This box set contains all five films in the planet of the apes series in the original film a group of earth astronauts led by colonel george taylor charlton heston are plunged nearly two thousand years into the future after passing through a time distortion they crash land on a strange planet where mute humans are treated as slaves by intelligent apes in beneath the planet of the apes nasa send astronaut brent james franciscus on a rescue mission when taylors crew fail to return