![]() Caulfield’s piecing together the conspiracy was good, but I wanted more focus on the faked footage itself. It was a two hour film, but that didn’t seem enough. ![]() ![]() What I can’t help feeling is that Capricorn One would have been better as a TV miniseries. Several minutes could have been cut off the long scene of astronaut Willis wearily climbing a mountain in the desert and talking to himself, only to be captured at the top. A few scenes felt a bit truncated, like Caulfield being shot at in Flat Rock, while others were far too long. There’s a POV of the car itself, unusual in scenes like this, and it’s hugely effective because it’s like you’re right there with him. There’s a very suspenseful scene where the brakes on Caulfield’s car fail and it flies through busy streets at increasing speeds. Caulfield is a well-drawn character and there’s a ton of great dialogue, particularly Caulfield’s scenes with his boss, and his reporter friend, played by Karen Black. The concept is great, and this film is credited with popularising the moon landing hoax theories, which continue to this day. I was expecting this kind of big production to be really dated, but it holds up well. However, reporter Robert Caulfield (Elliott Gould) senses that something is afoot and sets out to expose the conspiracy, thereby becoming the target of the conspirators.įor a movie from 1978, I was impressed. When NASA realises too late that the mission will fail, the astronauts are shipped off in secret to a film set and forced to fake the landing. In this case, three astronauts are supposed to be part of the first manned mission to Mars. Spoilers ahead!Ĭapricorn One is a government conspiracy thriller based on an idea that the Apollo moon landings were faked, which I explored in a blog a couple of weeks ago. My extra blog for this week looks at the 1978 film by director Peter Hyams and starring Elliott Gould, Capricorn One.
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