Among the original Apes movies, only this one had true time travel; the others involved only relativistic time dilation, which (as even Dr. Milo knows) is technically not time travel. But in this one, Milo, Cornelius, and Zira are blown back to the time of the original astronauts (given the violence of the explosion, we’re going to call it a time rift) and are persecuted in a 70s made-for-TV manner.
—Michael Main
Given the power to alter the future, have we the right to use it?

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  1. Escape from the Planet of the Apes by Paul Dehn, directed by Don Taylor (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Los Angeles, 26 May 1971).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Paul Dehn
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . created by Pierre Boulle

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  1. Credit: based upon characters created by Pierre Boulle