The original! Before winning his Oscar for Patton, Franklin J. Schaffner directed this sci-fi classic about an astronaut crew that crash-lands on a planet inhabited by intelligent apes.

7 p.m. Tuesday, February 20, at NAU Cline Library Assembly Hall.

The College of Arts and Letters Film Series is free and open to the public. Community members can print a complimentary parking pass for each film at http://nau.edu/Parking-Shuttle-Services/Guest-Parking/

The 2017 Fall College of Arts and Letters Film Series is seeing stars: The series’ theme —20th Century Fox: The Directors—There were five major film studios during Hollywood’s Golden Age, roughly the years from 1932-1947.  All five of those studios are still actively producing entertainment productions today. The CAL Film Series has featured two of those studios in the past: Columbia and Warner Brothers.  In the future, NAU plans to do series focus on MGM and Paramount.

Get to know about the movies and their famous directors at 7 p.m. Tuesday evenings in the Cline Library Assembly Hall. Win prizes as film experts share little-known tidbits about the films, actors and the social issues that impacted the stories and their telling.