The re-edit had to be done as fast as possible. We were really under the gun and had to go out with it. It was a cop-out, but it was one that I agreed with 100 percent.”Ĭapra admits, “Unfortunately, we didn’t go a very good job of fixing it. But I thought it was correct in terms of film entertainment to cop out, because I have no right to take an Apes film and really make it such a strong political platform. By changing the ending, I personally feel we were copping out, because it wasn’t the ending we intended. I had to water down all of the violence, too, and switch it and make it happier.
It would have been an R rating, because of the violence in the end. “The ending was watered down a lot,” states Thompson. In the final film, when Caesar proclaims, ‘That day is upon you now!’, it’s suddenly as though a light switch has been thrown and Caesar realizes that it’s all been a mistake that they must shown compassion to the humans. The reality is that the change is very obvious, and fairly ineffective. By recutting the existing footage and dubbing in new dialogue, the producers opted for a more “upbeat” ending. The solution: fix the problem in the editing room. It was just too strong and it detracted from the film.” That would have been the last image of him, screaming, ‘That day is upon you now!’ It was a pretty violent ending. Instead of being a flawed hero, he was a villain and you really didn’t want that. Offers Capra, “To end with the end of the human race was dissatisfying to us. It was a very violent ending and we had to change it around and make it a happy ending.” We were getting complaints at the preview in Phoenix. You know, we had to take it back into the editing room.
“In fact, the original film was so strong that it couldn’t be shown. “ Conquest was a really good, strong, political statement,” offers Thompson. The city is in flames, humans are dying by the dozen, gorillas have brought the battered body of Governor Breck (Don Murray) to lay before Caesar, and Man’s fate is not.hopeful.
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In its own way, the conclusion of Conquest was as powerful as anything that the series had offered before.
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