Roddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right onto the movie set to see the actual filming of the science fiction masterpiece. The most comprehensive history of Planet of the Apes ever created, this fascinating 127-minute documentary explores one of the most imaginative and influential series in movie history.

又名《野人泰山》，是有声片时代拍摄的第一部泰山片。男主角是奥运游泳健将约翰尼．韦斯穆勒，与莫琳奥沙利文饰演的珍形成英雄美人的配搭，在三十年代曾轰动一时。剧情描述英国女孩珍与父亲及男友一齐前往非洲找寻大象的墓穴。途中，珍碰到危险失声尖叫，被泰山从树丛中摆荡而出，将她救到树顶。从此，珍便情不自禁爱上了泰山。后来，珍等一行人遭野蛮的矮人族俘虏，几乎成为黑猩猩的点心，幸好被泰山率领一群大象前来救出人质。导演W．S．范戴克将无拘无束的原始生活气息表现得颇为令人神往，外景与森林内搭景的配合也几可乱真。由于本片当年在商业上的成功，男女主角一共拍摄了六部泰山电影。

　　本片获奥斯卡最佳化妆奖、法国凯撒奖最佳影片及最佳导演奖。 　　围绕着寻求火种，电影极其科学而又生动地再现了旧石器时代人类的生活侧面。一个旧石器时代的部落在被其他部落的偷袭残杀和狼群的追逐噬啮之余，流落到了一片沼泽地。惊魂未定，饥寒交加，死的死，伤的伤，部落里专人看守的火种又在这紧要关口无情地熄灭了。一夜之间，部落从穴居安处篝火围坐的殷实的经济生活跌落成流离失所露宿荒野，在寒夜中瑟瑟颤抖。没有了火，既便没有敌人野兽追杀，部落也不会在冻馁伤病中生存多久。部落一老者作出了具有深远历史意义的决策，老者指定了三个勇猛之士出去寻找火种........

The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whom gorilla leader Urko has threatened with death should his horse lose another race. The trio also attempt to expose a crooked gorilla by framing him in a plot to kill Urko. [The third of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Horse Race" and "The Tyrant"]

Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.

When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards. In short order, we discover that there is more to the attorney than meets the eye, and the ape may be innocent after all. When a pretty young heiress faces peril, it's up to our heroic trio to save the day.

　　影史经典默片，有史以来第一部怪兽科幻片，第一部带有定格动画的电影长片。

　　根据英国的阿瑟·柯南·道尔于1912年写下的科幻小说《失落的世界》改编。一群科学家在荒岛上发现了巨大的恐龙存活，费尽心思弄了一头到城市里，不料恐龙逃脱，大闹一通。

　　片中“栩栩如生”的恐龙与人类演员同 台共戏的场景令当时的观众和评论者叹为观止。该片大量的使用了蒙太奇拍摄。不论是故事情节还是特技都非常出色，后来的《金刚》受到了这部影片比较深的影响。

When fugitive human astronaut Virdon is shot, his chimp companion Galen must charm an old flame into accepting that a book on human surgery is no hoax. Meanwhile, their friend Burke is captured by the ape authorities and is to be brainwashed by a brilliant ape scientist named Wanda. [The fourth of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Surgeon" and "The Interrogation"]

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"]

A group of student researchers go camping deep in the Florida Everglades. While entering forbidden Native American territory after being advised not to, the group encounters the infamous Swamp Ape.

In the 1930s a trio of unlikely adventurers set off to find a heretofore uncharted land. It has existed in stories and myths for centuries and is believed to be somewhere around the North Pole. Hounded by an overambitious agent of the USSR, the explorers end up finding much more than they ever expected.

The power goes out on the SOL, to which Servo and Crow take full advantage of by looting the satellite. Pearl unveils her plan to take over the world one person at a time and spontaneously starts off with Servo. While dealing with bad cases of Hockey Hair (to which Mike is conveniently immune), Servo defends Canada's honor with a song of tribute, which eventually turns violent when Mike and Crow join in. Mike's immunity to Hockey Hair leads to a case of Grizzled Old Prospector Syndrome and the bots form a muffin-based sewing circle cult while still remembering the need for human sacrifices. Meanwhile, Pearl almost takes over her first follower before he's suddenly taken over by the Traveler's Group.

What if you woke up one morning and your neighbourhood had been overrun by baboons? Would you go Bananas?