On this Classic Cinema+ Retro Drive-In Podcast Jason Lockard shares thoughts on the 55th anniversary of the Planet of the Apes film.

Released in the US on April 3, 1968. The film earned at the box office $33.3 Million dollars against a budget of $5.8 Million. Now wonder 20th Century Fox went forward with 4 sequels a TV Series and Animated Series. 
Now after a Tim Burton remake and a new trilogy reboot! Disney has taken over the reigns of The Planet of the Apes Franchise with the upcoming The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
But on this podcast we look at the original film and why it is so iconic and why it still holds up 55 years later.