![]() But reading the novel is a very different experience to seeing the film. The original movie follows certain elements of the book’s plot quite closely. ![]() Is that what Pierre Boulle had in mind when he wrote Planet of the Apes? It’s possible. The concept spawned an entire franchise that was rebooted this century. ![]() The original Planet of the Apes movie, starring Charlton Heston, wowed audiences in 1968, and its shocker of a twist ending became one of the most iconic and celebrated moments in cinema history. It’s fitting that French author Pierre Boulle’s other most famous work, The Bridge on the River Kwai (which was of course based on a true story) also received a hugely-successful big screen adaptation. To confess my ignorance from the outset, before reading The Folio Society’s lavish new edition of Planet of the Apes, I had no idea that it had originated as a novel. ![]()
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