Pierre Boulle

writer, creator
Novelette

Une nuit interminable


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  • Undetermined
  • Undetermined Time Travel
Feature Film

Planet of the Apes


A black-and-white photo of Roddy McDowall (as the ape Cornelius) on top of a
                cage enclosing ten humans.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Feature Film

Beneath the Planet of the Apes


Wearing tattered animal skins, James Franciscus (as Brent) and Linda Harrison
                (as Nova) emerge from a tunnel while apes march in the background.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Feature Film

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)

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?
Roddy McDowall (as Cornelius), Kim Hunter (as Zira), and Milo stand defiantly
                in front of a lineup of militia.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Feature Film

Planet of the Apes VI

Planet of the Apes


I found two redeeming features in this melodramatic complete remake of the first Planet of the Apes film: Helena Bonham Carter and a time-travel twist at the end that was beyond my understanding. —Michael Main
In this temple as in the hearts of the apes for whom he saved the planet the memory of General Thade is enshrined forever
A long line of armored apes with medival weapons trails off into the distance
                while a massive ape army approaches.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel