Capricorn One

1978 "The mission was a sham. The murders were real."

Capricorn One

6.8 | 2h3m | PG | en | Drama

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.

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6.8 | 2h3m | PG | en | Drama , Action , Thriller | More Info

Released: June. 02,1978 | Released Producted By: ITC Entertainment , Associated General Films Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Elliott Gould , James Brolin , Brenda Vaccaro

Director

David M. Haber

Producted By

ITC Entertainment , Associated General Films

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Reviews

Indieshack The actions scenes, particularly the out-of-control automobile and the crop duster helicopter scenes were extremely well directed. I wish all movies maxed out at 2hrs. Kudos to Peter Hyams (and Lew Grade) for this production.

PiHole I didn't see it when it first came out because the previews make it look like a crummy movie. I finally got around to watching it 40 years later, it was even worse than I had imagined. There are really no redreaming qualities to this film. The script is thin and silly, the acting was poor all around, with dimensionless characters. The special effects were weak, and the action sequences looked like the crappy TV shows of the 70s. On top of that the science and technology were completely wrong. It's really hard to believe that so much time, energy and money went into a move with such poor execution of what could have been an interesting concept.

airun_71 I absolutely love this film. I could watch it over and over again and never get tired of it, even after so many years. Is not just the non plus ultra of photography-cinematography, but also one of the best film ever made to my humble opinion, in terms of story, characters depth, dialogues, production design, wonderful music. Every scene is perfectly balanced. It's entertaining and thought provoking. The interaction between the characters is fantastic. All the actors have done a great performance. I strongly recommend this film to anyone who haven't seen it yet. My vote is not 10, just because I wish it was even longer to do justice to the storyline.

JPfanatic93 Despite one of the most intriguing premises in movie history, to my mind at least, this science fiction thriller ultimately fails to deliver on its promised goods. However, it's still a good flick with a fairly solid plot. Still caught up in the space race, the planned NASA landing on Mars turns out a doomed project due to technical errors and financial problems, but to keep up national pride without making America lose face with the rest of the world, the US government secretly plays out and films the whole proposed landing in a studio (a popular conspiracy theory concerning the actual lunar landing in 1969, which some consider to have been a hoax), while still sending a rocket up into space and convincing the world it's manned. However, the covert plot backfires completely when the rocket disintegrates upon re-entry into the Earth atmosphere and everyone assumes the astronauts (played by James Brolin, Sam Waterston and O.J. Simpson; yes, that O.J.) have died with it. Soon, the three would-be space explorers need to run for their lives, hunted down by their own government who can't allow them to survive and thus expose the whole conspiracy. A damn brilliant set-up for a movie, but it focuses too much on the melodramatic family issues of the astronauts and a rather dull investigation by journalist Elliott Gould, and thus never gets going as the high adrenaline political thriller it could have been. A remake has been suggested on multiple occasions: though I'm usually opposed to the very notion, in this case I'll make an exception since there's still plenty to improve upon this otherwise fascinating premise.