A leopard leaps from a rock outcropping and pounces on an unsuspecting and defenseless ape, screeching for his life.The filming was so controversial and threatening that it couldn""t be shot in he Deep South, so the sets were recreated in various small towns in two states: Illinois (Sparta, Freeburg, and Belleville) and Tennessee (in the cotton-growing community of Dyersburg, for the plantation and greenhouse scenes).The question you face is, which path will you choose?" When he grew older, Spock (Zachary Quinto) spoke to his mother Amanda Grayson (Winona Ryder) about his upcoming dilemma - whether to participate in the emotion-purging Vulcan ritual of Kolinahr.Beasts in the Jungle (1913)andTarzan of the Apes (1918)with Elmo Lincoln as the title character undoubtedly served as further inspiration.