Pierre Boulle
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Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle was a French author. He is best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes, that were both made into award-winning films.
Pierre Boulle
Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American science-fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling, loosely based on the 1963 novel by Pierre Boulle. The
Pierre Boulle
…The novel is also a wry parable on science, evolution, and the relationship between man and animal. In 1968, the book was made into an Oscar-winning film, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston. The screenplay, originally written by Rod Serling, focused more on action and deviated…
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Kim Hunter undergoing the extensive ape makeup process.