Simpson, and Sam Waterson, are informed by the space agency leaders that their lives would be put at risk to continue with the mission to Mars. The astronauts, played by James Brolin, O.J. Rather than admitting to failure, the governmental powers that be opt to fake the Mars mission from a makeshift film studio located in the desert. However, the mission must be aborted due to technical errors and the agency's inability to make the Mars project a success. government space agency that conducts a pioneer mission to Mars. This film is rated PG and is appropriate for most audiences.Ĭapricorn One is a 1978 suspense film hosting a stellar all-star cast. Capricorn One also stars Brenda Vaccaro, Hal Holbrook, Karen Black, Robert Walden, David Doyle and Telly Savalas. Caulfield will soon discover the desert sound stage and come under attack from the frantic space agency that's trying to maintain their cover. Elliot Gould plays a quirky reporter named Robert Caulfield who puts the pedal to the metal when trying to unravel the mysteries surrounding the Mars mission. Once they have been discovered to be missing from the base, an all-out military assault is order to search them out of the desert and kill them. The Capricorn One story moves at a fast pace and the action begins when the three astronauts make a run for freedom from their military-style quarters in the desert. When the three astronauts inform the agency that they will no longer play the space game of deceit, they learn they are to be eliminated to keep the Mars mission a secret. However, the ruse becomes too much of a burden for the men and mistrust sets in against the space agency leaders. In cooperation with the agency's wishes not to disappoint the public, the three men agree to create the illusion of walking on Mars from a secluded sound stage facility. Things become even stranger in this twisty tale of government corruption and corporate greed that is as entertaining as it is bizarre.Capricorn One is a 1978 suspense film hosting a stellar all-star cast. As the launch grows closer, suspicions mount among the astronauts-especially when they end up being secretly transported to a Mars-looking soundstage, and are forced to perform fake, spacey antics for news cameras.
NASA has selected three men (Sam Waterston, James Brolin and O.J. Backed by various multi-million dollar corporations, it promises to open a whole new realm to the capitalist state, as well as build the morale of a country that has become jaded by trips to the moon. Capricorn One is the USA’s first manned mission to Mars. 1978 / US, UK / 123 minutes / Format: 16mmĬast: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro…and many more!Ĭonspiracy thrillers were a hallmark of 1970’s cinema, but it was Capricorn One that heralded the era of government cover-up in the space age.
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