Escape from the Planet of the Apes Page #7

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to be dominated...

then, oh, please, God,

let him be dominated by such as you.

All I can now do to help you...

is give you this for the baby.

- It's a medal of St. Francis of Assisi.

- Who is he?

He was a holy man who loved

and cared for all animals.

- Yes.

- Oh, thank you.

We'll hang it around the baby's neck.

For protection, huh?

- Thank you.

- Yes.

And now, my dear, dear friends...

before the police come

and the audience gathers...

you and your pretty baby must go.

Lewis is on his way.

- Armando.

- Yes?

I should like to say good-bye

to H?lolse first.

If only she could speak,

she would say how very sorry she is.

I know,

but we understand each other.

All right. All right.

This is as far as we dare to take you.

The police have got roadblocks

on every main exit from town.

- Here are your supplies.

- Thank you.

Can you read a map?

I'm an archaeologist.

I can even draw one.

All right.

We're at the city limits...

at the southern edge

of this oil field here.

Once you're over this hill,

you'll pass through more oil wells...

an abandoned refinery.

You'll be looking down at a harbor

to the southeast.

It's a kind of graveyard for old ships

that have become unseaworthy.

I used to play there as a kid.

Anyway, there's a derelict tanker

at one end.

- You could hide there for a week.

- A week?

Until the commotion dies down a bit...

and we can smuggle you

back to the circus.

And then, as Armando says,

you can travel with them to Florida...

found your own colony in the Everglades,

and live happily ever after.

Mama. Mama.

Mama.

It's, uh, time that you were moving on.

- Lewis.

- Yes?

If they find us, we shall be killed?

Ultimately.

Then, uh, give us

the opportunity to kill ourselves...

if that moment should come.

Please.

I shouldn't do this,

but I guessed you might ask.

You're the second human I've kissed.

And you are the first.

Come along, Zira.

Now, don't dawdle.

- The ape with the kid.

- H?lolse?

Oh, she's been with the circus

seven years now.

And the baby's birth

was registered 16 days ago.

Look how he's growing.

The first chimpanzee

ever to be born in a circus!

Do you realize

what a distinction that is, huh?

Why, it's like being the first fish

to be born on dry land.

- Nothing.

- It's like being the first bird to be born without an egg.

It is like being the first baby

to be born on the moon.

It's like being the

Negative! Negative! Negative!

Don't worry.

We'll catch 'em sooner or later.

That's what I'm worried about "later. "

Later, we'll do something

about pollution.

Later, we'll do something

about the population explosion.

Later, we'll do something

about the nuclear war.

We think we've got

all the time in the world!

How much time has the world got?

Somebody has to begin to care.

Oh! Like stars in space.

Isn't it beautiful?

Yes, it is from here.

Well

We must move on.

Hmm.

- Who found it?

- Field superintendent.

Routine service check.

It was hidden here in the workings.

- I guess she didn't need this anymore.

- So why don't we get moving?

It's a big area. We've called in

for helicopters to direct us.

- How long till they get here?

- Twenty minutes.

- Why so long?

- They're running down a fire report out in the Simi Valley.

- Keep me posted.

- Yes, sir.

- What's the matter?

- They found Zira's suitcase.

Did Lewis really play here?

Well, it was probably cleaner then.

- It stinks- of man.

- Oh, no, no, no.

That's, uh, oil and dead fish.

Is that what man wanted oil for

to kill fish?

You don't like them very much, do you?

- Who?

- Humans.

We've met hundreds

since we've been here...

and I trust... three.

Mama. Mama.

Mama.

He wants feeding.

Oh, yes, well, um

Well, there must be

someplace cleaner than this.

I'll look around.

Cornelius?

Cornelius?

I see you've had your baby, Zira.

The presidential commission has

empowered me to take it in my care.

Give it to me.

Cornelius!

Spread your men out along the pier!

- All right, men! Move out!

- Get them down there!

Get down in front and move out!

Move! Move! Go!

All the way down to the end!

All right! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!

Stevie.

Zira.

I want that baby. And if you

won't give it to me, I'll shoot.

My God! Stop him!

No!

Keep your men here! Come on!

Zira!

What's she doing?

Oh, my God.

All hands on the guy lines.

Drop the bale ring!

All extra hands in the back yard.

To the quarter pole.

- On the double!

- Come on! Let's go!

As soon as you get that canvas packed...

I want every hand

on the menagerie tent.

All right?

Intelligent creature.

But then,

so were your mother and father.

Mama.

Mama. Mama.

Mama!

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