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Good News in History, February 8
58 years ago today, Planet of the Apes starring Charlton Heston was released in theaters. In the film, an astronaut crew crash-lands on a strange planet...
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On This Day in History
Good News in History, February 8
58 years ago today, Planet of the Apes starring Charlton Heston was released in theaters. In the film, an astronaut crew crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future. Although the planet appears desolate at first, the surviving crew members stumble upon a society in which apes have evolved into creatures with human-like intelligence and speech. The film was a box-office hit, earning a lifetime domestic gross of $33.3 million. It was groundbreaking for its prosthetic makeup techniques by artist John Chambers and was well received by audiences and critics, particularly for the score. READ more about the (spoiler) "statue in the sand moment"... (1968)






















