Battle for the Planet of the Apes story
Battle for the Planet of the Apes is a 1973 science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson. It is the fifth and final entry in the original Planet of the Apes series, produced by Arthur P. Jacobs, following Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. It stars Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy, Severn Darden, Lew Ayres, Paul Williams and John Huston.
15 total · 6 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ape-like being | major | There were sentient apes. |
| displacement by a rising new species | major | Apes rose to be the dominant species on Earth in the aftermath of a nuclear war. |
| ethnic hatred | major | The gorillas hated the Humans and the mutants hated the apes and made an effort to exterminate them. |
| father and son | major | Caesar was grooming his son Cornelius to succeed him to rule over the apes. |
| genocide | major | The mutants launched a war to exterminate the apes. |
| nuclear holocaust | major | Apes and Humans were rebuilding society in a post nuclear holocaust world. |
| coping with the death of a child | minor | Caesar and Lisa grieved over the death of their son Cornelius. |
| husband and wife | minor | Caesar and Lisa. |
| mother and daughter | minor | Lisa and Cornelius. |
| multi-species civilization | minor | Chimps, gorillas, and orangutans all evolved to be intelligent ans shared power. |