During training, Rocky showed continual demoralization and distractedness, bolstered by Paulie""s criticisms of the low-class surroundings, the "jungle junk music," and his pessimism about everything: "He""s a bruiser.When the flashback continues, George insists that his suitcase must be big enough "for a thousand and one nights with plenty of room here for labels from Italy and Baghdad.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." When he delivered an incorrect magical incantation before opening the book (forgetting the final word: "Klaatu, Barada,Nikto"), and substituting mumbled N words: "necktie," "nectar," and "nickel," etc.