"Planet of the Apes" (1974) Série TV

Scénariste:

Jim Byrnes (writer)

Saisons:

1 | inconnu

Date de sortie:

13 septembre 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Aventure | Science-Fiction | Thriller

Intrigue:

Two astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes.

Plot Keywords:

Astronaut | Ape | Future | Fugitive | Orangutan

Avis des utilisateurs:

Enjoyable stuff!

Ensemble

Roddy McDowall	...	Galen (Episodes, 1974)
Ron Harper	...	Alan Virdon (Episodes, 1974)
James Naughton	...	Pete Burke (Episodes, 1974)
Mark Lenard	...	Urko (Episodes, 1974)
Ron Stein	...	First Gorilla / ... (Episodes, 1974-1981)
Booth Colman	...	Zaius (Episodes, 1974)
Eldon Burke	...	Chilot / ... (Episodes, 1974)

Série dirigée par
Arnold Laven		(Episodes, 1974)
Don McDougall		(Episodes, 1974)
Bernard McEveety		(Episodes, 1974)
Don Weis		(Episodes, 1974)

Crédits de rédaction de la Série
Pierre Boulle		(Episodes, 1974-1981)
Edward J. Lakso		(Episodes, 1974)
Robert W. Lenski		(Episodes, 1974)
Art Wallace		(Episodes, 1974)
Jim Byrnes		(episodes inconnus)

Series Produced by
Herbert Hirschman	....	executive producer (Episodes, 1974-1981)
Stanley Hough	....	producer (Episodes, 1974-1981)

Series Original Music by
Lalo Schifrin		(Episodes, 1974)
Earle Hagen		(Episodes, 1974)

Series Cinematography by
Gerald Perry Finnerman		(Episodes, 1974)

Series Film Editing by
Clay Bartels		(Episodes, 1974)
Axel Hubert Sr.		(Episodes, 1974)
J. Frank O'Neill		(Episodes, 1974)
William Martin		(Episodes, 1974)

Series Casting by
Marvin Paige		(Episodes, 1974)

Series Art Direction by
Archie J. Bacon		(Episodes, 1974)

Series Set Decoration by
Stuart A. Reiss		(Episodes, 1974)

Series Makeup Department
Daniel C. Striepeke	....	makeup artist (Episodes, 1974)
Al Schultz	....	makeup artist (episodes inconnus)

Series Production Management
Mark Evans	....	production supervisor (Episodes, 1974)
Dick Glassman	....	unit production manager (Episodes, 1974)
Joseph Silver	....	post-production supervisor (Episodes, 1974)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Derwin	....	assistant director (Episodes, 1974)
Gilbert Mandelik	....	assistant director (Episodes, 1974)

Series Special Effects by
L.B. Abbott	....	special photographic effects (episodes inconnus)

Series Stunts
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunts (Episodes, 1974)
Jean Coulter	....	stunts (episodes inconnus)
Paula Crist	....	stunts (episodes inconnus)
Paul Stader	....	stunt coordinator (episodes inconnus)
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunt coordinator (episodes inconnus)

Series Casting Department
Marvin Paige	....	casting (Episodes, 1974)

Series Editorial Department
J. Frank O'Neill	....	film editor (1 Episode, 1974)

Series Music Department
Lionel Newman	....	music supervisor (Episodes, 1974)
Lalo Schifrin	....	composer: theme music (Episodes, 1974)
Kenneth Hall	....	music editor (episodes inconnus)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (1 Episode, 1974)

Series Other crew
Howard Dimsdale	....	executive story consultant (Episodes, 1974)
Joe Ruby	....	story consultant (Episodes, 1974)
Ken Spears	....	story consultant (Episodes, 1974)
Anthony Wilson	....	developer for television (Episodes, 1974)

Companies de production

• 20th Century Fox Television

Distributeurs

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (original airing)

Durée:

UK:47 min | USA:60 min (14 episodes)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,33 : 1

Son:

Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Classification:

UK:PG | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:13 | Australia:G | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG

Lieux de tournage:

20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA

Société:

20th Century Fox Television

Anecdotes:

Though uncredited, Rod Serling wrote the original treatment and two proposed scripts for this series, essentially creating the basic format followed by the program, two astronauts and one chimpanzee pursued by the Apes civilization.

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: In the pilot episode (after the astronauts have been captured by Urko), Alan abrades the ropes binding his wrists against a rock. Yet in the close-up of his wrists, the ropes are not frayed where he had been rubbing them and they don't break. They just fall off his arms.

Guillemet:

Urko: These humans are dangerous, don't you understand that? They think that they're as good as we are!

Connexions De Film:

Parodié dans Play-Mate of the Apes (2002) (V)

Enjoyable stuff!

The Planet of the Apes TV series is often unfairly criticised (as are the four film sequels) for falling far short of the epoch-making original movie.

However, there is much to be enjoyed for PotA devotees and the less committed alike. The three leading characters of Galen, Virdon and Burke are all instantly likeable and well acted, Mark Lenard is superb as their pursuer Urko, who is second as a Gorilla commander only to James Gregory's peerless performance as Ursus in "Beneath") and Booth Colman evokes Maurice Evans as Zauis (although this Zauis cannot be the same ape as played by Evans in the first two films). Many fine and memorable guest roles throughout and interesting - if slightly repetitive - storylines add up to a satisfying series.

The only downside is the somewhat corny dialogue - especially certain lines spoken by Burke - which rob a number of scenes of their effectiveness.