Another Hole in the Head Film Festival Review: “Revision of the Planet of the Apes” - More Fun Than a Barrel Full of Monkeys? by Mike Imboden Some time back I watched the original Planet of the Apes re-edited to look like it was an episode of The Twilight Zone . Most likely due to the fact that Rod Serling played a huge part in adapting Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel, this re-edit works to near perfection. Taking a movie that runs more than 90 minutes and whittling it down to 20-some minutes AND having it still tell a coherent story is certainly an accomplishment. So imagine my curiosity when I heard that someone had taken the original PotA pentalogy and edited it down to one almost 90 minute movie. I had to see this! Unbeknownst to me, the mastermind behind this undertaking, Jorge Torres-Torres, already had some of these re-edits under his belt. Stories like Death Wish, Friday the 13th , and Phantasm (to name a few) have all been re-cut, shuffled, and pasted back together to pres
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