Planet of the Apes Page #4

But this much is certain. He does come

from somewhere in the forbidden zone.

He's described the region to us and described

it accurately for... I have been there.

You visited the forbidden zone?

Yes, sir.

A year ago.

With the permission of the Academy.

He exceeded his orders.

His travel permit was canceled immediately.

Yes, sir. That is true, thanks to you.

But not before I discovered evidence

of a simian culture that existed

long before the sacred scrolls were written.

Objection! These remarks

are profane and irrelevant!

Sustained. Your archaeological theories have

no bearing on the disposition of this creature.

Let them talk, Mr. President. Let them talk.

Sirs, our theories

have a bearing on his identity.

How so?

Let us assume, as common sense dictates,

that the prisoner's story is false.

But if he did not come from another planet,

then surely he sprang from our own.

Yes! Sprang! As an animal psychologist,

I have found no physiological defect

to explain why humans are mute.

- Objection!

- Sustained!

Their speech organs are adequate.

The flaw lies not in anatomy, but in the brain.

- Objection!

- Sustained!

Sustain all objections, but face the truth!

Yes! Behold this marvel!

This living paradox!

This missing link in an evolutionary chain!

Silence there!

You go too far.

I think an indictment is in order.

Yes, sir. The state charges Drs Zira and

Cornelius with contempt of this tribunal,

malicious mischief, and scientific heresy.

It is so ordered.

This tribunal will examine the evidence

and in due course render its verdict.

As to the proposed indictment

and as to the disposition

of the deviate in question,

this hearing is adjourned.

Wait outside.

Well, the verdict is in.

At the moment, your two simian friends

and sponsors are free on bail.

But they'll soon be brought to trial for heresy.

What about me?

Your case was preordained.

In a way, you did the state a service

because you made it possible for us

to expose Zira and Cornelius.

Now the tribunal

has placed you in my custody

for final disposition.

Do you realize what that means?

No.

Emasculation to begin with.

Then experimental surgery

on the speech centers - on the brain.

Eventually a kind of living death.

However,

I have it in my power to grant a reprieve.

That is why I summoned you here tonight.

Tell me who and what you really are

and where you came from,

and no veterinary shall touch you.

I told you that at that hearing of yours.

You lied!

Where is your tribe?

My tribe!

They live on another planet

in another solar system.

Even in your lies, some truth slips through.

That mythical community

you're supposed to come from - Fort Wayne.

- What about it?

- A fort!

Unconsciously you chose a name

that was belligerent.

Where were you nurtured?

Then... you don't believe that prosecutor's

charge that I'm a monster created by Dr. Zira?

Certainly not.

You're a mutant.

That's what Zira and Cornelius claim.

You're talking heresy, doctor.

Of course!

Suppose I am a mutant.

How can the appearance of one mutant

- send you into a panic?

- Because you're not unique.

- There's the one you call Landon.

- Oh. Then you admit that...

I admit that where there's one mutant,

there's probably another and another.

A whole nest of them.

Where is your nest, Taylor?

Where are your women?

Thank you.

Thank you for calling me Taylor.

Dr. Zaius,

I know who I am.

But who are you?

How in hell did this upside-down

civilization get started?

You may well call it upside down,

since you occupy its lowest level.

And deservedly so.

Our eastern desert has never been explored

because we've always assumed

that life cannot exist there.

Taylor, save yourself!

Tell me, is there another jungle

beyond the forbidden zone?

I don't know.

If you're trying to protect others of your kind,

it'll cost you your identity.

I'm not protecting anyone.

This whole thing is insane!

What have I done?

You are a menace.

A walking pestilence!

I do know who you are, Taylor.

I'll give you just six hours

to make a full confession.

After that I shall use surgery to obtain one.

Guards!

All right. You can cut pieces out of me.

You've got the power.

Return this creature to his cage.

But you do it out of fear!

Remember that! Because you're afraid of me!

What are you afraid of, doctor?

Are you Julius?

- Who are you?

- I'm from the office of animal affairs.

That male is to be transferred to the zoo.

At this hour?

Who says so?

Don't they tell you anything?

The antivivisectionist society is up in arms.

They're gonna save this beast

from those butchers in the lab.

If he can speak, he belongs in a public zoo,

but what'll probably happen

is some money-mad grown-up'll put him

in a circus, and we'll have to pay...

Stop making speeches

and show me the order!

This order's no good.

It must be countersigned by Dr. Zaius.

Grab him!

Who are you?

So you can talk!

I'm Dr. Zira's nephew.

This abduction was her idea.

You're not really going to the zoo.

That's our story if somebody stops us.

Get me out of this.

We've gotta move fast!

She comes along too.

- Zira doesn't want your female.

- I want her.

If you insist, but I'm not taking any orders.

All right. Come on! Let's go!

- I told you not to bring the other one!

- He wouldn't leave her.

Oh, all right. Come on!

- Here. Put this on.

- Don't you have any clothes for me?

What do you expect? An ape's new suit?

- This stuff stinks!

- Well, so do you. Like all men.

Taylor, remember,

all men look alike to most apes.

So put it on and keep quiet,

and we may just get away with this. Hurry!

Cornelius!

How'd it go?

Come on!

Let me out of this!

Well, Taylor, we're all fugitives now.

Do you have any weapons? Any guns?

The best. But we won't need them.

I'm glad to hear it. I want one anyway.

Taylor, I'm in charge of this expedition!

Good for you.

But you're not in charge of me. Not any more.

I don't plan to be caught again.

- As you wish.

- Dr. Zaius seemed to think there was

another jungle beyond the forbidden zone.

I'll try for that. What about you?

Cornelius and I have been

indicted for heresy.

Unless we can prove our theories,

we don't stand a chance of acquittal.

You're going back to the forbidden zone?

We're going back to the diggings

I worked at over a year ago.

It's a three-day ride across the desert.

Near where you claim you landed

from that planet of yours.

- You still don't believe me, do you?

- It's a long detour to Dead Lake.

- What would we find?

- Nothing much.

An empty rubber life raft. Maybe a...

little flag, the emblem of my countrymen.

The terrain around that lake

is poisonous. There's no fresh water,

no vegetation - nothing.

Anyway, I... ought to thank you

for saving me. You'll be in trouble for that.

We've been in trouble

since the moment we met you.

What's she pointing at?

This must be close to home for her.

She knows it.

Nova, no. Nova!

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