Retour sur la Planète des Singes
Return to the Planet of the Apes is a short-lived animated series, by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in association with 20th Century Fox Television, based upon Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle. Boulle's novel had previously inspired five films and a TV series, beginning with the 1968 film Planet of the Apes starring Charlton Heston. Unlike the film, its sequels, and the 1974 live action TV series, which involved a primitive ape civilization, Return to the Planet of the Apes depicted a technologically advanced society, complete with automobiles, film, and television; as such it more closely resembled both Boulle's original novel and early concepts for the first Apes movie which were changed due to budgetary limitations in the late 1960s. Produced following the last of the big-screen features and a short-lived live-action television series, this series was among the last Planet of the Apes projects for several years following a number of comic books from Marvel Comics and a series of audio adventures from Power Records in 1974. Aside from a number of comic book series published by Malibu Comics in the early 1990s, the next project based upon Boulle's concepts would be Tim Burton's reimagining in 2001.
A trio of astronauts are thrust forward in time. They find themselves fugitives after crash-landing on the Planet of the Apes.
After nearly dying in an attack on the humanoids' caves by General Urko's gorilla army, Jeff is able to hide with Nova and avoid being captured.
The Simian Senate is holding a top-secret session debating the possibility of intelligent humans after one of Urko's soldiers returns, delirious from the Forbidden Zone.
Bill and Jeff move the humans from the warpath of General Urko and his army.
Urko and his army search the desert for the entrance to the Under-dwellers' caverns.
Bill, Jeff and Judy head for the human settlement across the plain between the mountain ranges when they spy human shapes far below.
Bill, Jeff and Judy begin building rafts to help the human tribes reach New Valley. As always, Urko is in pursuit. I wonder if he gets paid overtime...
During the night, Ape City is awakened by the sounds of huge, flying objects.
As a result of a dog fight with the flying monster, most of the plane's fuel is gone leaving only a two to three-hour supply.
Reports pour in to the police that burglars are striking all over Ape City.
Urko has been relieved of his duties for three months because of his recent negligence involving his leadership and the failed attempts at capturing Blue Eyes and the rest of the humans.
During an archeological dig, Cornelius uncovers an ancient, human-made book entitled 'A Day at the Zoo'.
Bill and Jeff discuss the best means of eluding Urko's troops when Judy insists that the laser previously rescued from the ship be used as a source of escape.
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| Language | English |
| Release | 1975-09-06 |
| Producer | 20th Century Fox |