Capricorn One
The mission was a sham. The murders were real.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$5 000 000
Box office
$12 000 000
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Paul Lazarus III
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton
Editing
James Mitchell
Whole Team (26)
Whole Team (26)
Short description
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
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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