Planet of the Apes - Original TV Series / 4 disc set

• Main Language: English
• Available Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital Mono
• Sub Titles: English, French
• Hearing Impaired: English
• Planet Of The Apes Cross Trailer
• Theatrical Trailer For The Planet Of The Apes 2001

This is a post-apocalyptic world where everyone has perfect hair and make-up. But if the action and effects are limited, at least that gives the stories room to concentrate on some moral debates about the nature of human violence. A show finally hamstrung by the tight limitations of its formula, Planet of the Apes: The Television Series lasted only 14 episodes and was cancelled so abruptly it lacks any resolution. Nevertheless its reappearance offers a welcome chance to reassess it in context with the classic movies it apes.

On the DVD: Planet of the Apes: The Television Series is presented on four discs, including all 14 episodes. The sound is good mono and the 4:3 colour picture is excellent considering the show's age. Print damage is minor though occasionally quite noticeable, and there is some fading in a few shots. Otherwise this is the best these shows have ever looked. The only extras are trailers for the movie box set and for Tim Burton's 2001 cinema "reimagining". --Gary S Dalkin

DVD Description
After their spacecraft travels through a time warp, two astronauts from 1981 crash-land back to Earth in the year 3085 - a time when intelligent apes rule and humans have been reduced to servants or pets. Captured by the apes and sentenced to death, they are saved by a curious chimpanzee named Galen (Roddy McDowall). But now all three are on the run, trying to keep one step ahead of the gorilla army led by General Urko, who is determined to kill the renegades.

Includes the following episodes:

Disc 1

• Escape From Tomorrow
• The Gladiators
• The Trap
• The Good Seeds

Disc 2

• The Legacy
• Tomorrow¿s Tide
• The Surgeon
• The Deception

Disc 3

• The Horse Race
• The Interrogation
• The Tyrant
• The Cure

Disc 4

• The Liberator
• Up Above the World So High

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