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A string of questionable plot contrivances threaten to bury its story, but Capricorn One manages to unfurl an amusing, sharply cynical conspiracy yarn. Read Critics Reviews
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- Peter Hyams
- PG
- Elliott Gould
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One of the highlights of Peter Hyams' inconsistent career, "Capricorn One" presents an irresistible "what if?" scenario. The film opens with NASA on the ropes against the bean counters, and the agency can't afford to send the crew of the first manned spaceflight to Mars.
Apr 30, 2013 · Both Hangar 18 and Capricorn One have supposedly happy endings in which the heroes survive and the truth of the massive conspiracies is revealed to the general public. But that’s where things...
Capricorn One. 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. It was written and directed by Peter Hyams and produced by Lew Grade 's ITC ...
Capricorn One begins with a workable, if cynical cinematic premise: the first manned space flight to Mars was a hoax and the American public was fooled through Hollywood gimmickry into believing that the phony landing happened.
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- Peter Hyams
- PG
Capricorn One Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Michael Clark Epoch Times. You’ll know the exact moment when everything goes south with the arrival of Telly...
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.
