Planet Of The Apes | 1968
- Locations |
- Arizona;
- Los Angeles, California
- DIRECTOR |
- Franklin Schaffner
Discover where the original Planet of the Apes (1968) was filmed around Arizona and Los Angeles, including the famous beach.
First there was Pierre Boulle's novel, Monkey Planet, then Franklin Schaffner's 1968 movie, the 70s TV series and then Tim Burton's 2001 're-imagining'.
For the original 1968 film, the arid planet, run by apes, is the desert around Page, Glen Canyon and Lake Powell, in northern Arizona.
The ape village sets were built on the Fox Ranch in Malibu Creek State Park, Las Virgenes Road off Mulholland Highway, south from Route 101, northwest of Los Angeles.
The final scene, when Taylor (Charlton Heston) realises he’s been on Earth all along, was filmed at a secluded cove on the far eastern end of Westward Beach, between Zuma Beach and Point Dume, Malibu. Ignore the wide curving beach by the carpark and clamber over the rocks to the east until you get to the quiet, and often deserted, little beach surrounded by cliffs.
