He forecast that he would be fired by Umbridge in the near future, and introduced them to his simple-minded, Giant half-brother Grawp (Tony Maudsley), so that they could look after him when he was gone.And one of its satellites, a green and insignificant planet, is now dead." The pessimistic, downbeat film ended abruptly, without traditional closing credits.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)The first of four sequels in the 1970s, and the second film in the original five-film series.With a production budget of $3 million, and box-office gross receipts of $19 million (domestic).With the tagline: "The bizarre world you met in ""Planet of the Apes"" was only the beginning...WHAT LIES BENEATH MAY BE THE END!" The poster description went further: "An army of civilized apes...A fortress of radiation-crazed super humans...Earth""s final battle is about to begin - Beneath the atomic rubble of what was once the city of New York!"This was the only film in the original series of five films without star Roddy McDowall.]As he considers his options, knowing that he can""t return to his apartment where the "bloodhounds" will find him, he hears a woman wearing dark glasses behind a slatted shade call out: "You there! Why are you so late? Why have you kept me waiting so long?" He is summoned "in here" and waved/escorted into the gothic house by a bald-headed, properly-attired, white-gloved, German manservant/butler Max von Mayerling (Erich von Stroheim) at the metal-gated front-door.[Note: Hiller had passed up the opportunity to work onThe Godfather (1972)to make this film.] The melodramatic and ragic soap-opera, tremendously popular and a financial success (the top-earning film of the year at $106 million) but panned by critics for its sappy content, was based upon Erich Segal""s # 1 best-selling short novel of the same name, released appropriately on Valentine""s Day in 1970.