Planet of the Apes (1968) at Moxie Cinema

"A triumph of artistry and imagination, it is at once a timely parable and a grand adventure on an epic scale. Provocative as it is entertaining, it is a true screen odyssey." (LA Times) Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall star in this legendary science fiction masterpiece. PLANET OF THE APES (1968) screens Friday, June 5th @ 7pm - part of Bleak Week at Moxie Cinema. Tickets on sale now.
"As illuminatingly bleak a statement on human hubris as a Hollywood superproduction has given us." (Time Out)
After being kept in hypersleep during a long expedition into deep space, an astronaut crew crash-lands in the 40th century on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved. (G, 110 min.)
Presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque, Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair is an annual film festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that explore the darker sides of human experience and some of history’s most unforgiving moments.