Continuity mistake: When the spaceship first springs a leak and begins to sink, the interior shots show it tilting to starboard; Taylor falls against the starboard bulkhead and the other two survivors need to brace themselves from slipping. All of the exterior shots of the ship show it level from port to starboard.

Planet of the Apes (1968)
Ending / spoiler
Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans
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...





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