Top cast:Joaquin Phoenix,Patti LuPone,Amy Ryan
Director:Ron Howard
Genre:Biography
Region:Vietnam
Year:2006
Storyline:Shot on location (including a three-week shoot in Hawaii""s Schofield Barracks), this film was a monumental award winner - its hirteen nominations won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (Donna Reed), Best Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra), Best Screenplay (Daniel Taradash), Best B/W Cinematography (Burnett Guffey), Best Sound Recording, and Best Film Editing.When Cornelius mentioned that their fate would ultimately be death, he was granted a gun by Dr.Dixon so that they could commit suicide if necessary.Zira kissed him ("You""re the second human I""ve kissed"), and Cornelius kissed Dr.Branton ("And you are the first"), before they ran off.During the intense hunt for the apes, Zira""s suitcase was found near an oil well, and Dr.Hasslein personally went on a vendetta to track down the apes.He found Zira hiding in a derelict tanker at the abandoned harbor area, while cradling her infant ape." Every night, she would turn into "this horrible, ugly beast" - until dawn""s light.That was why she was placed in a castle tower for rescue by her "true love." She was distraught: "I""m a princess and this is not how a princess is meant to look." Donkey proposed that she had a lot in common with ogre Shrek, implying that she shouldn""t marry Lord Farquaad.He escaped from the caboose onto the tracks and returned to his small-town home, where his father Professor Henry Jones, Sr.