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"In the beginning, God created beast and man, so that both might live in friendship and share dominion over a world at peace. But in the fullness of time, evil men betrayed God's trust and, in disobedience to His holy word, waged bloody wars...not only against their own kind, but against the apes, whom they reduced to slavery. Then God, in His wrath, sent the world a savior, miraculously born of two apes who had descended on Earth from Earth's own future. And man was afraid, for both parent apes possessed the power of speech. So both were brutally murdered. But the child ape survived and grew up to set his fellow creatures free from the yoke of human slavery. Yet, in the aftermath of his victory, the surface of the world was ravaged by the vilest war in human history. The great cities of the world split asunder and were flattened. And out of one such city, our savior led a remnant of those who survived in search of greener pastures, where ape and human might forever live in friendship, according to divine will. His name was Caesar, and this is his story in those far off days."
"We still wait, my children. But as I look at apes and humans living in friendship, in harmony and at peace, now some 600 years after Caesar's death, at least we wait with hope for the future. Perhaps only the dead."
"You will call me by my proper rank...General!!"
"He broke the law! With his own mouth, he broke the first law!"
"We...want...guns! Guns...are...power! Now we go and get guns!!"
"And so, Mandemus, we must be patient...and wait."
"Governor, somewhere along the line of history, this bloody chain reaction has got to stop! A destroys B. B destroys C. C destroys A and is destroyed by D who destroys E. Before anyone knows where they are, there won't be anyone left to know anything, anywhere!"
"This is the Alpha and Omega bomb. It can destroy not only Ape City, but the entire Earth. Activate it and we become nothing. Leave it and its very presence will ensure that at least we remain something, and may become something better. It must never be exploded. It must be respected, even venerated, for one of its ancestors made us what we are. And what we are shall, from this day forward, be called beautiful."
"Lousy human bastards!!"
"All keepers and handlers, attention! Attention! All keepers and handlers. There is $50,000 worth of apes in jeopardy. Get them out of here...alive!"
"The king is dead. Long live the king!"
"Where there is fire, there is smoke. And in that smoke, from this day forward, my people will crouch, and conspire, and plot, and plan for the inevitable day of man's downfall, the day when he finally and self-destructively turns his weapons against his own kind. The day of the writing in the sky, when your cities lie buried under radioactive rubble! When the sea is a dead sea, and the land is a wasteland, out of which I will lead my people from their captivity! And we will build our own cities, in which there will be no place for humans, except to serve our ends! And we shall found our own armies, our own religion, our own dynasty! And that day is upon you...NOW!!"
"But now...now we will put away our hatred. Now we will put down our weapons. We have passed through the night of the fires, and those who were our masters are now our servants. And we, who are not human, can afford to be humane. Destiny is the will of God, and if it is man's destiny to be dominated, it is God's will that he be dominated with compassion, and understanding. So, cast out your vengeance. Tonight, we have seen the birth of the Planet of the Apes!!"
"The mere fact of your existence would be regarded as a great threat to mankind."
"Brightness has never been encouraged among slaves."
"If we lose this battle, that's the end of the world as we know it!! We will have proved ourselves inferior!! Weak!! And all those groveling cowards who are alive, when the battle is over, will be the weakest of all!! This will be the end of human civilization!! And the world will belong to a planet of apes!!"
"Roddy McDowall - Caesar"
"Don Murray - Governor Breck"
"Ricardo Montalban - Armando"
"Natalie Trundy - Lisa"
"Hari Rhodes - MacDonald"
"Severn Darden - Kolp"
"Lou Wagner - Busboy"
"John Randolph - Commission Chairman"
"H.M. Wynant - Hoskyns"
"My name is Cornelius. This is my wife, Zira."
"Where we come from, apes talk. Humans are dumb."
"Please, do not use the word "monkey"! It is offensive to us. As an archaeologist, I had access to history scrolls which were kept secret from the masses, and I suspect that the weapon which destroyed Earth was man's own invention! I do know this: one of the reasons for man's original downfall was your peculiar habit of murdering one another! Man destroys man. Apes do not destroy apes!"
"(when asked if he can talk too) Only when she lets me!"
"It wasn't our war. It was the gorillas' war."
"When we were in space, we saw a bright, white, blinding light. Then we saw the rim of the Earth melt. Then there was a tornado in the sky."
"Now they've killed. And for that, they must be killed. It has to be done and done quickly before we start a stone growing that'll gather enough poison moss to kill us all!"
"Mr. President, the people must be told that the killers of today could become the mass murderers of tomorrow!"
"That's what I'm worried about. Later. Later, we'll do something about pollution. Later, we'll do something about the population explosion. Later, we'll do something about the nuclear war! We think we've got all the time in the world!! How much time has the world got?!! Somebody has to begin to care!"
"Zira! I want that baby! If you won't give it to me, I'll shoot!"
"You are asking me to risk imprisonment for the sake of two fugitive apes?! My answer is: a thousand times, yes!"
"By a majority vote, the Commission finds no solid evidence for hostility by either ape towards the human race as is presently constituted in this Year of our Lord, 1973. The male's attitude is that of a deeply interested and well-disposed academician who studied the alleged future downfall of the human race with the true objectivity of a good historian. The female's case, however, is different in that she undoubtedly committed actions against the human race of a sort which, if they were to be committed today, would be called atrocities. But would they be so called in two thousand years' time when it is alleged that humans will have become dumb brutes with the restricted intelligence of animals? It has been pointed out that what apes will do to humans is no more than what humans are now doing to beasts. Nonetheless, the Commission is sympathetic to Dr. Hasslein's conviction that the progeny of these apes could, in centuries to come, prove an increasing threat to the human race and conceivably end by dominating it. This is a risk we dare not ignore. Therefore, the Commission unanimously recommends that the birth of the female ape's unborn child should be prevented. And that after its prenatal removal, both the male and the female should humanely be rendered incapable of bearing another. I now declare this Commission dissolved."
"This one looked at me."
"Living with your daughter, Senator, would age any ape quickly."
"The humans infest the provinces. They breed too quickly while we grow too soft in our affluence. Even now, they outnumber us, four to one."
"Extremism in defense of apes is no vice, Senator. Your ideas threaten our prosperity. The human problem cannot be solved by simply throwing money at it."
"Everything in the human culture takes place below the waist."
"Is there a soul in there?"
"So you want to be human? Then wear their mark!"
"All right, get 'em out and get 'em clean! Chop chop!"
"How many times do I have to tell you? Wear your gloves when you handle humans!"
"The young ones make wonderful pets! But be sure you get rid of it by puberty. The one thing you don't want in your house is a human teenager."
"[in tie-in Pepsi commercial] Humans! Ha! You don't know your right from your left. An inferior species of primates. You don't even know what tastes good!"
"Take your stinking hands off me, you damn dirty human!!"
"We give thanks to you, Semos, for the fruit of the land. Bless us, holy father, who created all apes in his image. Hasten the day when you will return and bring peace to your children. Amen."
"The Senator's daughter flirts with blasphemy."
"These humans are different. They travel with apes."
"Everything I have believed is a lie! You and your family have betrayed us! I won't help you anymore."
"It's disgusting the way we treat humans. Demeans us as much as them."
"Apes! Monkeys are further down the evolutionary ladder... just above humans."
"The cost would be prohibitive... although our scientists do tell me these humans carry terrible diseases."
"The government tried that once, and all we got for it was a welfare state that nearly bankrupted us."
"Next you'll be telling us these beasts have a soul."
"We were searching for a pilot lost in an electromagnetic storm. When we got too close, our guidance systems went haywire. We haven't had any communications since we crash-landed. This planet is... uncharted and uninhabited. We're trying to make the best of it. The apes we brought along have been very helpful. They are a lot stronger... and a lot smarter than we ever imagined."
"The others have fled with the children into the mountains. The apes are out of control. One male named Semos, who I raised myself, has taken over the group. He is extremely brutal, violent and very dangerous. We have weapons, but I don't know how much longer we'll last. Maybe I saw the truth when they were young, and I wouldn't admit it! We taught them all too well. They were good students and– [sounds of very loud ape noises, followed by a scream]"
"Well, the other thing I've learned is that when you deal with a studio and it's their asset... it's their asset. And I should have learned that lesson with Planet of the Apes because I had a great... great idea with Planet of the Apes, but it was Fox's asset. Even though I was supposedly developing it we didn't see eye to eye and they sort of picked up their marbles and that was that. They turned out, I think, possibly the most egregious film that they could have on that subject because they miscast the director. It's the only Tim Burton film that I don't like."
"If we go to war, we could lose all we've built. Home. Family. Future."
"APES...DO NOT...WANT WAR, BUT WILL FIGHT...IF WE MUST!"
"[points towards Muir Woods] APE HOME! [points at human stronghold] HUMAN HOME! Do not come back."
"From humans Koba learned hate. But nothing else."
"I always think...ape better than human. I see now...how much like them we are."
"Scars make you strong."
"Caesar. For years I was a prisoner in their lab. They cut me, tortured me. You freed me. I would do anything you ask. But we must show strength!"
"Enough guns here to kill every ape. Must warn Caesar. Who knows what humans are really doing up there?"
"Where Caesar?! Want Caesar! CAESAR!!!"
"Humans attack your sons! You let them stay?! Put apes in danger! Caesar love humans more than apes! More than your sons!"
"HUMANS KILL CAESAR! BURN APE HOME! GO, GET THEM! APES MUST ATTACK HUMAN CITY! FIGHT BACK! COME! FIGHT FOR CAESAR!"
"[After killing Ash] Caesar gone. Apes follow Koba now."
"HUMANS! YOU APE PRISONER NOW! YOU WILL KNOW LIFE IN CAGE! MORE HUMANS OUT THERE! GO! FIND THEM!"
"We are survivors! Now, they may have got their hands on some of our guns. But that does not make them men. They are animals! We will push them back! Drive them down! And they will not get through these doors!"
"I'm saving the human race."
"Koba said we're too loyal to your father. Protect yourself."
"Andy Serkis - Caesar"
"Toby Kebbell - Koba"
"Karin Konoval - Maurice"
"Judy Greer - Cornelia"
"Jason Clarke - Malcolm"
"Keri Russell - Ellie"
"Kodi Smit-McPhee - Alexander"
"Gary Oldman - Dreyfus"
"Kirk Acevedo - Carver"
"Tell your Colonel you have seen me now. And I have a message for him: Leave us the woods, and the killing can stop."
"There were only two of you, but we are many. Apes, together, strong."
"My son... my wife.... are dead."
"It was a mistake bringing you all. This is my fight. I will finish this alone."
"LEAVE HIM!"
"What did the Colonel promise you? You really think he'll let you live after we're gone? You let them call you "donkey". You are ape."
"Maurice was right. I am... like Koba. He could not escape his hate. And I still cannot escape mine."
"Human get sick. Ape get smart. Then human kill ape. But not me. I run."
"[often repeated line] Oh no!"
"Oh no! Why so small?"
"99, target acquired. 99, target acquired. Repeat: King Kong is dead!"
"[From a deleted scene, where an infected Colonel confronts Caesar] Least you can take comfort... Your struggle ends. Ours goes on. Nature still has the power to wipe us off this planet at any moment. Killed the dinosaurs with a single meteor. You apes... are so strong. I wonder... what kinda world you would've built... on our graves."
"Opening Text: Fifteen years ago, a scientific experiment gone wrong gave RISE to a species of intelligent apes... and destroyed most of humanity with a virus that became known as the Simian Flu. With the DAWN of a new ape civilization led by Caesar, the surviving humans struggled to coexist... but fighting finally broke out when a rebel ape, Koba, led a vengeful attack against the humans. The humans sent a distress call to a military base in the North where all that remained of the U.S. Army was gathered. A ruthless Special Forces Colonel and his hardened battalion were dispatched to exterminate the apes. Evading capture for the last two years, Caesar is now rumored to be marshaling the fight from a hidden command base in the woods... as the WAR rages on..."
"Red Ape: I don't fear you. You must fear! How long you think woods can protect you? Humans destroy you. Their Colonel has all power. For them, he more than just human. He everything. He say: "First Caesar die... then all of you die.""
"Koba: Ape not kill ape."
"The Colonel: All of human history has lead to this moment. The irony is we created you. And nature has been punishing us ever since. This is our last stand. And if we lose... it will be a Planet of Apes."
"Rocket: Feeling better? Good. Then we can talk about... Escape. Apes together strong!"
"Andy Serkis – Caesar"
"Woody Harrelson – Colonel J. Wesley McCullough"
"Steve Zahn – Bad Ape"
"Terry Notary - Rocket"
"Amiah Miller - Nova"
"Gabriel Chavarria - Preacher"
"Aleks Paunovic - Winter"
"He stole my village."
"[Speaking at his deceased father's grave] Father, I will find them, I will bring them home."
"[Referring to Mae/Nova] She follows because she is hungry."
"[Referring to the single letters on the cover of a beginners reading book] The symbols... have meaning..."
"The elders did not tell us everything about this world. They did not tell us because they did not know. They did not want to know."
"[Noa is sitting on the dock, about to give up hope, but Sun-Eagle lands on the metal rope ancher near him] You come to judge me? I judge myself. I promised our father I would bring them home... I failed. Eagle Clan belongs to Proximus Caesar now. That is the law, [pulls out the Order of Caesar pendent that Raka gave him from his pack. Suddenly, it dawns on him that the original Caesar's ways are better] but the law is wrong! [The Sun-Eagle takes off and lands on Noa's arm]"
"[To Mae/Nova] The more you speak, the less I believe."
"I trust you only to help yourself, but that could help me now."
"That is not everything."
"She is smarter than most. We will name her Nova. We name them all Nova."
"They are an ancient way to store ideas. The symbols have meaning. Apes understood this meaning in the time of Caesar. The Masks take his his name. Twist his words!"
"Long before your elders, it was Caesar who taught us of what it means to be ape. He was our leader, our lawgiver. "Apes together, strong." "Ape shall not kill ape." We, the Order of Caesar, follow his words to this day. I follow. I am now... the last."
"There was a time when humans and apes lived side by side."
"Humans lost their dominance and their ability to speak."
"To survive, remember your strength, your compassion, your mercy."
"[Riding along with Mae/Nova] Then, of course, there is the gibbon. Very, very long arms. Is most unfortunate that the human can only use its feet for walking. Imagine if you were falling from a tree. You only have two appendages to save your life. But if you were able to use both of your hands... and both of your feet... that’s four times the safety. And I imagine that, if I came across a special... [spots a zebra] What is that? [Walks to edge of gully to spot humans and zebras bathing in river] Horses with stripes. Quite striking. We feared the herds ceased to exist."
"It was a virus that made apes smarter, and it almost killed all of us."
"He can't have it."
"What a wonderful day!"
"Maybe stronger tomorrow."
"Mae, you are familiar with the concept of evolution? That is the human label, yeah? The advancement that I crave requires time. Vast amounts of time that I do not have. Unfortunately, I am but a mortal ape. So this is why I need to get the knowledge inside that vault. I believe it will deliver instant evolution. Hm. Noa. You don't undertand. In their time, humans were capable of many great things, yes? They could level mountains. They could speak across oceans. They could fly, Noa. Like eagles fly! But now, we will learn. Apes will learn. I will learn, from what is inside that vault."
"Noa, a kingdom for apes. Humans can never be trusted. Where there are two that can speak, there must be more. Mae has come here to claim the tools inside my vault. Tools that make humans strong and make them dangerous. That is why I must have them first. Yeah? They do not understand that this is our time. This is my kingdom! I must destroy their kind, unless we want to live in cages again."
"Noa... You showed so much promise. You are going to stand, so that you can bend for your king, before you die!"
"– Mae / Nova"
"– Proximus Caesar"
"William H. Macy – Trevathan"
"Travis Jeffery – Anaya"
"Lydia Peckham – Soona"