Episode 523: Planet of the Apes (1968)

Guest Co-Hosts: Edward G. Pettit, Richard Hatem

A planet where apes evolved from men?

Sci-Fi Month continues with a look at the landmark 1968 film Planet of the Apes. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle, it’s the story of a quartet of astronauts who arrive on a strange planet where three species of apes -- Orangutans, Chimpanzees, and Gorillas -- are the ruling species while bands of mute, primitive humans hide in the forests, occasionally stealing the apes’ crops, and generally being a nuisance.

Richard Hatem and Edward G. Pettit join Mike to discuss the original quintet of films, the Tim Burton misfire, and the more recent trilogy.

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Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy the Planet of the Apes Legacy collection
Buy the Planet of the Apes Trilogy
Buy The Making of Planet of the Apes by J.W. Rinzler
Buy Planet of the Apes Visionaries
Buy Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
Buy Planet of the Apes as American Myth: Race, Politics, and Popular Culture by Eric Greene
Visit Hunter's Planet of the Apes Archive
Visit the Planet of the Apes Wiki

Music:
"Stop The Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off" - Troy McClure and Cast
"The Hunt" - Jerry Goldsmith

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Episode 422: The Omega Man (1971)

Special Guests: Joyce Hooper Corrington, Mark Protosevich
Guest Co-Hosts: Andrew Nette, Maurice Bursztynski

Boris Sagal's The Omega Man (1971) stars Charlton Heston as Robert Neville — possibly the last man on earth after a plague which has killed the majority of the population, leaving pockets of albino mutants who can’t stand the sun. They're known as The Family and lead by the one and only Anthony Zerbe as Matthias. They've vowed to kill Neville if it’s the last thing they do...

Maurice Bursztynski and Andrew Nette join Mike to discuss The Omega Man as well as the two other filmed adaptations of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend.

Joyce Hooper Corrington (The Omega Man) and Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend) discuss adapting Matheson's work for the screen.

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Links:
Buy The Omega Man on Blu-Ray
Buy The Last Man on Earth on DVD
Buy I Am Legend on Blu-Ray
Buy Richard Matheson's I Am Legend Screenplay (Censored and Unproduced) by Richard Matheson (and Mark Dawidziak)
Read Looking back at The Last Man On Earth by Ryan Lambie
Read The Last Man on Earth: Drama of a Lifeless Ordinary by Steve Johnson
Read An Apple Store Employee Has Written the Follow-up to I Am Legend by Don Kaye
Read I Am Legend by John Logan
Read The Legend of I Am Legend by David Konow
Read The Best Films Never Made: Ridley Scott's I Am Legend by David Brake

Music:
"I Am Legend" - White Zombie
"The Omega Man" - Cash McCall

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