Blu-ray
Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971)
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- Nov 04, 2008
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- 20th Century Fox
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- 1080p
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- 2K Blu-ray: Region A
- Discs
- Blu-ray Disc | Single disc (1 BD-50) | D-Box
included · Mechanical
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
Science Fiction, Action
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What kind of time-travel story is this?
Time travel drives much of the story.
Meets the archive’s time-travel criteria. The mechanism is classified as Mechanical.
Why the archive makes this assessment (spoilers)
The apes' arrival from the future creates the fear of humanity's fate that drives their persecution.
Apes from future Earth use Taylor's repaired spacecraft to reach the twentieth century.
Check the supporting sources ↓An editorial assessment based on the archive’s documented plot research.
Explore other films in this classification →Scale, legacy & time
The scores
Titan67.9
Weighted archive score
Time-travel significance7/10
high confidence
Quality consensus6.4/10
Aggregate source ratings
How Titan works
Titan combines the archive’s quality, audience and legacy base with the significance of time travel. It is an index, not a score out of 100, and is distinct from the FMV archive’s scoring model.
Titan = base × [0.20 + 0.80 × (time-travel score ÷ 10)²]
This film: 114.69 base × 59.2% weighting.
Partial inputs flag incomplete source metadata. Provisional weighting flags a time-travel assessment that remains uncertain; it receives no additional confidence penalty.
The evidence
Research & sources
Research notes may reveal plot details.
These sources support the plot facts and catalog research. The numerical scores are the archive’s judgments, not ratings supplied by these sources.
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Eric Braeden
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Releases & formats
23 cataloged editions. Narrow by format, then check region, audio and subtitles. Missing specifications mean unknown, not absent.
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Blu-ray
Planet of the Apes: Legacy Collection (1968-1973)
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- Oct 09, 2012
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- 20th Century Fox
- Resolution
- 1080p
- Region / playback
- 2K Blu-ray: Region A
- Discs
- Blu-ray Disc | Five-disc set (5 BD-50)
Blu-ray
Planet of the Apes 5-Film Collection (1968-1973)
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- Release date
- Oct 11, 2011
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Resolution
- 1080p
- Region / playback
- 2K Blu-ray: Region A
- Discs
- Blu-ray Disc | Five-disc set (5 BD-50)
Blu-ray
Planet of the Apes: 40-Year Evolution Collection (1968-1973)
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- Release date
- Nov 04, 2008
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Resolution
- 1080p
- Region / playback
- 2K Blu-ray: Region A
- Discs
- Blu-ray Disc | Five-disc set (5 BD-50)
4K UHD
50 Years of Planet of the Apes: 9-Movie Collection (1968-2017)
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- Release date
- Oct 09, 2018
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Resolution
- Upscaled 1080p
- Region / playback
- 4K Blu-ray: Region free | 2K Blu-ray: Region A
- Discs
- 4K Ultra HD | Blu-ray Disc | Twelve-disc set (3 BD-66, 1 BD-25, 8 BD-50) | Bonus View (PiP) | D-Box
Blu-ray
The Planet of the Apes Collection Bundle (1968-2011)
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- Release date
- Sep 10, 2013
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Resolution
- 1080p
- Region / playback
- 2K Blu-ray: Region A
- Discs
- Blu-ray Disc | Seven-disc set (7 BD)
Blu-ray
Planet of the Apes: Evolution Collection (1968-2011)
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- Release date
- Jun 11, 2012
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
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- 1080p
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- 2K Blu-ray: Region A
- Discs
- Blu-ray Disc | Seven-disc set (7 BD-50)
Blu-ray
Planet of the Apes: Franchise Bundle (1968-2014)
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- Release date
- Sep 22, 2015
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- 20th Century Fox
- Resolution
- 1080p
- Region / playback
- 2K Blu-ray: Region A
- Discs
- Blu-ray Disc | Nine-disc set (9 BD)
Digital
Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971)
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Digital
Planet of the Apes Legacy Collection (1968-1973)
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Digital
Planet of the Apes: 9-Movie Collection (1968-2017)
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Digital
Planet of the Apes 10-Movie Collection (1968-2024)
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Digital
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
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Digital
Planet of the Apes: Legacy Collection (1968-1973)
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Digital
Planet of the Apes 10-Movie Collection (1968-2024)
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Digital
Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971)
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Digital
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
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- Release date
- Oct 12, 2017
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
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- 1080p
DVD
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
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- Release date
- Dec 26, 2000
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Resolution
- 480i (NTSC)
- Region / playback
- Region 1
- Discs
- DVD | Single disc (1 DVD-5)
DVD
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
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- Release date
- Mar 28, 2006
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Resolution
- 480i (NTSC)
- Region / playback
- Region 1
- Discs
- DVD | Single disc (1 DVD-9)
DVD
Planet of the Apes: The Legacy Collection (1968-1998)
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- Release date
- Mar 28, 2006
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- 20th Century Fox
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- 480i (NTSC)
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- Region 1
- Discs
- DVD | Six-disc set (6 DVD-9)
DVD
Planet of the Apes: The Evolution (1968-1998)
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- Release date
- Sep 21, 2001
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
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- 480i (NTSC)
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- Region 1
- Discs
- DVD | Six-disc set (6 DVD-5)
DVD
Planet of the Apes (1968)
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- Release date
- Mar 28, 2006
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Resolution
- 480i (NTSC)
- Region / playback
- Region 1
- Discs
- DVD | Fourteen-disc set (14 DVD-9)
DVD
Planet of the Apes: The Legacy Collection (1968-1998)
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- Release date
- Mar 28, 2006
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Resolution
- 480i (NTSC)
- Region / playback
- Region 1
- Discs
- DVD | Six-disc set (6 DVD-9)