The Planet of the Apes Chronicles

by Woods, Paul A.

• ISBN13: 9780859653121
• ISBN10: 0859653129
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-17
• Publisher: Plexus Publishing
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Summary

Published to coincide with the release of Tim Burton's remake of Planet of the Apes, The Planet of the Apes Chronicles recounts the entire history of the Apes saga via a wealth of interviews with cast and crew members of the original films, articles, story and screenplay development, essays and reviews of the five films, the TV series, comic books and animated cartoon series. Featuring the definitive Planet of the Apes timeline, correlating narrative events from the films, comics, books and TV series. This will be the first book to examine every aspect of this pop-culture phenomenon, including the new Tim Burton Planet of the Apes film and the early draft screenplays that precipitated its production. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Those Damned Dirty Apes!	7	(8)
Anthony Leong
Origins of the Species	15	(6)
Paul A. Woods
Planet of the Apes	21	(52)
Credits and Cast
Outline
The Hollywood Reporter review by John Mahoney
Interview with Pierre Boulle by Jean Claude Morlot
Interview with Arthur P. Jacobs by Dale Winogura
Interview with Franklin J. Schaffner by Dale Winogura and Jack Hirshberg
Interview with Rod Serling by Dale Winogura
Interview with Michael Wilson by Dale Winogura
Rod Serling's Planet of the Apes by Gordon C. Webb
Interview with John Chambers by Dale Winogura and Jack Hirshberg
Interview with Maurice Evans by Jack Hirshberg
Interview with Kim Hunter by Dale Winogura and Jack Hirshberg
The 30th Anniversary Press Tour.
Pierre Boulle's Planet of the Men	73	(7)
Paul A. Woods
Note on the Mutants	80	(3)
Paul Dehn
Beneath the Planet of the Apes	83	(10)
Credits and Cast
Outline
Press Response by Dale Winogura
Interview with Paul Dehn by Chris Knight and Peter Nicholson
Interview with Ted Post by Dale Winogura
Interview with Maurice Evans by Jack Hirshberg
Charlton Heston: God's Last Man by Paul A. Woods.
Escape From the Planet of the Apes	93	(6)
Credits and Cast
Outline
Press Response by Dale Winogura
Interview with Arthur P. Jacobs by Dale Winogura
Interview with Paul Dehn by Chris Knight and Peter Nicholson.
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes	99	(12)
Credits and Cast
Outline
Press Response by Paul A. Woods
Interview with J. Lee Thompson by Dale Winogura
Interview with Paul Dehn by Chris Knight and Peter Nicholson
Interview with Roddy McDowall by Dale Winogura
Evolution = MC2 by Paul A. Woods.
Battle for the Planet of the Apes	111	(5)
Credits and Cast
Outline
Press Response by Paul A. Woods.
What Planet are we on?	116	(2)
David Rieff
You May Not Like What you Find	118	(19)
Michael Atkinson
The Planet Goes Ape
Paul A. Woods
Planet of the Apes ephemera (including the TV series, animated TV series, comics and fandom).	123	(14)
The Planet of the Apes: A Chronological History	137	(12)
Dayton Ward
Ape and Essence	149	(10)
Paul A. Woods
Planet of the Apes Re-Imagined	159
Paul A. Woods