"Planet of the Apes (2001 film) Planet of the Apes is a 2001 American science fiction film directed by Tim Burton and starring Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, and Estella Warren. The sixth film produced in the ""Planet of the Apes"" franchise, it was loosely adapted from Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel of the same name and the 1968 film version. It tells the story of astronaut Leo Davidson crash-landing on a planet inhabited by intelligent apes. The apes treat humans as slaves, but with the help of an ape named Ari, Leo starts"
"Pierre Boulle Pierre Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist best known for two works, ""The Bridge over the River Kwai"" (1952) and ""Planet of the Apes"" (1963), that were both made into award-winning films. Boulle was an engineer serving as a secret agent with the Free French in Singapore, when he was captured and subjected to two years' forced labour. He used these experiences in ""The Bridge over the River Kwai"", about the notorious Death Railway, which became an international bestseller. The film, named ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"", by David Lean won"
"(""Un Métier de Seigneur""), a spy thriller partly based on Boulle's real-life experience working as a secret agent during the Second World War. The movie is being produced by Tessa Bell and Andrea Chung. Pierre Boulle died in Paris, France on 30 January 1994, at age 81, three weeks before his 82nd birthday. Pierre Boulle Pierre Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist best known for two works, ""The Bridge over the River Kwai"" (1952) and ""Planet of the Apes"" (1963), that were both made into award-winning films. Boulle was an engineer serving as a"
"though Boulle did not even speak English. Wilson remained in France with his family for nine years, before returning to the United States in 1964, where he continued to write screenplays, including for ""The Sandpiper"" (1965), ""Planet of the Apes"" (1968), and ""Che!"" (1969). His screenplay for ""Planet of the Apes"" was based on a novel by Pierre Boulle; only Boulle received screen credit. Michael Wilson was awarded Writers Guild of America's Laurel Award in 1975 and was posthumously awarded his second Academy Award in 1984 for ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"". In 1995, Wilson was credited by the"
"Edward J. Lakso Edward Joseph Lakso (September 20, 1932 – May 23, 2009), usually known as Edward J. Lakso and sometimes mis-credited as Edward J. Lasko, was an American screenwriter, producer, and composer, known for his work on series such as """", ""Planet of the Apes"", ""Charlie's Angels and ""Combat!. Lakso was born on September 20, 1932 in San Francisco. Lakso graduated from UCLA with a degree in music. While there he was recruited to write his first screenplay, ""Operation Dames"" a Korean War drama about a USO troop trapped behind enemy lines shot in Topanga Canyon, California. On the"
"2009 at home in Beverly Hills with his wife, Lee Lakso, at his bedside. Edward J. Lakso Edward Joseph Lakso (September 20, 1932 – May 23, 2009), usually known as Edward J. Lakso and sometimes mis-credited as Edward J. Lasko, was an American screenwriter, producer, and composer, known for his work on series such as """", ""Planet of the Apes"", ""Charlie's Angels and ""Combat!. Lakso was born on September 20, 1932 in San Francisco. Lakso graduated from UCLA with a degree in music. While there he was recruited to write his first screenplay, ""Operation Dames"" a Korean War drama about"
"""The Bridge over the River Kwai"" and David Lean's film adaptation of the novel, ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"", in which Australian, Dutch, and British prisoners of war and indigenous peoples were forced by the Japanese to construct two parallel bridges spanning a river as part of the Burma Railway, also called the ""Railway of Death"", due to the many lives lost in its construction. One bridge was wooden and temporary. The other was made of concrete and steel and still exists. The bridges actually spanned the Mae Klong, but as the railway subsequently follows the Khwae Noi Valley,"
"in scale and more extensively released internationally. ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957) was based on a novel by Pierre Boulle recounting the story of British and American prisoners of war trying to survive in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. The film stars William Holden and Alec Guinness and became the highest-grossing film of 1957 in the United States. It won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Alec Guinness, who had battled with Lean to give more depth to his role as an obsessively correct British commander who is"
"an adoptive white family. The novel is both a love story and a tragedy. ""The Pale Indian"" is full of energetic sex and humour that provide respite from some of the more serious issues that the novel confronts. ""The Pale Indian"" has been referred to as ""a novel of secrets, lies, and madness written with power and eloquence"". • ""Porcupines and China Dolls"" (2002), • ""The Pale Indian"" (2005), Robert Arthur Alexie Robert Arthur Alexie (22 July 1957 – 9 June 2014) was a Canadian First Nations novelist and a land claim negotiator who played a key role in land"
"Carl Foreman Carl Foreman, CBE (July 23, 1914 – June 26, 1984) was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the award-winning films ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" and ""High Noon"", among others. He was one of the screenwriters who were blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s because of their suspected communist sympathy or membership in the Communist Party. Born in Chicago, Illinois, to a working-class Jewish family, he was the son of Fanny (Rozin) and Isidore Foreman. He studied at the University of Illinois. As a student in the 1930s, he became an advocate of revolutionary socialism"
"the Apes"", set two years later. Beginning in September 2012, ""Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm"" took over as Boom!'s regular monthly series. Set eight years prior to the original Planet of the Apes, this series was written by Corinna Sara Bechko and Gabriel Hardman, authors of both the ""Betrayal"" and ""Exile"" miniseries, and mixed several characters from those series with characters from the original movie. Boom! and IDW Publishing published a crossover between ""Planet of the Apes"" and """", titled """". The first issue was published in December 2014. In February 2017, Boom! and DC Comics published a 6 issue"
"Philip Toosey Brigadier Sir Philip John Denton Toosey (12 August 1904 – 22 December 1975) was, as a lieutenant colonel, the senior Allied officer in the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp at Tha Maa Kham (known as Tamarkan) in Thailand during World War II. The men at this camp built Bridge 277 of the Burma Railway as later fictionalized in the book ""The Bridge over the River Kwai"" by Pierre Boulle, and since adapted into the Oscar-winning film ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" in which Alec Guinness played the senior British officer, Lt. Colonel Nicholson. Both the book and film outraged"
"David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, responsible for large-scale epics such as ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957), ""Lawrence of Arabia"" (1962), ""Doctor Zhivago"" (1965) and ""A Passage to India"" (1984). He also directed adaptations of Charles Dickens novels ""Great Expectations"" (1946) and ""Oliver Twist"" (1948), and the romantic drama ""Brief Encounter"" (1945). Originally a film editor in the early 1930s, Lean made his directorial debut with 1942's ""In Which We Serve"", which was the first of four collaborations with Noël Coward. Beginning with ""Summertime"" in"
"other prisoners on the construction of the Burma Railway which crossed Thailand, a feat that inspired the Pierre Boulle book ""The Bridge over the River Kwai"", and the film adaptation, ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" by David Lean. Watt criticised both the book and the film for the liberties they took with the historical details of the prisoner of war experience and, more subtly, their refusal to acknowledge the moral complexities of the situation. More than 12,000 prisoners died during the building of the railway, most of them from disease, and Watt was critically ill from malnutrition for several"
"Kreipe, the German commander in Crete. He wrote a number of books; including ""The Stronghold"", an account of SOE's Cretan operations, and a memoir of his own wartime experiences ""Hide and Seek"" (which he dedicated to Christine Granville). He provided the English translations for many of the works of the French novelist Pierre Boulle, including his best-known books ""Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï"" (""The Bridge over the River Kwai"") and ""La Planète des singes"" (""Planet of the Apes""). He translated several books by Jean Lartéguy, as well as works by Gabriel Chevallier, Pierre Schoendoerffer and Jean Hougron. Fielding also"
"Pauline Gedge Pauline Gedge (born December 11, 1945) is a Canadian novelist best known for her historical fiction novels, including the best-selling ""Child of the Morning"", ""The Eagle and the Raven"", her fantasy novel ""Stargate"", and her Egyptian trilogies, ""Lords of the Two Lands"" and ""The King’s Men"". She also writes science fiction, fantasy and horror. Her 13 novels have sold more than six million copies in 18 languages. Her first four novels were published with cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon. The Dillons almost never authorized their work for sale beyond that directly commissioned, but reproductions of their"
"2017. On May 14, 2015, the title was given as ""War of the Planet of the Apes"", later re-titled to ""War for the Planet of the Apes"". Rise of the Planet of the Apes Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a 2011 American science fiction film directed by Rupert Wyatt and starring James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, David Oyelowo, and Andy Serkis. Written by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, it is 20th Century Fox's reboot of the ""Planet of the Apes"" series, intended to act as an origin story for a new series"
"Paris, Boulle used his war experiences in writing ""Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï"" (1952; ""The Bridge over the River Kwai""), which became a multi-million-copy worldwide bestseller, winning the French """"Prix Sainte-Beuve"""". The book was a semi-fictional story based on the real plight of Allied POWs forced to build a railway that passed over the bridge, and which became known as the ""Death Railway"". 16,000 prisoners and 100,000 Asian conscripts died during construction of the line. His character of Lt-Col. Nicholson was not based on the real Allied senior officer at the Kwai bridges, Philip Toosey, but was reportedly an"
"Wade Davis (anthropologist) E. Wade Davis (born December 14, 1953) is a Colombian-Canadian anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, and photographer whose work has focused on worldwide indigenous cultures, especially in North and South America and particularly involving the traditional uses and beliefs associated with psychoactive plants. Davis came to prominence with his 1985 best-selling book ""The Serpent and the Rainbow"" about the zombies of Haiti. Davis is Professor of Anthropology and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia. Davis has published articles in ""Outside"", ""National Geographic"", ""Fortune"", and ""Condé Nast Traveler"". Davis is"
"Saturday 31 January 1976. Philip Toosey Brigadier Sir Philip John Denton Toosey (12 August 1904 – 22 December 1975) was, as a lieutenant colonel, the senior Allied officer in the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp at Tha Maa Kham (known as Tamarkan) in Thailand during World War II. The men at this camp built Bridge 277 of the Burma Railway as later fictionalized in the book ""The Bridge over the River Kwai"" by Pierre Boulle, and since adapted into the Oscar-winning film ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" in which Alec Guinness played the senior British officer, Lt. Colonel Nicholson. Both the"
"David Wong Louie David Wong Louie (; December 20, 1954 – September 19, 2018) was a Chinese-American novelist and short story writer. He received an M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts) in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa in 1981 and a BA from Vassar College in 1977. He taught at the University of California, Los Angeles. ""Pangs of Love"" received the 1991 First Fiction Award from the Los Angeles Times and the John C. Zacharis First Book Award from ""Ploughshares"". It was also named a Notable Book by ""The New York Times"" and a Voice Literary Supplement Favorite. ""The"
"Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver are American screenwriters and film producers. They are husband and wife. They are best known for having written and co-produced the 2011 science-fiction film ""Rise of the Planet of the Apes"", a commercially and critically successful reboot of the ""Planet of the Apes"" franchise for which they were nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Writing. They were also co-writers/producers of its 2014 sequel ""Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"", and produced the third installment, ""War for the Planet of the Apes"", in 2017. They co-wrote ""Jurassic World"" and"
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a 2014 American science fiction film directed by Matt Reeves and written by Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It stars Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. It is the sequel to the 2011 film ""Rise of the Planet of the Apes"", which began 20th Century Fox's reboot of the original ""Planet of the Apes"" series. ""Dawn"" is set ten years after the events of ""Rise"", and follows a group of people in San Francisco who struggle"
"in Japanese and European cinema for many years before making his Hollywood comeback in ""Tokyo Joe"" (1949). Of his talkies, Hayakawa is probably best known for his role as Colonel Saito in ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957), for which he earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hayakawa starred in over 80 feature films, and three of his films (""The Cheat"", ""The Dragon Painter"", and ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"") stand in the United States National Film Registry. Hayakawa was born in the village of Nanaura, now part of a town called Chikura,"
"presented as a great advance for the Tibetan peasantry). ""Red Poppies"" was selected as a finalist for the Kiriyama Prize in 2002 and won the 5th Mao Dun Literary Prize in 2005. In 2013, he participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA. Alai (author) Alai (; ; born 1959 in Sichuan province) is a Chinese poet and novelist of Rgyalrong Tibetan descendent. He was also editor of ""Science Fiction World"". Alai's notable novel ""Red Poppies"" (""The Dust Settles - Chen'ai Luoding""), published in 1998, follows a family of Tibetan chieftains,"
"of ""The Mightiest Machine""."" The Incredible Planet The Incredible Planet is a science fiction fix-up novel by American author John W. Campbell, Jr.. It was published in 1949 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 3,998 copies. The novel is a collection of three linked novelettes that were not accepted for the magazine ""Astounding SF"". The stories are sequels to Campbell's 1934 novel ""The Mightiest Machine"". ""Astounding"" reviewer P. Schuyler Miller found ""The Incredible Planet"" ""a kind of bridge to the Don A. Stuart style which writer-editor Campbell [had been] developing."" Everett F. Bleiler thought the sequels ""lack the strengths,"
"The River Between The River Between is a 1965 novel by prolific Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o that was published as part of the influential African Writers Series. It tells the story of the separation of two neighbouring villages of Kenya caused by differences in faith set in the decades of roughly the early 20th century. The bitterness between them caused much hatred between the adults of each side. The story tells about the struggle of a young leader, Waiyaki, to unite the two villages of Kameno and Makuyu through sacrifice and pain. The novel is set during the colonial"
"Jerry Pournelle, who later co-authored ""Lucifer's Hammer"" and ""The Mote in God's Eye"", wrote the ""Escape from the Planet of the Apes"" novelization. John Jakes, former Science Fiction Writers of America president, wrote ""Conquest of the Planet of the Apes"". David Gerrold, scriptwriter for the """" episode ""The Trouble with Tribbles"", novelized ""Battle for the Planet of the Apes"". Novelizations of the live action and animated television series were also produced. William T. Quick novelized the 2001 ""Planet of the Apes""; he also wrote two prequel novels, and several other book tie-ins were published. ""Planet of the Apes""–based comics have"
"themselves in the hands of the Kiama who must inevitably decide their fate. The River Between The River Between is a 1965 novel by prolific Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o that was published as part of the influential African Writers Series. It tells the story of the separation of two neighbouring villages of Kenya caused by differences in faith set in the decades of roughly the early 20th century. The bitterness between them caused much hatred between the adults of each side. The story tells about the struggle of a young leader, Waiyaki, to unite the two villages of Kameno"
"Africa, the Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o wrote ""Weep Not, Child"" (1964), the first postcolonial novel about the East African experience of colonial imperialism; in ""The River Between"" (1965), with the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–60) as political background, he addressed the postcolonial matters of native religious culture, and the consequences of the imposition of Christianity, a religion culturally foreign to Kenya and to most of Africa; and the essay ""Decolonizing the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature"" (1986). In postcolonial countries of Africa, the Africans and the non–Africans live in a world of genders, ethnicities, classes and languages,"
"the bridge actually crossed the Mae Klong river. The novel was made into the 1957 film ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"", directed by David Lean, which won the 1957 Academy Award for Best Picture. This film was shot in Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon), and a bridge was erected for the purpose of shooting the film over Kelani River at Kitulgala, Sri Lanka. The film was relatively faithful to the novel, with two major exceptions. Shears, who is a British commando officer like Warden in the novel, became an American sailor who escapes from the POW camp. Also, in"
"Planet of Adventure Planet of Adventure is a series of four science fiction novels by Jack Vance, which relate the adventures of the scout Adam Reith, the sole survivor of an Earth ship investigating a signal from the distant planet ""Tschai"". In the novels, Tschai is a planet orbiting the star Carina 4269, 212 light-years from Earth. It is populated by various sentient alien species. The native Pnume have been subjected to invasions by three species. In addition, there are humans, captured and brought to the planet long ago by one of the spacefaring species; some of them live as"
"University College in 1963. His debut novel, ""Weep Not, Child"", was published in May 1964, becoming the first novel in English to be published by a writer from East Africa. Later that year, having won a scholarship to the University of Leeds to study for an MA, Ngũgĩ travelled to England, where he was when his second novel, ""The River Between"", came out in 1965. ""The River Between"", which has as its background the Mau Mau Uprising, and described an unhappy romance between Christians and non-Christians, is currently on Kenya's national secondary school syllabus. He left Leeds without completing his"