Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

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rise of the planet of the apes

ORIGINAL TITLE

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

YEAR

2011	Apple Trailer

RUNNING TIME

110 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Rupert Wyatt

SCREENWRITER

Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver (Novel: Pierre Boulle)

COMPOSER

Patrick Doyle

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Andrew Lesnie

CAST

James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, Brian Cox, John Lithgow, Tom Felton, David Oyelowo, Tyler Labine, Jamie Harris, David Hewlett

STUDIO/PRODUCER

20th Century Fox / Dune Entertainment / Chernin Entertainment

OFFICIAL WEB

http://apeswillrise.com

AWARDS

2011: Critics Choice Awards: Best Visual Effects. 3 nominations
2011: Academy Awards: Nominated for Best Visual Effects
2011: Annie Awards: Best Character Animation in a Live Action Production
2011: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Visual Effects

GENRE

Sci-Fi. Adventure. Action | Prequel. Apes

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

An origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. Desperate to help his Alzheimer stricken father (John Lithgow) as well as to find a historic and profitable cure, GenSys scientist Will Rodman (James Franco) is experimenting with his new Alzheimer drug ALZ 112 on a female chimpanzee which looks promising - but ultimately fails when the chimp has to be killed after a wild attack on handlers. Will then discovers the chimp had just given birth to a baby, which in the absence of options at the GenSys lab he takes home - he thinks temporarily. Calling him Caesar (Andy Serkis) Will cares for him for several years as he charts increased intelligence and communication skills. He also meets primatologist Caroline (Freida Pinto) with whom he begins a relationship. After developing a stronger version of the drug ALZ 113, Will's plans go badly wrong, with Caesar having to be placed in an animal facility for primates, run by John Landon (Brian Cox).

PRO REVIEWS

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"Extraordinary film (...) seamlessly combines live action with visual effects (...) Director Rupert Wyatt pulls everything together beautifully" (Louise Keller: Urbancinefile)

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"One never knows exactly where the human ends and the effects begin, but Serkis and/or Caesar gives the best performance in the movie (...) Rating: *** (out of four)" (Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times)

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"While it's effects-heavy, the movie itself does not feel heavy. Consider it a fanciful extension of the recent and very fine documentary 'Project Nim'" (Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune)

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"Smart, fun and thoroughly enjoyable, it's a model summer diversion that entertains without insulting your intelligence" (Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times)

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"The movie is zippier than Tim Burton's oddly lifeless 2001 "Planet of the Apes" remake, but unlike good sci-fi, it doesn't signify anything, or really even try to" (Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly)

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