PLANET OF THE APES

GENRE:  Adventure/ Sci-Fi
MADE:  1968
CAST:  Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter
DIRECTOR:  Franklin J. Schaffner
WRITER:  Michael Wilson, Rod Serling, Pierre Boulle

PLOT:  A crew of astronauts crash land on an unknown planet in the future where apes are in control.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes (2001), Rise of the Planet of the Apes

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BEN-HUR

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Drama
MADE:  1959
CAST:  Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd
DIRECTOR:  William Wyler
WRITER:  Lew Wallace, Karl Tunberg

PLOT:  Judah Ben-Hur is a Jewish prince who becomes a slave, betrayed by a friend.  This is the story of Ben-Hur of how he regains his freedom and gets his revenge.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Count Of Monte Cristo, Gladiator, Braveheart

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