Planet of the Apes (5/5) Movie CLIP - Statue of Liberty (1968) HD
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Taylor (Charlton Heston) understands that he's on Earth when he finds the wreckage of the Statue of Liberty.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
Originally intended as a project for Blake Edwards, the film version of Pierre Boule's semisatiric sci-fi novel came to the screen in 1968 under the directorial guidance of Franklin J. Schaffner. Charlton Heston is George Taylor, one of several astronauts on a long, long space mission whose spaceship crash-lands on a remote planet, seemingly devoid of intelligent life. Soon the astronaut learns that this planet is ruled by a race of talking, thinking, reasoning apes who hold court over a complex, multilayered civilization. In this topsy-turvy society, the human beings are grunting, inarticulate primates, penned-up like animals. When ape leader Dr. Zaius (Maurice Evans) discovers that the captive Taylor has the power of speech, he reacts in horror and insists that the astronaut be killed. But sympathetic ape scientists Cornelius (Roddy McDowell) and Dr. Zira (Kim Hunter) risk their lives to protect Taylor -- and to discover the secret of their planet's history that Dr. Zaius and his minions guard so jealously. In the end, it is Taylor who stumbles on the truth about the Planet of the Apes: "Damn you! Damn you! Goddamn you all to hell!" Scripted by Rod Serling and Michael Wilson (a former blacklistee who previously adapted another Pierre Boule novel, Bridge on the River Kwai), Planet of the Apes has gone on to be an all-time sci-fi (and/or camp) classic. It won a special Academy Award for John Chambers's convincing (and, from all accounts, excruciatingly uncomfortable) simian makeup. It spawned four successful sequels, as well as two TV series, one live-action and one animated.
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TM & © Fox (1968)
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Cast: Charlton Heston, Linda Harrison
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Producers: Mort Abrahams, Arthur P. Jacobs
Screenwriters: Michael Wilson, Rod Serling, Pierre Boulle
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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
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
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.
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
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 :)
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.
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.
"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
“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.
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!!!!!
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
@@hastalavistababyxd 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.
"You may not like what you find..."
ROMÂNIA /😰🌏😥🌍🌏😱
@@claudiaionescu1661 "Wait, where's my wallet??"
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".
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??? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
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.
“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
Don’t look for it, Taylor. You may not like what you find.
Those words are repeated in my mind always, doctor Zeus knew very well the nature of humans
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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!
"Dear me, what are those things coming out of her nose?"
"Spaceballs?"
“Oh s-t. There goes the planet!”
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.
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.
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 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.
このラストシーンは、歴史に残ります。
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?
Pretty much everyone's reaction to the Tim Burton reboot.
Douglas Levin no
Douglas Levin The Tim Burton version, me the viewer uttered those same words.
Dougl
It's a prequel...
no it was good
Just turned 12 when I went to see this. No movie up until then had a more shocking last 60 seconds.
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.
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!
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!
I've watched this about several and it's absolutely brilliant. I have it on DVD. This iconic scene never gets old and it will always be a timeless classic. I think it is my most favourite moment of the Planet of the Apes of all time.
A horse, a lady and a rifle. What more can a man could ask for.
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.
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.
1:43
The greatest ending and plot twist in cinema history
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.
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!
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 have never seen, nor will I ever see a better twist in movies than the ending of this film.
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.....
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
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
"Krieger, what happened to the submarine?"
1:46
Cobalt Falcon 😂😂
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.
Mr. Rod Serling wrote the screenplay for this film ( thus the incredible ending) Serling was an absolute genius of a writer👍👍👍
A master genius
Probably the greatest scene ever.
Well shit, there goes the planet...
T-70 X-Wing Same here.
Spaceballs?
Oh, shit. There goes the planet.
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!
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.
The music in the background leading up too the statue was a good selection not to mention the waves roaring gave a helpless effect
This movie was so ahead of it’s time it was just amazing classic movie timeless
It was at the right time.
When I saw this in the theater in ‘68, the audience was stunned to silence at the ending.
Interesting how at the end, after everything, he ended up on all fours.
Best ending to any film ever.
Period.
That scene still gives me the chills
Indeed... We are not that far though...
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?
Home sweet home. May as well chill pal...that moment when you realize there's no 'going back'.
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 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 !
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 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 still remember this scene, it was 'back in the day' when great thaught provoking movies came out.
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 most iconic scene in the cinematography without a doubt.
Oh my God this whole movie takes place in New Jersey
The "You maniacs" ending twist along with Rosemary's Baby (also came out in 1968) will forever be classic
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.
Anyone else feel like this might become a reality soon with current geopolitical situation?
I was today years old when I learned that this scene was referenced in 2005 Madagascar movie
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.
子どもの時これ初めて見た時の衝撃は今でも忘れない
Melman: can we go to the fun side now?
There is no way a modern version of this movie wouldn't put dramatic music all throughout the scene.
This kind of silence during a reveal isn't done anymore but it works so well
"Can we go to the fun side now?"
Bad day, but he still has Nova. 😍
If the reveal was simply that Taylor was on Earth the whole time, it would just be a surprise rather than a shock.
The reveal that Taylor's cynical predictions about humanity came true and it did indeed destroy itself? THAT'S what makes it devastating.
One of the unnerving scenes in cinema.
Yes. Another unnerving movie ending is the final scene of the original 1988 Dutch film, The Vanishing (not the remakes). Messed me up for days. If you haven't seen it, don't watch the ending clip on UA-cam - watch the whole movie.
Food for thought: Apes are immune to the Coronavirus.
Mystic Souls See, if this virus wipes out mankind, the apes, as in this film, will take over. Get it?
Oh no
arkady714 1:43-1:47 my reaction when, they’re delaying the movie release date from the Coronavirus.
Damn... 😂
Wait, we are apes.
Soham Sadhukhan We aren’t apes. We are humans. Both apes and humans are primates, just as lions, cougars and tabbies are felines.
Good lord... 🙄
So, did anybody got reminded that this was the references of Madagascar
PinkiePie Cupcake777
Yea
Can we go to the fun side now?
PinkiePie Cupcake777 god i hope your stupid -_-
AquaDronix The irony.
PinkiePie Cupcake777 No it’s not. Madagascar referenced this.
I watch this with my daughter about 5 years ago. She was probably 12 then. I wouldn't let her see the case that the movie came in. Because that would have spoiled it. She too was very surprised.
Wow, that's something. The Statue of Liberty floated all the way to California.
Nova definitely went Super Nova with really good looks.
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.
This is probably my favourite ending to a movie ever!
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........
I just realized after 54 years that the planet of the apes was in New Jersey!!!
Still is.
Wow, the ending scene had no music in it... That makes this soooo chilling. There's no super dramatic or sad music to hold the audience's hand here; we're just left staring with no sound except for the crashing waves.
That’s why it’s so haunting because there’s no music it just feels like a real moment, like we’re watching this man realize the penultimate fate of mankind
@@jjonahjameson8934exactly
Taylor foreshadows this when he tells Landon that there was probably a bronze statue made in his honour, probably turned green as he says.