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October 28th, 2013: Planet of the Apes (1968)

Oct28 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Apocalypse, Based on a Book, Dark Future, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Space Travel, Speculative Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged "The Forbidden Zone", apes, astronauts, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Makeup, Best Score Nominee, Charlton Heston, cryogenic sleep, desert, desert planet, Franklin J. Schaffner, James Whitmore, Jerry Goldsmith, Kim Hunter, New York City, nuclear war, Pierre Boulle, Rod Serling, Roddy McDowall, scientists, space exploration, spaceship crash, Statue of Liberty, twist, zoo

March 7th, 2013: King Kong Escapes

Mar7 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Adventure, Dinosaurs, Espionage, Event Film, Giant Animals, Giant Apes, Kaiju, Lost World, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "apes love blondes", Akira Ifukube, Akira Takarada, apes, Arthur Rankin Jr, cash-in, co-production, doppelganger, Eiji Tsuburaya, Eisei Amamoto, goofy monster suit, gorilla suit, Ishiro Honda, Japan, killer robots, King Kong, Mie Hama, Paul Frees, Rankin/Bass Productions, Rhodes Reason, robot servant, scientists, submarine, suitmation, T-Rex, the declining years, Toho, Tokyo, Tomoyuki Tanaka, uncharted island, United Nations

November 19th, 2012: Project Nim

Nov19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Documentary, Movie of the Day Tagged animal testing, anthropologist, apes, BBC Films, chimpanzees, Columbia University, hippies, inappropriate relationship, James Marsh, linguist, marijuana, New York City, scientists, sign language

February 12th, 2012: APE* aka Attack of the Giant Horny Gorilla

Feb12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in 3D, Comedy, Event Film, Giant Animals, Giant Apes, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, So-Bad-It's-Good, Spoof Tagged "apes love blondes", actress, apes, bad special effects, before they were famous, cash-in, Drive-In, interspecies lust, kidnapping, Korea, low-budget, models, movie production, movie stars, rip-off, shark, sleazy movie producer

November 24th, 2011: King Kong (1933)

Nov24 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Black and White, Dinosaurs, Event Film, Giant Animals, Giant Apes, Kaiju, Lost World, Monster, Movie of the Day, Stop Motion Animation, The Original Tagged "apes love blondes", apes, biplane, Bruce Cabot, David O. Selznick, Edgar Wallace, Empire State Building, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Fay Wray, King Kong, Max Steiner, Merian C. Cooper, National Film Registry, natives, New York City, Noble Johnson, obligatory love interest, RKO, Robert Armstrong, sacrifice, Skull Island, Willis O'Brien

Project Nim

Jul28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Documentary, Full Reviews, Reviews Tagged animal testing, anthropologist, apes, BBC Films, chimpanzees, Columbia University, hippies, inappropriate relationship, James Marsh, linguist, marijuana, New York City, scientists, sign language

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