Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998) (TV)

Directors:

Kevin Burns
David Comtois

Writers:

Brian Anthony (writer)
David Comtois (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

6 September 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

The story behind the making of the 5 "Planet of the Apes" movies.

Plot Keywords:

Simian Fiction | Ape Man | Ape | Behind The Scenes | Film Making

Cast

Roddy McDowall	...	Himself - Host
Mort Abrahams	...	Himself - Associate Producer
Charlton Heston	...	Himself - 'Taylor'
Richard D. Zanuck	...	Himself - Studio Executive (as Richard Zanuck)
John Chambers	...	Himself - Makeup Designer
William J. Creber	...	Himself - Art Director (as William Creber)
Kim Hunter	...	Herself - 'Dr. Zira'
Eric Greene	...	Himself - Film Historian
Linda Harrison	...	Herself - 'Nova'
Ted Post	...	Himself - Director
Frank Capra Jr.	...	Himself - Associate Producer
Don Taylor	...	Himself - Director
Ricardo Montalban	...	Himself - 'Armando'
Natalie Trundy	...	Herself - Wife of Arthur P. Jacobs
J. Lee Thompson	...	Himself - Director
James Naughton	...	Himself - 'Peter Burke'
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Brolin	...	Dr. Cornelius (archive footage)
Maurice Evans	...	Himself (archive footage)
Edward G. Robinson	...	Dr. Zaius (archive footage)
Franklin J. Schaffner	...	Himself (archive footage)

Directed by
Kevin Burns
David Comtois

Writing credits
Brian Anthony		(writer)
David Comtois		(writer)
Kevin Burns		(writer)

Produced by
Brian Anthony	....	co-producer
Kevin Burns	....	executive producer
Stephanie Keane	....	coordinating producer
Shelley Lyons	....	producer

Cinematography by
Cory Geryak

Film Editing by
David Comtois
Dustin Ebsen
Steven Rasch		(as Steve Rasch)

Makeup Department
Steve Buscaino	....	additional hair stylist
Steve Buscaino	....	additional makeup artist
Patricia Petrulo	....	additional hair stylist (as Patricia Petrullo)
Patricia Petrulo	....	additional makeup artist (as Patricia Petrullo)
Guy Richards	....	hair stylist
Guy Richards	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jeff Kuntz	....	production manager
Darla Marasco	....	post-production supervisor
David Sehring	....	executive in charge of production: American Movie Classics

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David A. Kleiler Jr.	....	assistant director

Art Department
Forrest J Ackerman	....	source: props and merchandise
Steve Buscaino	....	property constructor
Steve Buscaino	....	property designer
David Comtois	....	source: props and merchandise
Aaron Duclos	....	set dresser
Cherie Fryman	....	paintbox artist
Cory Geryak	....	source: props and merchandise
Eric Greene	....	source: props and merchandise
Jean-Marc Lofficier	....	source: props and merchandise
Steve Newburn	....	set dresser
Brian Peck	....	source: props and merchandise
Brian Pennikas	....	source: props and merchandise
Joe Schiavello	....	swing
Tibor Szakaly	....	source: props and merchandise

Sound Department
Tom Amelotte	....	sound re-recording engineer
Mark Lyons	....	additional sound
Jim Mulryan	....	additional sound
Brian O'Carroll	....	additional sound
Craig Roberts	....	assistant sound engineer
Tony Smyles	....	sound engineer
Ace Williams	....	boom operator
Paul S. Shapiro	....	sound mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Lars Bunch	....	motion control photographer
Martin Kauper	....	motion control photographer
Doug Whitney	....	main title graphic

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Bauman	....	gaffer
Jeff Chassler	....	best boy electric
Bill Dow	....	still photographer
Robert Egrini	....	electrician
James Irons	....	grip (as Jim Irons)
Kevin McCafferty	....	additional camera operator
Charles 'Ching' Oettel	....	second assistant camera
Kevin Peters	....	electrician
Kelly Porterfield	....	key grip
Justin Quach	....	film loader
Sandy Spooner	....	additional camera operator
Robert Truitt	....	first assistant camera (as Bobby Truitt)
Mark Venezia	....	grip (as Marc Venezia)
Vernon Wynne	....	best boy grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sarah Bardo	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Andrew Giacometti	....	post-production coordinator
Mark W. Jacobs	....	supervising on-line editor
John Moore	....	on-line editor
Anthony Santiago	....	assistant editor (as Tony Santiago)

Other crew
Jacques Aureille	....	production assistant
Tony Barton	....	production assistant
Scot Beidelman	....	media coordinator
Bill Blake	....	source: additional footage
Kristi Burns	....	clearance coordinator
Marc Caldwell	....	production assistant
Jennifer Campbell	....	assistant accountant
Ron Carpenter Jr.	....	media supervisor (as Ron Carpenter)
Bret Choffee	....	production assistant (as Bret Chaffee)
Mimi Christensen	....	project coordinator: Foxstar Productions
Michael Craig	....	teleprompter operator
Blake Danforth	....	production assistant
Lisa Evans	....	production assistant
Janice Fernandez	....	craft service
Kara Pross Gullo	....	production accountant
Scott Hartford	....	project manager: Foxstar Productions
Marilyn Harvey	....	production assistant
Jerianne Keaney	....	director of clearances
Annette Lloyd	....	researcher (as Annette D'Agostino)
Andrew Marcus	....	production counsel
Roddy McDowall	....	source: additional footage
John Murphy	....	production assistant
John Murphy	....	researcher
Piruza Nagapetian	....	chyron operator
Diane C. Najuch	....	researcher
Chris Noviello	....	production assistant
David Pearson	....	additional clearances
Joe Russo	....	additional footage courtesy of
Paul Sanderson	....	source: additional footage
Neal Shaw	....	teleprompter operator
Brenda Zamzow	....	general manager: Van Ness Films (as Brenda J. Zamzow)

Thanks
Alan Adler	....	acknowledgment: Twentieth Century Fox Archive
Michael Arick	....	acknowledgment
Frank Barkyoumb	....	acknowledgment: Twentieth Century Fox Library Services
Roger Bell	....	acknowledgment: Twentieth Century Fox Library Services
Niel Bethke	....	acknowledgment
Rich Billings	....	acknowledgment: Twentieth Century Fox Library Services
Ronald V. Borst	....	acknowledgment: Hollywood Movie Posters
Joan Chambers	....	acknowledgment
Joyce Hooper Corrington	....	acknowledgment
Vicki Crawford	....	acknowledgment
Lynette Falk	....	acknowledgment
Edward Gross	....	acknowledgment
Jim Hardy	....	acknowledgment
Lewis Lagrone	....	acknowledgment
Larry Landsman	....	acknowledgment
Frank Liberman	....	acknowledgment: still photographs provided by
Eric Love	....	acknowledgment: Twentieth Century Fox Archive
Patrick Miller	....	acknowledgment: Twentieth Television Still Department (as Pat Miller)
Alison G. Pinsler	....	acknowledgment: Frances C. Richardson Research Center
Francesca Robinson Sanchez	....	acknowledgment: CMG Worldwide, Inc.
Christopher Sausville	....	acknowledgment
Elias Savada	....	acknowledgment: Motion Picture Information Services
Fritz Schwab	....	acknowledgment
Susanna Schwartz	....	acknowledgment
Errol Stevens	....	acknowledgment (as Dr. Errol Stevens)
Paul Taglianetti	....	acknowledgment
Brian Thomas	....	acknowledgment: Frances C. Richardson Research Center
Natalie Trundy	....	acknowledgment: still photographs provided by (as Natalie Trundy Jacobs Lopez)
Laura Walker	....	acknowledgment: The Motion Picture and Television Fund
Ed Watz	....	acknowledgment
Becca Wilson	....	acknowledgment

Production Companies

• Van Ness Films
• Foxstar Productions (in association with)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (in association with)
• American Movie Classics (AMC) (in association with)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• 20th Century Fox Library Services  acknowledgment (as Twentieth Century Fox Library Services)
• Access Communications  acknowledgment
• Aloha Craft Service  craft service
• Archive Films  additional footage
• Associated Production Music (APM)  library music
• Beantown Productions  post-production facilities
• Brodsky and Treadway  duplication
• Brodsky and Treadway  telecine
• CMG Worldwide  acknowledgment
• Charles von der Ahe Library  still photographs
• Crest National  duplication
• Crest National  telecine transfers
• Du Art Film and Video  duplication
• Du Art Film and Video  telecine transfers
• Dubs  duplication
• Dubs  telecine
• FotoKem Laboratory  duplication
• FotoKem Laboratory  telecine transfers
• Frances C. Richardson Research Center at Twentieth Century Fox  acknowledgment
• Hollywood Movie Posters  acknowledgment
• Leo Caloia Film Archive  additional footage
• Loyola Marymount University Department of Archives and Special Collections  still photographs
• Loyola Marymount University Department of Communications  additional footage
• Malibu Creek State Park  special thanks
• Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences  stills courtesy of
• Marvin Paige's Motion Picture and Television Research Archive  still photographs
• Matchframe Video  post-production facilities
• Motion Picture Information Services  acknowledgment
• Motion Picture and Television Fund Home  acknowledgment
• National Archives and Records Administration  additional footage
• New Wave Entertainment  duplication
• New Wave Entertainment  telecine transfers
• Post Group, The  duplication
• Post Group, The  telecine transfers
• Sound Services  post-production facilities
• The Daniel Roebuck Collection  merchandise
• The Daniel Roebuck Collection  props
• Third Degree Productions  merchandise
• Third Degree Productions  props
• Twentieth Century Fox Archive  acknowledgment
• Twentieth Century Fox Photo Archive  still photographs
• Twentieth Century Fox Television  footage courtesy of
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation  footage courtesy of
• Twentieth Television Still Department  acknowledgment
• VDI Multimedia  duplication
• VDI Multimedia  telecine transfers
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• WoodHolly Productions  post-production facilities

Runtime:

127 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Filming Locations:

Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA

Company:

Van Ness Films

Trivia:

Host Roddy McDowall died on October 3, 1998, less than a month after the broadcast of this special.

Movie Connections:

Features Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

Interesting

I saw this on the sci-fi channel one night and found it to be pretty interesting. If you like the PLANET OF THE APES movies, you'll love BEHIND THE PLANET OF THE APES, but if you aren't a PLANET OF THE APES fan, I don't think you won't find this interesting at all. It's fun to watch.