Planet of the Apes - Screen Test (Trial Run)

Planet of the Apes - Behind the Scenes. Extract of rare footage, showing a "trial run" to test the film's viability, before a decision was made whether to go ahead and film it. The woman to the right is Linda Harrison, who would play Nova in the subsequent film and first sequel. Heston's character here is referred to as "Thomas", whereas in the main film he would be "Taylor".

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[SimonB198207]

@KingCharltonHeston "Get to the choppa, you damn, dirty ape!"

[WrestleGirl95]

This would definetly made the movie not as classic.

[excelsior331]

you can feel rod serling all over this

[jvarela965]

Girl was a teenage Linda Harrison. She later played Nova in the movie. She later married Richard Zanuck and they had 2 sons.

[oxamanda93xo]

eg robinson would make a terrible dr zauis

same with james brolin

glad they changed it

[KingCharltonHeston]

Always fascinating to watch this test run. Funny how Heston looks a little bit like Arnold Schwarzenegger here.