Capricorn One
Short description
Capricorn One is a 1977 science fiction thriller about a faked mission to Mars. When the first crewed flight to the red planet is called off at the last moment, the three astronauts are removed from the spacecraft and taken to a secret facility, where they are forced to act out a Mars landing and surface exploration for television cameras. NASA wants the public to believe the mission succeeded, and the astronauts comply because their families are threatened. The deception frays when a technician notices something wrong with the signals and begins asking questions, aided by an investigative reporter.
Peter Hyams wrote and directed the film, the first of the 17 features he has directed in chronological order, ahead of Hanover Street in 1979. Paul Lazarus III produced. Elliott Gould plays reporter Robert Caulfield, James Brolin plays Col. Charles Brubaker, Brenda Vaccaro plays Kay Brubaker, and Sam Waterston, O.J. Simpson and Hal Holbrook appear among a credited cast of 28. The film runs 123 minutes and was made for about 5 million dollars, taking roughly 12 million worldwide.
On IMDb it holds 6.8 out of 10 from around 27,000 votes, and on TMDB it also scores 6.8, there from 528 votes. A critics' rating of 6.7 from 23 reviews sits close to those audience figures. The film is a British and American co-production from ITC Entertainment and Associated General Films.
What's left behind the scenes
- Despite NASA being portrayed in a less than flattering light in the film, its specialists served as technical consultants.
- The car chase on the runway was filmed so well that excerpts from it were later used in other films and programs.
- The sunrise at the launch complex is actually a sunset played in reverse, as the NASA complex at Cape Kennedy (now Cape Canaveral) is located on the east coast of the United States.
- After the film's release, Frank Tollman (1919-1978, a Hollywood aviation expert) called the aerial dogfight between the biplane and two helicopters shown in the finale "the most dangerous and complex aerial maneuver" ever filmed for a feature film.
- The film's plot is based on numerous conspiracy theories surrounding the Apollo lunar program.
- The film depicts the launch of the American super-heavy-lift launch vehicle "Saturn-5".
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