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Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 21, 1980

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

TV Movie, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction

User Score

55%

Original Title

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

Production Companies

20th Century Fox Television

Director

John Meredyth Lucas

Description

When the astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are captured in a fishing village that employs human slave labor, they must prove their worth as fishermen or be sacrificed to the 'gods of the sea,' or what the men call sharks. Escaping from the forced labor camp, the trio become involved in a plot to develop a glider to drop a fragmentation bomb on the gorilla council. [The fifth of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Tomorrow's Tide" and "Up Above the World So High"]