Amazon is really bringing the deals this week! If you’ve got a Planet of the Apes fan on your holiday gift list, or have always wanted to own these influential sci-fi films yourself, now’s your chance to get them in a high-resolution, remastered Blu-ray box set that’s marked down to 54% off the usual pricetag of $49.99: until 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time this Saturday, 11/24, the set is just $22.99! That’s what you’d expect to pay for just one Blu-ray movie.
Planet of the Apes, Blu-ray Box Set (5 film collection)
The set includes:
PLANET OF THE APES
A bewildered astronaut (Charlton Heston) crash-lands on a strange planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport.
BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES
A daring rescue mission leads to a subterranean city where mutant humans worship a weapon capable of destroying the entire planet.
ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES
Two futuristic simians who have traveled to present-day Earth enjoy celebrity status—until a government plot forces them to run for their lives!
CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Apes have been domesticated and trained as pets and personal servants — until their continual mistreatment leads to a spectacular revolt.
BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
In the final Apes chapter, an idyllic society of man and ape is threatened by both a militant gorilla and a tribe of still-intelligent mutant humans.
Amazon reviewer Miles Bethany says:
Many early science fiction films are now, quite inadvertently (and in most cases undeservedly), objects of camp attention: we laugh at the silly makeup, tin-can special effects, and the naive “high-tech” dialogue. Planet of the Apes is no such film. Its intelligent script, frightening costuming, and savagely effective conclusion (which needs no big-budget special effects to augment its impact) remain both potent and relevant. When Colonel George Taylor (the fabulous Charlton Heston) crash lands his spacecraft on what seems to be an unfamiliar planet, he is captured and held prisoner by a dominant race of hyperrational, articulate apes.
However, the ape community is riven with internal dissention, centered in no small part on its policy toward humans, who, on this planet, are treated as mindless animals. Befriended and ultimately assisted by the more liberal simians, Taylor escapes–only to find a more terrifying obstacle confronting his return home. Heavy-handed object lessons abound–the ubiquity of generational warfare, the inflexibility of dogma, the cruelty of prejudice–and the didactic fingerprints of Rod Serling are very much in evidence here. But director Franklin Schaffner has a dark, pop-apocalyptic sci-fi vision all his own, and time has not dulled the monumental emotional impact of the film’s climactic payoff shot. If you don’t know what I’m talking about here, you owe it to yourself to check out this stone classic, and even if you do, see it with fresh eyes; and don’t be surprised if you get the chills all over again… and again… and again.
Special Features:
PLANET OF THE APES: Science of the Apes BONUSVIEW,* Beyond the Forbidden Zone Adventure Game, Public Service Announcement from ANSA, Evolution of the Apes Featurette, Impact of the Apes Featurette, Behind the Planet of the Apes Documentary with Interactive Mode, Audio Commentaries, Text Commentary, Original Makeup Test, Roddy McDowall’s On-Set Footage, Dailies & Outtakes, NATO Presentation, Vintage 1968 Featurette, Theatrical Trailers, Still Galleries & More!
BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES: Isolated Score Track, From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel Featurette, Theatrical Trailer, Still Galleries & More!
ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES: Isolated Score Track, The Secret Behind Escape Featurette, Don Taylor Directs Escape From the Planet of the Apes Vintage Featurette, Theatrical Trailer, Still Galleries & More!
CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES: Unrated and Theatrical Versions, Isolated Score Track, Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times Featurette, A Look Behind the Planet of the Apes Vintage Featurette, J. Lee Thompson Directs Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Vintage Featurette, Theatrical Trailer, Still Galleries & More!
BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES: Extended and Theatrical Versions, Isolated Score Track, End of an Epic: The Final Battle Featurette, Theatrical Trailer, Still Galleries & More!
Special Features Are Unrated, May Not Be High Definition, And Are Not Closed Captioned.
*BONUSVIEW-enabled player required.
Planet of the Apes, Blu-ray Box Set (5 film collection) – get it now, as there’s no guarantee supplies will last until the sale cutoff on Saturday.