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(Parts of the car scene were later recycled in the TV series The Fall Guy.)Ĭapricorn One is what Hollywood moguls now call a high-concept film. That leads to the film's two best scenes: a nerve-racking sequence in which Gould can't stop his car as it speeds through crowded metropolitan streets and an aerial chase between a crop-dusting biplane and two military helicopters. The latter storyline implies that the shadowy people behind the deception have limitless power and will stop at nothing-even murder. Hyams propels the plot by cutting back-and-forth between the astronauts and a news reporter (Elliott Gould) who learns that something isn't right about the Mars mission. Hyams provides just enough detail to make his story work, such as the ingenious plan to send the space capsule off-course as it lands back on earth-thereby providing enough time to insert the astronauts into the capsule before the recovery team's arrival. Therefore, if you could manipulate that media, then you could deceive the world. Writer-director Peter Hyams' central premise is that most people believe real-life events viewed through the lens of the news media. Made in 1977, Capricorn One is an entertaining thriller inspired by moon landing conspiracy theories. When the astronauts refuse to go along with the massive deception, the project director expresses concern about the safety of their families: "There are people out there-forces out there-with a lot to lose." In other words, the three astronauts do not have a choice. James Brolin's astronaut learns the truth. That would be accomplished in a TV studio complete with a Mars set and a replica of the landing module. However, it would be necessary for the three men to "act out" certain scenes, such as the Mars landing. A recording of an earlier simulation would give the illusion that the astronauts were still on-board the rocket. They made the decision to fake the mission.
With Congress already concerned about the Mars program's $24 billion price tag, certain individuals feared that a rocket launch cancellation could mean the end of federal funding. As the empty rocket blasts off, the project director explains to the bewildered astronauts that he learned of a critical fault in their life support systems three weeks earlier. Hidden from view, they are whisked away to a remote desert facility. Things become even stranger in this twisty tale of government corruption and corporate greed that is as entertaining as it is bizarre.Moments before the launch of a manned mission to Mars, Capricorn One's three astronauts are secretly pulled from the rocket. 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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