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  1. Jul 1, 1978 · Bernard L. Ross, Ken Follett. 3.63. 48 ratings7 reviews. paperback. Genres FictionThrillerMedia Tie In. 219 pages, Paperback. First published July 1, 1978. Book details & editions.

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  2. Jan 1, 2001 · Ron Goulart. 3.22. 156 ratings27 reviews. To all appearances the launching of Capricorn One, the first spaceship to Mars, seemed perfectly normal. Everybody in the country was watching the countdown on television. But behind the scenes, two and a half hours before lift-off, a strange and terrifying drama was being played out.

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  3. Capricorn One is a 1978 British-produced American thriller film in which a reporter discovers that a supposed Mars landing by a crewed mission to the planet has been faked via a conspiracy involving the government and—under duress—the crew themselves.

  4. Jun 1, 2010 · Fifteen years before The X-Files made government conspiracy a way of life, there was Capricorn One. Born from post-Watergate angst and television’s increasing technological versatility, the film remains an effective thriller and adventure story, tightly-written and tautly directed by Peter Hyams, wherein the idea of government secrets to be ...

  5. Apr 16, 2024 · Written and Directed by Peter Hyams. Synopsis: It was supposed to be the crowning moment in the history of space travel. But when the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding – and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched.

  6. Capricorn One (1977 | IMDb) Epigraph 'When we wheel out one of the rockets to the launch pad, I find myself thinking of all those thousands of parts, all built by the lowest bidder, and I pray that everyone has done his homework.'

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  8. Oct 2, 2014 · Seconds before launch three unsuspecting astronauts; Charles Brubaker (James Brolin), John Walker (O.J. Simpson) and Peter Willis (Sam Waterston), are taken from their Saturn 5 space capsule to an abandoned air force base in the middle of the desert.

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