Rise of the Planet of the Apes

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a 2011 American science fiction film directed by Rupert Wyatt. The film stars James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow and Andy Serkis. It is a reboot of the Planet of the Apes series. It is intended to act as a foundation with its own origin story for a new film series. Its premise is similar to the fourth film in the original series, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), but it is not a direct remake in that it does not fit into that series' continuity.^[4] It was released in the United States, Canada and India on August 5, 2011.^[5][6]

Plot

^{Will Rodman (James Franco) is a San Francisco scientist who has been trying to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease by testing a genetically engineered retrovirus on chimpanzees. The virus mutates the chimpanzees, giving them a human level of intelligence. One of his test subjects, a female chimpanzee named Bright Eyes, goes on a rampage because she believes her baby, to whom she secretly gave birth, is threatened. She is killed after disrupting a board meeting. Will's boss Steven Jacobs (David Oyelowo) orders subordinate Robert Franklin (Tyler Labine) to put all the test chimpanzees down, but Franklin cannot bring himself to kill the chimpanzee's baby, and instead gives him to Will, who names him Caesar (Andy Serkis) and raises him in his house. Caesar has inherited his mother's high intelligence, and learns quickly.}

^{Three years later, Will gives a sample of his cure to his father, Charles (John Lithgow), who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. At first, his father improves but, five years later, his body's immune system fights off the virus and his dementia returns. In his dementia, Charles gets into his neighbor's car and damages it, angering the neighbor (David Hewlett). As he threatens Charles and pushes him down, the onlooking Caesar attacks him. After the incident, Caesar is forced to leave Will's house and is held in a San Bruno primate facility run by John Landon (Brian Cox). The apes are treated cruelly by Landon's son Dodge (Tom Felton) who works as a guard there. Caesar is initially treated poorly by both the staff and the other apes. When Dodge brings his friends into the facility, one of them gets too close to Caesar's cage and is grabbed by Caesar, who steals his pocket knife, later using it to escape his cell. Caesar then frees a gorilla named Buck and, with his help, gains dominance over the other apes.}

^{Meanwhile, Will creates a more powerful form of the virus to further treat his father and new tests on chimpanzees begin. Testing on a bonobo named Koba (Christopher Gordon) reveals that it strengthens the intelligence of the apes even further. However, it is fatal to humans, unbeknownst to the scientists. Franklin is exposed to the new virus and begins sneezing out blood. He accidentally sneezes on Will's neighbor, and is later found dead in his apartment. Will attempts to warn Jacobs against further testing, but when Jacobs plans to continue it, Will quits his job.}

^{Caesar eventually escapes from the primate facility and travels to Will's house, where he steals canisters of the new virus and releases it throughout the cage area, enhancing the intelligence of his fellow apes. He beats Dodge down and, after showing his first capability of speech by shouting "No!" at him, electrocutes him by spraying him with a hose while his stun stick is activated. The apes at the facility escape into the city, releasing the remaining apes from Will's former place of work and from San Francisco Zoo.}

^{The apes then force their way past a police blockade of the Golden Gate Bridge meant to stop them from crossing. Jacobs arrives in a helicopter and one of his crewmen begins gunning down apes. Buck sacrifices himself to take down the helicopter, which crashes on the bridge, killing everyone inside except Jacobs. He begs for help, but his helicopter is pushed down into the bay below by Koba. The apes make it into the Muir Woods National Monument forest. Will arrives at the forest and is attacked by Koba, but Caesar stops him from harming Will. Will warns Caesar that humans are strong, but tells him that he can protect him if he returns home. Caesar, now capable of speech, tells him that "Caesar is home" in the redwood forest. Meanwhile, the virus responsible for raising the apes' intelligence has started a global pandemic among humans.}

^Cast

• ^{James Franco as Will Rodman}
  
• ^{Andy Serkis as Caesar}
  
• ^{John Lithgow as Charles Rodman}
  
• ^{Freida Pinto as Caroline Aranha}
  
• ^{Tom Felton as Dodge Landon}
  
• ^{David Oyelowo as Steven Jacobs}
  
• ^{Brian Cox as John Landon}
  
• ^{Tyler Labine as Robert Franklin}
  
• ^{David Hewlett as Hunsiker}
  
• ^{Jamie Harris as Rodney}
  
• ^{Richard Ridings as Buck}
  
• ^{Christopher Gordon as Koba}
  
• ^{Karin Konova as Maurice}
  
• ^{Terry Notary as Rocket / Bright Eyes}
  

^{James Franco was cast after talks with Tobey Maguire broke down.[7][8]Freida Pinto and John Lithgow joined the cast on June 22, 2010.[9]Tom Felton stars as the human character Dodge Landon.[10] As of July 12, 2010, Brian Cox was in final negotiations to join the cast.[11]David Hewlett announced that he had joined the cast via his Twitter page, though he had not mentioned what his role in the film would be at that time.[12]}

^Production

^{In a segment of a video blog post, director Rupert Wyatt commented on the originality of the plot: "This is part of the mythology and it should be seen as that. It's not a continuation of the other films; it's an original story. It does satisfy the people who enjoy those films. The point of this film is to achieve that and to bring that fan base into this film exactly like Batman Begins."[4]}

^{In an interview in 2009, Wyatt said, "We've incorporated elements from [Conquest], in terms of how the apes begin to revolt, but this is primarily a prequel to the 1968 film.... Caesar is a revolutionary figure who will be talked about by his fellow apes for centuries.... This is just the first step in the evolution of the apes, and there's a lot more stories to tell after this. I imagine the next film will be about the all-out war between the apes and humans."[13]}

^{Filming began in July 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia.[14] Filming also headed to San Francisco, California,[14] and around Oahu, Hawaii.}

Visual effects

^{Unlike all prior entries in the Apes franchise (which used actors in make-up), the apes were created digitally by Weta Digital using performance capture technology. New advances in the technology allowed the use of performance capture in an exterior environment, affording the film-makers the freedom to shoot much of the film on location with multiple performers, as opposed to the confines of a performance capture soundstage.[15][16]}

^Music

^{The score for the film was composed by Patrick Doyle and performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony.}

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I LOVED this movie, very very good, never was a huge fan of the originals, but this one makes you really think

[Sweet Lu]

this was an awesome movie!!!!!!! nice nods to the original and loved how it leads into the originals as way.

very great prequel.

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and some classic qoutes from the first ones

[Sweet Lu]

ypou know it baby

[letsgome]

As both a simian simile and a wonder of technology, Rise of the Planet of the Apes deserves to be in the company of the great original "Kong." This year's sixth "origins" story of a fantasy franchise (after The Green Hornet, Thor, X-Men: First Class, Green Lantern and Captain America: The First Avenger) is also the year's finest action movie.To showcase the special effects, the filmmakers reportedly trimmed many of the dialogue-based scenes, thereby dulling the dramatic impact of a strong genre premise.