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Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
· Movie
· 95 min
D
MEANRANK
54/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4835
- IMDb #4580
- Rotten Tomatoes #4423
- Metacritic #4257
- Letterboxd #4644
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4444
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4671
- Metacritic Audience #4548
- Kinopoisk #3866
- AlloCiné #4483
- Trakt #4674
Every rating
37–72
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 37, highest is Google on 72. Critics average 42, everyone else 57.
See the most agreed on films →A second astronaut arrives on the planet ruled by apes, searching for the missing crew of the first expedition. His journey leads him to a hidden, subterranean city inhabited by telepathic mutants who worship an ancient doomsday bomb, threatening the existence of both apes and humans.
Details
- Director
- Ted Post
- Writers
- Mort Abrahams, Paul Dehn
- Based on
- Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
- Studio
- APJAC Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Released
- 23 April 1970
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rated
- G
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $19.0M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 22 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (28) →
Awards & nominations
See all 28 →1 major award won · 6 wins from 28 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Awards 1970 | Best Visual Effects | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1970 | Best Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist | Nominee |
| Art Directors Guild 1970 | Best Fantasy Film | James Chinlund | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 1970 | Best Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Erik Winquist | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 1970 | Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Nominee |
| 4th AACTA International Awards 1970 | Best International Supporting Actor | Andy Serkis | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 1970 | Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production | Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, Dejan Momcilovic | Winner |
| Empire Awards 1970 | Best Director | Matt Reeves | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Visual Effects | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Winner |
| Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild
1 nomination
| Best Fantasy Film | James Chinlund | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Erik Winquist | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society
5 nominations, 2 won
| Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Andrea Merlo, Emiliano Padovani (for Caesar) | Winner |
| Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture | Joe Letteri, Ryan Stafford, Matt Kutcher, Dan Lemmon, Hannah Blanchini | Winner |
| Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Christoph Salzmann, Florian Schroeder, Quentin Hema, Simone Riginelli | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Daniel Barrett, Alessandro Bonora, Mark Edward Allen, Masaya Suzuki (for Koba) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Keith Miller, Jonathan Paquin, Alessandro Sapono, David Houghton Williams | Nominee |
Empire Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Andy Serkis | Winner |
| Best Director | Matt Reeves | Nominee |
| Best Film | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Nominee |
| Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Nominee |
Annie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production | Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, Dejan Momcilovic | Winner |
World Soundtrack Academy
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Composer of the Year | Michael Giacchino (also for Inside Out, Jupiter Ascending, Jurassic World, Tomorrowland ) | Winner |
Saturn Awards
8 nominations
| Best Director | Matt Reeves | Nominee |
| Best Make-up | Bill Terezakis, Lisa Love | Nominee |
| Best Music | Michael Giacchino | Nominee |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | James Chinlund | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Film | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Erik Winquist | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Andy Serkis | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actor | Andy Serkis | Nominee |
| Technical Achievement | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Nominee |
4th AACTA International Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Supporting Actor | Andy Serkis | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor | Andy Serkis | Nominee |