Planet of the Apes

Riding on horseback along the beach (The Forbidden Zone), Taylor and Nova come upon the rusted and worn top half of the Statue of Liberty lying in the sand. Taylor and his buddies had travelled into Earth's future...

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: The first exterior shots of the spacecraft in the desert lake show the spaceship's hatch door already gone... before the astronauts blow it off with an explosive charge minutes later in the movie.

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Quotes

Dr. Zaius: Don't go looking for it, Taylor. You may not like what you find.

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Trivia

Trivia: Taylor's first name, George, is never mentioned in the film. He is referred to only as "Taylor."

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Questions

Question: At the end he sees the Statue of Liberty on the beach. How did the statue get there from Ellis Island?

Answer: He's in the same location as Ellis Island. Thousands of years have resulted in significant changes geographically.

Answer: The statue was destroyed during the nuclear war at some point in the past. The remnant of it had washed ashore to where Taylor finds it.

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