He can talk. He can talk, he can talk, he can talk he can talk...I CAN SIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGG!!!

The doll didn’t have any batteries. It was a 60s iteration of a “Mama Doll”. Supposedly, that sound was suppose to be a baby saying “mama”. When you tipped it over, it made that noise. I remember playing with one. Good grief, I’m old!

So glad to see someone starting off with the originals, they seem to get lost in the noise of the reboots these days. Dated, but still so iconic and Charleton Heston in his prime is such a charismatic actor.

There were three different classes of apes. 1: Gorillas. They are the soldiers and grunts. 2: Chimpanzees (Zera and Cornelius). They are the scientists and educators. 3: Orangutans (Zaius). They are the leaders, clergy and keepers of the faith. Also, the doll didn't have batteries. At the time of this film, most dolls didn't use them and used a bellows system instead.

Almost 60 years old and very relevant.

Theatergoers in 1968, which was a very tumultuous time, were shocked by the ending… it still gives me chills when I see it… that and the scene where Taylor cries, “It’s a madhouse, a MADHOUSE!”

I saw this movie when it first came out in 1968 in New York City. In the scene where Charlton Heston first gets his voice back and yells “Get your stinking paws off me you damn dirty apes” the ENTIRE audience stood up and started cheering and screaming at the tops of their lungs. I will never forget that moment.

In the "old days" of the 1960s, dolls didn't need batteries. They "talked" by gravity and air pressure, as this one they found in the cave. Some had wind-up springs - you'd pull a string to wind it up and then let it go to unwind and speak.

This movie is almost 60 years old….in my opinion it’s still the best in the series the soundtrack was epic…you have to understand…this movie was made at the height of the Cold War with the USSR….so the ending truly hit home hard

Something important to note about this movie is that it was written by Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone, which is why the iconic twist at the end is handled so beautifully.

Back in the day, film-makers did not have the modern crutches of CGI, etc and so had to use skill and intelligence to make films. Also, sequels were fewer (bad example here!) so, many more original scripts were produced, but all having the same essential element - a story. This may be why you are having such a successful visit to the past in cinema. So glad you enjoy these - there are so many "old" films to chose from! Love watching you watching them.

Nova was played by Linda Harrison, a former Miss Maryland who was married to production head Richard Zanuck at the time.

The irony of Taylor's journey is he left Earth because he was disgusted with his fellow humans. Then he found a place where humans were the second class under evolved apes. He makes the case that man was there before them and was better....only to find out that Dr. Zeius was right in the worst possible way.

Charlton Heston. One of the greatest actors ever and this is coming from a guy who wasn't even alive in the man's prime.

Yes, a cool,surprise ending back in 68. Nuclear war was popular conversation back then with the cold war. Saw this at our local drive in theater. The Apollo moon missions were going on also.

My mother went into labour with me in the cinema whilst watching Planet Of The Apes. Her waters broke in the seat she was sat in and I was born 4 Hours later. I always joke and say, it's probably why my arms are so hairy and I love banana's 🤣👍 *NOTE* This was The Woolton Picture House, Liverpool, England. Where John Lennon watched movies in his younger days. Its literally 2 miles from his Liverpool home and 2 minutes walk from the church where Eleanor Rigby's grave resides.

I love your reactions, Coby. Since you kept mentioning how Dr. Zaius and all the other blond apes looking the same, you missed that the head politico/scientists like him were orangutan descendants, the gorillas were the hunters on horseback, and the chimps were Cornelius/Zira, et. al.

THANK YOU for reacting to this great movie, Im 64 and this was the first movie I ever saw in the theatre in march 1968 when I was 8 years old. my mother dropped me and my older brother off at the theatre on a cold saturday morning, we sat on the 4th row from the front. this movie scared the hell out of me especially when the apes were first shown!, I covered my eyes for a few seconds. the ending of this movie blew EVERYBODYIES Mind!, the theatre was silent and everybodies jaw dropped even when they were leaving the theatre. this movie will always be special to me for those reasons. I just wish more reactors would watch this movie.

An interesting fact: The actor portraying Dr. Zaius, also portrays Samantha's father, Maurice, in the 1960s sit-com, Bewitched. Once you hear that voice, you always recognize it.

Linda Harrison (Nova) is my friend's mother. Dean Zanuck. She married into Hollywood royalty. The Zanuck Family, Richard D. Zanuck producer of too many movies to mention.

I've read that the actors who played apes had to have their lower mouth prosthesis removed to eat lunch and, without thinking about it, they all sat in the same groups; the gorillas sat together, the orangutans sat together and the chimpanzees sat together. I'm not entirely sure what that says about human nature, but there's a strong lesson to be learned about people gravitating to their perceived own kind as a natural response.

The concern at the time was about the possibility of imminent nuclear war, and viewers then mostly assumed that was the cause of earth's demise. Pollution was also a great concern, but not as much so. The film, and the original novel by Pierre Boulle, were intended to be satires of the actions of the human race. The screenplay was a dark satire that took the occasional obvious digs, like the orangutan's assuming the see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, speak-no-evil postures in the courtroom scene. Taylor's girlfriend (Linda Harrison) ended up marrying Daryl Zanuck, the studio head.

Coby's reactions are so genuine. It's very addictive to watch her watching.

I read the novel several years ago. In it, it was a different planet. The apes had cars, planes, all the same modern technology. Very different from the film.

We ALL had a crush on Linda Harrison back in 1968. In fact, YOU could be Nova’s Daughter❗💜🍸

That last scene is the most scary thing i've ever seen on a screen (i was a teen i think), no horror movie or sudden murderer appearance, this, is what most scared me, some 35/40 years ago... and even now i felt a little shiver on my back and scalp.

I love the look on Taylor's face as Cornelius reads from the sacred scroll. He's the ultimate cynic when he crash lands with Dodge and Landon. However, he's forced to change his tune a bit and defend humanity when harshly treated and put on trial, and as Cornelius reads him about the beast man, Taylor knows everyone of those observations could have come from his own mouth not long before he was captured.

Did you notice at the hearing ? One ape covered his ears , another his eyes and the other his mouth.

He does care. He knows more than he's letting on and he is terrified of it.

I remember my sister bugging my parents for a "Chatty Cathy" doll popular in the 60s. No batteries needed as they were totally mechanical activated by pulling a string and they also had squeeze activated, like dog toys today.

some facts: When it came out in 1968 it was Rated R, two years later rereleased as PG, then in 72 it was released again as a G movie. The ship went down in Lake Powell, Arizona. They walked through Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah. The fields and Ape City Are at the 20th Century Ranch in Malibu, Ca. a few miles from the M*A*S*H set. where he's being chased in town and in in a net Heston had the Flu when he said the line. The Hunters were Gorillas, Zira is a Chimp, and Zaius is an Orangutan. The story is from a book written in 1963. Nova, the hot girl was a Model dating the producer or director. In the book, all men were Nude. Not all talking dolls used batteries.

The behind-the-scenes behavior was studied by sociologists. The extras who were dressed in Gorilla, Chimp, and Arangata costumes all stayed in their species groups, even when they weren't on camera. And they wouldn't associate with any other species.

That baby doll doesn't use a battery it has a weighted valve in side that moves through a chamber and produces a variable whistle that produces that Ma Ma sound.

Watching this as a kid & having the dolls. When suddenly a news report on tv comes on saying guerrillas have made attacks & took over the streets of Saigon. I freaked out

This movie was a big deal back then. The makeup was considered exceptional for its time. So, so good. I still enjoy watching it. The ending is one of the best ever in a movie. It was a gasping, shock when people saw it in the theater.

No batteries in the doll is a simple mechanism like a tube with a weight that makes a noise when you tip it.

Good reaction Coby. The reveal of the Statue of Liberty 🗽 got people really good when this came out. If you want to see another Charlton Heston movie, I recommend Soylent Green.

During the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s, nuclear war was our biggest concern, not “climate change”. That’s what Taylor meant when he said “You blew it up!” As long as nuclear weapons exist, there’s still a possibility of nuclear war and the destruction of earth as we know it…

The makeup and costumes were excellent in this! This was fun to watch great job!

Charlton Heston starred in a trio of sci-fi movies from the late 60’s-early 70’s: Planet of The Apes, Soylent Green, and The Omega Man. All three are worth the watch. Planet of The Apes was the first true movie franchise with 5 original movies, a cartoon series, live action series, a reboot and then 4 new movies. I recommend watching the first four original movies and new movies with CGI. Another fun sci-fi movie filmed at the Lake Powell location (where the ship crashed) is “Evolution,” starring David Ducovny and Julianne Moore.

Heston is my favourite actor. He portrays my favourite historical figure in the film "Khartoum" as well, he's in films I really like "Soylent Green", "the Omega Man", "55 Days at Peking", "Ben Hur", "The Ten Commandments", "El Cid", and this movie

seen this movie when i was 9 years old... 50 cents to get in ...popcorn .25 cents ...pop .15 cents ....paper route money ...the best of times...........

I saw this movie when it came out in the 60s, I was 7 years old and it scared me. I had nightmares of being on the beach and the gorilla's on their horses! Eventually after the third one came out the downtown theaters would show all 3 ,so you would be there all day. What a great time to be a kid.

My wife bought me *The making of The Planet Of The Apes* book 10 years ago, which I'm now finally reading. There's some great bits of trivia in it. For example... Charlton Heston's beard was real, but the other two astronauts beards were fake. DAY 1 filming didn't start until over a day later. Due to the make-up assistant forgetting to to pack the beards. That assistant had to return to LA before returning back with the beards, to the crash landing location on Lake Powell, Utah. At Taylor's trial. The Orangutan sat in the middle at the court desk, is *James Whitmore* who played the Brookes, the old guy who hangs himself in *The Shawshank Redemption*

32:10 No batteries. The simulated voice is activated by tilting the doll. Kinda like a giggle stick.

37:18 "Oh my God, I was wrong. It was earth all along!" 🎶

The music won an academy award.

Absolutely BLEW MY MIND when I was 8 and saw it at the Drive-In.

The Dr. Zeus song from The Simpsons was a mixup of this movie with the song by Falco "Amadeus".

One of the elements i like best about this movie is the humor. There are plenty of jokes but the jokes don't detract from the story or characters. For example, "On this planet, it's easy" that sounds exactly like something Taylor would say.

In 1968, the War in Viet Nam was hot and heavy. This movie was almost bitter satire.

Love that huge beautiful smile you got when the apes show up! We got apes lol !

One of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time, loved it since I was a kid. The ape makeup was revolutionary at its time & won John Chambers an honorary Oscar in 1969. Twilight Zone creator, Rod Serling, wrote the original screenplay for this & it has a lot of Twilight Zone style social commentary around class, nuclear war, race, religion, etc. The ending at the time was a real shocker right up there with the twist ending of Psycho. Unfortunately, it's been parodied so often in pop culture over the last 56 years that it's not quite as powerful as it once was. The final scene, when Taylor (Charlton Heston) realizes he’s been on Earth all along, was filmed at a secluded cove on the far eastern end of Westward Beach, between Zuma Beach and Point Dume, Malibu, CA. Nova is played by Linda Harrison who was recommended to the production by her then boyfriend movie producer Richard D Zanuck. The next four sequels to this film are good & worth watching, but not on the same level as this classic.

Coby, you've watched one of my favorite movies of all time! 💕 VERY dark! I love how we just hear the waves crashing over the credits as the reality of a nuclear holocaust sinks in... I never get tired of rewatching it. If you like this one, perhaps you'll love my favorite, Forbidden Planet. ❤ Great show! EDIT: The Orangutans were the administrators, the Chimpanzees were the working class, and the Gorillas were the soldiers. There were a few references to racism (it was 1968, after all) and my favorite is Taylor's reference to Animal Farm when it's stated that all apes are created equal: "It seems some are more equal than others." The movie is a very loose adaptation of the book and was rewritten by Rod Serling, which is why it's like a two-hour Twilight Zone episode. I really appreciated that you kept right up with the movie and all its irony. You must be a very observant and intelligent person. I love how Taylor asks hypothetically if man has stopped making war and it shows how opposed he is to killing when he mouths "Damn" after he shoots and kills an ape. (There were talking dolls that used gravity instead of batteries back in the day.) I also love how Zaius then warns, "Don't look for it Taylor, you may not like what you find." He STF didn't! 😮 Best to you! ❤

When you say you can't wait to watch more Planet of the Apes movies, I can't help hearing the voice of Dr Zaius. "You may not like what you find."

Finally... someone watches the original first, now you will recognize all the references in RISE OF. About every channel has watched the newest movies first and had no clue they are filled with Easter eggs.

Yes, this movie was amazing to see in the cinema, straight after it came out. We were eagerly waiting for this movie to be finished and shown. There was some build-up hype in advance. As a boy I already read about the making of this movie, in the weekly magazines. Even with pictures of the apes, with how the prosthetics were done. Still everything in the movie was a surprise when we watched it for the forst time. The ending was never spoiled so everyone had the chance to see it as was intended. Thanks for sharing your experience. PS. Those dolls with sound work because of gravity. Inside is a rather simple mechanism that creates the sound after the dolls is being tilted a couple of times. No batteries needed.

DOLL did not have batteries to make it talk. They still had toy dolls in the 80's that talked without having batteries

Coby, Bravo...The final Statue Of Liberty scene was actually filmed at Point Dume Beach in Malibu California.

Dr. Zira gives the best presents!

The concern back then was less environmentalism and more nuclear war. Both devastating, but one much more instantaneous in its impact as compared to the other.

Orangutans are "orange." Point being why some are different colors. Notice the distinctions. The Orangutans are the intellectuals, the Gorillas are the muscle, and the chimps are the general worker class. Nova, played by Linda Harrison, was da bomb. She was Miss Berlin at age 16. Then went on to model and act. No batteries in the doll. It was motion activated. Consider the impact in 1968.

Coby I have seen all the reactions of the original Planet Of The Apes and IMHO yours is the best one of them all. 👍🏼

You thought it was going to be "like a fight thing" because that is what movies are today. However, instead, you enjoyed a movie with a STORY, which is what movies used to be. They were far more entertaining.

Oh my god, yes! Please continue with the originals! They don’t get enough attention! And then do the reboot prequels

It was very amazing to see in '69. When we saw the Apes we were awestruck by the makeup. There had been several behind the scenes looks at how they did the makeup. We went to the theatre in the day, and stayed until nearly closing time. We watched it over and over again. Back then a movie would stay in theatres for a very long time. We watched *Planet of the Apes* along with *In the Heat of the Night* Both were awesome.

I always liked Maurice Evans in this as the devious Dr Zaius. Always remember him as Maurice, Samantha's father in Bewitched.

This film was way ahead of its time and though the sequels aren't as good they are still fun and worth watching.

I turned 8 that year, but sadly, I didn't get to see it in the theater. My parents only took me to Disney movies back then. I did see it with a friend a few years later, when they first ran it on TV. It blew us away! It still works as a metaphor for how man too often behaves in unevolved, ape-like ways. That was the message. The apes are highlighting what's wrong with us. They represent the worst in us. WE are the unevolved APES. And we REALLY need to improve! The old band DEVO was stressing that message too. But with music! 🎶

That was a FANTASTIC reaction! Man, Coby is such a great reactor, and this is such a great movie. Her reaction to the apes reveal was priceless. Her commentary is always excellent, it's really great when a reactor already has a lot of knowledge and is just "filling in" the titles they don't know, and she is one of those types of reactors. PS: And that Dr. Zaius song from The Simpsons is such a classic, I'm so happy she now knows the reference! When she sees it again, she'll laugh even harder!

The final reveal is one of the most iconique in cinema. But Taylor as an astronaut would have eventually seen and recognized the Moon. At the beginning of the movie they mention not observing any moon around this new planet.

Dolls of the 1960s and 1970s didn't speak on batteries. There was a pull cord.

Great film. Loved Roddy McDowall as Cornelius.

This was definitely a mind blowing movie way back then. Remember their limitations on effects. You laughed at the "masks", but this was nominated for an Oscar for the make-up effects of the apes. The rest in the original series are not as well received as this one. They all have flaws, but I enjoyed them. It would be up to you if you go further.

This was a hell of a movie! I really freaked people out back in 1968!

The real twist is Dr. Zaius is the hero of the film.

32:00 they didn't use batteries, it worked by tilting them if i remember correctly.

Each level in an archeological dig site can represent a different decade or century.

Olivia Hussey is the actress who was in Romeo and Juliet. She was also in the 1990 television miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's IT. Linda Harrison is the actress who plays Nova. She was also in the Cocoon films in the 80's. As a little boy in the 70's, I grew up watching all the Planet of the Apes films on TV, as well as the live action series and the animated series. Each film is thought provoking in its own way. And that reveal at the end, when Taylor finds out that he has been on Earth the whole time. Mind blowing. I cannot wait to see your reactions to the other films. Hoping you also react to the trilogy from the later 2000's, with Andy Serkis.

I remember reading that when this film won an Oscar for the makeup, Stanley Kubrick was annoyed and remarked that the judges must have thought those were real apes in 2001.

The Dr. Zaius song on the Simpsons was a parody of the 80's song "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco, which is an homage to Mozart and came out about the same time as the famous movie "Amadeus".

21:30 “He can talk, he can talk, he can talk!” “I CAN SING!!”

32:00 Old toy dolls typically had a mechanism inside that, when the doll was turned over, would produce a sound resembling “mama.” This sound was often generated by a simple bellows or reed system that emitted the word when activated by motion.

I saw this in the theater in 68. shortly after that I saw 2001 a space odyssey...been hooked on si-fi ever since!!!

32:00 you can have a talking doll without batteries. Back in the 60's we didn't have battery-operated dolls. This is called gravity speech. There's a little tube inside the doll with special holes in it. Inside this tube is a plastic ball or diaphragm. The diaphragm or ball slides up and down the tube pushing air through the holes and just like an organ it creates sound which mimics speech. The dolls not actually saying mama it's hitting musical notes to imitate the word mama. Stop assuming everything has batteries in it. We did live in a world with amazing technologies before the invention of batteries.

Hands down one of my favorite movies from my childhood.

When the madness hits or passes 11, we all give that laugh that Heston gives after the tiny flag is planted. BTW, the little song you were singing is "Rock Me Admadeus." Also, back when this film came out, the overriding concern was nuclear war. It was only a few years since Russia tried to put nuclear missiles in Cuba, a situation which almost resulted in a nuclear war.

My dad took us kids to the movies to see this in the stationary wagon. I was 8 and sat wondering up until they ran into the apes wondering when that was going to happen.

I love Zaius' last words to Taylor, its a genuine plea to not seek out the truth. He even calls him by his real name for the first time.

Aahh,yes! The beginning of a beautiful friendship, I remember watching this in the 70’s with my dad, that and Star Trek, I was 5

Singing the Dr Zeus song was too cute! 😂

The greatest surprise ending in the history of cinema.

Years ago, I found out this was written by Rod Serling. Anyone who has ever watched The Twilight Zone episodes wouldn't be surprised at all. The twists and the ending have that Rod Serling feeling all over it. Coby, ther are so many great movies I would love to see you react to, starting with so many of the great adaptations by Stephen King. 12 Angry Men (1957), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), and Anatomy of a Murder (1959). I could go on and on. The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile are two movies everyone has done for a reason. I am sure you have seen most of these if not all.

I believe the mechanism that makes the baby-doll's "Mama" sound is similar to that which makes the little cylindrical toy dealies say "Moo" when you invert them. Also, it's funny that Coby doesn't blink at the relationship between Taylor and Nova, who is essentially an animal. All appearances aside -- and, yes, Nova is pretty -- it's literally a human being taking an animal as his mate. Under the circumstances, Taylor's choice is understandable, but I expect he's going to get bit the first time he gets creative in the boudoir!

You didn't show it here but when Cornelius tells Taylor that Ceasar uttered one word, he said 'No'! I get chills watching 'Rise' as it immediately takes me to this film.

Fun fact. The makeup artist, John Chambers, received a special Oscar for the ape makeup. There wasn't an Academy Award for makeup, at the time. Also, Chambers was working with the CIA, as well. You can see his collaboration with the Agency in Argo.Chambers is played by John Goodman.

28:53 That day, Taylor was amazed to discover that when Cornelius was saying "As you wish," what he meant was, "I love you.”

An uncle of mine (Dad's closest brother) always referred to this movie as THE PLANET THAT WENT APE. When I finally saw the ending the first time, I realized he was right.

I saw this movie in 1970, and we were all blown away by the ending, as the Vietnam War was going full blast. We were day-to-day fearing a nuclear war with Russia, and we had been practicing Nuclear War drills in school since the 3rd grade. Yes, the effects are cheesy, and it's men in monkey suits, but the story line and plot is better, and the acting is better than the junk Hollywood is putting out. This one will remain a classic for years to come, while the remakes will go the way of the dodo bird. Loved your reactions and comments. Awesome!

One of the greatest movies of all times