When an orderly arrives to offer the apes food, his playful reference to their unborn child as a "little monkey" makes Cornelius lose his temper and he knocks the orderly to the floor, before escaping with Zira. Cornelius fears that the truth will get them killed. Zira is relieved to have revealed the truth because she was tired of lying. In their chambers, Cornelius labels Hasslein and the others savages for Zira's treatment as she reminds Cornelius that she did the same thing to humans and Taylor called them savages. Zira joins Cornelius in confinement while Hasslein takes his findings to the President, who reluctantly must abide by the council's ruling to have Zira's pregnancy be terminated and that both apes be sterilized. As a result of the serum, Hasslein learns details about Zira's examination and experimentation on humans along with her knowledge of Taylor. Lewis assures Zira that the serum will have the same effect as champagne. Hasslein orders Lewis to administer a truth serum to her while Cornelius is confined elsewhere. Hasslein suspects that the apes are not speaking the whole truth.ĭuring the original hearing, Zira accidentally reveals that she dissected humans in the course of her work. Zira explains that the gorillas started the war, and the orangutans supported the gorillas, but the chimpanzees had nothing to do with it. Cornelius reveals that the human race will cause its own downfall and become dominated by simians, and that simian aggression against humans will lead to Earth's destruction by a weapon made by humans. Hasslein insists that he simply wants to know how apes became dominant over men. Her candid responses enable him to convince the Commission that Cornelius and Zira must be subjected to more rigorous questioning. Fearing for the future of the human race, he offers her champagne (for which she has developed a taste) to loosen her inhibitions and questions her further while recording it. Otto Hasslein, who discovers Zira is pregnant. They come to the attention of the President's Science Advisor Dr. The apes become celebrities, and are lavished with gifts and media attention. Stephanie and Lewis are shocked but still sympathetic, the latter advising the couple to keep this information secret until they can gauge the potential reaction of their hosts.
Cornelius and Zira secretly tell Stephanie and Lewis that they did know about Taylor, explain how humans are treated in the ape-dominated future, and about the Earth's destruction. They are welcomed as guests of the government.
They reveal that they came from the future and escaped Earth when war broke out. The council asks them about Taylor, but Cornelius and Zira tell them that they know nothing about him. The apes are brought before the Commission, where they publicly reveal their ability to speak. Lewis tries to communicate with the apes that he is peaceful and he wishes to treat them as equals, winning their friendship as a result.Ī Presidential Commission is formed to investigate the return of Taylor's spaceship and determine how atypically intelligent apes came to be aboard it.
Milo is killed moments later by a zoo gorilla who became agitated by the chimpanzees' argument. However Zira's impatience exposes the apes' power of speech during an experiment and Dr. Milo explaining their situation in private, the apes decide not to let the humans know that they can speak while agreeing not to reveal Earth's destruction from the Ape War. The apes are transported to a secluded ward of the Los Angeles Zoo, under the observation of scientists Dr. The shock wave of Earth's destruction sends the ship through a time warp that brings the apes to 1973 Earth, splashing down off the Pacific coast of the United States. Milo in salvaging and repairing the spaceship originally used by Taylor. ( February 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭuring the events of the preceding film Beneath the Planet of the Apes, occurring off-screen, Cornelius and Zira escaped Earth prior to its destruction when they accompanied their fellow chimpanzee Dr. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
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