Stranded in the desert, they try to make their way back to civilization while being pursued by a pair of helicopters. The captive astronauts immediately stage a daring escape and attempt to evade military forces in order to expose the conspiracy. The astronauts' suspicions become reality when their empty capsule burns up during reentry. Meanwhile back at the abandoned military base, the astronauts begin to suspect that if the conspiracy is to be successful, they will eventually have to be eliminated. ![]() When Whittier mysteriously disappears, Caulfield becomes suspicious and begins investigating the Mars mission, resulting in several attempts upon his life. He speaks to a journalist friend Robert Caulfield ( Gould) about his concerns. The television transmissions are arriving "ahead" of the spacecraft telemetry. The conspiracy is known to only a select few NASA officials, but alert technician Elliot Whittier ( Walden) stumbles across something absurdly impossible. The astronauts remain in captivity for a period of several months and are filmed "landing on Mars" within a studio located at the base. Initially they refuse, but authorities imply their careers and the lives of their families are at stake if they do not cooperate. The televised launch proceeds on schedule, but the public is unaware that the spacecraft (Capricorn One) does not have a crew.Īt the remote base, the astronauts are informed they will fake the television footage from Mars and it is their patriotic duty to participate. ![]() Minutes before launch, the bewildered crew ( Brolin, Waterston, and Simpson) are removed from the capsule and flown to an old abandoned United States Army Air Corps base deep within the desert. NASA authorities ( Holbrook) realize that a faulty life support system has doomed any chance of a successful flight, so for political and financial purposes they decide to fake the landing rather than cancel the mission. The setting is the late 1970s, and the first manned mission to Mars is on the launch pad ready to launch. ![]() Title=Lunar lunacy |author=Colette Bancroft |date= |publisher= St. It was written and directed by Peter Hyams and produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company for Warner Bros.Īlthough thematically "Capricorn One" is a typical 1970s government-conspiracy thriller with similarities to Hyams's subsequent film " Outland", the story was inspired by allegations that the Apollo Moon landings were a hoax. "Capricorn One" is a 1978 thriller movie about a Mars landing hoax.
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