This movie is a spoof of "Planet of the Apes" (1968) and follows the storyline of the original step by step - in spite of being a crazy parody of the original film. A group of men lands in a balloon on an area (it's not a planet, it's more like a hill) where talking apes rule and humans are slaves. The apes try to transform the guys in monkeys; a simian princess falls in love with one of them; and so one. This film is one of the several movies made for the popular Brazilian group "Os Trapalhões" - Didi (Renato Aragão), Dedé, Mussum and Zacharias - in the seventies, all of then inspired in American blockbusters. It's a very fun entertainment, but the humor is very "local" to be understood in other countries. Oh, yeah, the ape "makeup" is terrible, but that's part of the fun. The movie don't take itself seriously
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O Trapalhao no Planalto dos Macacos translates to A Tramp on the Plateau of the Apes and is part of a 1970's series of Brazilian comedy films where The Tramps found their way to all sorts of situations and eventually other movies, such as The Wizard of Oz and Star Wars.
The Tramps are Didi, Dede, Mussum and Zacharias. Throughout the movie, they get in all manner of hijinks, starting when Didi and Dede are mistaken for jewel thieves. This leads them to a hot air balloon which brings them to a hillside where apes speak and treat men as slaves. Kind of like, you know, Planet of the Apes.
There's even a Nova character, named Hula, and a Forbidden Zone, which kind of makes no sense as the rest of humanity hasn't ended yet. That said, you should pretty much shut your brain off when watching this movie. It's a silly Brazilian movie for kids that was made on a low budget and is all about making you laugh. It's also worth noting that the human is very much Brazilan, so some of it won't translate.
The Tramps are Didi, Dede, Mussum and Zacharias. Throughout the movie, they get in all manner of hijinks, starting when Didi and Dede are mistaken for jewel thieves. This leads them to a hot air balloon which brings them to a hillside where apes speak and treat men as slaves. Kind of like, you know, Planet of the Apes.
There's even a Nova character, named Hula, and a Forbidden Zone, which kind of makes no sense as the rest of humanity hasn't ended yet. That said, you should pretty much shut your brain off when watching this movie. It's a silly Brazilian movie for kids that was made on a low budget and is all about making you laugh. It's also worth noting that the human is very much Brazilan, so some of it won't translate.
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