This
big budget "re-imagining" of the 1968 original departs somewhat from both
that classic science fiction film and the source novel by author Pierre
Boulle. Mark Wahlberg stars as Leo Davidson, an astronaut of the early 21st
century whose unauthorized mission to rescue a chimp companion from a
mysterious space storm goes awry when he and his ship are lost through a rip
in the fabric of time. Leo crash-lands on a planet where intelligent,
talking apes are the dominant species and humans a conquered slave class.
Befriending both a chimpanzee activist named Ari (Helena Bonham Carter),
who's sympathetic to humans, and a beautiful human rebel, Daena (Estella
Warren), Leo quickly becomes a prominent figure of resistance to his fellow
humans. This makes him an instant source of irritation for the militant and
ambitious General Thade (Tim Roth) and his trusted adjutant, Attar (Michael
Clarke Duncan), who intend to hunt Leo down and crush the burgeoning human
uprising. War looms between ape and human as Leo and his band head for a
sacred site deep in an off-limits desert, where secrets about the planet's
ape and human ancestry wait to be revealed. Planet of the Apes is directed
by Tim Burton and features the original film's star, Charlton Heston, in a
cameo role as the dying father of Thade.| Mark Wahlberg | Leo Davidson |
| Tim Roth | Thade |
| Helena Bonham Carter | Ari |
| Michael Clarke Duncan | Attar |
| Kris Kristofferson | Karubi |
| Estella Warren | Daena |
| Paul Giamatti | Limbo |
| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Krull |
| David Warner | Sandar |
| Erick Avari | Tival |
| Glenn Shadix | Senator Nado |
| Lisa Marie | Nova |
| Charlton Heston | |
Genre/Type - Science Fiction, Adventure, Sci-Fi Action, Adventure Drama
Produced by - Zanuck Company
Release - Jul 27, 2001 (USA)
Released by - 20th Century Fox
Running time - 120 min.
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