Mystery Science Theater 3000: Time of the Apes (1989)

overview : Adapted (i.e., shredded and stitched into incoherence) from the 1974 Japanese series Saru No Gundan, Time of the Apes follows the travails of a scientist and two small children who are accidentally frozen and thaw into a future ruled by apes. Meanwhile, Crow and Servo have locked Joel out of the Satellite of Love.

Release Date : Apr 02, 1989

Runtime : 1h 39m

Genre : Comedy  Science Fiction  

Companies : Consolidated Puppets, Inc., KTMA-TV (US), Sandy Frank Enterprises, Tsuburaya Productions

Countries : Japan, United States of America

Keywords : post-apocalyptic future, mad scientist, film in film, robot, ape, mst3k, stranded in orbit, movie riffing