JACKI LYDEN
This sentiment, however covertly expressed, can be found in both the 1968 film Planet of the Apes, based on the earlier French novel La Planète des Singes by Pierre Boulle, and the 1818 novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. In the film, an astronaut crew crash-lands on a mysterious planet...
Pierre Boulle, the French author of the best-selling novels “Bridge on the River Kwai” and “Planet of the Apes,” which were turned into popular films, has died in Paris. He was 81. Boulle, an engineer with no literary training who began writing in middle age, died Sunday night. T...
Beneath the Planet of the Apes opens where the first film left off, with Cornelius' voice-over reminding everyone of man's blight upon the world. After a repeat of the last few minutes of the first film, the sequel kicks in with Taylor and Nova wandering
Well, when it comes to thePlanet of the Apes,I GO APE! IlovePlanet of the Apes.My affection is deep and abiding and goes back to just about as long as I can remember. I have seen all the movies many, many times over and I own them all (except for that Burton weirdness). (Hell...
Planet of the Apes, 20th Century-Fox Production Facts: The film was adapted from a 1963 novel by French author Pierre Boulle, the same author of the book that inspired another classic filmThe Bridge on the River Kwai. Pierre Boulle’s original novel also featured a twist ending, one that ...
Planet of the Apesoriginated in the pages of the French novelLa Planète des singesby Pierre Boulle, author ofThe Bridge Over the River Kwai. Known in English asPlanet of the ApesorMonkey Planet, the novel tells the story of three human astronauts travelling to a planet orbiting Betelgeuse inh...
Before I get to the HFQ stories, it’s time for another installment in the Saga of the Four Apes: Sam got a tip from a mole in the AEAA (Agency for Exploitation of Animal Abilities) that the Bad Guys were planning to use a Fedex distribution center for some dastardly purpose. So, ...
the next planet out, and maybe even intelligent life," said science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson, who has won Hugo, Locus and Nebula awards for his Mars trilogy ("Red Mars" in 1992, "Green Mars" in 1993 and "Blue Mars" in 1996) and is author of the forthcoming novel "2312."...
“An Entirely Different and New Story”:A Case Study of Tim Burton’sPlanet of the Apes(2001)Oliver LindnerIntroductionWe live in the age of remakes. Since the turn of the millennium, in particular,remakes and sequels have abounded in Hollywood cinema, generating mas-sive profits for the ...