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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.
Feb 20, 2024 · 'Capricorn One' isn't a horrible movie. Too bad some people took it seriously. Here's why the movie is worth your time 45 years later. Or is it 44 years?
- Ryan Britt
Apr 30, 2013 · For most audience members in that pre-Internet age, Capricorn One was their introduction to the very idea that the moon landing might have been a big, fat hoax. (Interestingly, the film...
May 5, 1978 · With Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston. 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.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Peter Hyams
- 1978-05-05
Jul 12, 2024 · But Capricorn One was hyped around a growing belief in the US that the moon landings were faked. Reports on the film repeated a poll that found 28 per cent of Americans believed it was a...
Dec 31, 2021 · VERDICT. False. A video circulating online does not show leaked footage of the lunar landing and is not proof that the moon landing was faked. The video is an amalgamation of clips from the...
Jul 12, 2024 · To avoid public embarrassment, NASA fakes the landing, forcing the astronauts to participate in the hoax under threat. When the spacecraft burns up on re-entry, the astronauts realize their lives...
