Cornelius And Zira: February 2019

Saturday 9 February 2019

Cornelius And Zira Live! Part 5

The final set of animated screenshots from Cornelius And Zira.

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) finds something intriguing in the cave.

Milo (Gary Cook) in Zaius's office.

Zaius (Ernest Morris) and Milo (Gary Cook).

Zaius (Ernest Morris).

Zaius (Ernest Morris) and Aboro (Frank Seymour).

Cornelius (Dave Barclay), Milo (Gary Cook) and Zira (Jackie Lawrence).

Zira (Jackie Lawrence), Cornelius (Dave Barclay) and Milo (Gary Cook).

Milo (Gary Cook).

Zaius (Ernest Morris).

Milo (Gary Cook).

Zaius (Ernest Morris) and Aboro (Frank Seymour).

Zira (Jackie Lawrence).

Milo (Gary Cook) enters Liberty 1.

Cornelius (Dave Barclay).

Zira (Jackie Lawrence).

Cornelius (Dave Barclay).

Zira (Jackie Lawrence).

Milo (Gary Cook) and Cornelius (Dave Barclay) in the cave.

Cornelius (Dave Barclay) and Milo (Gary Cook).

Milo (Gary Cook) approaches Liberty 1.

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) aboard Liberty 1.

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) and Cornelius (Dave Barclay).

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) in the cave.

Zaius (Ernest Morris) and Milo (Gary Cook).

Milo (Gary Cook) in Zaius's office.

The apes witness the destruction of the Planet of the Apes from the cockpit of Liberty 1.

Miniature model built by Dave.

The end credits for the restored version of the film.

Betty Clay, Dave's aunt, and her daughter Teresa were the owners of Hopkirk the horse, seen being "ridden" by Milo in the film.

Cameraman Bernie Drummond appeared as Zaius in one of our earlier Apes movies.

Dave's son Graham - an Emmy-nominated sound engineer - provided invaluable help during the 2012 restoration.

Cameraman Mike Barclay was Dave's dad.

Saturday 2 February 2019

Cornelius And Zira Live! Part 4

Zaius (Ernest Morris).

Zira (Jackie Lawrence).

Milo (Gary Cook).

Milo (Gary Cook) aboard Liberty 1.

Milo (Gary Cook) and Cornelius (Dave Barclay).

Milo (Gary Cook).

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) and Cornelius (Dave Barclay).

Milo (Gary Cook).

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) approaches Milo's cave.

Zaius (Ernest Morris).

Milo (Gary Cook), Cornelius (Dave Barclay) and Zira (Jackie Lawrence).

Zaius (Ernest Morris) and Aboro (Frank Seymour).

The map was painted by Gary.

Zira (Jackie Lawrence).

Milo (Gary Cook).

Milo (Gary Cook) in Zaius's office.

Cornelius (Dave Barclay) and Zira (Jackie Lawrence).

Milo (Gary Cook), Cornelius (Dave Barclay) and Zira (Jackie Lawrence).

Zira (Jackie Lawrence) and Cornelius (Dave Barclay).

CORNELIUS AND ZIRA

THE SIXTH OF THE "APES" FILMS - AND THE BEST! In 1977, a group of teenage friends from North London recreated the world of the Planet Of The Apes in a short 8mm film, made on a shoestring budget over the course of the year and featuring home-made makeup, costumes, props and scenery, Helmed by lifelong puppeteer David Barclay, who went on to bigger and better things as a world-famous animation, motion-capture and puppetry professional in such epics as The Empire Strikes Back, Return Of The Jedi, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Little Shop Of Horrors and Cats And Dogs among many others, CORNELIUS AND ZIRA forms a bridge between the sci-fi classics BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES and ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES and reveals the untold story of how Cornelius, Dr Zira and Dr Milo fled the imminent destruction of Planet Earth. The main cast comprises David Barclay as curious chimpanzee archaeologist Cornelius and Jackie Lawrence as his wife, animal psychologist Zira, with Gary Cook (your host) as Dr Milo, Ernest Morris as the devious Dr Zaius and Frank Seymour as gorilla soldier Aboro. Produced and directed by David Barclay, who also created the prosthetic makeup in the style of the legendary John Chambers. This blog contains a collection of photos and animated screenshots, some of which you might have seen on my main Apes blog, Archives Of The Apes. Bear in mind that the original movie is on 8mm film, and much of the material presented here is third- or fourth-generation copies, so the quality may sometimes be a bit ropy.

CORNELIUS AND ZIRA