For everyone saying that Taylor's dumb for not realizing that he was on Earth, he was simply in denial, as most people would be in his situation. Taylor did notice the similarities starting with the Apes, and how similar their societies were, with guns and horses, apes, and of course humans. After finding the human ruins, Taylor had already started putting the pieces together. That's why he goes out into the Forbidden Zone, to confirm it for himself. He's not shocked here, he's angry and sad over the death of his kind.
I think you’re drawing too distinct a conclusion here, I’d say it’s more likely that Taylor’s being in denial was possibly as much intentional as it was simply something of a plot hole, but plot hole or not doesn’t undermine the effectiveness of the twist at the end. Considering Serlings work on the twilight zone, in which literally the exact same ending was used for “I shot an arrow into the air”, (in my opinion, one of the worst handled twists in the series) I think it’s fair to assume that the twist alone was something of the time, yet not a detracting factor as it was most definitely a shock to audiences then, and while it isn’t a “shock” to us now, is still just as effective.
In all likelihood, natural selection and evolution probably recycle patterns frequently. A major coincidence (correlation), doesn't necessarily point to causality. Taylor would have had to make the initial assumption in the beginning that Humans lost the first position in the food chain, with no evidence to support that, had he thought he was back on Earth.
What I like about this is the mixed ending. Charleton Heston (for now anyway), escapes, gets the girl, and has kind of a triumphant victory over Dr. Zaius. But then he is faced with the horror of recognition here. In a way he triumphed, but in a way he lost.
It also proves that Dr. Zaius knows a lot more about humans than he lets on or admits. Following this ending it also becomes perfectly clear why Dr. Zaius hates humans - he knows they turned a lush planet into a desert wasteland. "The Forbidden Zone was once a paradise but your kind turned it into a desert." He thought he triumphed and that mankind had a future on this planet. He's given a nasty reality check when he discovers that the planet is actually future Earth and humans destroyed it. So much for the "superiority" of better civilization of mankind. Taylor won his freedom but discovers that his freedom is ultimately meaningless given the harsh reality he has learned. As such the original Planet of the Apes maintains its legendary ending. There's just eerie silence (aside from the waves) and no score when the closing lines start rolling.
I love when he is shown the exhibit of captured humans at his trial, and Zaius asks if he acknowledges kinship w/ any of them. He sees Landon who then turns and Taylor sees the surgery scar on his head. Then screams in fury and runs at the apes and has to be restrained, "You cut out his brain, you bloody Baboon"!
When I saw this as a youngster it really scared me. I was sad at the destroyed Statue of Liberty and after the movie my father told me about nuclear war. I lost some innocence watching this film.
The screenplay for this film was written by Rod Serling and when you think about it, this whole film plays like an extended Twilight Zone episode, complete with customary twist ending
ok but such a dramatic transformation of the world you once knew.. you wouldnt want to believe it and so you wouldnt. combined with the fact that he had a preconception that he crash landed on another planet.
I don’t know if it was intentional, but the statue of liberty is a nice touch since it was a gift to the Americans from the French….and this film is an American adaptation of an originally French novel
France is the only nation to give such an amazing gift to America and we owe France a lot for helping fund our war for Independence against England. 🇫🇷 🇺🇸
...@@Thunderworksgracias por esta anécdota de la versión Francesa...y lo de torre Eiffel... Si sabes el nombre del libro ... escribelo aqui .. saludos
You got to love Charlton Heston in this scene. He needs to pull off two reactions. One is realizing he was on Earth the whole time and the second is horrified and angry of what humanity has done.
I think that back in the 60s the audiences just never really considered the fact that extraterrestial life might diverge from that of the Earth to any significant degree. Just look at all the Star Trek episodes featuring aliens that look exactly like humans and speak English. The same applies to the environments on different planets: bear in mind that in the 60s our knowledge of other planets was still very limited, people still believed that there could be actual water and breathable air on the surface of Venus until 1970's Venera 7 proved this theory wrong. Yes, I don't think that this twist would work on somebody watching this movie in this day and age without prior exposure to the spoiler: they would probably just immediately assume the planet was Earth just due to the abundance of similarities. But back in the day it was really quite powerful.
yarpen26 actually it still works, since the movie was made in the 60's. The viewer just assumes that the similarities are nothing but lack of knowledge from the creators.
Brian, I've been wanting to read the book by that French author for some time now. When you say that the book is much better than the movie, that is quite typical I find for most stories turned into movies. I absolutely love the original first movie of Planet of the Apes, so, looking forward to reading the book! I never get tired of watching the original movie, it still gives me chills every time, after all these years too!
I just discovered the great films by Franklin Schaffner. This one, Patton, Papillon, Nicholas and Alexandra, The Boys from Brazil, his body of work is amazing
@@franzsumangil1549 He was referring to nukes since this movie was made during the time of the Cold War and everyone was afraid of a nuclear war happening and destroying Earth
I remember watching the movie with my father in the theater when it came out. I was in grammar school at the time. Everyone who saw it previously kept their mouths SHUT. The gasps from the audience were unbelievable at the conclusion. NOBODY saw it coming! ALL you had at the end was that iconic scene with the derelict Statue Of Liberty, fade to Black, then the credits rolled. Absolutely NO music JUST the waves of the ocean crashing to the shore. Iconic scene and one of the BEST movie endings EVER!
Saw this at the WoodSide Theatre in Newark NJ. 1968. I was 8. Blown away, never forgot it. Went home and begged my mother for another 50 cents so I could see it again next Saturday. She gave me 3 quarters. (One for a soda and popcorn) 😊
@Cockroach well From what I could tell NY had been destroyed....as its being now & nothing much was left. MAN messed it all up. My husband thinks maybe the nuke bomb ......because Heston said: They finally did it!
I don't have to imagine. I did. I loved the bitter, disillusioned with humanity, marginal man characters Charleton Heston played back then. That was before his "from my cold, dead hands" gun comment. He played the cynical hero in dystopias: Planet of the Apes, Omega Man, Soylent Green. Hollywood knew back then humans were going to botch everything up eventually. These movies are even more appropriate for today.
I did too. They peppered Star Trek and the other sci-fi TV shows at the time with commercials for it. In the end this movie may have influenced the end to the cold war and the nuke treaties. I believe it did.
@@rons5319 It might've been the case, but the one who really did it, at least from the American side was The Day After (1983), a TV movie broadcasted by ABC. Then-president Ronald Reagan was simply appalled by the nuclear explosion that happened on the movie.
I like how all the way up until this moment. The message of the movie is that man kind is doomed to fail and it shivers my spine every time I see the statue of liberty
@@Danielsekai Yes. The Earth is about 4 billion years old and throughout that time life on this planet has begun, gotten destroyed and "reborn." Humans and our technology will one day destroy humanity: Climate Change for one. And although humanity has progressed technically, our instinct primitive emotions will ultimately destroy us unless an asteroid or some other "natural" calamity does us and almost all life forms "in."
I was truly shocked to see a DVD with this scene on its cover. I mean, Heston being devastated in front of the Statue's giant head. Isn't this supposed to be a twist ending? Or is the movie too old and famous now to mind a spoiler...?
No, I agree with you! I recently introduced this to my nieces and nephews aged 6-12. Unfortunately one of them had already looked at the case, but the others were in genuine shock! It was a stupid decision to use that as the cover for sure.
I saw it in the theatre overseas when it came out. The landscape looked strange since I lived in a very cold climate. I also lived near a military base, we'd hear grown ups talk about cold war and communism in school. We were all kids just thinking it'd be fun to watch. Had no clue it was earth till this ending and it floored everyone, including adults. Nobody said a word for a while.
This iconic ending of the Statue of Liberty buried in the sand is considered a famous reveal rather than a traditional plot twist, it serves as a powerful visual metaphor and a commentary on the film's themes.
The greatest ending in all of cinema. Imagine being in Taylor's shoes. You and your colleagues land on an unknown planet. You see human like creatures. There are Ape like creatures that can speak English. Your skeptical at first, but keep venturing. Then you see it. Lady Liberty in ruins.
I have finally watched this movie for the first time, and the message of humanity ending itself from nuclear war really struck me. Even though it's not as prevelant today, it's still a fear that runs deep. Fantastic film.
we suck, and with what russia, china and no korea are doing i wouldn't be so sure that this couldn't become a reality, God forbid, those nuts are reckless just like hitler
@@vk-eg3ro nuclear war is one button away. US. China. Russia. Isreal. etc. it's not like these countries are seizing their nuclear weapons and throwing them away. no. they still hold and make more. and the ebb and flow of tension is always here. the world is not more peaceful than it once was. you and others being oblivious to that is sad. all it takes is one.
The gut punch about this is that before discovering the truth, Taylor at least had the solace that Earth was still out there somewhere and doing fine even if he never got to go back to it, and there was always a slim chance of a rescue.
How many movies have you watched, shocking at the time okay, but "best" Heston is stealing the "Dam you...." lines from Marlene Dietrich in Agatha Christie's "Witness For the Prosecution"
I will check that out on Netflix tonight, thanks for the info! I always thought this movie should have had a cameo of Mr. Serling somewhere with cig in hand tell us that Taylor and his fellow astronauts have just entered The Twilight Zone.
One of the greatest ending in movie history... although a giant suspension of disbelief is necessary for accepting that a scientist did not realize since the beginning that a planet identical to Earth in size and atmosphere, with green plants, human beings, horses and English-speaking ape beings it was not Earth all along...
But there could be other planets out there that might be very similar to Earth. With millions of potential planets out there, the odds are pretty good that some of them will be Earth-like. Even if only 1/10 or 1/100 of 1% are Earth-like that could still be about 10,000 to 100,000 planets and that's just in our galaxy.
It’s one thing to write this ending but the way it’s put together is so perfect. You see the back of the Statue of Liberty without knowing that’s what you’re looking at. Then Taylor freaks out. And THEN we see it!
It will be solved diplomatically. Once the phony corruption trial of the Russian peoples opposition and pootin foe (alexei Navalny) is over. To compare this to russia invading Ukraine is a gross mismatch.
It's more chilling without a dramatic musical sting or number. Something so chilling about the faraway shot with nothing but the waves as the soundtrack.
This film captures something that very few if any modern science fiction films can even grasp the surface of: tension. Throughout the entire movie, you are not fed the answer with bulky exposition or clunky dialogue, but the director trusts that the audience can sit and think about things throughout the film. The Planet of the Apes is a master class in how to create suspense in the audience while still keeping perfect pacing. I sit here watching this scene, remembering how my jaw sat agape when I first saw this movie many years ago when it was revealed that he was on Earth the entire time. The director puts everything you need to know right in front of you, but like Taylor, we accept that this desolate wasteland with men treated like cattle cannot be our home. Honestly, if there is a better science fiction movie, I have yet to find it; The Planet of the Apes deserves a place among history as a true masterpiece of cinema.
Ive seen a lot of people get confused because it seems so obvious he's still on earth from the beginning but honestly, look at it from a scientific perspective. Once they landed they assumed it was an alien planet because that's where they were going to begin with. Then take into consideration that they're astronauts and have probably spent decades theorizing over what life on other planets would look like. Its not unreasonable to think that perhaps life and its essential building blocks eventually lead to the same outcome with slight variables depending on which planet you're on. For instance the main character probably assumed evolution went exactly as it did on earth but instead of homosapiens being the dominant species, it was a different species of ape all together. Finding out that's not what happened and in fact the apes just took over would be staggering
the only difference is that today i do that very same thing every time i think of Trumper and the fascist GOP he owns. if i don't have access to a beach, i do it on my rug in the living room.
When I saw this movie as a kid in 1968, I never dreamed that this actual scene was filmed just 20 miles from the theater where I sat in the front row. I just found out where this was 2 years ago and I went there and stood on the exact spot where Taylor got off his horse and I recreated his reaction as my wife videoed me on her phone as she shook her head. ha ha Fun day. I would like to get a horse someday and the outfits they had on, my wife riding double behind me, and do it up right!
It's hard to imagine the effect this movie must have had back in 1968, and I've heard many stories of audible gasps coming from audiences at this, the ultimate of twist endings. Times have changed, and we would not have been fooled now. A planet identical to Earth, English speaking apes, and countless other clues would have had us declaring "Hey...hold on a minute..!!" within the first reel, but this doesn't take anything away from such an innovative and compelling story, which if you can suspend disbelief and put yourself back in the movie world before Star Wars and the like, still packs as big a punch as it did back then.
I remember going to see this film when it was first released and being gobsmacked by the ending. There are not enough superlatives to describe just how good an ending scene this is.
I saw this movie on TV in 2008, 40 years since the first one. Obviously I had a blast with the movie as a whole but when I saw the ending, my jaw was on the floor.
Being born in 99 i was about 13 years old when i first saw this movie come on TV. Knowing nothing about it i decided to sit through it and see what it was about. After finishing the movie ending on this scene i was shaken to my core in a way that film had never done before where the true horror lied in that mankind might eventually fail, that we are not invincible and the hero doesn't always get the answer they were hoping for. To this day i never forget that feeling of total horrific shock (in a good way) thank god i didn't have it spoiled for me.
Agreed. I can't believe the world hasn't blown itself up like in this film. When the Dr. read that scroll to Taylor, the impact was almost as powerful as the ending. Man hasn't really changed at all.
I saw this for the first time by myself in an afternoon serial (late 70's, early 80's). Damn -- I never forgotten it. I was like woo... a real, permanent, mortific surprise, and shock.
I first saw this film in the 90s when I was in my twenties. The end was such a gut check and it made me sit still for several minutes, if not longer, thinking about reality. Far more than movies like Inception, which are designed to make you rethink reality. I think I even looked out the window to make sure the world was what it was. Powerful ending.
I had received a gift from a bank, a rubber statuette of the Statue of Liberty about the size of an index finger. I considered having it half buried in a sand box in homage to this famous movie scene.
it’s been parodied endlessly, but for good reason. most of these “escape from alien planet” movies create a sense of horror at being trapped, but give you the sense of safety because there’s always home, there’s always Earth. This ending is absolute hopelessness, because not only is there no way off, but this hellish planet where humans are slaves IS Earth. There is no home and everything you knew has been destroyed. That’s what sets it apart, because it deconstructs the idea that there’s a way out in the end. You’re stuck here forever, and what’s worse, you can die knowing your home has become your prison.
There's a cosmic horror to this ending that I don't think gets talked about enough. Taylor said at the beginning "somewhere in the universe, there has to be something better than man," and basically, this shows that no, there's nothing else out there, Earth is the only home we've got, and we destroyed it. In a way, this the nemesis of Taylor's attitude from earlier. He hated how humans treated each other, but he himself wasn't such a great guy either (picking on Landon and being unaffected by Stewart's death). He saw how messed up the world was, and rather than trying to fix the problem or consider if he was part of the problem, he saw himself as separate from the rest of humanity and tried to go find something better for himself. It's as if fate punished him by dragging him back to Earth to face the consequences. He, as a part of humanity, made his bed, and now he has to lie in it.
Wouldn't he have seen that from much further away? It's like he just notices it's the Statue of Liberty from about 100 feet away. Awesome and jarring ending though!
Not to mention the position of the sun means they are on the west coast, the humans must have moved the statue of liberty to California before the apes took over
This has to be one of the best buildups to a reveal ever. Jerry Goldmith’s eerie music plays as Taylor and Nova ride along the beach. Then we see the torch and the crown. Taylor dismounts and realizes aloud where he is and what happened to his planet. Finally we get the zoom out and see the Statue of Liberty. That’s a triumph of filmmaking right there.
When i first seen it and he shouted "you blew it up", i thought he meant they blew the earth up and the statue 🗽 was just debris that had landed on another planet, i was only about 8 at the time so don't judge me 😂
I've heard some people question the logic of how an astronaut didn't realize he was on Earth sooner. My personal opinion is based on Taylor's reaction he knew (or at least had his suspicions) the whole time but was trying to deny it. Once he sees irrefutable proof of what happened he breaks down
Just finished the film for the first time. I kinda saw the ending coming, but it still came as a massive blow. I even knew it would be the Statue of Liberty, but it still came as a shock. What a perfect film.
I like the music choice in this scene. In that there is almost no music at all. A lesser film would've used some bombastic orchestra in the background upon showing the statue of liberty to tell you that this scene is supposed to be shocking. But not this one, there's just a subtle note quietly playing as he's realizing where he truly is and then it just cuts to silence once we see what he sees. Nothing to be heard but the tidal waves along the beach, just as he would've only been able to hear in this moment. He may have one friend to accompany him, but he is truly alone. He's the only one who remembers what was lost, in a world that has long forgotten it and (mostly) doesn't care to remember either. I don't think there's any way to have better incapsulated that kind of terror than what they did in this movie, ending it in almost pure silence.
I CAN WELL REMEMBER THIS ENDING FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES WITH CHARLTON AND IT SCARED THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME JUST BRILLIANT AND THE MOVIE WAS GREAT TOO 🤩🤩🤩🤩
If anyone noticed in the 2011 remake franchise there’s news reports of a spaceship taking off into space and towards the end theres newspaper reports of it missing, and now with the franchise continuing I think the next movie is gonna be about the missing spaceship landing and be the remake of this movie and the one with mark walbherg.
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For everyone saying that Taylor's dumb for not realizing that he was on Earth, he was simply in denial, as most people would be in his situation. Taylor did notice the similarities starting with the Apes, and how similar their societies were, with guns and horses, apes, and of course humans. After finding the human ruins, Taylor had already started putting the pieces together. That's why he goes out into the Forbidden Zone, to confirm it for himself. He's not shocked here, he's angry and sad over the death of his kind.
I think you’re drawing too distinct a conclusion here, I’d say it’s more likely that Taylor’s being in denial was possibly as much intentional as it was simply something of a plot hole, but plot hole or not doesn’t undermine the effectiveness of the twist at the end.
Considering Serlings work on the twilight zone, in which literally the exact same ending was used for “I shot an arrow into the air”, (in my opinion, one of the worst handled twists in the series) I think it’s fair to assume that the twist alone was something of the time, yet not a detracting factor as it was most definitely a shock to audiences then, and while it isn’t a “shock” to us now, is still just as effective.
He said, "My God, I'm home." What bit of that don't you understand?
good points for sure, he definitely started to figure it out. definitely angry
The night sky was always covered with clouds, so Taylor couldn't see the Moon or the constellations--if he had, he would've realized he was on Earth.
In all likelihood, natural selection and evolution probably recycle patterns frequently. A major coincidence (correlation), doesn't necessarily point to causality. Taylor would have had to make the initial assumption in the beginning that Humans lost the first position in the food chain, with no evidence to support that, had he thought he was back on Earth.
Possibly the most iconic ending in movie history.
Certainly a contender
Soylent Green: Hold my beer
GODDAMN YOU ALL TOO HELL
@AlleyCat saying something similar on a different video isn't stealing.
@AlleyCat you didn't have to make a book but okay :)
I love how the woman doesn't understand his reaction or what she's looking at....it adds to the scene.
Not to mention the fact that she doesn't even try to comfort him.
in the second film, it doesn't really matter bc everyone died of a nuclear explosion
@@flamerodbarrel1311she doesn’t know what he is experiencing, she literally isn’t aware like how we are
@@flamerodbarrel1311she really can’t, she’s just a little more smarter than the apes from our world.
That's not the weirdest thing,the weirdest is how she manages to keep her legs shaved and the hair done
I was 11 when I saw this movie and I've never forgotten the horror gasp from the audience of this ending. It's etched in my mind forever.
Lucky bastard
+Noodles37UK I second that, lucky indeed!!
I saw Brody shoot the shark and Luke destroy the Death Star. I was 7 watching Jaws when it came out.CurbsideUnderwood
Steve Jorfi Saw movie too around time overseas it must have been big impact US audiences at the time
Steve Jorfi I was14 in 1968 this seen chilled my blood (love and peace) not hydrogen bombs!!!!!
Wow, so they had a Statue of Liberty on that planet as well
That wasn’t the Statue of Liberty it was actually the space station from Spaceballs. Meaning it wasn’t earth.
you're joking, right?
@@normanlee6609 yes.
It's pretty obvious he is
@Norman Lee r/whoooosh
Best ending to any film ever.
Period.
hard to argue that
yes, but Soylent Greens ending was pretty good
Iconic
meh
What I like about this is the mixed ending. Charleton Heston (for now anyway), escapes, gets the girl, and has kind of a triumphant victory over Dr. Zaius. But then he is faced with the horror of recognition here. In a way he triumphed, but in a way he lost.
It also proves that Dr. Zaius knows a lot more about humans than he lets on or admits. Following this ending it also becomes perfectly clear why Dr. Zaius hates humans - he knows they turned a lush planet into a desert wasteland. "The Forbidden Zone was once a paradise but your kind turned it into a desert."
He thought he triumphed and that mankind had a future on this planet. He's given a nasty reality check when he discovers that the planet is actually future Earth and humans destroyed it. So much for the "superiority" of better civilization of mankind. Taylor won his freedom but discovers that his freedom is ultimately meaningless given the harsh reality he has learned. As such the original Planet of the Apes maintains its legendary ending. There's just eerie silence (aside from the waves) and no score when the closing lines start rolling.
I love when he is shown the exhibit of captured humans at his trial, and Zaius asks if he acknowledges kinship w/ any of them. He sees Landon who then turns and Taylor sees the surgery scar on his head. Then screams in fury and runs at the apes and has to be restrained, "You cut out his brain, you bloody Baboon"!
McLarenMercedes beautifully put!!
That’s what happens when you mix Pierre Bouile and Rod Serling
Sort of a pyrrhic victory.
When I saw this as a youngster it really scared me. I was sad at the destroyed Statue of Liberty and after the movie my father told me about nuclear war. I lost some innocence watching this film.
Nah not nuclear war, liberty is destroyed via Marxism
People are calling science racist and sexist. So the devolution has begun
The war is expected again. 😐
I think we all did. Also it was the first time I heard such strong language on TV...
All the nuclear bombs on the planet going off at once wouldn't cause this kind of damage. Just science fiction
Isaac Smith It could've been a different weapon. Biochemical AND nuclear.
The screenplay for this film was written by Rod Serling and when you think about it, this whole film plays like an extended Twilight Zone episode, complete with customary twist ending
The best sci-fi stories follow variations of that format, in my opinion. Relatively short, simple, weird premise that somehow makes sense in the end.
No wonder it always felt like such too me .. wow
Yes once I found out it was done by Rod Serling it made so much sense. Twilight Zone is one of my favorite shows of all time
Rod Serling Genius
That’s exactly what I was thinking the entire movie! It’s just a big twilight zone episode
“Oh my gosh, I was wrong
It was earth, all along”
"You've finally made a monkey."
"Yes we finally made a monkey!"
"Yes you've finally made a monkey out of me!!!"
eddzetarabbit ;-;
"I LOVE YOU, DOCTOR ZAIUS!"
*Always has been.*
Oh my GOD, I was wrong...... GOD is not a bad word.
To be honest, the fact that the planet had horses and apes at all should've'd been a good indication.
Because the movie was so logical to begin with ?
Plus, they spoke English, and wrote in English.
@Tiago Carneiro 2000 years, in the case of this film.
@Tiago Carneiro The calendar year of the film is 3978. Landon said it.
ok but such a dramatic transformation of the world you once knew.. you wouldnt want to believe it and so you wouldnt. combined with the fact that he had a preconception that he crash landed on another planet.
I don’t know if it was intentional, but the statue of liberty is a nice touch since it was a gift to the Americans from the French….and this film is an American adaptation of an originally French novel
very astute comment. i love it.
France is the only nation to give such an amazing gift to America and we owe France a lot for helping fund our war for Independence against England. 🇫🇷 🇺🇸
And in the original French novel, it's not the Statue of Liberty, but the Eiffel Tower.
...@@Thunderworksgracias por esta anécdota de la versión Francesa...y lo de torre Eiffel... Si sabes el nombre del libro ... escribelo aqui .. saludos
French freemasonry to American freemasonry!!!
The French population had nothing to do with it
"You may not like what you find..."
ROMÂNIA /😰🌏😥🌍🌏😱
@@claudiaionescu1661 "Wait, where's my wallet??"
You got to love Charlton Heston in this scene. He needs to pull off two reactions. One is realizing he was on Earth the whole time and the second is horrified and angry of what humanity has done.
And he did both flawlessly :D
So it's earth? Did we have war with apes?
@@JosephGreen-yj1zv no, there was a nuclear war and humanity blew itself up. That’s he said “you blew it up.”
@terra8419 so why other people say its not earth ect
@@JosephGreen-yj1zvthey're joking
Dr. Zaius knew what Taylor was going to see when he said, "Don't look for it Taylor. You may not like what you find."
And at the same time he was trying to hide his findings about human history from the rest of the new ape society.
@@Birdman669 yea just have a look at the new 2024 planet of the apes movie that just released perfect example of your comment
I love you, Dr Zaius!
Zira: “What will he find out there, Doctor?”
Zaius: “His destiny.”
@@chairmanoftheboredI love legitimate theater.
The "damn you!" He wasnt insulting the apes, he was cursing all of mankind!
No kidding.
I can’t believe we blew it up. Damn
So he's always been on earth and the "Alien apes" were actually mutated apes.
@@seagullfeedingvideos7446 Do you suppose that nuclear fallout is the reason why apes became intelligent, and humans dumb?
Umm your talking to democrats….right ? Cause every one else didn’t need your cheat sheet
That ending is still shocking!
Donna Cianciosi not really, how else do you explain the earth like animals, terrain, and gravity.
I think that back in the 60s the audiences just never really considered the fact that extraterrestial life might diverge from that of the Earth to any significant degree. Just look at all the Star Trek episodes featuring aliens that look exactly like humans and speak English. The same applies to the environments on different planets: bear in mind that in the 60s our knowledge of other planets was still very limited, people still believed that there could be actual water and breathable air on the surface of Venus until 1970's Venera 7 proved this theory wrong.
Yes, I don't think that this twist would work on somebody watching this movie in this day and age without prior exposure to the spoiler: they would probably just immediately assume the planet was Earth just due to the abundance of similarities. But back in the day it was really quite powerful.
yarpen26 actually it still works, since the movie was made in the 60's. The viewer just assumes that the similarities are nothing but lack of knowledge from the creators.
I am probably one of the few people who is young and didnt know the ending - I had a feeling, but thought against it then I was like - HOLY HELL!
Why? humans are apes, earth is the planet of the apes.
God I love that there’s no music and the camera just holds on that shot at the end. Very powerful
Sound of the sea, it's ebb and flow, striking and retreating, the human, and humanity, is born, and then dies.
Excellent and very well said thank you
Only watched it for the first time recently and honestly one of the best films I've ever seen.
Brian, I've been wanting to read the book by that French author for some time now. When you say that the book is much better than the movie, that is quite typical I find for most stories turned into movies. I absolutely love the original first movie of Planet of the Apes, so, looking forward to reading the book! I never get tired of watching the original movie, it still gives me chills every time, after all these years too!
Did you notice the screenplay was by ROD SERLING?
Lol books
One of my top ten movies of all time--could be top 5 actually. Deliverance #1
I just discovered the great films by Franklin Schaffner. This one, Patton, Papillon, Nicholas and Alexandra, The Boys from Brazil, his body of work is amazing
"YOU MANIACS!! YOU BLEW IT UP!! DAMN YOU!! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!"
That classic movie quote never gets old.
And that completes my final report until we reach touchdown.
I thought this was from "Madagascar" 🙂
I haven't watched the movie. Who was he referring to?
still gives me goose bumps incredible scene
@@franzsumangil1549 He was referring to nukes since this movie was made during the time of the Cold War and everyone was afraid of a nuclear war happening and destroying Earth
Don’t look for it, Taylor. You may not like what you find.
“Oh, my God, I was wrong,
It was Earth all along.
You finally made a monkey...”
Taylor falling to his knees in the sand as the Statue of Liberty watches from above has got to be one of the greatest shots in cinematic history
Scene was shot out by Zuma Beach in Malibu... I lived just above where it was filmed.
@@kf1000 It couldn't be because Malibu and the whole world was destroyed
@@michaelrocky4571 later, I had a place in lower Manhattan, with a view of the actual Statue of Liberty
I remember watching the movie with my father in the theater when it came out. I was in grammar school at the time. Everyone who saw it previously kept their mouths SHUT. The gasps from the audience were unbelievable at the conclusion. NOBODY saw it coming! ALL you had at the end was that iconic scene with the derelict Statue Of Liberty, fade to Black, then the credits rolled. Absolutely NO music JUST the waves of the ocean crashing to the shore. Iconic scene and one of the BEST movie endings EVER!
The lack of music was key. Continued silence, other than the persistent ocean sounds, drove the nail in all the way into the fade.
Saw this at the WoodSide Theatre in Newark NJ. 1968.
I was 8.
Blown away, never forgot it.
Went home and begged my mother for another 50 cents so I could see it again next Saturday.
She gave me 3 quarters. (One for a soda and popcorn) 😊
Those were good times.
Man I wish I lived in those times.
Wait a minute... Statue of Liberty? THAT WAS OUR PLANET!!
yep he was on earth the whole time, his space ship went into a time warp and went into the future
@@Evil.George.Bush1995 no
yes they were on earth all along....man had destroyed like happening in 2020 now :(
@Cockroach well From what I could tell NY had been destroyed....as its being now & nothing much was left. MAN messed it all up. My husband thinks maybe the nuke bomb ......because Heston said: They finally did it!
WAS is the operative word.
Jerry Goldsmith just CRUSHED it with the score for this movie, and leaving this scene utterly silent except for the crashing of the waves was genius.
このラストシーンは、歴史に残ります。
米国の映画「猿の惑星」は、そのわずか２年後に「続編」がつくられて発表されました。
主演を務めたチャールトン・ヘストンさんは、「続編」の制作にたいへん消極的だったそうです。
ところで、１９８３年７月１６日劇場公開の映画「時を超える少女」で芳山和子を演じた原田知世さんは、２０３３年４月１６日（土曜日）にチャールトン・ヘストンさんのことを超える存在になることでしょう。
大林宣彦監督は２０２０年４月１０日に亡くなりましたが、監督は、生前にその「続編」のシナリオを完成させていたはずです。
人類の歴史において、半世紀の時間を隔てて「続編」が発表された事例は過去に一度も存在しません。
「時をかける少女」のエンドロールの最後を注意深く観察すると、知世さんの背後に「西方寺普明閣の石灯籠」と「未開花の桜」が映し込まれています。
「西方寺普明閣の石灯籠」は、明らかに「住吉神社の石灯籠」のオマージュであって、それは１９５３年１１月３日劇場公開の「東京物語」を制作した小津安二郎監督の象徴でした。
というこは、「未開花の桜」は、合理的に考えて原田知世さんの象徴ということになります。
芳山和子は、エンドロールの列車の場面でニセの深町一夫に「菜の花」を手渡しています。
「菜の花」は、１９５４年公開の映画「二十四の瞳」のワンシーンのオマージュです。
その直後、和子は、堀川吾朗に何か「白い包み」を手渡していますが、私は、それが「２０３３年４月１６日（土曜日）の物語」のシナリオであったはずであると考えています。
Imagine watching this for the first time in 1968...
I don't have to imagine. I did. I loved the bitter, disillusioned with humanity, marginal man characters Charleton Heston played back then. That was before his "from my cold, dead hands" gun comment. He played the cynical hero in dystopias: Planet of the Apes, Omega Man, Soylent Green. Hollywood knew back then humans were going to botch everything up eventually. These movies are even more appropriate for today.
I did too. They peppered Star Trek and the other sci-fi TV shows at the time with commercials for it. In the end this movie may have influenced the end to the cold war and the nuke treaties. I believe it did.
@@rons5319 It might've been the case, but the one who really did it, at least from the American side was The Day After (1983), a TV movie broadcasted by ABC. Then-president Ronald Reagan was simply appalled by the nuclear explosion that happened on the movie.
I was 5..loved this
I did, I was 12
I like how all the way up until this moment. The message of the movie is that man kind is doomed to fail and it shivers my spine every time I see the statue of liberty
We’re not doomed to fail, you don’t know that, nobody does.
@@Rotisiv I know it
@@Rotisiv God does.
@@Danielsekai Yes. The Earth is about 4 billion years old and throughout that time life on this planet has begun, gotten destroyed and "reborn." Humans and our technology will one day destroy humanity: Climate Change for one. And although humanity has progressed technically, our instinct primitive emotions will ultimately destroy us unless an asteroid or some other "natural" calamity does us and almost all life forms "in."
子どもの時これ初めて見た時の衝撃は今でも忘れない
１９８３年７月１６日劇場公開の映画「時をかける少女」で芳山和子を演じた原田知世さんは、２０３３年４月１６日（土曜日）にチャールトン・ヘストンさんのことを超える存在になることでしょう。
子供の頃、近い将来世界はこうなるのではと日曜洋画劇場を見た日の夜中怖くて泣きながら眠ろうとしても眠れなかったのを思い出しました😭⤵️😱
同様で言葉無かったです…😅
同じく・・・
そして十数年後に猿のモデルが日本人（旧日本軍）と知り閉口した
@pointofnoreturn2837 だとするとあの人形の音で「猿共にこんなものが作れるのか⁉️」と叫ぶように問うシーンには納得いかなくなりますね。当時の低燃費低価格高性能の日本車をアメリカ車は上回れないから政治力で対抗してきたわけですし。
I was truly shocked to see a DVD with this scene on its cover. I mean, Heston being devastated in front of the Statue's giant head. Isn't this supposed to be a twist ending? Or is the movie too old and famous now to mind a spoiler...?
I remember that stupid VHS Cover!
@Ao Chen Kind of like how future generations will be spoiled of MCU stuff before they even have a chance to see it.
No, I agree with you! I recently introduced this to my nieces and nephews aged 6-12. Unfortunately one of them had already looked at the case, but the others were in genuine shock! It was a stupid decision to use that as the cover for sure.
@@abehambino I would've just shown the crash landing on the cover.
LB2007 1:43-1:45 me too.
I saw it in the theatre overseas when it came out. The landscape looked strange since I lived in a very cold climate. I also lived near a military base, we'd hear grown ups talk about cold war and communism in school. We were all kids just thinking it'd be fun to watch. Had no clue it was earth till this ending and it floored everyone, including adults. Nobody said a word for a while.
For some reason, I felt today was a good time to watch this clip…
Huh. So it just popped into your head, the idea to watch this particular clip? Hmmm...wonder why? 🤔
Literature and film give us the ability to put our emotion into words. I came here too for the same reason.
@@Jan96106 I think you missed my sarcasm? ✌
@@lunachickfringe5319 No, I did not. Why would you think I had?
Yeah it's a crazy feeling going around
One of the best plot twists ever made! Heston's performance is breathtaking
You meant hammy but autocorrect changed it to breathtaking. ;-)
This iconic ending of the Statue of Liberty buried in the sand is considered a famous reveal rather than a traditional plot twist, it serves as a powerful visual metaphor and a commentary on the film's themes.
What was it
It's so predictable were you guys all braindead well watching the movie??? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
This and Charleton Heston shouting, "Tell the world, Soylent Green is people" were very haunting movie endings!
Actually Truth & Fact
Well, thanks for spoiling that, but I guess I agree
@@funwithfish1507Soylent Green Is People!!!!!
The ending of, The Omega Man, the symbolic crucifixion, still upsets a few people.
Just turned 12 when I went to see this. No movie up until then had a more shocking last 60 seconds.
The greatest ending in all of cinema. Imagine being in Taylor's shoes. You and your colleagues land on an unknown planet. You see human like creatures. There are Ape like creatures that can speak English. Your skeptical at first, but keep venturing. Then you see it. Lady Liberty in ruins.
"Wow. They had it here too." 😂
It be horrifying to say.
I haven't seen the film. Did they went to the future? How long were they in space?
I think I would have put it together much earlier with the fact that chimps are speaking the King’s
@@woodman4082 2000 years. They were orbiting in space where time passes slower than on Earth. So in Taylor's words "we barely aged".
No other movie has ever had an ending this powerful and this shocking. Still makes me gasp every time I see it.
Avengers Infinity War is a pretty shocking ending
@@matthewmilad Kind of saw it coming though, if you've read anything with Thanos in it comicswise
Hitchock movie.
PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE ?
Paul Blart: Mall Cop?
This is how I feel on the morning of November 6, 2024.
totally agree
I have finally watched this movie for the first time, and the message of humanity ending itself from nuclear war really struck me. Even though it's not as prevelant today, it's still a fear that runs deep.
Fantastic film.
That wasn't the only message in the movie. The whole movie was a social commentary on humanity.
we suck, and with what russia, china and no korea are doing i wouldn't be so sure that this couldn't become a reality, God forbid, those nuts are reckless just like hitler
This really didn't age so well, ay bud.
@@FilthyToes14267 why didn't it age well
@@vk-eg3ro nuclear war is one button away. US. China. Russia. Isreal. etc. it's not like these countries are seizing their nuclear weapons and throwing them away. no. they still hold and make more. and the ebb and flow of tension is always here. the world is not more peaceful than it once was. you and others being oblivious to that is sad. all it takes is one.
“Can we go to the fun side now?”
All Star Pterosaur that’s from Madagascar.
Don't worry, Disneyland didn't get blown up
LOL
😂😂😂 the giraffe
The gut punch about this is that before discovering the truth, Taylor at least had the solace that Earth was still out there somewhere and doing fine even if he never got to go back to it, and there was always a slim chance of a rescue.
And yet she still holds her torch...
TotalBoogeymenH2Oplus merica!
That is actually the statue of oppression... right in your face and you never noticed it...no wonder they laugh at you
No it wasn't.
@Brandon Taylor
@Ramon Silvia
...care to explain?
She got no legs to stand on: Murica
One of the best, most shocking scenes in the history of movie making.
How many movies have you watched, shocking at the time okay, but "best" Heston is stealing the "Dam you...." lines from Marlene Dietrich in Agatha Christie's "Witness For the Prosecution"
@@seesea-sv3xw Shut up and let people have their opinions
@@seesea-sv3xw
Rod Sterling 👍👏👏👏👏👏
@@seesea-sv3xw Hey! Christine Vole who playing by Marlene Dietrich before he stab to Leonard Vole playing by last starring this movie Tyrone Power
@@markmeade2937 Before Irwin Allen become the Masters of Disaster & After Alfred Hitchcock the Masters of Suspense & David Lean the Masterful of Epic
The music in the background leading up too the statue was a good selection not to mention the waves roaring gave a helpless effect
The ending is based on Rod Serling's January 1960 Twilight Zone episode "I Shot An Arrow Into the Air."
neat
I will check that out on Netflix tonight, thanks for the info! I always thought this movie should have had a cameo of Mr. Serling somewhere with cig in hand tell us that Taylor and his fellow astronauts have just entered The Twilight Zone.
Ah, I love that episode! I’ve never thought of that connection until now...interesting!
yes!!
Pretty incompetent astronauts not to figure out theyd crashed just after takeoff!
I was sixteen when I saw this at the theater.One of the best endings to a movie ever.
Written by Rod Serling ?
The earliest drafts were written by Rod. They were later rewritten by Michael Wilson.
So you were either born in 1952 or 1951
Wow you're so old
Rustin Cohle a
It's in man's nature to destroy himself..... yet, ironically life can and does adapt.....
Well at least we now know how the Apes got into power in 2024.
One of the greatest ending in movie history... although a giant suspension of disbelief is necessary for accepting that a scientist did not realize since the beginning that a planet identical to Earth in size and atmosphere, with green plants, human beings, horses and English-speaking ape beings it was not Earth all along...
The planet’s atmosphere, water, plant-life, humans, horses, and language foreshadow the revelation that the planet is indeed Earth.
You've truly made a monkey out of me.
Guess they finally made a monkey out of him
@@HouseOfFunQM I love you, Dr. Zaius!
But there could be other planets out there that might be very similar to Earth. With millions of potential planets out there, the odds are pretty good that some of them will be Earth-like. Even if only 1/10 or 1/100 of 1% are Earth-like that could still be about 10,000 to 100,000 planets and that's just in our galaxy.
Pretty much everyone's reaction to the Tim Burton reboot.
Douglas Levin The Tim Burton version, me the viewer uttered those same words.
It's a prequel...
no it was good
Or nah
The new movies are great
@@CapnGinyu the new trilogy is good. hes talking about the 2001 remake of the original (which was booty)
It’s one thing to write this ending but the way it’s put together is so perfect.
You see the back of the Statue of Liberty without knowing that’s what you’re looking at.
Then Taylor freaks out.
And THEN we see it!
I Was 7 years old when I watched that in the theatre with my mom in 1968
That scene utterly shocked me...I will never EVER forget that !
Everything happening in the world right now reminded me of this scene
It will be solved diplomatically. Once the phony corruption trial of the Russian peoples opposition and pootin foe (alexei Navalny) is over.
To compare this to russia invading Ukraine is a gross mismatch.
Whenever there is talk of the possibility/probablity of nuclear war, I always reflect on this scene.
このシーン小学3の時見ました。未だにこれを超えるラストシーンは、見た事が有りません…
「時をかける少女」のエンドロールの最後を注意深く観察すると、知世さんの背後に「西方寺普明閣の石灯籠」と「未開花の桜」が映し込まれています。
「西方寺普明閣の石灯籠」は、明らかに「住吉神社の石灯籠」のオマージュであって、それは１９５３年１１月３日劇場公開の「東京物語」を制作した小津安二郎監督の象徴でした。
というこは、「未開花の桜」は、合理的に考えて原田知世さんの象徴ということになります。
芳山和子は、エンドロールの列車の場面でニセの深町一夫に「菜の花」を手渡しています。
「菜の花」は、１９５４年公開の映画「二十四の瞳」のワンシーンのオマージュです。
その直後、和子は、堀川吾朗に何か「白い包み」を手渡していますが、私は、それが「２０３３年４月１６日（土曜日）の物語」のシナリオであったはずであると考えています。
大林宣彦監督は２０２０年４月１０日に亡くなりましたが、監督は、生前にその「続編」のシナリオを完成させていたはずです。
人類の歴史において、半世紀の時間を隔てて「続編」が発表された事例は過去に一度も存在しません。
原田知世さんは、２０３３年４月１６日（土曜日）にチャールトン・ヘストンさんのことを超える存在になることでしょう。
It's more chilling without a dramatic musical sting or number. Something so chilling about the faraway shot with nothing but the waves as the soundtrack.
Exactly my feeling!
This film captures something that very few if any modern science fiction films can even grasp the surface of: tension. Throughout the entire movie, you are not fed the answer with bulky exposition or clunky dialogue, but the director trusts that the audience can sit and think about things throughout the film. The Planet of the Apes is a master class in how to create suspense in the audience while still keeping perfect pacing. I sit here watching this scene, remembering how my jaw sat agape when I first saw this movie many years ago when it was revealed that he was on Earth the entire time. The director puts everything you need to know right in front of you, but like Taylor, we accept that this desolate wasteland with men treated like cattle cannot be our home. Honestly, if there is a better science fiction movie, I have yet to find it; The Planet of the Apes deserves a place among history as a true masterpiece of cinema.
Agreed. This has no peers.
Hmm interesting
Ive seen a lot of people get confused because it seems so obvious he's still on earth from the beginning but honestly, look at it from a scientific perspective. Once they landed they assumed it was an alien planet because that's where they were going to begin with. Then take into consideration that they're astronauts and have probably spent decades theorizing over what life on other planets would look like. Its not unreasonable to think that perhaps life and its essential building blocks eventually lead to the same outcome with slight variables depending on which planet you're on. For instance the main character probably assumed evolution went exactly as it did on earth but instead of homosapiens being the dominant species, it was a different species of ape all together. Finding out that's not what happened and in fact the apes just took over would be staggering
This movie was so ahead of it’s time it was just amazing classic movie timeless
It was at the right time.
Still shocking to this day.
Exactly. Still erry to watch this scene.
People are calling science sexist and racist. The devolution is still happening.
@@lilydinh6059 Okay, but what does this have to do with this comment-no. This video?
the only difference is that today i do that very same thing every time i think of Trumper and the fascist GOP he owns. if i don't have access to a beach, i do it on my rug in the living room.
When I saw this movie as a kid in 1968, I never dreamed that this actual scene was filmed just 20 miles from the theater where I sat in the front row. I just found out where this was 2 years ago and I went there and stood on the exact spot where Taylor got off his horse and I recreated his reaction as my wife videoed me on her phone as she shook her head. ha ha Fun day. I would like to get a horse someday and the outfits they had on, my wife riding double behind me, and do it up right!
It's hard to imagine the effect this movie must have had back in 1968, and I've heard many stories of audible gasps coming from audiences at this, the ultimate of twist endings. Times have changed, and we would not have been fooled now. A planet identical to Earth, English speaking apes, and countless other clues would have had us declaring "Hey...hold on a minute..!!" within the first reel, but this doesn't take anything away from such an innovative and compelling story, which if you can suspend disbelief and put yourself back in the movie world before Star Wars and the like, still packs as big a punch as it did back then.
I remember going to see this film when it was first released and being gobsmacked by the ending. There are not enough superlatives to describe just how good an ending scene this is.
百聞は一見にしかず！
オ〜ゴッドと叫びたくなりますね！
I saw this movie on TV in 2008, 40 years since the first one. Obviously I had a blast with the movie as a whole but when I saw the ending, my jaw was on the floor.
yeah... was like : HOLLLYYYYYY SH***TTTT
Being born in 99 i was about 13 years old when i first saw this movie come on TV. Knowing nothing about it i decided to sit through it and see what it was about. After finishing the movie ending on this scene i was shaken to my core in a way that film had never done before where the true horror lied in that mankind might eventually fail, that we are not invincible and the hero doesn't always get the answer they were hoping for. To this day i never forget that feeling of total horrific shock (in a good way) thank god i didn't have it spoiled for me.
Agreed. I can't believe the world hasn't blown itself up like in this film. When the Dr. read that scroll to Taylor, the impact was almost as powerful as the ending. Man hasn't really changed at all.
One of the most iconic scene in the cinematography without a doubt.
Mr. Rod Serling wrote the screenplay for this film ( thus the incredible ending) Serling was an absolute genius of a writer👍👍👍
A master genius
was Rod trying to tell us, what they were planning for our future???
I saw this for the first time by myself in an afternoon serial (late 70's, early 80's). Damn -- I never forgotten it. I was like woo... a real, permanent, mortific surprise, and shock.
When I saw this in the theater in ‘68, the audience was stunned to silence at the ending.
This has come true today in America. They finally blew it all up. I guess 248 years was a good run.
I first saw this film in the 90s when I was in my twenties. The end was such a gut check and it made me sit still for several minutes, if not longer, thinking about reality. Far more than movies like Inception, which are designed to make you rethink reality. I think I even looked out the window to make sure the world was what it was. Powerful ending.
The film, the soundtrack, the atmosphere of this has invaded my dreamscspe for decades. A Masterpiece.
Wait. The fact that the apes spoke English didn’t lead to suspicion that maybe he was still on earth.
I had received a gift from a bank, a rubber statuette of the Statue of Liberty about the size of an index finger. I considered having it half buried in a sand box in homage to this famous movie scene.
That's actually a pretty good idea, but why not do it right, with a real model of Liberty, cliff, waves, etc? It would make a good lamp, or something.
I still remember this scene, it was 'back in the day' when great thaught provoking movies came out.
it would have been a more shocking ending if they didn't use the image on all the billboard advertisemtns and DVD covers
Oh my god! I was wrong, it was Earth all along!
I love you, Dr. Zeus.
Yes, you finally made a monkey out of me!
We live and die under your orders Boss
I love legitimate the-ater!
Oh help me Dr Zeus!
it’s been parodied endlessly, but for good reason. most of these “escape from alien planet” movies create a sense of horror at being trapped, but give you the sense of safety because there’s always home, there’s always Earth. This ending is absolute hopelessness, because not only is there no way off, but this hellish planet where humans are slaves IS Earth. There is no home and everything you knew has been destroyed. That’s what sets it apart, because it deconstructs the idea that there’s a way out in the end. You’re stuck here forever, and what’s worse, you can die knowing your home has become your prison.
For years after I've seen the movie, I used to wonder, was the earth, land so upheaval, or, was the Staute of Liberty broken off? Hey, I was a kid.
I wonder what it's like to watch this movie not already knowing the ending.
funny. the only thing I know about this movie is the ending. LOL
I could have had this privilege but I read the synopsis before I finished the movie lol
@@lepetitchat123 same, i was too curious
Have you seen the movie Titanic
I remember feeling horrified watching it as a kid for the first time. I didn't get a whole lot of sleep that night.
Anyone else feel like this might become a reality soon with current geopolitical situation?
There's a cosmic horror to this ending that I don't think gets talked about enough. Taylor said at the beginning "somewhere in the universe, there has to be something better than man," and basically, this shows that no, there's nothing else out there, Earth is the only home we've got, and we destroyed it.
In a way, this the nemesis of Taylor's attitude from earlier. He hated how humans treated each other, but he himself wasn't such a great guy either (picking on Landon and being unaffected by Stewart's death). He saw how messed up the world was, and rather than trying to fix the problem or consider if he was part of the problem, he saw himself as separate from the rest of humanity and tried to go find something better for himself. It's as if fate punished him by dragging him back to Earth to face the consequences.
He, as a part of humanity, made his bed, and now he has to lie in it.
Wouldn't he have seen that from much further away? It's like he just notices it's the Statue of Liberty from about 100 feet away.
Awesome and jarring ending though!
Larry Lutz
It's a slight cheat, but not a bad one.
He made a turn. The landscape hill was blocking the way.
Not to mention the position of the sun means they are on the west coast, the humans must have moved the statue of liberty to California before the apes took over
@@michaelfarrell4824 - East coast, in the next film they found the remains of NYC not too far away.
@@TheSkete Then why is the sun now setting in the east?
This has to be one of the best buildups to a reveal ever. Jerry Goldmith’s eerie music plays as Taylor and Nova ride along the beach. Then we see the torch and the crown. Taylor dismounts and realizes aloud where he is and what happened to his planet. Finally we get the zoom out and see the Statue of Liberty. That’s a triumph of filmmaking right there.
When i first seen it and he shouted "you blew it up", i thought he meant they blew the earth up and the statue 🗽 was just debris that had landed on another planet, i was only about 8 at the time so don't judge me 😂
Probably the most terrifying movie ending i saw as a kid. Nowadays i think we are heading for something not even the statue would come out whole
I've heard some people question the logic of how an astronaut didn't realize he was on Earth sooner. My personal opinion is based on Taylor's reaction he knew (or at least had his suspicions) the whole time but was trying to deny it. Once he sees irrefutable proof of what happened he breaks down
Thought he was on another planet ?? Not like he was dreaming
one of the best endings of all time
1:43
The greatest ending and plot twist in cinema history
Just finished the film for the first time. I kinda saw the ending coming, but it still came as a massive blow. I even knew it would be the Statue of Liberty, but it still came as a shock. What a perfect film.
@@varimarc1I felt the same when I watched this
BS , if you never knew then you never knew the statue of liberty was coming........
Interesting how at the end, after everything, he ended up on all fours.
I remember this the cinama was in silence for two or three minutes in shock before anyone moved. It was stunning!!!
ここは地球だったんだ😢 大好きな映画です❤
"Krieger, what happened to the submarine?"
1:46
Cobalt Falcon 😂😂
That scene still gives me the chills
Indeed... We are not that far though...
November 7, 2024. Am I right?
I saw this movie for the first time when I was five years old and I live in New York City!
I like the music choice in this scene. In that there is almost no music at all. A lesser film would've used some bombastic orchestra in the background upon showing the statue of liberty to tell you that this scene is supposed to be shocking. But not this one, there's just a subtle note quietly playing as he's realizing where he truly is and then it just cuts to silence once we see what he sees. Nothing to be heard but the tidal waves along the beach, just as he would've only been able to hear in this moment. He may have one friend to accompany him, but he is truly alone. He's the only one who remembers what was lost, in a world that has long forgotten it and (mostly) doesn't care to remember either. I don't think there's any way to have better incapsulated that kind of terror than what they did in this movie, ending it in almost pure silence.
When I saw this as a little kid I didn't understand it. Now, at 60, I understand it totally.
"Dear me. What are these things coming out of her nose?"
Space balls!!
@@Spacegoat92 Oh sh%&!
I CAN WELL REMEMBER THIS ENDING FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES WITH CHARLTON AND IT SCARED THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME JUST BRILLIANT AND THE MOVIE WAS GREAT TOO 🤩🤩🤩🤩
If anyone noticed in the 2011 remake franchise there’s news reports of a spaceship taking off into space and towards the end theres newspaper reports of it missing, and now with the franchise continuing I think the next movie is gonna be about the missing spaceship landing and be the remake of this movie and the one with mark walbherg.