SUBMITTED BY katystarlet

August 7, 2001 — 1) The cost of the original film was pounds 4million. This year's remake cost more than pounds 75million.

2) In the original finale, when Taylor discovers the Statue of Liberty half buried in the sea he was only supposed to say: "My God!" Heston claims he wrote the closing lines: "You blew it up! Damn you! God Damn you all to Hell!" At the time "God Damn" was still banned by the Hollywood censors. But Heston argued that he was using the phrase precisely - literally calling on God to damn the destroyers of civilisation - to get the scene passed.

3)The human imagination knows no limits but film budgets do. In the novel apes drove, flew and had space satellites. To save money, the apes in the 1968 film were less technically advanced.

4)During breaks in the filming of the first Planet of the Apes, the actors seemed instinctively to form groups according to their species: gorilla hung out with gorilla and chimpanzee with chimpanzee.

5)For the 2001 film score, composer Danny Elfman used "instruments" such as dustbins, miner's pans and even beer cans.