Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Battle for the Planet of the Apes is a 1973 science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson. It is the fifth and final entry in the original Planet of the Apes series produced by Arthur P. Jacobs, following Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. It stars Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy, Severn Darden, Lew Ayres, Paul Williams and John Huston.

Told as a flashback to the early 21st century with a wraparound sequence narrated by the orangutan Lawgiver John Huston in North America 2670 A.D., this sequel follows the ape leader Caesar Roddy McDowall years after a global nuclear war has destroyed civilization. In this postnuclear society, Caesar tries to cultivate peace between the apes and the surviving humans. A gorilla general named Aldo Claude Akins however opposes this and plots Caesars downfall. Caesar is married to Lisa Natalie Trundy, the female ape of the previous film, and they have a son named Cornelius Bobby Porter in honor of Caesars father.Caesar regrets never having known his parents until his human assistant MacDonald Austin Stoker tells him about film archives of his parents where he can also learn about the future. The archives are located in the Forbidden City, now a radioactive ruin. After obtaining a geiger counter and weapons from the armory, Caesar travels with MacDonald and orangutan Virgil Paul Williams to the Forbidden City and sneaks in to find the archives. However, there are mutants radiationscarred humans still living there under the command of Governor Kolp Severn Darden. Caesar and his party view the recordings of Cornelius and Zira and learn about the future of the world, but barely have time to study the tapes before they have to escape being captured. Caesar assembles a meeting to report his discoveries at the Forbidden City. Aldo objects when some humans show up and he leads the gorillas away. ........

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