After crash-landing on an uncharted planet, astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. A sympathetic chimpanzee named Ari helps him evade the invincible gorilla army.

Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle. Videodisc release of the 1968 motion picture. Special features: feature commentary by Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Natalie Trundy, makeup artist John Chambers and composer Jerry Goldsmith; feature text commentary by Eric Greene, author of Planet of the apes as American myth.