Planet Of The Apes: Special Edition (US)
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Rule the planet
Certificate: PG-13
Running Time: 124 mins
Retail Price: $29.98
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
In the year 2029, interstellar reconnaissance missions are relegated to chimpanzee pilots from the Space Station Oberon in deep space. On such a mission, a chimp loses communication and vanishes form the radar. Fearless astronaut Leo Davidson launches a rescue mission and, following a malfunction, lands on a jungle-like planet not unlike the Earth. To Leo`s astonishment, English-speaking apes and primitive humans inhabit the planet. Following his capture by the apes and subsequent escape, Leo assembles a small band of defiant humans and empathetic apes in an attempt to re-establish contact with Oberon, but his focus changes following an unexpected discovery. Armed with this new information, Leo leads a rebellion against an overpowering ape force that will result in freedom or complete annihilation.
Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Disc One Includes:
An enhanced viewing mode that enables the consumer to choose when to go behind the scenes, search cast and crew biographies, or view the special effects
An audio track by composer Danny Elfman
Two Easter Eggs
DVD-ROM with screenplay/script/storyboard comparison
NUON-enhanced features such as Viddies and Cool Zooms
Disc Two Includes:
The HBO "First Look" special
Five extended scenes
Multiple featurettes - "Simian Academy (Ape Movement)," "Face Like A Monkey" (A Day in the Make-Up Chair), "Costume Tests," "On Location in Lake Powell," " Chimp Symphony Op. 37" (Behind the Scenes On Scoring The Film), and "Swinging From The Trees" (Stunt Work)
Makeup, group and movement tests
A gallery of multi-angle features that lets the viewer climb into the director`s chair for several key scenes
Theatrical trailers, a music video, and television spots
A concept art and design gallery
Additional DVD-ROM features of a novella and links to Web sites
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 Spanish
DTS 5.1 English
Subtitle Tracks:
English
CC: English
Directed By:
Tim Burton
Written By:
Mark Rosenthal
Lawrence Konner
William Broyles Jr.
Pierre Boulle
Starring:
David Warner
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Estella Warren
Paul Giamatti
Michael Clarke Duncan
Helena Bonham Carter
Tim Roth
Mark Wahlberg
Casting By:
Denise Chamian
Soundtrack By:
Danny Elfman
Director of Photography:
Philippe Rousselot
Paul Hughen
Editor:
Chris Lebenzon
Costume Designer:
Colleen Atwood
Production Designer:
Rick Heinrichs
Producer:
Richard D. Zanuck
Katterli Frauenfelder
Ross Fanger
Executive Producer:
Ralph Winter
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox
Your Opinions and Comments
As in the rest of his movies, Wahlberg proves (yet again) that he cannot act, and infact, that he is no actor. The fact that he was paid 10 million dollars for his pathetic role made me think something might be wrong with capitalism.
The movie itself is rather disappointing, since all the characters are flat and there is almost no character development whatsoever.
The video transfer is very good. Being a rather plotless movie, it relies heavily on its visuals. There are no compression signs to be seen and the amount of details is impressive.
The DTS and DD 5.1 soundtracks are both very aggressive. The surrounds are frequently used for roars, jungle sounds and during fly-by scenes.
The menus are all animated with sound.
The extras include 2 commentaries, 9 behind the scenes featurettes (some 2 minutes long, other - half an hour), 8 multiple angles scenes, 5 extended scenes, a music video, production notes, storyboards, numerous galleries and some basic DVD-ROM features. All in all, the extras are very extensive. The only problem is, that you must press the ---> key on the remote in order to browse through all the galleries and after a while your finger will get a cramp (and your remote batteries will die too).
Bottom line - despite the hype, this is a no brainer, that falls way behind its predecessor. You can count the number of good scenes on one hand. An ape`s hand, that is.
had expected and it was in all fairness quite good but this has
joined the set of unnesscacry 2-disc sets (unbreakable!) the
picture is good and the sound.
From DVD producer David Prior (Fight Club,Die Hard:Five Star
Collection) comes a 2-disc loaded with over "13 hours of
primate-packed extras".
The feature is presented in THX-certified,2.35:1 anamorphic
widescreen.The transfer is excellent with virtually no defects
visible.This being a Tim Burton film,the cinematography is dark,especially in the ape village.Only minor edge-enhancement show up on big screen TV`s.
"Apes" comes with Dolby 5.1 and DTS 5.1 tracks.Since I don`t
own a DTS receiver,I listened to the DD 5.1 mix,which is terrific and remains very aggresive (Leo`s first crash is an ear bleeder).
Extras on Disc 1 include two commentaries: one with Tim Burton and composer Danny Elfman.Burton`s is dissapointing as he is quite vague and there are too many passages of silence.Elfman`s commentary fares slighly better.
The main other extra is an enhanced viewing mode with picture-in-picture vignettes and behind-the-scenes featurettes that show you how a specific scene was achieved when that slave symbol pops up.
Disc 2 is divided into six menus.The first menu holds six documentaries,and screen tests for make-up,costumes,and
stunts.
The second menu is dedicated to four multi-angle featurettes.
The third menu features 5 extended scenes but no alternate ending.
The fourth menu is dedicated to promotion and featues an HBO "making-of",a music video,posters and the press kit,a music spot,two trailers,the trailers for Moulin Rouge and Dr. Dolittle 2,and 6 TV spot.
The Fifth menu is a concept art gallery.
The final menu is DVD-ROM.