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Planet of the Apes (1968) - Julius (Buck Kartalian) Gorilla Costume

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Planet of the Apes (1968) - Julius (Buck Kartalian) Gorilla Costume
Planet of the Apes (1968) - Julius (Buck Kartalian) Gorilla Costume.

Original gorilla costume worn by "Julius", played by Buck Kartalian in for the Franklin J. Schaffner directed science-fiction film 'Planet of the Apes' (1968), where an astronaut crew crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future. Although the planet appears desolate at first, the surviving crew members stumble upon a society in which apes have evolved into creatures with human-like intelligence and speech.

Starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, and Linda Harrison.

Western Costume Co. label inside.

Julius was a gorilla charged with security at the Research Complex for studying captive humans. Like most of his species, he despised humans and felt they existed as nothing more than lower order animals, although he seemed less brutal towards the humans than the soldiers. He developed a particular dislike for the captured astronaut George Taylor who had been confined to a cage after suffering injury during a hunt. Julius delighted in tormenting Taylor and chastised him, calling the talking human a "freak", while washing him down with a high-powered water hose.