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A U.S. spacecraft crashes in a lake on an unknown planet after a long near-light speed voyage. Then the astronauts discover that intelligent talking apes are able to talk and control and they are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved in this planet.
Back in 1968, this sci-fi, directed by Schaffner and penned by Wilson and Serling, was original, quite intelligent , and well executed, garnering a special Oscar for makeup.
A dreadful film, a compendium of clumsy dialogue, one-dimensional characters, risible plot turns and long silences broken by incomprehensible meaningful looks.
It's a film to see, all right, and it does confirm Schaffner's talent. It is only that one can now see more clearly the limits of that talent, limits which are much narrower than I had hoped.