Planet of the Apes and its Spaceship
Web site by: Phil
Broad
These pages are dedicated to the first motion picture depiction of the first interstellar exploration missions to be mounted by the United States. What would be in real life undertakings of truly epic proportions, they sadly occupied only a few minutes of the films in which they were portrayed. Yet these brief appearances are actually stunning examples (for their day) of motion picture art direction and they were executed under the conditions of increasingly limited budgets. Below are links to various pages describing the events as seen in the films, one possible description of the mission plans, my computer generated images of the entire vehicle(s), and a description of my personal experiences with this ship. This is my all time favorite science fiction vehicle so you will find these are the most in depth pages on the site. Please enjoy your visit.
Please contact Phil Broad if you have comments about these images or corrections to the information presented here via E-Mail.
NEW!
(as of 04/01/04)
SCI-FI
& FANTASY MODELS MAGAZINE ARTICLE:
Issue number 38, article and plans
by Jim Key. Thank you
Jim.
NEW!
(as of 04/01/04)
DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE JIM KEY ARTICLE
The plans, the mockup and the studio
miniature.
NEW!
(as of 04/01/04)
HOW TO FIND THE CRASH
SITE AT LAKE POWELL:
Map and photos.
INTRODUCTION:
The movie and its times.
STILLS
GALLERY:
Photos of the ships from the
motion pictures and TV series.
PHOTO
GALLERY:
Photos of the astronaut costumes,
the Ape City, and my re-creation of the "third mission" and their discovery
of traces of Taylor's lost crew.
SCREEN
SHOTS:
These are a few shots which I actually took off a movie screen!
Yes, that does work... f 1.8 at about 1/30 of a second with ASA 400 film (but
don't tell anybody).
MISSION
PLANS:
One possible explanation of
the original mission plan.
CGI
IMAGES:
Images of the vehicles based
on the above mission requirements.
PERSONAL
ACCOUNTS & PHOTOS:
My experiences at the studio during
the early '70s and the photos I took there (photos now available!).
THE
LARRY EVANS COLLECTION:
The material in the following portion of the Icarus pages
has been kindly donated by Larry
Evans who is a long time fan of the Planet of the Apes Spaceship.
This section includes additional photos of the ship in the lake, pre-production
renderings and a copy of the original two stage rocket rendering. Thank
you Larry.