Where to Watch Farewell to the Planet of the Apes Online

Yearning to watch 'Farewell to the Planet of the Apes' in the comfort of your own home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the John Meredyth Lucas-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Farewell to the Planet of the Apes' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Farewell to the Planet of the Apes' right now, here are some specifics about the 20th Century Fox Television tv movie flick.

Released November 21st, 1980, 'Farewell to the Planet of the Apes' stars Ron Harper, James Naughton, Roddy McDowall, Roscoe Lee Browne The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a user score of 55 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 11 respected users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "When the astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are captured in a fishing village that employs human slave labor, they must prove their worth as fishermen or be sacrificed to the 'gods of the sea,' or what the men call sharks. Escaping from the forced labor camp, the trio become involved in a plot to develop a glider to drop a fragmentation bomb on the gorilla council. [The fifth of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Tomorrow's Tide" and "Up Above the World So High"]" .