![]() ![]() Kaufman is the soul of “Man on the Moon,” but Stipe’s lyrics also refer to a larger bit of American counter-mythology-namely, the culturally embedded suspicion that the 1969 Apollo 11 mission (and the triumphal media narrative that ended with Neil Armstrong’s “one giant leap for mankind”) was nothing more than fake news.Įver since the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, the relationship between official accounts of outer space and hysterical, earthbound conspiracy theories has been inextricable. Also starring Brenda Vaccaro, Hal Holbrook, Karen Black, Telly Savalas and David Huddleston.“If you believed they put a man on the moon,” sang Michael Stipe, evincing uncertainty in honor of Andy Kaufman, a peerless put-on artist whose love of masquerade-everything from off-the-clock alter egos to pro wrestling villainy-made him a true icon of untrustworthiness. But even he does a pretty good job in his role, although you'll most likely be tempted to focus more on James Brolin and Sam Waterston as the other two astronauts.Īnyway, it's a very well done movie, and shows Peter Hyams to be a capable director. If the movie has any real problem, it's only because of something that happened long after its release: O.J. Portraying a hoax mission to Mars and a larger conspiracy, the movie joins the group of movies during that era that involved distrust of the government (the others were "The Parallax View", "Three Days of the Condor" and "All the President's Men").Įlliott Gould brilliantly plays against type as the aggressive reporter doing everything possible to expose the lie but encountering many obstacles - many of which are probably no accident. Occasional claims that the moon landing may have been staged make "Capricorn One" all the more interesting. Reviewed by lee_eisenberg 7 / 10 makes you think It is a thrilling stunt and amazingly shot. ![]() The movie feels a little scattered until the plane helicopters chase. I don't think most of the scenes at the control room are that compelling. I prefer staying more with the astronauts and the reporter. It's an interesting premise for the paranoid conspiracy era. A technician discovers the conspiracy but then he disappears which alarms his investigative journalist friend Robert Caulfield (Elliott Gould). Few people would be involved in the cover up. Instead of scrubbing the mission, Kelloway pressures them to fake the Martian landing. James Kelloway (Hal Holbrook) tells them that the life support system was found fatally flawed. ![]() Simpson) are surprised to be secreted away. The astronauts Charles Brubaker (James Brolin), Peter Willis (Sam Waterston) and John Walker (O. The space program is under financial stress and the President can't even bother to show up for the launch. NASA launches Capricorn One into space on its way to Mars. Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 7 / 10 interesting conspiracy premise The plan is to fake the Mars landing and keep the astronauts at a remote base until the mission is over, but then investigative journalist Robert Caulfield starts to suspect something.-Col Needham The head of the programme explains that the life support system was faulty and that NASA can't afford the publicity of a scratched mission. Seconds before the launch, the entire team is pulled from the capsule and the rocket leaves earth unmanned much to Brubaker's anger. Charles Brubaker is the astronaut leading NASA's first manned mission to Mars.
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