The look of fear on McDonald's face as Caesar's speech reaches a crescendo is absolutely fantastic. Incredible acting in this scene.

I'm sorry, but this performance and delivery by Roddy Mcdowell is underrated.

That bloody stare from Caesar at 2:22-2:26 is so haunting. Coupled with the quick flash of flames across his face. Absolutely iconic.

As much as I empathize with Ceasar, can't help feel that Armando and his parents would be so sad.

As a hardcore apes fan for many years I would like to say that in my opinion, THIS scene is the late great Roddy McDowall's finest moment as an actor.

For a moment we didn’t see Ceaser the savior, we saw Aldo the original Lawmaker.

Most of these original Apes films were 'G' rated, regarded as 'family', yet they had the most tragic and messed-up endings I've ever seen. :)

THE DAY OF THE WRITING IN THE SKY WHEN YOUR CITIES LIE BURIED UNDER RADIOACTIVE RUBBLE! That line gives me chills!

The acting in this scene was well done and well written

"...And that DAY is upon You... NOW!!" gets me every time. Rest in peace, Roddy Mcdowell, you were a virtuoso.

Out of the “Apes” sequels, this one was my favorite. Very intense for its time, wasn’t afraid to be dark, McDowall’s outstanding and underrated performance as Caesar, and this “Apes” film in particular really felt like it had something to say. It has subliminal messages that criticize racism, police brutality, animal cruelty, and humans being drunk on power and control. These messages are very important for people to acknowledge and I feel planting them in entertainment like this is a very smart tactic to get a point across and to get people to listen. In my opinion, I felt like Caesar’s character was inspired by Malcolm X, which makes him even more of a bad ass! It’s definitely the most political out of the “Planet of the Apes” films and uses the most symbolism when you really pay attention to it. This one is definitely unique even to this day and has always stood out to me.

Roddy McDowall was such a good actor. :)

This caesar was more hardcore compared to rise. He killed lots of humans and pilled their bloody corpses. I wouldn't mind seeing it with today's effects.

After 50 years this scene and the film as a whole has lost nothing. The power of Roddy McDowell's delivery and the writing put this production head and shoulders above the new apes movies. The stern warning here is something we ignore at our own peril.

Now this is how the original series should have ended! Roddey MacDowell gives a great speech at the end and it ties the series together neatly. Plus, it gives us a much bleaker, if not better ending overall.

I once read an interview with Richard Zanuck, the producer of the first film. He said his decision to get Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter was based on the fact that they could be depended upon to convey everything with their eyes because the Prosthetics made normal expression limited and they would have to relearn how to create realistic facial expressions. This scene drives home what he was talking about. You simply cannot take your eyes off Roddy McDowalls eyes in this scene, his eyes are saying it all. He had by this time long mastered how to use the prosthetics for Expressions also. I think Kim Hunters Shining Moment of acting through her eyes was the close up of Ziras face in the first film when Taylor first speaks.

I often go back to this clip and always notice different things. This time I noticed: 1. The way MacDonald says, "I know" is full of sympathy and understanding. He's saying I know you're different and didn't ask for this. 2. The way Caesar says, "The slaves' right" is so bratry and arrogrant. Like kid who is a genius and knows it. Also notice how he doesn't look directly at MacDonald. Great work by both actors.

Roddy Mc Dowell was a genious.... the way he channeled his own anguish and frustrations.... it exploded in this scene.... his pose.... the look in his eyes..... the placement of his hands..... almost fetal in ways..... wow.... fucking amazing...

This should have been the ending, made more sense than the watered down version. My favorite of the five films from the 70's.

Intense scene. Very intense film.

The high point of the movie. Roddy delivered a great performance here! Well written scene. Roddy Mcdowell had the weight of the Apes franchise on his shoulders after Heston left and I always enjoyed his performance of Cornelius and Caesar.

The novelization included this ending which depicted not only Breck's death but an orgy of killing. The books also included scenes originally intended for filming but were later dropped due to budget concerns. One scene that was to have "set up" the film concerned a gorilla who was trying to escape the city but was shot down by police in a very graphically depicted scene. It was dropped because Fox didn't want the film's tone to be established too much too soon.

Much better speech and ending.

And Governor Breck looks back with no fear. Don Murray said that he rehearsed his lines in German to get the proper feel for the character. It worked.

I love the fact that they brought back Jerry Goldsmith's original score for this scene.

Roddy, you were one of the Greats. We miss you terribly.

I must say, it is a lot darker than the theatrical ending, but then again, planet of the apes always had a dark tone to it. The second film ended with the entire planet being annihilated. And this movie was rated pg when the pg rating meant something. I think this ending works, because this movie is known for its feeling of violence and rebellion, and this ending fits that model pretty well.

The apes may see it as a Rebellion. I see it a coup. God this movie was amazing when I saw it as a kid.

Probably the best conquest speech scene ever!!! The designer of man's downfall actually saw it through for once and not stopped at the end :-) #HAILCAESAR

this movie had real balls!

This is such an amazing scene, the tension is unreal. The actors really gave it their all.

The original movies were just as intense and tragic as anything they do with the current movies. Superb actually.

One of the greatest endings to a movie of all time. ITS IN THE SPEECH

My favorite scene! It’s epic! Roddy McDowell gave an Oscar award winning speech. I love the Planet of the Apes franchise. I’ve seen them all! The bone chilling stare of Caesar is intense. You can feel how angry he is at 0:45. Caesar is my spirit animal. It reminds me of Avenged Sevenfold’s song Shepard of Fire🦍 🦧🔥

If 2020 were a movie, it would have to be Planet of the Apes: *Astronauts in Space *Apes stealing viruss from labs *Global Pandemic that harms humans and their pets *Racial conflicts and protests. Is impossible not think about it.

This Caesar is a lot more darker compared to the newer films

Truly one of my favorite speeches in a film. You just hear the power in his voice and you understand the message he gives. This is how you start a revolution.

They got to have this kind of speech in the new movie

I prefer this ending. Makes much more sense and is more in line with Caesar and his revolution and logic.

Powerful scene

THIS is the Caesar Proximus was idolizing 😂

THIS IS RODDY MCDOWALL AT HIS BEST AND MADE HIS PERFORMANCE STAND OUT OF ALL OF THEM

Very underrated film, probably the best of the series aside from the original. And Roddy McDowell’s performance was Oscar worthy IMHO.

Modern audiences need to see this.

Even after watching the new trilogy, this would probably be on my top 10 favorite scenes of the Apes franchise

Anyone else think Mcdonald is the best human character in an apes movie? I mean name better one

Only Roddy McDowell can act that good under massive amounts of makeup, Legendary speech and delivery, the Greatest SciFi Franchise in Cinema History, it most likely is the 1st, and best still going strong today🦍🦧

What a powerful and chilling scene. Especially with the eerie look in McDowell's eyes (especially at 03:10 and 03:21). None of the newer movies compare to the originals.

This speech is so powerful even years after the first showing. Roddy McDowell is truly a very underrated actor and this is one of his finest performances in his career.

This is how I imagine the War on Cybertron, with Caesar ironically being Megatron.

Caesar was like some kind of Ape Spartacus!

I've never seen this version of the ending and I totally dig it.

con este final la historia engancha a la perfección con la primera parte "El planeta de los simios", porque revela el lado mas agresivo de la rebelión y justifica su repulsión hacia los humanos. Sinceramente, esperaba que este fuera el final de la historia y de esa manera se cerraba un ciclo de este clásico de clásicos.

The later half and ending of this film makes it so worth it to watch.

Back then, we can understand why they changed the ending. Now, we wish this version had stayed. Caesar certainly has enough reason never to trust humans. And then they did the fifth film, screwing the original series forever....

If this version had gotten released in theaters back in 1972 this would've received an R rating. So would Beneath if the half human half ape child character had been in it.

2:30 *Breck:* Well...f*** me.

Gotta hand it to Governor Breck. Even when the gorillas rose to strike him, he looked 'em strait in the eye. Big balls there.

This was Roddy McDowalls best performance out of all his work.He did an excellent very believable Job

After years of seeing the watered down ending for the theatrical version of "Conquest", especially with the ignorance of the existence of this version (which I discovered about two years ago), it was a pleasure of finally see the ending as it was originally intended...

Now that I have all five original POTA chapters on Blu-ray, I always separate this version of Conquest away from the others leaving the theatrical version along with them.

The theatrical ending is better. Caesar was taught to be good and compassionate by his adopted father, Armando. The theatrical ending is more in line with the love that was shown to Caesar by Armando. I believe the relationship between a young Caesar and the Armando character should've been explored more in this movie.

The ironic twist is that Armando and MacDonald, and Dr. Dixon in the previous film, all help to cause humanity's destruction by helping Caesar. Hasslein had the right idea 🤣

Such a good series. Each one is amazing.

The one and only Roddy. This man was the greatest.

This movie really pushed the pg rating to it's limit.

My favorite ape movie out of the original 5 was Escape. I just loved Zira and Cornelius and their chemistry. Their story was so endeering and it made the ending that much more impactful...I was having a hard time choosing between Conquest and Escape (Conquest almost won just by Caesar's speech alone) but overall, Escape wins. ^_^

the speech is the same and the end result was different like we saw here, when the governor was killed. From what I understood from the interview of those involved in the making of the movie was, The all black audience who saw the other more radical speech and this last ending. Really enjoyed it in a freakish black radical way of the time and that was the true reason they changed it, not wanting to add fuel to the fire of that time period.

The original series should have just stopped here. Battle added little to it.

My favorite ending of all the Apes films!

the inevitable day of man's downfall, the day when he finally and self-destructively turns his weapons against his own kind. The day of the writing in the sky, when your cities lie buried under radioactive rubble! When the sea is a dead sea, and the land is a wasteland, out of which I will lead my people from their captivity! And we will build our own cities, in which there will be no place for humans, except to serve our ends! And we shall found our own armies, our own religion, our own dynasty! And that day is upon you...NOW!!

The ape screams over the credits is so haunting

MacDonald: Caesar, this is not how it was to be. Caesar the chimpanzee: In your view or mine? MacDonald: violence prolongs hate. Hate prolongs Violence. By what right are you spilling blood? Caesar the chimpanzee: By the slave’s right to punish his persecutors. MacDonald: Caesar, I, a descendant of slaves, am asking you to show humanity. Caesar the Chimpanzee: But I was not born human. Macdonald: I know. The child of the evolved apes. Caesar the chimpanzee: Whose children shall rule the Earth. Macdonald: For better or for worse? Caesar the chimpanzee: Do you think it could be worse? 0:10

greatest ending to a movie.

Amazing this is happening outside the CNN right now.

I heard this came around the time of the African American riots in LA and a lot of African Americans in the audience were getting very excited at Ceasars powerful speech over fair right and equality etc. I'm not being racist . I'm saying this was as I heard it , when they were explaining things in the extras of the video

I remember how people were leaving the Theater, Families with kids, expecting things like the old films... funny, when the Movie exactly ends!

Thanks for posting, this is the alternate ending that was then edited too give the human race a more hopeful future.

This movie's entire point was showing how corrupted and evil anyone can get when they justify their outbursts with the cruel actions others display onto them. Caesar is portrayed as the sympathetic protagonist who becomes the villain himself when he just continues the cycle of hatred. Mr MacDonald was the true good guy by the end of the movie. Sure he lived in this society but he wanted change as well and related to Caesar's turmoil. But he found himself powerless to the fates of the universe as history repeated itself. If one truly wants change for the better, you must start with yourself and spread your goodwill and morals to those close to you.

One aspect that everyone forgets about the apes films they had some of the bleakest and most shocking endings. This ending haunted me than the original and beneath the planet of the apes.

I like how the black audiences resonated more with this ending while the white audiences thought this ending was too "extreme and dark".

Great ending. The original series should've just ended here, so it goes full circle. I was so disappointed by Battle's ending.

this is the ending the film deserved...... I would love to see this one re-made with a real budget and kept faithful to the original story....

A darker ending but better!

the way how humanity is today chaotic and complicated does anybody feel it should end.

I like Caesar more in the reboot this one is more bloodthirsty. Also he Reminds me of sheldon from big bang theory with how he talks.

Saw this as a kid back in the Day beyond awesome movie hand's down! My ultimate favorite hand's down 💯🤘🤘🤘

Comparing this Caesar to the new one: this Caesar gained humanity later on but the new Caesar was raised human and even in the face of horrible times never lost his humanity. I prefer new Caesar and looking forward to the coming movie “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.”

I miss these actors and actresses' they made damn great movies and char for this saga and the music omg the music fits so damn well!!!!!

A meteorite came and wiped out the cats and dogs with sickness. So man looked towards apes and found out they can do chores

The scene of buried fears deep inside.

I bet Koba would like this ceasar better

Roddy McDowall was the best, he played the parents, the son, everything this is the best speech ever

We shall found our own coffee shop We shall found our own nail bars Our own phone network

The 60's and 70's version was the best. Roddy McDowell was the best....

Building in the background completely burning always got me 👍👍

My favorite Planet of the Apes movie. Enjoyed it since I was in my mid 20s.

I had no idea that this ending even existed. I have seen the movies over and over, who would have thought there was another ending.

Roddy could really summon the thunder in his voice and manner when call upon. Just watch his performance in CLEOPATRA when he reads Mark Antony's humiliating last will and testament to the Roman Senate.

Caesar, stop! That’s the longest run-on sentence I’ve ever heard!