Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

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Beware the beast man,

for he is the Devil's pawn.

Alone among God's primates,

he kills for sport or lust or greed.

Yea, he will m*rder his brother

to possess his brother's land.

Let him not breed in great numbers,

for he will make a desert
of his home and yours.

Shun him,

for he is the harbinger of death.

Nova.

Where will you go?

Follow the shoreline.

Don't try to follow us.

I'm pretty handy with this.

Of that, I'm sure.

All my life I've awaited your coming
and dreaded it.

You're afraid and you hate me. Why?

The Forbidden Zone
was once a paradise.

Your greed made a desert of it
ages ago.

That doesn't tell me why.

A planet where apes
evolved from men?

There's got to be an answer.

Don't look for it, Taylor.

You may not like what you find.

Zira, Cornelius, untie me.

What will he find out there, Doctor?

His destiny.

Damn you all to hell!

No, skipper. It's me again.

Just me.

Brent...

did you contact Earth?

I tried to, sir.
Not a crackle.

Skipper...

I took an Earth time reading
just before reentry.

What did you get?

3955.

3955?

A.D.

Almighty God.

Well, we were following
Taylor's trajectory, so...

...whatever happened to us
must have happened to him.

What about us?
Where...

Where are we?

In my opinion, skipper, we've...

we passed through a Hasslein Curve,

a bend in time.

I don't know what planet we're on, but...

but we're both here,
we're breathing, we're conscious, we got...

plenty of oxygen and water.

We're going to be all right, skipper.

As soon as you feel better, we'll...
we'll run a navigational lesson.

God, if I could only see the sun.

It's up there all right.

You can feel it.

Yes...

but which sun?

I don't know.

I don't know. Our computer's shot.
We're lucky to be alive.

Lucky?

No.

If it's 3955 A.D...

Oh, my God.

My wife...

my two... daughters...

dead.

Everyone I ever knew.

Everyone.

Hey!

Who are you?

I... Don't be afraid.
I just...

Just tell me where I am.

Can you understand me?

My name's Brent.

Brent.

I don't want to hurt you.

I just want to know where I am.

Where are you from?

I mean, your people,
where are they? How do I...

How do I get to them? Which way?

Can you... Can you talk?

Right, right, so you can't talk.

Taylor!

Where is he?

Taylor.

Taylor.

Nova.

Nova.

Nova.

Come on.

That's the idea.

Taylor.

Nova.

Here.

Taylor.

Taylor.

OK, here's the prize.
Go to the head of the class.

Why don't we settle down
and found a colony?

The kids will learn to talk.

Sure they will.

Now, where in hell
do we go from here?

We might make it yet.

Taylor.

Taylor.

Just tell me what happened to him.

Is he hurt? Is he alive?

Where is he?

It wasn't here.

A minute ago, that wasn't here.

I'm not the only one.
She sees it, too.

Listen.

Listen now.

If you lose me...

If you lose me...

me,

try to find Zira.

Remember? Zira.

Go find Zira.

Zira.

This tag,

did he give it to you?

Where did you get this?

Look, is there...
is there someone...

some other... someone who can talk?

Look.

You...

take me...

to Taylor.

Taylor.

Taylor now.

Which way?

My God, it's...

It's a city of apes.

I'll tell you one thing
every good soldier knows.

The only thing that counts
in the end is power.

Naked, merciless force!

Members of the Citizens' Council,

I am a simple soldier,

and as a soldier, I see things simply.

I don't say all humans are evil

simply because their skin is white.

No.

But our great Lawgiver tells us
that never...

never will the human
have the ape's divine faculty

for being able to distinguish

between evil and good.

The only good human is a dead human!

It's a bloody nightmare.

But those fortunate enough
to remain alive will have the...

privilege of being used
by our Minister of Science,

the good Dr. Zaius.

Zira, stop. You're in danger.

So is the future of science,

with that rabble-rouser fomenting
a senseless military adventure.

The Forbidden Zone
has been closed for centuries,

and rightly so, however...

we now have evidence that...

vast barren area
is inhabited.

By what or by whom we don't know,

but if they live, and live they do,

then they must eat.

Now we must replenish the lands

that were ravaged by the humans

with new improved feeding grounds,

and these grounds we can obtain
in the once Forbidden Zone.

It is therefore our holy duty
to put our feet upon it,

to enter it, to put the marks of our g*ns,
our wheels, and flags upon it!

To expand the boundaries
of our ineluctable power.

And to invade.

Invade!

Invade!

Invade!

Zira, please, as your husband,
I beg you to stand.

Only for my principles.

All right,
for your principles and mine.

Only please stand!

I got to get out.
I got to get back up there.

I don't know how or what with, but...

I'm not staying here.

General, I only pray
you know what you're doing.

How can you have any doubt,
Dr. Zaius?

You're aware of reports
we've been receiving of...

strange manifestations
in the Forbidden Zone,

manifestations which you,
if I might add,

as Minister of Science,
have been unable to fathom.

Twelve...

Twelve of my finest scouts
just disappeared,

vanished into thin air.

- Eleven.
- Huh?

Ha ha ha!
Very well, eleven...

Eleven.

And the twelfth returned
with incredible stories of...

huge walls of fire,

strange violent earthquakes,

his... his mind gone,
shattered no doubt by...

some unsimian t*rture.

Well, General,

I still think you're being hasty.

No, Doctor. Decisive.

Now we invade or we starve.

It's as simple as that.

And as dangerous.

What is more dangerous
than famine, Doctor?

The unknown.

If I had any proper sense of...

scientific purpose, Cornelius,

I shouldn't be cutting up
the healthy heads of humans.

I should be dissecting
the diseased brains of gorillas

to find out what went wrong.

And how would you put it right?

I've wet-nursed their babies
on the milk of chimpanzees

and the milk of kindness.

At least our child, when it's born,
won't be breast-fed on bile.

You know, my dear,

the trouble with us intellectuals

is we that have responsibilities
and no power.

I think I'll make chocolate icing.

Do you like chocolate?

- What, dear?
- No, you don't. But I do.

If we had that power
here in our hands,

we'd be worse than them.

I don't agree.

Gorillas are cruel
because they're stupid...

all bone and no brains.

Zira, my dear,

I wish you would not talk like that.

Somebody is liable to hear you.

Nova!

What are you doing here?

Taylor?

No, not Taylor. My name's Brent.

You talked!

That's impossible.

In a whole lifetime

devoted to the scientific
study of humans,

I've only found one other
like you who could talk.

Taylor.

Is he alive?
Have you seen him?

Where? Where? Tell us.

Where? Where?
I don't know where.

I'm trying to find him.

The longer I stay,
the less I'm beginning to care.

Oh, now, we loved Taylor.

He was a fine, a unique specimen.

Why, if it had not been for Zira here,

he... he would still be here,

a stuffed specimen
in the great hall of the Zaius Museum,

with his two friends.

With his two friends?

Well, I don't plan
to stay around here quite that long.

Look, can you get me
some food, some... some water,

a map... a map,

so at least I'll have some idea
where I'm heading?

You'll want that taken care of, too.

I'll get the map.

Now, if you will look up here,

ah, yes, towards the north.

This was the last place
that we saw Taylor and Nova.

What is that damn stuff?

You wouldn't know if I told you.

Just relax.

Among other things, I'm a trained vet.

Oh, great. Go on, go on.

Taylor was riding with Nova here,

between the lake and the sea.

Yes, they were heading
deep into the territory we call...

Yes, I know.
The Forbidden Zone.

- Who told you that?
- Hmm?

Your glorious leader back there.

- Zira!
- Quick. Quick.

Cornelius, open the door.

- Put the things away.
- Open it!

Dr. Zaius, how nice.

We were just about
to have something to eat.

Not until I've talked some sense
to that headstrong wife of yours.

- Where is she?
- Good day, Dr. Zaius.

Has there been an accident?

- Cornelius hit me.
- Huh?

For my bad behavior at the meeting.

I don't blame him.

I don't resent it, but...

his nails need clipping.

Enough of this nonsense.

Are you so blind,
you two psychologists

that you're unaware
that we're on the verge of a grave crisis?

You heard Ursus' speech.

Militaristic tripe.

Zira!

Perhaps. But now he has
the incident he requires

to go on a rampage of conquest.

But that is appalling!

To remain silent

while this bully Ursus
is permitted to...

destroy everything
in his path is no longer possible.

As Minister of Science,
it's my duty to find out

whether some other
form of life exists.

Where are you going?

Into the Forbidden Zone with Ursus.

Another manhunt, Doctor?

Someone or some thing has outwitted
the intelligence of the gorillas.

- That shouldn't be difficult.
- Shh, Zira.

We apes have learned
to live in innocence.

Let no one, be it man
or some other creature,

dare to contaminate that innocence.

Why, is innocence so evil?

Ignorance is!

There's a time for truth.

And the time is always now.

Are you asking me
to surrender my principles?

I am asking you
to be the guardians

of the higher principles of science
during my absence.

I am asking for a truce
with your personal convictions

in an hour of public danger.

And you shall have it, Dr. Zaius,

or I shall hit her again.

Let us have no violence,
Cornelius.

Now, I'm relying on you both.

And we are counting
on you, too, Doctor.

If I should fail
to return from the unknown,

the whole future
of our civilization

may be yours
to preserve or destroy,

so think well before you act.

Good-bye, Dr. Zaius,
and good luck.

Let me finish this up
and get you out of here!

Yeah, get me
out of here, please.

I've seen the delicate, humane way
they treat humans here.

- I don't much care for it.
- Have you a horse?

Yeah, out in the scrub.

I'd better get you
another set of clothes,

the kind fit for humans,
like yourself.

You'll pass. Get rid of this.

And this, too.

If you are caught by the gorillas,
you must remember one thing.

- What's that?
- Never to speak.

What the hell would I have to say
to a gorilla?

But you don't understand.

Only apes can speak.

Not her, and not you.

If they catch you speaking,

they will dissect you
and they will k*ll you

in that order.

Cornelius is right.
Be very careful.

And get out of these things you're wearing
as soon as you can.

Thanks.

Thank us by finding Taylor.

Yeah, if he's still alive.

Sergeant, wait!

This is a type-E cranium.
Very unusual.

With occipital development.

Substandard lobe.

Female.

It's been a long time
since we've been able to study

specimens of such extraordinary
clinical interest.

Bring them inside.

No!

No, you can't have them.

They are marked
for target practice.

Take them away.

I'll take the key.

To the target range!

Uh, wait! Wait!

I'd better double lock the door.

Good luck.

All right!

God Almighty.

This used to be my home.

I...

I lived here, worked here.

What...
What happened? What...

What could've happened?

My God, did we finally do it?

Did we finally really do it?

O God,

bless, we pray You,
our great army

and its supreme commander

on the eve of a holy w*r

undertaken for Your sake,

and grant,

in the name of Your Prophet,

our great Lawgiver,

that we, Your chosen servants,

created and born
in Your divine image,

may aspire the more perfectly

to that spiritual Godliness

and bodily beauty

which You, in Your infinite mercy,

have thought fit to deny
to our brutish enemies!

So be it.

There they go,

Dr. Zaius trotting
along beside them.

Don't be too hard
on the old boy, Zira.

His motives are honest.

He has only one motive...

to keep things exactly
as they have always been.

I say that it's time
for a change.

But Zira,
we chimpanzees are too few.

How can we take initiative
when they're in control?

Love, yes! w*r, no!

No more lies!

No more crud!

No more g*ns!

No more blood! Stop!

Stop!

Stop the w*r!

Freedom! Freedom!

Whoa! Freedom!

- Freedom!
- Peace!

Peace and freedom!

Get off the road, young people.

- Freedom!
- Peace!

We want freedom!

- Get them out of the way.
- Wait.

We want freedom!

- We don't want martyrs, do we?
- We want freedom!

We want peace!

We want freedom!

Major, do it quietly.

- We want freedom!
- We want peace!

We want freedom!

- Gorilla brutality!
- Gorilla brutality!

Peace! Peace!
Peace and freedom!

- Freedom!
- Peace!

Peace and freedom!

Sergeant!

Are you what we were

before we learned to talk
and made a mess of everything?

Did any good ever
come from all that talk

around all those tables?

- I wonder where the hell they are?
- I wonder where the hell we are?

You know what I think?
I think we're near the Forbidden Zone.

- That's where the army's headed.
- That'll be real nice.

They'll roll over us, blow us to bits.

Why can't we go
back to our outfits?

Because the sarge says
to keep looking until we find them.

Nova.
Nova, Nova, wake up.

We've got to go. Come on.

That hum...

You hear it, too?

All right, come on,
we're going to follow it.

Well, whoever or whatever...

something's guiding us.

Whatever they are,
they breathe air.

Well, there's an intelligence
working in this place. That sound...

Good or bad, it's either a warning
or some kind of a directional device,

I don't know which...

It doesn't matter.
They know we're here.

Put my hands...

around her throat.

Off!

Hold her throat!

She...

dies!

Get out!

Get out of my head!

I reveal my inmost self
unto my God.

What did you say?

What do you mean there's no point?

Will they hurt her?

No, maybe not physically,
but here.

Here, you can hurt here.
I know.

Your lips...

don't move.

But I can hear.

No, I mean...

I know what you're thinking.

Nothing. I...

I saw nothing.

Who are you?

It's Brent.

Who are you?

Oh, I see. The only
reality in the universe.

That's nice to know.

I got here by accident.
How did you get here?

You got it all wrong.
Why would I want to spy on you?

I'm not even sure you exist.

Of course I know who I am!
I'm an astronaut!

I was sent here
on a rescue mission

to find a fellow
astronaut, Taylor.

We're from this planet, but...

but from another time,
2,000 years ago.

I know I...

I know it sounds insane.

And it's my insanity.

No, I don't know how to get back.

We came through a defect,
a slippage in time.

That's what must have happened
to Taylor.

I'm sure he tried to get back.

Yes, my skipper is dead.
I'm... I'm alone.

Who?

Nova? What's that?

Some star?
A galaxy? What's Nova?

Ahh!

All right, all right, yes!
I know her. I know her.

No, no. She's harmless.
Let her alone.

All right. Just tell me
what you want to know. Tell me.

She helped me

to break out of ape city.

No! Wait a minute!

Stop it!

I can't understand you.

You're all screaming at me
at the same time.

I can't separate it!

He's right.
He has only limited intelligence.

We should speak aloud,

and one at a time.

Are we to understand that
you were in the city of the apes?

Yes, two days ago.

What sights did you see?

You're talking.

Certainly we can talk.

It's a primitive accomplishment.
We use it when we must.

When we pray.

When we sing to our God.

You mean that...
that thing out there,

an atomic b*mb, your god?

You don't understand, Mr Brent.

The b*mb is a holy
weapon of peace.

Holy weapon of peace!

Holy weapon of peace!

Ah!

Ah!

Oh!

Mr. Brent,
we're a patient people,

but we are determined
to know what the apes want...

w*r or peace.

Try to understand.

The only weapons we have
are purely illusion.

You just imagined that he hurt you.

Traumatic hypnosis
is a weapon of peace.

Like the visual deterrent...

or the sonic deterrent...

Let me make a last appeal
to your reason

before we inflict more of this on you.

These are weapons of peace, Mr. Brent.

Like all our weapons.

Mere illusions.

Mere illusions?
Damn your hypocrisy!

Is that b*mb out there,
is that an illusion?

It's operational, isn't it?

The firing mechanism...
it's intact, isn't it?

We very much need
your help, Mr. Brent.

Why?

We are the keepers
of the Divine b*mb.

It is our only reason for survival.

And yet, as you see,
we are defenseless,

defenseless against
the slaughtering,

monstrous, materialistic apes.

I'll help nobody.

So go ahead, annihilate each other.

I forgive you your language.

There are times, I know,
when your sanity is about to give way.

I hope that does not happen.

I hope you can tell us...

...exactly what the apes are planning.

We've caught some of their scouts.

They're hideous creatures.

We've had them here,

standing precisely where you are now.

Either their skulls were too thick,

or they really
knew nothing at all.

Neither do I.

Can't you understand that
I don't know anything!

You make us very sad, Mr. Brent.

She can't help you.

She can't even talk.

Don't harm her.

We never harm anyone, Mr. Brent.

You're going to harm her.

The apes...
sent me out to you.

You're lying.

How do you know?

How do you always know?

Nova.

Now...

Tell us of the apes.

The apes...

are marching on your city.

Bugler,

sound the advance.

Ursus!

Ursus, I warned you.

Look what we're faced with!
I told you you should wait!

Brutal butchery!

I swear, those responsible

shall pay with t*rture
and with death.

If you have any pity,

get your soldiers
to sh**t our poor people.

I can't order them to do
what the Lawgiver has forbidden.

Ape shall not k*ll ape.

Hold your positions!

He bleeds.

The Lawgiver bleeds!

The spirit of the Lawgiver lives!

We are still God's chosen!

This is a vision!

And it is a lie!

The vision was false!

Bugler,

sound the advance.

Advance!

Stupid animals.

They don't have the brain
to hold our illusions.

We have no defense.

Except our b*mb.

Call our people to the high sanctuary.

Do you know the range
of their city?

- Yes.
- Set in the mechanism and wait for me.

I want a public thought projection
at adult and infant level.

Adults to the cathedral,
infants indoors.

Is now and ever shall be

World without end

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

The heavens declare
the glory of the b*mb,

and the firmament
showeth His handiwork.

His sun has gone out
unto all the land.

And gives light
unto the end of the world.

He descendeth
from the outermost part of heaven,

and there is nothing
hid from the heat thereof.

There is neither speech
nor language,

yet His voice is heard among them.

Praise Him.

Praise Him.

My strength and my redeemer.

Glory be to the b*mb
and to the holy fallout

as it was in the beginning,
is now,

and ever shall be,
world without end.

Amen.

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Almighty and everlasting b*mb,
who came down among us

to make heaven under Earth,

lighten our darkness.

Instrument of God,
grant us Thy peace.

Almighty b*mb

Who destroyed all heavens

And created angels

Behold His glory

Behold the truth that abides in us.

Reveal that truth unto that Maker.

I reveal my inmost self unto my God.

Unto my God.

Unto my God

All things bright and beautiful

All creatures great and small

All things wise and wonderful

The good b*mb made us all

He gave us eyes to see with

And lips that we might tell

How great the b*mb Almighty

Who made all things well

Let everyone go
to his private shelter.

Empty the streets.

They're to find
the city of the dead.

May the blessing
of the b*mb Almighty

and the fellowship
of the Holy Fallout

descend on us all this day
and forevermore.

Amen

I trust this simple ceremony convinced you
of our peaceable intentions,

and I'd like to thank you
for your cooperation.

When may we hope
to be set free?

You may hope whenever
you please, Mr. Brent.

How could we hope to let you go
on the eve of w*r, Mr. Brent?

You know too many of our secrets,

like your friend.

Taylor!

- You're Brent.
- My God, Taylor!

How in the hell
did you get here?

The same way you did.
Spaceship, ape city, subway...

- By yourself?
- No, Nova found me.

Nova?
Is she with you? Where?

I don't know. They separated us.

They tried to make me k*ll her.

Mr. Taylor, Mr. Brent,

we're peaceful people.

We don't k*ll our enemies.

We get our enemies
to k*ll each other.

I'm fighting it.

I'm fighting it off.

Taylor.

Taylor.

Aah!

Taylor!

Unto God...

I reveal my inmost self.

Ah!

This isn't exactly sterile.

We'll do the best we can.

Taylor.

Taylor, they've got a b*mb...

Atomic b*mb.

It's operational.
They intend to use it.

- What type is it?
- I don't know.

I don't know what type.
I've never seen it before.

- Didn't you see a series number?
- No numbers, just...

just some letters on one of the fins,
Greek letters.

Alpha...

- And...
- And omega.

What?

The doomsday b*mb.

My God.

Another lovely souvenir
from the 20th Century.

They weren't satisfied with a b*mb
that could knock out a city.

They finally built one
with a cobalt casing,

all in the sweet name of peace.

Those bloody fools.

They don't know what they've got.

I mean,
they pray to the damn thing.

If they sh**t it off
at some of those apes,

it could set off a chain reaction
in the whole atmosphere.

Burn the planet to a cinder.
How's that for your ultimate weapon?

This must be
what your scout reported,

a subterranean passage.

I think it's worth exploring.

What will you do, Holiness?

Everything necessary.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

I'm thinking just that.

Nova.

Nova.

Ah, God!

Should let them all die...

the gorillas, every damn...

Look what it comes to.

It's time it was finished.

Finished.

Taylor.

Come on, come on.

The b*mb.

Yeah.

Why not?

They're obscene!

Follow me!

Sergeant!

Arrest that creature.

This is the instrument of my God.

He can speak.

Your God, eh?

Sergeant.

Your God didn't save you,
did he, huh?

Ursus! Ursus, are you mad?
That weapon is built by man.

You can't sh**t it down
with only a clip of b*ll*ts.

If we can't sh**t it down,
we'll pull it down.

Rope! Block and tackle!

Get on it!

You don't know what you're doing.

It will k*ll us all!

I'll find a way to stop it.

Men, over there!

Ursus, someone at the pillar!

Zaius.

- Taylor!
- It's doomsday.

The end of the world.

- Help me.
- You ask me to help you!

Man is evil,

capable of nothing
but destruction!

You...

bloody b*stard.

In one of the countless billions
of galaxies in the universe

lies a medium-sized star.

And one of its satellites,

a green
and insignificant planet,

is now dead.