![]() ![]() One thing though, try to watch it in widescreen - somehow they showed the 4:3 full-frame version on TV here, which was a major drawback considering the movie's original 2.35:1 aspect ratio. So much for the plot, the rest is yours to find out about. They figure that now that they're all supposed to be dead, the government will have them killed for real. 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. 1 Video 98 Photos Action Adventure Drama 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. Peter Hyams had worked as a reporter in Vietnam, where he became convinced that the government could conceal a great big lie if top officials wanted to do so. That is, until their real-life landing capsule disintegrates while re-entering the earth's atmosphere. Capricorn One is the kind of movie that can only be fully appreciated if you consider the period that it was made, most notably in the years following both Vietnam and Watergate. Now Playing: Capricorn One Movie Details & Credits Toho-Towa Release Date: J PG Starring: Brenda Vaccaro, David Doyle, David Huddleston, Elliott Gould, Hal Holbrook, James Brolin, Karen Black, O.J. ![]() Things go somewhat well and although the astronauts really begin to resent the big swindle they were drawn into, nobody really notices. It's got everything in place to fool the public about an actual Mars landing. Upon arrival, they are told that they'll have to play make-believe using the facility's very own "Mars" sound stage. When three would-be Mars astronauts are secretly pulled out of their capsule just minutes before liftoff due to a malfunctioning life support system that would have meant certain death, they are quickly transferred to an abandoned air force base out in the desert. Unmistakeably based on the real-life "moon hoax" pseudo-conspiracy, it takes the issue one step further and explores just how far your government might go to cover up its own incapacity and silence everyone who gets in its way (Ironically enough for that matter, the moon landings are portrayed in this movie as a non-hoax and really did take place). This movie is indeed a noteworthy sci-fi/conspiracy flick, even after all these years. ![]()
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