Planet Of The Apes movie series - Classic or Dud

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Anyone seen this?

The title of this film translates to something like “the bumbling ones on the plateau of the apes”; indeed the film is but one of many in the 30+ title O TRAPALHAOES saga, which can be taken to mean “pranks”, “shenanigans” or “pratfalls” – in essence, anything that isn’t helping. Starring legendary Brazilian comedians Dedé Santana, Mussum and Didi Mocó, O TRAPALHAO NO PLANALTO DOS MACACOS’ is a surprisingly earnest (and indefatigably goofy) recreation of the original PLANET, wherein a band of idiot heroes end up “liberating” a simian populace that hates them – save for one comely philosopher-queen chimpanzee...

http://www.spectacletheater.com/missing-links/#otrap

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 June 2017 16:07 (six years ago) link

seven months pass...

The first film premiered in New York 50 years ago today.

Rod Serling's original draft, which featured the Pierre Boulle book's modern ape civilization (and no doubt even more Cold War liberal speechifying), is being adapted for a graphic novel.

http://www.slashfilm.com/rod-serling-planet-of-the-apes-script-graphic-novel/

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 February 2018 17:24 (six years ago) link


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