. See more Jace T @CineChamber Aug 29 You know, the more I think about this movie, and the farther away from watching it for the first time I get, the more I actually like this movie. It is in many ways the weakest in the Planet of the Apes original franchise, but it is incredibly memorable and one of the wildest story lines in the entire series. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Jun 30 Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom, o filme inteiro não teve quase de interessante, mas o final salvou o filme, com a morte do protagonista. See more Nik75 J May 25 Not as good as the first one, but still has a lot of intriguing ideas and surprise plot twists. The surprise ending was Charlton Heston's idea. See more Miguel T Mar 16 A total disaster of a movie, especially remembering that we came form one of the best films of all time. Beneath the Planet of the Apes has the hard task of continuing after one of the best endings of cinema, and this is the reason why Heston charactee appears so little. Apes presence is still menacing, and the cult scene is really disturbing, but the film focuses more on our new and forgetable protagonist and on the underneath society (that is absurd) that on continuing the dilemas presented and discussed on the previous film. See more Read all reviews
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Ted Post

Director

James Franciscus

John Brent

Kim Hunter

Dr. Zira

Charlton Heston

George Taylor

Maurice Evans

Dr. Zaius

Linda Harrison

Nova

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Synopsis The second installment in "The Planet of the Apes" series. Here, an earthling sent to find the astronauts of the original film discovers not only a world of intelligent, talking apes, but an underground cult of grotesque "humans" who are the survivors of a nuclear blast years ago.
Director
Ted Post
Producer
Arthur P. Jacobs
Screenwriter
Paul Dehn, Paul Dehn, Mort Abrahams
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
APJAC Productions, Twentieth Century Fox
Rating
G
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 26, 1970, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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