Planet of the Apes

This week's episode marks the beginning of a nine episode trek through the Forbidden Zone into one of the oddest, most influential franchises in the history of Hollywood with our look at 1968's opening entry, Planet of the Apes! We follow the breadcrumbs towards our own destruction by discussing a variety of topics, including the script's sizable pedigree with Michael Wilson and the one and only Rod Serling, the timely yet elusive themes this film and its successors came to represent, the timelessly ham-fisted choices of Charlton Heston, and the larger off-kilter brilliance that combines John Chambers's legendary makeup, Jerry Goldsmith's eerie score, and the panicked precision of Franklin J. Schaffner's direction into a piece of pop art brilliance which remains one for the ages.

Feel free to skip to 1:29:34 for the beginning of our audio commentary.

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