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After being kept in hypersleep during a long expedition into deep space, an astronaut crew crash-lands in the 40th century on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved. (G, 110 min.)
7:00 PM
Bleak Week 2026 at Moxie Cinema
Presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque, 'Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair'
Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall star in this legendary science fiction masterpiece. Astronaut Taylor (Heston) crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist (McDowall). [20th Century Fox]
Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Dianne Stanley, , Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison, Robert Gunner, Lou Wagner, Woodrow Parfrey, Jeff Burton
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
"A film rich with unforgettable imagery, killer lines and physical thrills."
— Andrew Collins, Empire Magazine
"As illuminatingly bleak a statement on human hubris as a Hollywood superproduction has given us."
— Keith Uhlich, Time Out
"It certainly is one of the year's top 10 pictures -- the best science-fiction since 2001: A Space Odyssey."
— Elston Brooks, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
"It’s an entertaining adventure picture that delivers a fairly damning indictment of human society along with its popcorn thrills"
— Wendy Ide, The Times (UK)
"A triumph of artistry and imagination, it is at once a timely parable and a grand adventure on an epic scale. Provocative as it is entertaining, it is a true screen odyssey."
— Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
"Boulle's science-fiction mind bender, hypoed by the tingling realism of the camera work and the action sequences, has become an enthralling film that spikes a few non-fiction truths along the way."
— Kathleen Carroll, New York Daily News
"An old-fashioned anything-goes hair-raiser that takes us back to the Saturday afternoon of childhood, when we could like movies without feeling compelled to explain why. As black comedy, it's an elbow-in-the-ribs triumph of excess."
— Martin Knelman, Toronto Star
"By its appeal to both the imagination and the intellect within a context of action and elemental adventure, in its relevance to the consuming issues of its time...Planet of the Apes is that rare film which will transcend all age and social groupings."
— John Mahoney, The Hollywood Reporter
"Planet of the Apes is an amazing film. A political-sociological allegory, cast in the mold of futuristic science-fiction, it is an intriguing blend of chilling satire, a sometimes ludicrous juxtaposition of human and ape mores, optimism and pessimism."
— Variety Staff, Variety
