Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

"The future is worth fighting for."

2014 2h 10m EN

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Synopsis

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A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.

“The future is worth fighting for.”

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Cast

Andy Serkis
Caesar
Jason Clarke
Malcolm
Toby Kebbell
Koba
Gary Oldman
Dreyfus
Keri Russell
Ellie
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Alexander
Nick Thurston
Blue Eyes
Karin Konoval
Maurice

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Matt Reeves
Writers: Jesse Michael Owen, Josh Sheppard, Jim Magdaleno
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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$170M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.2× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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783+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Matt Reeves, shot by Michael Seresin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Giacchino. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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The take

Matt Reeves directs. Michael Seresin behind the camera. Michael Giacchino scores. Stan Salfas cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1$170M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 4.2× over at the box office.
3Released 12 years ago.
4International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
5Part of the "Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6783+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by Matt Reeves, shot by Michael Seresin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Michael Giacchino. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Stan Salfas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Andy Serkis and Jason Clarke and Toby Kebbell carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "The future is worth fighting for.".
12IMDB entry: tt2103281 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1312,556 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
14Classified under 51 themes, including "san francisco, california", "peace", "solidarity", "gorilla".
15Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Michael Seresin
Original score: Michael Giacchino
Editing: Stan Salfas
Production design: James Chinlund
Costume design: Melissa Bruning
Makeup / hair: Yolanda Mercadel
VFX supervisor: Berj Bannayan
Sound: James Bolt
Stunt coordinator: Chelsea Bruland
Runtime: 130 min · 2h 10m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $170,000,000
Box office: $710,644,566
Return: 418% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Part of

Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection

Caesar, a laboratory chimpanzee, develops human intelligence and emotions, triggering an epic battle to determine which species will dominate planet Earth.

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OSEANSADITYA2014-07-14
Very epic movie, strong storyline and also stunning graphics.. This is very recommended movie to watch with entire family.
Andres Gomez2014-08-20
★ 8/10
The story may not be the most original, with its Shakespearean turn overs, but it is well shaped and Serkis performance is remarkable. The animation of the apes, which was already superb in the previous movie, finally reaches a level in which you can believe they are more real than the human actors. Maybe a bit too long, but a good time for a not totally dumb movie.
CinemaSerf2023-06-06
★ 7/10
Following the outbreak of "Simian Flu" that has all but wiped out human civilisation, an exploration into the jungle to inspect the remnants of an old dam introduces "Malcolm" (Jason Clarke) - rather aggressively - to the apes that occupy the woods. "Caesar" (Andy Serkis) is their leader, and keen to ensure a peace so he makes it clear that each should stick to their own territory, and leave each other be. It seems the folks need the dam, though, and after a bit of toing and froing, they manage to convince the apes to allow them to try to make the dynamos work - before what's left of their city runs out of power. This uneasy truce has opponents on both sides, but it's the scheming "Koba" (Toby Kebbell) who finally takes a step that ensures that war cannot be avoided. Which will win out in the end? Will either side actually win at all? Matt Reeves plays his cards really well here. He manages the sense of menace between the two parties with an expert hand, allowing the initial feelings of partnership and hope that turn into fear, betrayal and malevolence to enthral us. The characterisations - especially amongst those long fed up of living at the whim of humanity - deliver effectively too. "Koba" exudes an almost evil persona, an unscrupulousness and ruthlessness that would make the original Caesar blush. The photography is cleverly directed using the ruined urban and similarly dense forest scenarios to add richness and peril to the pyrotechnics, the superbly authentic looking visual effects and the general look of violence and chaos that descends as the film reaches what is clearly just the end of part one. It's a solid, characterful, story that isn't necessarily an improvement on the originals, but is certainly a strong and worthy successor.