Saturday 20 July 2024

The Apes In Print

 




The three Planet Of The Apes annuals as published in Finland.




2001 Hungarian edition of Monkey Planet.



The German edition of Mad (courtesy of Robert Van Pelt).



French paperback edition of Monkey Planet, published in 2014 to coincide with the release of Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes.



The poster that was included in issue 1 of the Marvel Planet Of The Apes comic in the UK (1974)



A sample of Mike Ploog's original artwork for Terror On The Planet Of The Apes for Marvel Comics.





Look-In ("The Junior TV Times") TV series article from 1974.



Starlog issue 105 (1986)



Marvel ad from 1974.





I have no idea what these are. Maybe some Japanese Apes people can help me out!



Paolo Rivera's original artwork from Planet Of The Apes: Ursus



American Cinematographer, April 1968.



1974




Turkish editions (year unknown)



Dawn & Rise: The Art Of The Films (2014)







Rich Handley
Timeline Of The Planet Of The Apes & Lexicon Of The Planet Of The Apes





Japanese paperbacks: Escape To Tomorrow / Journey Into Terror / Man The Fugitive.

Saturday 6 July 2024

Os Trapalhões No Planalto Dos Macacos - The Brazilian Planet Of The Apes (1976)

Brazilian comedy troupe The Tramps ("Os Trapalhões") appear in this 1976 Planet Of The Apes spoof. Starring Renato Aragão, Baiaco, Renato Bastos, Vera Capua, Mussum and Milton Carneiro. Written by Renato Aragão, Domingos Demasi, Victor Lustosa, Dedé Santana and J.B. Tanko. Produced and directed by J. B. Tanko. 

IMDb reviewer Local Parody has this to say about the film:

This movie is a spoof of Planet Of The Apes (1968) and follows the storyline of the original step by step - in spite of being a crazy parody of the original film. A group of men lands in a balloon on an area (it's not a planet, it's more like a hill) where talking apes rule and humans are slaves. The apes try to transform the guys into monkeys; a simian princess falls in love with one of them; and so on. This film is one of several movies made for the popular Brazilian group "Os Trapalhões" - Didi (Renato Aragão), Dedé, Mussum and Zacharias - in the Seventies, all of then inspired by American blockbusters. It's a very fun entertainment, but the humour is very "local" to be understood in other countries. Oh, yeah, the ape "makeup" is terrible, but that's part of the fun. The movie don't take itself seriously.































The makeup isn't that bad. Much better than the Japanese version, at least.